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Diana’s Quiz – October 5, 2024

by Diana Fiier 1.  Which waterway circumvents Niagara...

delve – In close conversation with Kim Kilpatrick 

Thursday, October 24, 2024 6:30 p.m. at Equator...

Art show opening in CP this week: “Storytime” at The Art Hub

There's a different offering at The Art...

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Be a Wild Child this August – Roar against climate change!

Saturday, August 24th at High Lonesome Nature Reserve This year’s theme is Be a wild child. Roar against climate change. The fun family event is designed to encourage children of all...

Where will our future electricity come from?

We currently consume 20% of our energy as electricity. As we wean ourselves off of burning fossil fuels, our expectations for our electrical grid are swelling. An energy transformation...

Young people from Almonte United Church mark Earth Week

by Bob Lesser In recognition of Earth Week, members of the Almonte United Church Sunday School and Youth Group submitted projects for the Extraordinary Earth Project "Planet versus Plastics" as...
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Enerdu – The Environmental Self Assessment Process

Class Environmental Self Assessment (Class EA) Phase 1 – Project Concept: the initial concept phase of a project proposal and the development of public engagement...

OPP reminding public to be bear wise

   The Lanark County Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) would like to remind the public of the need to be aware that...

Cecropia Surprize

by Neil Carleton Although late arriving for the Annual General Meeting of the Mississippi Valley Field Naturalists on May 17, I had a remarkable...

Tree vs Man: A brief history of the forests in Lanark County

by Theresa Peluso Stories of how our environment is changing abound in the media. We regularly read about the imminent extinction of animals such as...

Almonte Solar Project meeting to be held by Beckwith Solar on July 17 at Almonte Civitan Hall 5-8 p.m.

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Wolves and Coyotes in Mississippi Mills

  by Neil Carleton  There is more to coyote sightings in eastern Ontario than a Sens game with the visiting Phoenix team at Scotiabank Place....

Harper’s Conservatives: green? or greenwashing?

by Theresa Peluso Did you get a flyer from your local member of Parliament last month stating that "our Conservative Government has acted to protect...

Environmental issues: being part of the solution

  by Theresa Peluso  The problem with our natural environment is that so many humans are consuming and polluting as though there's no tomorrow –...

Thinking globally, acting locally

 by Theresa Peluso Here we are at the start of the year 2012! I always feel that the new year is yet another chance to...

Canada’s declining reputation

This is what we’re known for: being the only country to renege on our pledge in Kyoto in 1998 to reduce our carbon emissions   The...

On the Trail of Tracks

 by Neil Carleton At this time of the year, the shadows are longer when I’m out in the morning.  The ground is still damp before...

Neil Carleton’s stunning nature studies in acrylic

Two Beeches and a Hemlock Beech Leaves Yellow Birch Bark Under The Hand Lens Leaf Motif 2 Photos and Paintings © Neil Carleton

Male moose sighting at Clayton Road and Highway 29.

For those interested in area wildlife, there has been a sighting of a large male moose  in the field at Clayton Rd & Highway...

Beneath a certain pine tree ( a tribute to those who came before)

by Lyle Dillabough There is this old twisted white pine tree that stands in back of an old church yard near the hamlet of Ferguson...
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