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Celebrating Solstice Together, June 20

Paddle with Indigenous elder. Drumming, Songs...

Civitan Club Father’s Day breakfast, June 21

Celebrate dad with a legendary breakfast! Almonte...

Sheila Schroeder — obituary

  Schroeder,  Sheila Rose (nee Smith) Passed away at...

Science & Nature

Backyard Birds

by Brent Eades

Environment

For the Birds

Bird photography by Cheryl Baxter.

Green Talk

Nature

Shady Characters

What is That?

A series about local wildlife.

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What Is That … Early Arrival?

Every year, after making it through a winter full of blustery weather, we are happy to see the reawakening of mother nature, especially at our cottage on White Lake. ...

Report on MVFN talk: “Forgotten Canoe Routes of the Canadian Shield”

April 28, 2026 The Mississippi Valley Field Naturalists (MVFN) held their annual Spring Gathering and welcomed a presentation by well-known canoeist, explorer and writer Hap Wilson.  He described the exhilarating...

Decluttering as environmental action

Emma Brown Everything we own will eventually have to go somewhere. How much stuff do you own? Do you ever think about where it will go when you no longer...
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Backyard Birds

by Brent Eades

Environment

For the Birds

Bird photography by Cheryl Baxter.

Green Talk

Nature

Shady Characters

What is That?

A series about local wildlife.

Millstone’s Cheryl Baxter captures lovely photos of rare Bullock’s Oriole

Birders from all over Ontario have been making their way to a neighbourhood in the north end of Pakenham to see a female Bullock's...

Ontario Nature’s fight to uphold the Endangered Species Act

By Gretta Bradley, MVFN Program Chair Dr. Anne Bell, Director of Conservation and Education for Ontario Nature, and guest speaker at the Mississippi Valley Field...

For the Birds: It’s not Summer Anymore!

by Cheryl Baxter I sincerely hope that none of the readers of this column were holding their breath waiting my next post!!  I truly apologize...

Thriving – Sustainably – in the long term

by Theresa Peluso Part 1: The big picture, as painted by Dr. Mark Roseland Why are we constantly being given an ultimatum when it comes to...

White Lake blue-green algae test results in

The White Lake Preservation Project has received results for the determination of levels of microsystins in the water sample taken from White Lake on...

Littering – A global scourge

by Theresa Peluso Part II This is the second and final part of my article on littering. In Part I, I defined the problem and described...

Lunar eclipse from Almonte

by Brent Eades The last total supermoon eclipse until 2033 was largely visible from here in Almonte this evening, although clouds did obscure parts of...

Littering – A global scourge Part I

by Theresa Peluso Litter proliferates everywhere – in the roadside ditches, streets, parks, nature trails and waterways. We know that it harms your health, society,...

New Horizons Pluto mission

by Rick Scholes We can finally say the last planetary bodies of our solar system have been explored. The New Horizons spacecraft has flown past...

For the Birds: Summer time!

by Cheryl Baxter Happy July! A lot has happened since I last posted.  My dear Mother-in-love (law) passed away on June 4th.  It’s been a long...

Getting off cars – How other communities do it

by Theresa Peluso Several months ago, I explored Mississippi Mills' efforts to reduce carbon emissions by reducing the amount of single-occupant car use. Our municipality...

Almonte’s Holy Name of Mary Catholic School participates in OneWater Education Program

The OCWA OneWater™ Education Program was born in 2014 out of a desire to strengthen and formalize our commitment to water literacy. Working with...

Nature up close

by Brent Eades As some readers will know, I enjoy bird photography, which requires a large lens that allows you to get close to things...

Local “Hit Squad” member is fighting invasive species

Invasive species student on the job in the Mississippi Valley Watershed Invasive species pose a growing threat to Ontario’s biodiversity and cause millions of dollars...
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