Your Stories Archives - The Millstone

A backyard oasis

July 6, 2021 - 3:44 pm

Anitha Pritchard writes: I live in a Neilcorp subdivision on Finner Court that has small...

Dogs can wear blue collars

June 8, 2021 - 12:15 pm

A short story highlighting the importance of inclusion and diversity through the eyes of...

In Loco Parentis

January 22, 2021 - 4:18 pm

by Catherine Cameron Preamble The Latin term, in loco parentis, appears in the Criminal Code and...

Our Dance with Winter

January 19, 2021 - 3:48 pm

Reflections from the Swamp If you choose not to find joy in the snow, you...

Rotary phones

January 14, 2021 - 2:35 pm

by Richard Vanduyvendyk Rotary phones were a big step up from the phones that required...

Home alone for Christmas

December 25, 2020 - 7:00 am

by Richard van Duyvendyk My bride put another stick in the fire, while outside those...

Three thieves

May 18, 2020 - 3:40 pm

A story mailed to my 11-year-old granddaughter in Wakefield Quebec during Covid-19 isolation by Jenny...

Paris in the summer

August 9, 2019 - 9:51 am

by Edith Cody-Rice It is one of the oldest, reputed to be THE oldest street...

Fogo Island Inn and the Shorefast Foundation.

July 28, 2019 - 7:36 pm

by Edith Cody-Rice Editors note In an effort to encourage readers to share their stories...

Letter from the Languedoc

September 18, 2018 - 9:38 am

by Edith Cody-Rice Several hundred hot, dusty, ochre tinted kilometers west of Peter Mayle's Provence...

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Food Bank seeks Christmas stocking donations

October 17, 2021 - 3:19 pm

Neighbourhood Tomato community farm project gardening workshops

October 17, 2021 - 2:26 pm

Orphans in Haiti thank MM residents for your help

October 16, 2021 - 6:29 pm

Honouring a very special fellow on Mill Street – Stuart McLean

October 16, 2021 - 4:39 pm

Happy 80th Birthday Eleanor Rintoul

October 16, 2021 - 4:15 pm

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