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Celebrating National Indigenous Day: We are all Treaty People

TREATIES ARE ALIVE! Mississippi Mills All My Relations presents via Zoom: 7:00 – 9:00 PM EDT June 21st

How do Treaties Give Us Hope? Elder Larry McDermott, Algonquin from Shabot Obaadjiwan, Executive Director of Plenty Canada and Indigenous Advisor and Lecturer for the University of Guelph, will describe the Treaty Relationship between Canadians and Indigenous Peoples beginning with the Treaty of Niagara, 1764, and the significance of this especially with regard to:

• Establishing a foundation for...

Member Wanted for Mississippi-Rideau Source Protection Committee

MISSISSIPPI AND RIDEAU WATERSHEDS — The Mississippi-Rideau Source Protection Region (MRSPR) is seeking a Source Protection Committee member who is interested in protecting municipal drinking water sources in the Mississippi and Rideau Valley watersheds.

The MRSPR Committee was established in 2007 as a result of the Province’s Clean Water Act. The committee guides local efforts to protect drinking water at the source and is made up of one-third municipal, one-third economic and one-third...

Art in the Garden

Safely enjoy the celebration of art, nature and the human spirit among 10 acres of gardens. 

The Art in the Garden event at Kiwi Gardens will be held for two weekends in 2021, as a ticketed event. 

Tickets may be purchased for specific time slots.

2021 Event Dates Weekend OneWeekend Two Friday, June 18 Friday, June 25 Saturday, June 19 Saturday, June 26 Sunday, June 20 Sunday, June 27

9:00 am | 10:30 am | 12:00 am | 1:30 pm | 3:00...

Lanark County Media Release

Here are the highlights from the regular Lanark County Council meeting held Wednesday, June 9.

Community Safety Zones Approved: Council has passed a by-law authorizing community safety zones in three areas near schools on county roads.

The new zones are located as follows:

• County Road 17 (Martin Street North) at Almonte District High School between Wilkinson and Brookdale streets
• County Road 18 (Port Elmsley Road) at North Elmsley Public School from 815 metres west of County Road 43 to 500 metres...