Edith Cody News Today

By Edith Cody-Rice Last Saturday, April 27, more than 100 admirers turned up at the Mississippi Valley Textile Museum to view and celebrate the new installation Net-Work by Adrian Baker and to quaff wine and nibble cheese while wandering among the its colourful strands. A full explanation of

By Edith Cody-Rice Many Almonte residents will be surprised to hear that the First Lady of Iceland, Eliza Reid, was raised in the nearby village of Ashton. She met her husband, Gudni, now president of Iceland, at Oxford 25 years ago and after sharing digs in England, they married and returned to

In today’s letters to the editor: Chinese donations; Pierre Poilievre and puberty blockers; the Charter; the Constitution; French language laws; the CBC: animal testing

By Edith Cody-Rice The Mississippi Mills Inclusion Project, a significant and needed initiative to welcome all residents of the region, got off to a successful start at the Sivarulrasa Gallery on Sunday afternoon. Attendees chatted while enjoying the delicious food provided by Jessica's Syria

By Edith Cody-Rice On Saturday, November 18, Sanjeev Sivarulrasa and his spouse, Angela Hui, hosted a 9th anniversary party at the gallery on Mill Street in Almonte combined with a vernissage for three artists, all with current exhibitions at the gallery. Angela baked one of her outstanding cakes

By Edith Cody-Rice  Once you grasp the subject of this book, you wonder, "Why didn't anyone think of this before?". Charlotte Gray, the beloved chronicler of Canadian history and of Canadian women has turned her attention to the mothers of Winston Churchill and Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Reams ha

By Edith Cody-Rice The Seven Gifts Project opened with flair on Sunday September 17 in Riverfront Park on Spring Street in Almonte. The bronze sculptures on their carved plinths will be there for current and future generations to enjoy and contemplate. Now the preservation of the legacy be

By Edith Cody-Rice The late great Canadian journalist, broadcaster, editor and public intellectual Keith Spicer once said when asked about his memoir Life Sentences: Memoirs of an Incorrigible Canadian, “Everyone should write their memoirs to find out what they’ve been up to all their lives.”

By Edith Cody-Rice  When you see those lovely animal sculptures at the Seven Gifts site at Riverfront Park on Spring Street in Almonte, you will be amazed to learn of the many steps required to bring them to life. An artist does not just take a hunk of metal and shape or sculpt it to form the ani

By Edith Cody-Rice  Gloria Gopher had her moment in the sun yesterday (or one of her moments). On a sunny Friday afternoon, a large group of  guests collected on the Alameda in Almonte for the unveiling of her bronze statue. Many of the attendees arrived with their Noreen Young look alike pup