The death of iconic fashion designer Mary Quant had people of a certain generation remembering how revolutionary her mini-skirt designs were in the late 1960s. Linda Seccaspina was a teenager in the Townships at the time, and waxes nostalgic about what it was like to seek out the mod British look in small-town Quebec.
Photo: Rocky Veley
A Mississippi Mills landmark the former Appleton general store went up in flames today. This is the second serious fire here in the past week, following one last Friday at the ambulance headquarters beside Almonte General Hospital.
The building has stood by the Mississip
Emergency crews responded to the fire in the former Appleton General Store on County Road 11 Friday morning. There is no word on the cause of the fire.