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Welcome to 2020 – Here’s What’s Happening in the Birding World and Beyond!

Well folks, we made it into another decade, and we couldn’t be happier to be here. With the holiday season in our rearview, we are in full swing now at the store and there (as always) is plenty to chat about.

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Louise Beckinsale
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YOUR HALF-DAY SHOPPING ESCAPE PERMISSION SLIP: DISCOVER QUAINT SHOPS WITH UNIQUE FINDS IN LANARK COUNTY

This post originally appeared on Cat’s Cove Communications.  Guest post authored by Cathy James. Cathy here: If you’re like me, then you’re likely itching to get a half-day escape from this busy time of year. Just a teeny, tiny break before the summer season amps up with full-day barbecues and family time–enough to shake off the […]  

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Louise Beckinsale
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How a Local Man is Spearheading Local Waterway Clean-up

Twelve years ago Doug Snedden founded the Mississippi Cleanup Project (MCP) right here in Mississippi Mills.  With the focus of cleaning up and restoring local waterways, streams and lakes, the MCP annually undertakes the massive responsibility and undertaking of cleaning out the Mississippi River beginning in May each year and running well into September. “Protecting […]

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