Almonte

• 9-year-old boy on bicycle dead after collision with Ontario school bus

  Police in eastern Ontario say a nine-year-old cyclist is dead after he was hit by a school bus.

  Canada

  Jun 26, 2025
  
• Simpsons’ Tim Long bases comedy film ‘The Exchange’ on youth in Exeter, Ont.

  The Exchange, born out of Long’s experiences with an exchange student and how reality contrasted with his expectations, will be available July 30 on Apple TV and Amazon.

  Entertainment

  Jul 28, 2021
  
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• Leeds, Grenville, Lanark health unit warns of COVID-19 community spread after gathering

  A social gathering in the Leeds, Grenville and Lanark region has led to at least 20 cases of COVID-19 in the area.

  Canada

  Mar 3, 2021
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• Ontario basketball museum threatened under proposed provincial government cuts

  The museum is dedicated to James Naismith, the man credited for inventing basketball in 1891, and Robert McKenzie, who influenced sports medicine. It's located at the Mill of Kintail in Almonte.

  Politics

  Sep 18, 2019
• Inventor of basketball’s Canadian hometown enjoys international spotlight amid Raptors’ playoff run

  An unexpected byproduct of the Toronto Raptors’ playoff success has been unprecedented outside interest in basketball’s Canadian backstory.

  Jun 10, 2019
• No charges after OPP shoot Ottawa-area woman whose dogs attacked officers: police watchdog

  The incident happened on June 12, 2018, when two OPP officers attended a home in Almonte, Ont., southwest of Ottawa.

  Crime

  Apr 4, 2019
• Woman injured, dog killed after shooting involving OPP in Almonte: police watchdog

  The Special Investigations Unit says while the officers were on the porch of the house two dogs came out of the home and both officers were bitten. The SIU says an officer discharged her firearm multiple times at one of the dogs and a bullet struck and seriously injured a woman.

  Crime

  Jun 12, 2018
• Clean energy projects not immune from local opposition

  It's barely 50 kilometres from the cascading falls on the Mississippi River in the picturesque town of Almonte, Ont., to the site of the 2016 North American Leaders Summit in downtown Ottawa.

  Environment

  Jul 28, 2016