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
Mississippi Mills All My Relations (MMAMR) is delighted to report that we have reached our fundraising goal of $130,000 for our Truth and Reconciliation project! The generous support of individuals, businesses and organizations in our community has been vital in helping us reach this goal. We would
by Edith Cody-Rice
The team that has brought to life the Seven Gifts in Riverfront Park (321 Spring Street, Almonte) on the Mississippi River. includes two talented carvers: Nish Nabie in wood and Deborah Arnold in stone.
Nish Nabie
Nish Nabie, the team's indigenous wood carver, is car
by Edith Cody-Rice
The Seven Gifts Project is a Mississippi Mills bicentennial project of truth and reconciliation between Canada's indigenous peoples and those who came to North America from outside the continent and largely occupied lands inhabited for thousands of years by earlier native c