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Mayor Lowry Chairs Gender Based Violence Discussion at ROMA Conference

Posted on Tuesday, January 30, 2024 04:07 PM

While at the 2024 Rural Ontario Municipal Association (ROMA) Conference held last week in Toronto, Mississippi Mills Mayor Christa Lowry chaired a panel discussion on gender based violence. It marked the first time the issue has been discussed at a large convening venue of municipal officials in Ontario.

The panel session, Responding to Gender Based Violence, included speakers Nadia Thomas, Director with the Criminal Law Division at the Ministry of the Attorney General; Nuzhat Jafri, Executive...

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Call for Volunteers – Culture Connect 2024

Posted on Tuesday, January 30, 2024 09:28 AM

From the Local Immigration Partnership – Lanark & Renfrew

With 2024 well and truly here, the Local Immigration Partnership (LIP) – Lanark & Renfrew team are starting to think about the 3rd annual Culture Connect event and what diverse, fun and informative activities will be involved.

We are putting out a general call for volunteers, businesses, organizations, performers, cooks, philanthropists and more who are looking for an exciting opportunity to join in on planning and executing events for...

A More Prosperous Ontario Demands a Modern Provincial-Municipal Fiscal Partnership

Posted on Monday, January 29, 2024 04:03 PM

The Municipality of Mississippi Mills joins the Association of Municipalities of Ontario (AMO) in calling on the province to commit to reviewing the provincial-municipal fiscal framework as part of the upcoming provincial budget.

In early January, AMO, a non-profit and non-partisan organization representing almost all of Ontario’s 444 municipal governments, highlighted the need for a Social and Economic Prosperity Review as part of its Pre-Budget Submission to the Standing Committee on Finance...

Notice of Complete Official Plan Amendment and ZBA Applications – OPA 32, Z-05-23

Posted on Monday, January 29, 2024 03:02 PM

Please be advised that the Municipality of Mississippi Mills has initiated the following Official Plan and Zoning By-law Amendment requests (details below).
File Number:
OPA 32 (Official Plan Amendment)
Z-05-23 (Zoning By-law Amendment)
Owner: Municipality-initiated Amendment
Affected Lands: All lands within the Municipality of Mississippi Mills (No map attached)
Purpose and intent of the Official Plan Amendment and Zoning By-law Amendment: Municipality-initiated Official Plan Amendment and Zoning...






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From the Office of the Mayor – 2024 Land Acknowledgement Ceremony

Posted on Monday, January 29, 2024 01:39 PM

January 29, 2024

Invitation to Annual Land Acknowledgement Ceremony

Since 2020, Mississippi Mills Council has held a Land Acknowledgement Ceremony at the start of each year to help re-establish relationships between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples in our community. To underline its importance, the ceremony is embedded in Council’s Procedural By-law so that this time of acknowledgement and learning happens at least every year.

This year’s ceremony will be held during tomorrow’s, January 30th Council...

Notice of Complete Official Plan Amendment & ZBA Applications - OPA 33, D14-MUN-24

Posted on Monday, January 29, 2024 08:30 AM

Please be advised that the Municipality of Mississippi Mills has initiated the following Official Plan and Zoning By-law Amendment requests (details below).

File Number:
OPA 33 (Official Plan Amendment)
D14-MUN-24 (Zoning By-law Amendment)
Owner: Municipality-initiated Amendment
Affected Lands: All lands within the Municipality of Mississippi Mills (No map attached)
Purpose and intent of the Official Plan Amendment and Zoning By-law Amendment: Municipality-initiated Official Plan Amendment and Zoning...











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Highlights from the 2024 ROMA Conference

Posted on Friday, January 26, 2024 04:19 PM

Mississippi Mills Council members and staff have returned from the 2024 Rural Ontario Municipal Association (ROMA) Conference in Toronto, after joining almost 1,900 participants from across 300 municipalities, January 21-23.

Council participated in three ministerial delegations, meeting with the Honourable Kinga Surma, Minister of Infrastructure; Parliamentary Assistant Trevor Jones to the Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, Lisa Thompson; as well as MPP Stephane Sarrazin,...