Springtime is often busy in the Almonte General Hospital birthing unit, but this March, things were really hopping. There were 33 babies born, almost double the number born last March.
Bone, Robert Cecil
July 4, 1940 – February 5, 2024
Peacefully, in his 83rd year, at Fairview Manor in Almonte, Ontario. Predeceased by his parents Cecil and Edna and brother Jim. To be forever missed by his loving partner Eugene Williams, children Ian (Bree) and Allison, former spouse Betty Jean,
Monday, January 29 saw a group of heavily-laden women tread down the stairs into the meeting room in the basement of the Community Presbyterian Church in Almonte. They were delivering a veritable bounty of gorgeous made-with-love quilts. The ladies are part of a group known as The Almonte Quilters G
Blackburn, Matthew David
March 19, 1982 – January 24, 2024
Peacefully at his home. Matthew was 41. Beloved son of Janice (Miller) and David. Survived by his brothers Andrew and Daniel (Julie). Proud Uncle of Bree and Lane. Predeceased by his grandparents Lloyd and Valda Blackburn and Eric and Ma
The Emergency Department at Almonte General Hospital will close on Saturday, December 23rd, at 3 p.m. and will re-open at 7 a.m. on Sunday, December 24th. This temporary closure is due to a shortage of nursing staff. The rest of the hospital is still open and caring for patients.
Like many rural