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by Allan Goddard Hello readers! I have had numerous...

Noreen Young’s early drawings on exhibit at the Sivarulrasa Gallery.

by Edith Cody-Rice Don’t let your daughter go...

The Tunic Show at the Mississippi Valley Textile Museum

by Edith Cody-Rice On Saturday August 1, the...

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Almonte Lawn Bowling Club “rolls for the cure”

July 20 was a lovely evening and the members of the Almonte Lawn Bowling Club came together for this year's Rolling for the Cure. The generosity and community spirit on...

Home Hospice and Naismith Men’s Shed Partnership

In 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Naismith Men’s Shed was looking for ways to stay connected while observing social distancing requirements. Home Hospice gave a Zoom presentation to...

ADHS students create ‘memory boxes’ for parents who experience perinatal loss

Families experiencing perinatal loss at Almonte General Hospital will soon receive handcrafted memory boxes thanks to a compassionate community initiative involving The Souls Nest, Almonte and District High School,...
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Home Hospice North Lanark releases end-of-year e-newsletter

We invite everyone to read our end-of-year newsletter and learn about what we’ve been up to at HHNL.  https://hhnl.ca/2021/12/21/fourth-compassionate-connections/ If you have signed up for...

Town provides omicron update

The municipality has just sent us this update on the provincial government's response to the Omicron COVID variant. Key point on limits to gatherings: 10...

Please help protect our local health care system capacity

Along with our partners at Kingston Health Sciences Centre (KHSC), we are urgently calling on the communities of the Kingston, Frontenac, Lennox & Addington;...

Health Unit reports ‘significant increase’ in local COVID cases

The Leeds, Grenville and Lanark District Health Unit has seen a significant increase in COVID-19 positive cases in the region with over 100 new...

Knitting together kindness and comfort

New group knits together kindness and comfort to support clients of Home Hospice North Lanark A casual conversation over coffee at Equator Coffee Roasters between...

Hospice completes first practical caregiver course

First-Ever Practical Caregiver Training Facilitated by Home Hospice North Lanark Wraps Up A quarter of Canadians over the age of 65 are caregivers, a StatsCan...

Palliative care education session, November 30

PALLIATIVE CARE EDUCATION DAY November 30, 2021 from 1:00pm-5:00pm at Camp Merrywood. Open to health care professionals and public Topics The Paramedic Wellness & Palliative Symptom management...

A great day at Union Hall

On Saturday, November 6, Union Hall hosted a “Community Builders” craft fair.  In addition to raising funds for the Hall’s ongoing renovations, they invited...

Betty Preston receives AGH volunteerism award

Betty Preston, 2021 recipient of the Bert McIntyre Memorial Award for Volunteerism to the Almonte General Hospital Fairview Manor Foundation Long-time Almonte resident, professional pharmacist...

Home Hospice North Lanark seeks new visiting volunteers

Is It You We’re Looking For?  “The greatness of a community is most accurately measured by the compassionate actions of its members.” – Coretta Scott King Home...

Home Hospice North Lanark opening up in-person visiting December 1

Who would ever have thought back in March 2020 when we learned about the COVID-19 virus that it would have such an impact on...

Home Hospice North Lanark announces a third satellite office!

That’s right! We are adding a third location. Our Coordinator of Visiting Volunteers will now be at Orchard View By the Mississippi, 219 Paterson...

101-year-old hikes to support the Hospice

Scotiabank Matches First $1,000 Raised by 101-Year-Old Who Hikes for Hospice In October 2020, Home Hospice North Lanark (HHNL) launched their first ever “virtual” Hike...

Home Hospice North Lanark announces a second satellite office

Our Coordinator of Visiting Volunteers will now be at the Mississippi Mills Public Library (MMPL), Pakenham Branch every Wednesday from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m....
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