Here are this week’s top five stories on lanarkleedstoday.ca, based on your views.
- Five Rideau Lakes councillors are being warned they could face personal legal action for what’s described as retaliatory, bad-faith penalties against Mayor Arie Hoogenboom and Councillors Marcia Maxwell and Ron Pollard.
Rideau Lakes mayor, councillors threaten lawsuit against fellow councillors
2) Based on a request from Perth resident and entrepreneur Toby Shannan, Town planning staff investigated the possibility of rezoning Algonquin College’s Perth campus site for ‘Private School Only’ use.
3) No punishment is coming to Deputy Mayor Sue Dunfield as the integrity commissioner didn’t find fault in her booking business class train tickets for herself and three fellow Rideau Lakes councillors to a conference.
No punishment for Rideau Lakes Deputy Mayor over business class travel
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Perth physician Dr. Alan Drummond recently spoke to violence towards healthcare staff in a video released by the Ontario Medical Association.
5) Smiths Falls Mayor Shawn Pankow says the 2026 budget has a record-setting dollar amount of capital projects on the docket.
Mayor Pankow: Record-setting capital project investment on tap in Smiths Falls