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Rideau Lakes council will review its community grants process after Secondhand Stories founder Liz Wheeler raised concerns about transparency and how minority-led organizations, including those servin...

The Perth and Smiths Falls District Hospital (PSFDH) is experiencing critical inpatient capacity pressures due to a shortage of available beds at both sites. Hospital officials say the Emergency Depar...

The Municipality of Mississippi Mills may be able to increase Almonte's water supply sooner and at a much lower cost than originally expected. A review of Wells 7 and 8 found the existing infrastructu...

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Parking in downtown Smiths Falls is getting a little easier. The town says the Market Street Lot is now transitioning to a QR code parking payment system. The change is meant to make it quicker and mo...

Have an event for the 48? Let us know about it here! Stuff to do: The Hackberry Men's Shed weekly gathering happens tonight at 6:45 p.m. in the Carleton Place Arena boardroom, 75 Neelin St. Free and o...

The Mississippi River Health Alliance says a Lanark County Paramedic Service ambulance was involved in a single-vehicle crash on Highway 15 during the early morning hours of June 8. Two paramedics wer...

Tim Hortons is pledging to reduce its reliance on the temporary foreign worker program and hire 10,000 local employees across Canada. The coffee chain began using the temporary foreign worker program ...

Lanark County will look to draft an agreement with Enterprise to manage the county's fleet of public works vehicles. The agreement includes access to vehicle purchasing, lifecycle planning, maintenanc...

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