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OHL discussing development partnership with CCHL
The Ontario Hockey League is taking steps to reshape the junior hockey landscape, beginning with a new agreement that makes the Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League its first official development part...
Sep 11, 2025 File Photo: Smiths Falls Bears "X"
Terry Fox run returns to Perth
The Terry Fox Run is back in Person in Perth thanks to Finnegan Insurance Brokers, a longtime organizer of the local effort now back at the helm. The run goes this Sunday, with registration at 8:45 at...
Sep 11, 2025 Photo: TerryFox.org
AMO President makes statement on strong mayor powers
Westport Mayor and Association of Municipalities of Ontario (AMO) President Robin Jones reflected on the Association's recent annual conference and the feedback she's received on the introduction and ...
Sep 11, 2025 File photo: Mayor Robin Jones of Westport addresses a ROMA conference (2023)
Challenge issued! Can your child read 1,000 books before they're five?
The Perth & District Union Public Library has launched a new self-directed program, 1000 Books Before Kindergarten, to help children from birth to age five develop early reading skills. The progra...
Sep 11, 2025
Public meeting set for Thursday on controversial Lanark Highlands sand pit proposal
A public meeting's set for September 11th to discuss the proposed sand extraction pit in Lanark Highlands Cavanagh Construction hopes to operate the pit on Barbers Lake, and their proposal saw many re...
Sep 10, 2025 This 2023 public meeting regarding the proposed pit drew a standing-only crowd and a dozen speakers. Grant Deme photo
Today's gas prices
Here are your local gas prices courtesy of gasbuddy.com. Perth MacEwen - 135.3 Esso - 134.9 Canadian Tire - 134.9 Ultramar - 134.9 Shell - 138.9 Smiths Falls Drummond's - 134.9 Canadian Tire - 134.9 M...
Sep 10, 2025
Paws on patrol: Service dog trainees team up with Lanark County paramedics
A new partnership between the Canadian Veteran Service Dog Unit and Lanark County Paramedic Services will see members socalize and help acclimatize the dogs. CVSDU President Dwyane Sawyer brought 11-w...
Sep 10, 2025
Keep it open: MM Mayor advocates for local museum
At Monday's board meeting for the Mississippi Valley Conservation Authority (MVCA), Mississippi Mills Mayor Christa Lowry made a request for the Authority to pause its plans to divest itself of the R....
Sep 10, 2025
Be ready for anything: Red Cross emergency training coming to Carleton Place
The Canadian Red Cross says disaster responses have shifted dramatically in recent years. What was once mainly house fires and the occasional storm has become year-round deployments for floods, wildfi...
Sep 10, 2025
Mississippi River Watershed: drought deepens in region
The Mississippi Valley Conservation Authority (MVCA) has issued a Level II Low Water Statement as drought conditions worsen across the Mississippi River Watershed. From June through August, the region...
Sep 10, 2025
