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The Central Canada Hockey League (CCHL) has named Jesse Winchester its new Commissioner. Winchester has deep ties to the league as a former player with the Cornwall Colts before moving on to play four...

MP for LGTIRL Michael Barrett says Canada is facing a storm of challenges, from unemployment and food insecurity to a shortage of affordable health care. Barrett believes the Temporary Foreign Worker ...

Smiths Falls Police say a man has been charged following an attempted robbery earlier this month. On August 12, 2025, officers received a report that a suspect brandished a knife at a taxi driver arou...

Ontario is expanding its Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) prevention program to include everyone aged 75 and older. The government says the move will help protect vulnerable people this fall and wint...

National Paving will begin parking lot rehabilitation Monday, September 8, in the area of The Thirsty Moose and The Little German Bakery on Bridge Street in Carleton Place. The company says it will ne...

A local group of seniors is joining a worldwide effort this September to demand action on climate change. Seniors for Climate (Perth) will host a Draw the Line event on Friday, Sept. 19, from 11:45 a....

Here are your local gas prices courtesy of gasbuddy.com. Perth MacEwen - 139.6 Esso - 139.9 Canadian Tire - 138.9 Ultramar - 139.9 Shell - 138.9 Smiths Falls Drummond's - 129.9 Canadian Tire - 129.9 M...

A routine motion for the naming of two new streets in the Perthmore subdivision brought a more extended discussion at a Perth council committee meeting in August. Councillor Gary Waterfield pointed ou...

Smiths Falls would have to take on additional debt to replace the public works garage on Aircare Drive that caught fire in February, which was a hard pill for council to swallow. While the table agree...

Lanark County OPP have charged a 41-year-old Ottawa man following an investigation into intimate partner violence. Police began looking into the case on Sunday, August 31, 2025, after learning the man...