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Over 2,500 drivers charged in eastern Ontario during Canada Road Safety Week blitz
Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) laid more than 2,500 charges across eastern Ontario during Canada Road Safety Week 2025, held from May 13 to 19. Officers from all East Region Detachments and the Highw...
May 27, 2025
What's Good in Lanark-Leeds? Hike for Hospice brings sunshine and hope
The clouds parted just long enough to let the hikers take streets in this year's 2nd Annual Hike for Hospice in Perth on Sunday, May 25th. Organizer Lynne Underhill was wowed by the numbers and super ...
May 26, 2025 Participants begin their trek during the 2025 Hike for Hospice. Brian Turner photo
Rideau Lakes Mayor Hoogenboom uses new powers to veto Chantry municipal office tender
Rideau Lakes Mayor Arie Hoogenboom says he's implemented his strong mayoral powers to derail the Chantry municipal office build. He provided five points in his reasoning to formally veto the project f...
May 26, 2025 Rideau Lakes Mayor Arie Hoogenboom (file photo)
Exclusive: Martin Whyte holsters gun range pursuit, Township sues for costs
Martin Whyte is no longer pursuing a commercial gun range in Drummond/North Elmsley. After the Ontario Land Tribunal ruled against him last summer, Whyte sought a different ruling through the Ontario ...
May 26, 2025 Martin Whyte addresses Drummond/North Elmsley council in 2022. Grant Deme photo
Local MPP Steve Clark talks Ontario budget for LGTIRL
The provincial government says the budget announced earlier this month will bolster and safeguard the economy. MPP Steve Clark dives more into what this means locally. Clark says it's a good budget fo...
May 26, 2025
Public gets chance to weigh in on Hwy 7 reconstruction plan
The Ontario Ministry of Transportation is moving forward with plans to rebuild a 4.5-kilometre stretch of Highway 7 in Perth, and the public is invited to have a say. The Ministry has hired Egis and L...
May 26, 2025
What businesses are telling Ontario Approved Professionals about tariffs
Local businesses in our listening area are feeling the effects of U.S. President Donald Trump's imposed tariffs on products entering Canada. Dave Annable of the Ontario Approved Professionals tells we...
May 26, 2025
Police stop erratic Highway 7 driver and lay impaired charge
An Ottawa woman is facing an impaired driving charge after being stopped by police just after midnight on the Victoria Day long weekend. Lanark OPP say they pulled over a vehicle driving erratically o...
May 26, 2025 arvydele.gmail.com / Depositphotos.com
New elevator to come at Lanark County housing building
The Lanark County Housing Corporation is moving forward with a major upgrade at one of its residential buildings. The Corporation has signed a $138,000 agreement with TK Elevator to modernize the elev...
May 26, 2025 reflex_safak / Depositphotos.com
The week's top stories, according to you
It was another busy week in local news. Here are the top five stories you were the most interested in. 1. The Lanark County Ontario Provincial Police is warning the public about an individual in the C...
May 25, 2025
