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New award celebrates life of Noreen Young
The Noreen Young Award for the Arts honors the legacy of Noreen Young (1939-2025), a renowned puppeteer and creator who shaped Canadian childhoods through her work on Under the Umbrella Tree and Hi Di...
May 22, 2025 Photo supplied
High wait times Wednesday at Perth and Smiths Falls Emergency Departments
Emergency Departments at both sites of the Perth and Smiths Falls District Hospital (PSFDH) are seeing an extremely high number of patients. The PSFDH Team continues to assess each person and treat th...
May 21, 2025
Police warn of public safety risk after offender arrested for child pornography released from custody
The Lanark County Ontario Provincial Police is warning the public about an individual in the Carleton Place area, considered to be a public safety risk. On Friday, February 14, 2025, Lanark County OPP...
May 21, 2025 You're asked to call 9-1-1 and not to approach if you see this man near young children
Cell phone coverage project nears its end
The Eastern Ontario Regional Network project is nearing completion. CEO Jason St. Pierre provided an update on how they're aiming to eliminate cell gap coverage in Lanark County, which includes 17 new...
May 21, 2025 Facebook Twitter Phone Screen (Pixabay,com)
Expected three months of work begins on Ferguson Falls Road Wednesday
Construction crews are hitting the ground Wednesday, May 21st, on Ferguson Falls Road (County Road 15). The project, aimed at improving drainage, will stretch about five kilometres-from Pine Grove Roa...
May 21, 2025 The impacted stretch of Ferguson Falls Road. Photo provided
Perth and District Community Foundation has new home
The Perth and District Community Foundation's new home at 77 Gore Street East was packed with supporters and grant recipients to celebrate their new more spacious office. PDCF awarded its first grant ...
May 21, 2025 Left to Right: TVT Reeve Rob Rainer, Perth Mayor Judy Brown, LH Reeve Peter McLaren, DNE Reeve Steve Fournier, PDCF Board Chair David Poole, PDCF ED Victoria Gibb-Carsley - Brian Turner photo
The latest on Smiths Falls Old Home Week
Smiths Falls Old Home Week is fast approaching. Co-Chair Christa Dales Donnelly says there's been lots of community support. Old Home Week runs August 2nd to 9.
May 21, 2025
Three charged following Perth alcohol theft
The Lanark County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) has laid charges following a theft investigation in Perth. On Saturday, May 17, 2025, officers responded to a theft in progress at a business in Perth...
May 21, 2025 photo provided
Lanark County launches Better Homes Lanark program
The County of Lanark is proud is launching the Better Homes Lanark program June 2nd. The initiative is designed to help homeowners increase the energy efficiency of their homes, reduce energy costs, a...
May 21, 2025
Major Lakes Association seeks compromise with Bill 5 proposal
Hansen Downer agrees with the intention of the provincial government's Bill 5 proposal but takes issue with some of its content. The bill would allow the province to designate "special economic zones"...
May 20, 2025 Hansen Downer is the President of the Big Rideau Lakes Association.
