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Emergency Preparedness Week is underway, and the message this year is simple: be ready, together. Perth Fire Chief Trevor Choffe says the focus is on shared responsibility, especially as weather-relat...

Hal Hughes was a police officer with the Perth Police Service and then the OPP, before becoming a registered clinical psychotherapist. He has a busy counselling practice just outside of Smiths Falls, ...

Police in Smiths Falls say a fraud investigation involving a municipal insurance provider has resulted in a charge. The Smiths Falls Police Service received information April 21, 2026, about an attemp...

A spring celebration filled with music, animals and family activities is coming to Smiths Falls. The Smiths Falls Heritage House Museum will host its Spring Carnival on May 24 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., ...

A traffic stop in Drummond-North Elmsley Township has led to impaired driving charges against a Tay Valley Township resident, provincial police say. The Lanark County detachment of the Ontario Provinc...

Here's what's up! Lanark County Interval House marks Red Dress Day today with an event at Mississippi Mills Public Library, Almonte, 2-5 p.m. The gathering honours Missing and Murdered Indigenous Wome...

Co-owner of Perth Pharmasave and Tay River Health Centre Becky Bellamy says anti-depressent medications are not a cure-all, only a part of one's journey with their mental health. Bellamy says a pharam...

Smiths Falls council is set to approved a bylaw amendment allowing limited ATV access on a section of Jasper Avenue, following a request from the Rideau Lakes ATV Club to restore a key link in its reg...

Prime Minister Mark Carney and Finance Minister Franois-Philippe Champagne introduced their Spring Economic Statement earlier last week in Ottawa. The federal government said the update focuses on bui...

The Ontario Provincial Police say one person has been arrested in connection to a home invasion robbery in Lanark Highlands Township. Officers responded to a disturbance on May 1, where they located a...