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Branch out with fun: Mississippi Mills celebrates trees, farms and cleanup week
From forests to farming and spring cleanups, Arbour Week and Earth Day activities are blooming in Mississippi Mills from April 22 to 25. The week kicks off on Earth Day, Tuesday, April 22, with a free...
Apr 21, 2025 shico3000 / Depositphotos.com
Winners announced at Rideau Lakes Business Recognition Awards
The Township of Rideau Lakes has announced the 2024 winners of its Business Recognition Awards, celebrating the top local businesses making a difference. McMullan Appliance & Mattress earned Busin...
Apr 21, 2025
Here's what's open and what's closed this Easter weekend
Municipal properties throughout our listening area will be closed throughout the Easter long weekend. Metro, Independent, and Giant Tiger grocery stores across Ontario are closed on Good Friday and Ea...
Apr 17, 2025
Local man rams police cruiser, flees, OPP searching
A disturbance was reported to Lanark County Ontario Provincial Police on Thursday, April 17, 2025, just before 1:00 a.m. at a residence in Mississippi Mills Township. An individual broke in and procee...
Apr 17, 2025
Cluck yeah - Backyard chickens coming to Smiths Falls
Backyard hens are coming to Smiths Falls. Council is set to approve a bylaw for a one-year pilot project which'll see residents be allowed to house up to six chickens following tweaks to some red tape...
Apr 17, 2025
Local voters hear from major parties at all-candidates meeting
An energetic crowd of roughly 200 packed the Carleton Place town hall auditorium to hear from Lanark Frontenac candidates for the upcoming federal election. myFM's Brian Perkin moderated the event del...
Apr 17, 2025 Pictured left to right: Michelle Foxton (Liberal), Scott Reid (Conservative), Danielle Rae (NDP)
OPP lay child pornography charge after search at Lanark County home
A 37-year-old man has been charged with accessing child pornography following a Lanark County OPP investigation that began in June 2024. Police say officers launched the investigation after receiving ...
Apr 17, 2025
Celebrate Earth Day at the Great Perth Pick-up
Like all recurring and successful community events, things evolve to improve and Perth's Trashure Hunt is no exception as it's been renamed The Great Perth Pick-up and will happen on a new and very ap...
Apr 17, 2025 KateNovikova / Depositphotos.com
Local food pantry low on supplies
The A Meal for All Community Pantry at the Almonte Branch of the Mississippi Mills Public Library is running low on supplies. The shopping list includes: breafast cereals, canned tuna, granola bars, f...
Apr 17, 2025
Local Greens do not officially endorse Liberal Foxton
The Lanark-Frontenac Green Party of Canada Riding Association does not officially endorse Liberal candidate Michelle Foxton. The clarification comes after their candidate Jesse Pauley told myFM in an ...
Apr 16, 2025
