Author Archives: 88.1 myFM News

Pay up: Carleton Place businesses not up to building code may cost them
At Carleton Place council's recent committee meeting, councilors provided preliminary approval to a new bylaw requiring certain businesses to pay for and install a back-flow prevention device on their...
88.1 myFM News Sep 23, 2024

Former MPP Hillier was back in court last week
Lawyers for former Lanark-Frontenac-Kingston MPP Randy Hillier presented their appeal to the Ontario Court of Appeal last week. They argued the Reopening Ontario Act's limits on freedom of assembly du...
88.1 myFM News Sep 23, 2024 Randy Hillier (File Photo)

OVRT upgrades coming through provincial funding
Carleton Place has secured $31,000 from Ontario's Inclusive Communities Grant Program to upgrade the Ottawa Valley Recreation Trail. The funds will be used to install 10 accessible benches along a fou...
88.1 myFM News Sep 23, 2024

COMMUNITY SPOTLIGHT: Concerns around provincial election with Bill 173 stuck in limbo
Executive Director of Lanark County Interval House Erin Lee expressed some frustration this week about Bill 173 that asks the provincial government to declare intimate partner violence an epidemic rem...
88.1 myFM News Sep 23, 2024

No charges for officer after Elizabethtown-Kitley woman fractures knee during arrest
No charges are coming to a Leeds County OPP officer after they were cleared of excessive force accusations in connection with the serious injury of a 29-year-old woman in Elizabethtown-Kitley. Officer...
88.1 myFM News Sep 20, 2024

Grand opening at Swift Water Elementary School attended by plenty
The Upper Canada District School Board hosted the grand opening of Swift Waters Elementary School Thursday, Minister of Education Jill Dunlop and Leeds-Grenville-Thousand Islands and Rideau Lakes MPP ...
88.1 myFM News Sep 20, 2024 photo provided

A new physician joins Almonte General Hospital
A new member has joined the medical staff at Almonte General Hospital . Dr. Kayode Fadare is a globally experienced Obstetrician-Gynecologist and has practiced on three continents, and has joined AGH ...
88.1 myFM News Sep 20, 2024

Missed deadline means no grant funding for Carleton Place housing project
Coming off a $35 million grant for their sewage treatment plant, Carleton Place council was hoping the province would cover half the costs of building Captain A Roy Brown Boulevard south of Highway 7 ...
88.1 myFM News Sep 20, 2024

Drug trafficking investigation leads to Athens pair arrested
Two people are facing charges after an OPP investigation into drug trafficking in Athens Police executed a search warrant Wednesday at a residence and seized suspected methamphetamine, fentanyl, cocai...
88.1 myFM News Sep 20, 2024

COMMUNITY SPOTLIGHT: The Smiths Falls Jr. Bears are looking to make noise
JB Ryan is heading into his second season at the helm of the Smiths Falls Jr. Bears. Seven players are returning from last year's squad that put up 22 wins in 44 games, with the head coach noting the ...
88.1 myFM News Sep 19, 2024
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