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Don't take home unwanted visitors from your March break trips
The health unit is issuing a reminder not to bring any extra critters back from your March Break travels. Bedbugs tend to hitch a ride on anything they can before coming home with you and wreaking hav...
Mar 11, 2024 Medill DC / CC
COMMUNITY SPOTLIGHT: March is Liver Health Month
March is Liver Health month and the Canadian Liver Foundation's launched their "Just Ask" campaign. The importance of the health of your liver cannot be overstated, as the foundation's Senior Manager ...
Mar 08, 2024
Smiths Falls Committee endorses basic income for all
The Smiths Falls For All Committee has endorsed guaranteed Basic Income. Among other things, the committee is calling on town council to support their endorsement, which would have Mayor Shawn Pankow ...
Mar 08, 2024
Sessions on homelessness coming to Lanark County
Lanark County's hosting a pair of free virtual sessions of understanding homelesness. No registration is required for these sessions featuring Iain De Jong. De Jong is the presdient and CEO of OrgCode...
Mar 08, 2024
Perth and District Sports HOF gets boost from town
The Perth and District Sports Hall of Fame's Tim Zander is looking for funding from the town. His group was founded in 2014 and since then has inducted 16 athletes, builders, and teams. Tim explained ...
Mar 08, 2024
Junior Hockey Talk - EOJHL Week - Coach of the year, playoff sweep, Spinelli injury - March 7th, 2024
On this week's Junior Hockey Talk, Grant Deme and Terry Shea chat playoffs and being named EOJHL Coach of the Year with Head Coach Cole Burton of the Carleton Place Jr. Canadians. We also speak to Smi...
Mar 08, 2024
Health Unit provides merger update for Smiths Falls Council
Smiths Falls council heard an update on the merger conversations among the three area health units. Medical Officer of Health of the Leeds, Grenville Lanark District Health Unit Dr. Linna Li presented...
Mar 07, 2024
Rolling with it: Maple producers deal with record temperatures
Local maple syrup producers have offered their insight into this year's weather rollercoaster and how it will affect their harvest. Martin Ennis of Ennis Maple Products told Brian Turner, host of myFM...
Mar 07, 2024
Get those vaxes up to date before you take off for March Break
It's that time of the year when travel is on the minds of many in our region. A recent announcement from Ontario's Chief Medical Officer of Health identified an increase in measles cases worldwide. Th...
Mar 07, 2024 Niagara Region Public Health announced Tuesday that six people received an injection of a saline solution used to dilute the Pfizer COVOD-19 vaccine without the vaccine component.
Bursting at the seams: Ontario has a capacity problem in jails
Data shows most of Ontario's jails are well over capacity, and 81 per cent of inmates held are awaiting trial and presumptively innocent. The data obtained through freedom-of-information laws shows On...
Mar 07, 2024
