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As we bid farewell to 2023 and embrace the challenges and opportunities of the coming year, Ontario's Minister of Agriculture, Food, and Rural Affairs, Lisa Thompson, took a moment to look back on the...

Drummond/North Elmsley approved their 2024 budget last month. It's a 4% tax rate increase for their residents, a figure Reeve Steve Fournier can live with in today's climate.   There's some big t...

County council received an information update last week regarding Cavanagh Construction's proposed extraction pit in Lanark Highlands. The proposal caused an uproar earlier this year and sprung the bi...

Smiths Falls council is moving ahead in the development of a five storey building that would include both commercial and residential units. The town received the application by the owner of five conso...

Mary Wilson Trider is stepping down as President and CEO of the Mississippi River Health Alliance. Wilson Trider's been a long-time staple in local healthcare. She's spent over 13 years with the Almon...

The Moose Hide Campaign began as a BC-born Indigenous-led grassroots movement to engage men and boys in ending violence towards women and children that's now become a nationwide movement. A cornerston...

New deadlines including a hearing date have been set with the ongoing Ontario Land Tribunal case overseeing the proposed Perth Golf Course housing development. January 22nd marks the deadline all part...

The Upper Canada District School Board continues to move towards electronic report cards for the next school year through their online portal, My Family Room. Over 20,000 parents and guardians already...

Olga Lalovenko fled to Canada from Ukraine last year with her children to be safe from the war. She's since become engrained in the Carleton Place community, and spoke to us about the province mandati...

Last week's announcement by the province means a dramatic change in how alcohol is purchased in our listening are and across Ontario. And that has come after more than a decade of negotiating, points ...