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Over $15,000 of stolen property recovered after Carleton Place arrests
One report of shoplifting led to the seizure of a sizeable amount of stolen property and three arrests. Lanark County OPP responded to a McNeely Avenue business in Carleton Place on Monday afternoon t...
Nov 30, 2023
Another round of Build a Mountain of Food goes Saturday - this time in Elgin and Westport
We're doing it again - The RCL Automotive Build a Mountain of Food campaign rolls into Elgin and Westport Saturday. In Westport, we'll be at Kudrinko's from 1 until 4. The Westport Food Bank's Steve C...
Nov 30, 2023
Holocaust Education Week continues at UCDSB schools
Upper Canada District School Board's first ever Holocaust Education Week continues. The board's principal of Equity Inclusion Dan McRae tells Lake 88 News the board is responding to the Ministry of Ed...
Nov 30, 2023 Eric Titcombe / CC
You can help the Mississippi Mills Youth Centre upgrade their facility
The Mississippi Mills Youth Centre's Fill the Stocking fundraiser offers you the chance to spread joy to local youth through helping to upgrade their facility on Main Street in Almonte. The goal has b...
Nov 30, 2023 The front of the MMYC building via mmyc.ca
A new national crisis line has launched for those who need someone to talk to
A three-digit national suicide crisis helpline launched Thursday with the Canadian Mental Health Association at the helm of the new service. Available 24-7, 9-8-8 will connect those considering suicid...
Nov 30, 2023
"We can't go to court based on rumours," OPP Sergeant Dickson on missing Smiths Falls men
The OPP and Smiths Falls Police are urging anyone with information on two missing men to call them right now. The OPP's Sergeant Bill Dickson says they need to work with facts and not rumours when it ...
Nov 29, 2023
Steve Fournier has big plans as Lanark County's newest Warden
For the first time ever, Steve Fournier was elected Lanark County Warden for 2024 after beating out Christa Lowry. Speaking to Lake 88, he highlighted some of the issues he'd like to address in his 12...
Nov 29, 2023 Steve Fournier takes the Oath of Office. Pic via Lanark County
Meet the new chair of the Upper Canada District School Board
Jamie Schoular is the newest chair of the Upper Canada District School Board. The Ward 3 Trustee is in his second term in the role and this will be his first year serving as Chair of the Board. Prior ...
Nov 29, 2023 Jamie Schoular, UCDSB Chair (File photo)
Halfway there: Funding goal eclipses milestone for new Athens long-term care home
The Chair of the Maple View Lodge Redevelopment Fundraising Committee, Doug Struthers says the Committee has officially surpassed the halfway mark of its $3 million fundraising goal. Funds raised from...
Nov 29, 2023
Search warrant leads to guns and drugs seized in Smiths Falls
Smiths Falls Police with the help of the Lanark County OPP arrested and charged two individuals after a search warrant was executed at a Smiths Falls residence on Helen Street last Thursday. Cocaine, ...
Nov 28, 2023
