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Next time you head into the LCBO in Perth, Smiths Falls, or Carleton Place, you'll need to bring your own bag. They're not offering paper bags any more. The Liquor Control Board of Ontario stopped usi...

High School graduates from across Lanark, Leeds and Grenville are settling in to their new homes in or near universities or colleges. Odds are, if you don't have a young student entering post-secondar...

On today's In Focus, Brandon Holden joins Bob to discuss shoreline protection efforts by the Rideau Valley Conservation Authority

  The Smiths Falls Heritage House Museum will serve as the venue for the unveiling of the 2023 Rideau Artist of the Year. A panel of esteemed art experts will evaluate the submissions and choose ...

The criminal trial of ``Freedom Convoy'' organizers Tamara Lich and Chris Barber begins Tuesday, as they answer charges related to their roles in the protests that threw Canada's capital city into cha...

The Associations of Municipalities of Ontario conference took place in London recently and Peter McLaren was there representing both the county and Lanark Highlands. The Reeve says on the municipal fo...

An investigation by the Ontario Provincial Police is underway following a boating incident during the holiday weekend. On Saturday morning, Leeds County OPP responded to a call regarding an incident n...

Steve Clark has resigned as the Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing. The embattled Leeds-Grenville-Thousand Islands and Rideau Lakes MPP has been at the heart of the Greenbelt development scanda...

The Perth Fair begins today and runs through the end of Holiday Monday. The Fair's Laurie Latham says they've got all the regular, great attractions, like the midway, live music, demolition derby and ...

With the long weekend looming, it's time for another reminder from the Ontario Provincial Police. Constable Joe Tereschuk says there's a reason they focus and highlight the big four: impaired and dist...