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The Town of Carleton Place reminds you that the total burn ban remains in effect for the municipality. No fires of any kind are allowed. The Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry has not yet lift...

Lanark County continues to chip away at the affordable housing crisis. In a special corporate services committee meeting Monday, June 19th, a status report was presented regarding council's identified...

The $2.5 million phase three of the town hall redevelopment is complete in Smiths Falls and on Monday, June 19, it hosted the first in-person council meeting since March 2020. Featuring a new-look cha...

To celebrate Bicycle Month, we chat with Lanark County CAO Kurt Greaves about road safety, bike trails and the benefits of cycling.

North Grenville councillor Dorreen O'Sullivan's proposal to impound outdoor domestic cats didn't pass at council thanks to fellow councillors' opposition and limited resources in the municipal bylaw d...

The SFDCI Spirit of the Drum Educational and Traditional Powwow, an experience of reconcilliation and eduction, saw more than 4,000 people flock to Duck Island in Smiths Falls last weekend for two day...

Leeds OPP Officer, Jason Redmond, who had been convicted of sexual assault and awaiting sentencing, has been found guilty of nine additional violent offenses. The disgraced officer had a previous conv...

If you're heading to your cottage or campground this weekend, or just rolling into town for the weekend and are wondering if you can have a campfire, we've got mixed results to share with you. Fire ba...

Watch for toxic weeds if you're out and about this weekend or anytime this summer. Our health unit's Senior Public Health Inspector Kim McCann says wild parsnip, giant hogweed and poison ivy are all o...

High speed internet is being added to more communities in the province including several in our listening area. 71-million dollars is being invested by both the provincial and federal governements to ...