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The big game goes this Sunday, and police are ready. If you suspect an impaired driver out on the roadway, you are always encouraged to contact the police immediately.

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Lanark County made their presentation to Smiths Falls council this week to explain their municipal grant application to the horseshoe. The $30,000 ask for 2023 would go tow...

The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre (CAFC) and Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) have launched a fraud prevention campaign to raise awareness about the significant incre...

At Tuesday's committee of the whole meeting for Perth council, director Grant Machan brought forward some challenges his crew was continuing to face with snow operations. Lake 88's Brian Turner was th...

Melanie Young from Mel's Farm Animal Rescue offers an update on her organization's efforts.

Canopy Growth is laying off 800 workers as part of a transformation plan that will see the closure of 1 Hershey Drive in Smiths Falls plant while consolidating some of its operations. All operations i...

Environment Canada has issued a freezing rain and fog advisory throughout our listening area. Freezing rain, with ice accretion of 2 to 5 millimetres is expected to begin this afternoon and ending ton...

Canadians are once again showing their generosity by donating to help the victims of the deadly earthquake in Turkey and Syria. Spokesperson for the Canadian Red Cross Jamie Hofing says they've been b...

The number of COVID-19-related fatalities in Lanark, Leeds, and Grenville has hit 149 as another was added to the toll in this week's surveillance report.That noted, the other numbers remain flat or a...

The Table Community Food Centre made its case for municipal grant funding from Smiths Falls council Monday night. For 2023 they requested $31,000, $1,000 more than what they received in 2022, though t...