Category Archives: Lake 88.1 News

Puppetcon- a Puppets Up "spin off" is coming up this weekend, August 11th-13th in Almonte. Jennifer Sheffield is publicist for the organization. The event will feature more than a dozen different work...

Here is this week's Crime Stoppers Report: Lanark OPP are looking for your help to find a couple of young men who committed acts of mischief and theft at a business on August 3rd. A security cam pic c...

A new art gallery called Carleton Place Gallery is opening at 210 Bridge Street in the downtown area. They'll show art made by local artists and have different types of art like paintings and sculptur...

The Elementary Teachers' Federation of Ontario is accusing the provincial government of violating bargaining rules. The union says the government violated its bargaining obligations over a memo it rel...

We welcome Smiths Falls Police Chief Mark MacGillivray who recently announced plans to retire. We speak about his time in the town and what serving its residents has meant to him.

Premier Doug Ford's Office has requested an investigation into his housing minister's Cheif of Staff after Auditor General Bonnie Lysyk published a strong report about the decision to allow the constr...

The lengthy process of building a new site for the Perth and Smiths Falls District Hospital in the town of Perth is at its very beginning. Hospital President and CEO Michael Cohan tells us the old sit...

We have a couple local golf championships to tell you about. First, Congratulations go out to Kevin Bellamy who is the Perth Men's Club Champion, you may recognize the name - his wife if Becky Bellamy...

Chef Paul Stewart says one of the most important lessons we can learn from Food Day Canada, which just passed, is making use of all food. Stewart told us about one way to do that, called Food Rescue. ...

A fundraiser is helping a couple who lost their home to fire in Smiths Falls on July 30th. One man has been charged in the fire too. Thankfully, the couple wasn't at home at the time of the fire, but ...