Category Archives: Lake 88.1 News

It's Pink Shirt Day today as students in Lanark County and across the country dress in pink as a message against bullying. The origin story is well known now, beginning in small-town Nova Scotia by th...

With the impending storm this evening, we spoke with senior Climatologist David Phillips about what our listening area could expect. He says there's a lot you can gain from a forecast, but this storm ...

Long-term care homes have historically been underfunded and understaffed, and it's only been exemplified since the pandemic, Director of Lanark Lodge Carey Duncan says. What's now compounding the prob...

Tuesday night's meeting of Perth council saw local business owners and citizens recognized for their work at preserving and maintaining the beautification of the picturesque town. One of the recipient...

A CP freight train derailed at slow speed in the Smiths Falls yard Monday night. Canadian Pacific confirms that the cars stayed upright after derailing. They confirmed that there were no leaks, spills...

A snowfall warning is in effect for our listening area for February 22nd. Snow, heavy at times between 10-20cm, will develop this evening. Snow will become light Thursday morning and may become mixed ...

We speak with Erin Lee from Lanark County Interval House who looks at the reaction thus far from the province and other named organizations in the jury recommendations from the Culleton, Kuzyk, and Wa...

Questions about Premier Doug Ford's relationship with developers and the expansion of private health-care delivery will likely dominate discourse at the Ontario legislature today. Lanark-Frontenac-Kin...

Lanark County OPP are asking for help to identify those responsible for a theft at a Carleton Place construction site. Sometime overnight on February 14th, the unknown suspect or suspects entered a fe...

Ontario NDP's are imploring the Doug Ford government to take a hardline approach in tackling Intimate Partner Violence, or IPV. 86 recommendations were made to do so following a 2015 inquest after the...