Category Archives: Lake 88.1 News

A winter weather travel advisory in effect for our listening area. Snow at times mixed with ice pellets continues early this morning. Areas that have more frequent periods of ice pellets may see lower...

All school buses from the Student Transportation of Eastern Ontario have been cancelled for today due to inclement weather. That includes schools in all counties served by the the UCDSB and CDSBEO. Sc...

We continue our look at each recommendation made by the Culleton, Kuzyk & Warmerdam inquest into ending intimate partner violence (or IPV) in Ontario. Today we look at no. 21: Develop a plan for e...

Lanark County and Leeds County OPP are seeking a male in connection to multiple offences, including assault, and uttering threats to cause death or bodily harm. 30-year-old Chase Lahaise is described ...

Playoffs are fast approaching in the EOJHL and NCJHL in their penultimate weekends of action, while the CCHL wraps up their regular season play at the end of March. Here's what your Hometown Hockey Sc...

It looks like we're through the worst of the respiratory virus season, and COVID-19 numbers are also stable, according to the Health Unit's Medical Officer of Health Dr. Linna Li. Li says, should ther...

A male has been arrested for allegedly attempting to smuggle drugs inside Kingston's Collins Bay Institution. The OPP-led Joint Forces Penitentiary Squad say on February 10th, Correctional Service of ...

Romance scams are on the rise according to the Ontario Provincial Police. Last year, $59 million was lost to fraudsters due to the romance scam, Ontario accounted for $20 million. Fraudsters will ente...

Redevelopment is not in the short-term cards for the Lanark Lodge. Director Carey Duncan told Lake 88 they aren't feeling the pressure to do so as the Lodge is a Class B home, meaning they don't have ...

Smiths Falls continues to take stock of what will change and what might remain the same following last week's announcement by Canopy Growth of the closure of the 1 Hershey Drive plant, costing hundred...