Category Archives: Lake 88.1 News
And the Carleton Place 2022 Citizen of the Year is...
The Town of Carleton Place awarded its Citizen of the Year award on Saturday at their annual appreciation night. The honour went to former town Councillor and long-time volunteer Gary Strike who has w...
Dec 12, 2022 Jerry Flynn, Gary Strike, and Scott Robinson
Build a Mountain of Food Campaign wraps up 2022 efforts with stops in Delta and Athens
The Build a Mountain of Food campaign has wrapped for another year. They made stops in Athens and Delta this past Saturday to collect donations for the Athens Food Bank and Delta Food Bank. In Athens,...
Dec 12, 2022
In Focus - The Sustainable Quilter, Bridget O'Flaherty
Local textile artist, Bridget O'Flaherty, known as "The Sustainable Quilter" explains her connection to nature with a focus on protecting the environment.
Dec 09, 2022
Lanark County declares intimate partner violence an epidemic
Lanark County has declared intimate partner violence an epidemic in the community. County council made the declaration Wednesday night after hearing from Erin Lee, the Executive Director of Lanark Cou...
Dec 09, 2022
This is it! The annual Build a Mountain of Food campaign enters its final weekend
The annual Build a Mountain of Food Campaign wraps up with stops in Athens and Delta tomorrow. Bernice McLean with the Athens Food Bank tells us the number of people they help has stayed steady, but t...
Dec 09, 2022
Lanark County OPP celebrates another successful year for the Angel Tree
The Lanark County Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police and Family and Children's Services of Lanark, Leeds and Grenville have "wrapped up" the 37th annual Angel Tree campaign. Acting Sergeant J...
Dec 09, 2022
Leeds-Grenville volunteers receive special provincial recognition
The province is recognizing 61 people from Leeds-Grenville for the outstanding service to the community through their volunteer efforts. They've each received a Volunteer Service Award at a virtual ce...
Dec 09, 2022
Wait times at Ontario's ERs rise - how do we stack up in Perth and Smiths Falls?
New numbers released yesterday shows that the Perth and Smiths Falls District Hospital is slightly below the average wait time for patients to be admitted to a hospital from an Emergency Room. The pro...
Dec 09, 2022
Know who stole tools from a shed in Beckwith? Call Crime Stoppers, get a reward
Lanark County OPP are looking for your held to find whoever stole tools worth about $500 from a shed in Beckwith township. It happened sometime between Thursday Dec 1st, and Tuesday Dec. 6th. The tool...
Dec 09, 2022
The workaround didn't work: Proposal denied for Perth Storage Unit expansion
A local storage unit proposal got some bad news from Perth's Committee of the Whole this week. Their proposal was denied. Perth's previous council had tried to find a way around requiring Donaldson's ...
Dec 09, 2022
