Category Archives: Lake 88.1 News
Vigil set to remember victims of violence against women at Perth Women's Monument
Lanark County Interval House has an open invitation for the public to join them for a candlelight vigil in acknowledgement of the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women. The ...
Dec 06, 2022
Smiths Falls looking to fill several committee and advisory board chairs
The town of Smiths Falls is urging residents and non-residents to apply to openings on several of their committees and boards. Mayor Shawn Pankow says these various boards play a key role in guiding t...
Dec 06, 2022
Smiths Falls expanding Rideau Roundtable, REAL biochar partnership
The town of Smiths Falls will continue its partnership with the Rideau Roundtable by way of its biochar project at the municipal yard and leaf waste site. Biochar is created through pyrolysis, where b...
Dec 06, 2022
Pat Lynch killer to serve less than a dozen years for 2020 slaying in CP
Shane Sabourin has been sentenced to just over 11 years for killing Pat Lynch in Carleton Place on July 15, 2020. Lynch's family and friends were not pleased. Sabourin was charged with first degree mu...
Dec 06, 2022 Shane Sabourin (File photo)
Bubble burst: Perth Soap Co. to stop production, shut down in 2023
The Perth Soap Company will be shutting down in the new year. Shandex, the company that operates it blames high commodity prices and the loss of significant sales to its largest US customer for fuelin...
Dec 06, 2022 The Perth Soap Company (Google Maps)
Enrolment Data promising for UCDSB
There are some interesting enrolment numbers from the Upper Canada District School Board. Superintendent Bill Loshaw provided trustees with an update that showed the spring projection of an increase o...
Dec 06, 2022
Final report on local water after Fire Hall no. 2 blaze in Rideau Lakes provides good news
Rideau Lakes has received the final update to the Environmental Monitoring Report from the consultants who were hired to investigate any negative effects on water after Station in the village of Portl...
Dec 06, 2022
Leeds OPP arrests and charges four with a tidal wave of offenses related to car theft
Four people were arrested after a traffic stop in Leeds County, on the 401 and now face an avalanche of charges related to car thefts. It went down on Sunday, just before 7:15 a.m., officers on the hi...
Dec 06, 2022
Mississippi Mills residents can plant a tree to honour community's 200 years
Mississippi Mills is teaming up with Home Hospice North Lanark as part of their annual tree fundraiser by launching an official Bicentennial tree to celebrate 200 years of the municipality. The "Autum...
Dec 06, 2022
More education talks coming up for the province
The province may have settled their labour issues with CUPE's education workers, but there are still four major teachers' unions that need a new deal. So far, those unions have not revealed what they ...
Dec 06, 2022
