Category Archives: Lake 88.1 News

The Smiths Falls Community Improvement Plan is expanding. Council is allocating $150,000 towards the program this year, up from $100,000 a year ago, and applications can be filed if they fit under one...

Mark McFalls is starting as Interim Fire Chief in Rideau Lakes next week. McFalls, whose first official day is January 2nd, is replacing current interim fire chief Andy Moore, who's making the move to...

Police say they have laid charges against a Morocco man in connection with a series of threatening messages against schools and public facilities in Ontario, which led to lockdowns across our local sc...

The Leeds Grenville and Lanark District Health Unit will once again be holding breastfeeding information sessions in the new year. Public Health Nurse Jenny Vandermeer says it's all about getting pare...

Breastfeeding is the main topic of discussion during the weekly update with the Leeds, Grenville & Lanark District Health Unit.

There was a lot of conversation around a pair of topics in Drummond/North Elmsley in 2023. Reeve Steve Fournier took some time to reflect on them and provide a bit of an update on both the proposed gu...

It was a busy year for Mississippi Mills in 2023. The bi-centennial celebrations were aplenty over the past 12 months with Mayor Christa Lowry saying the timing couldn't be better to have the communit...

The first of two draft budgets made its way to Smiths Falls council chambers last week and it included a proposed tax rate increase of 2.9% While will be made, the initial budget sees an operational i...

Mary Wilson Trider's time as President and CEO of the Mississippi River Health Alliance is winding down. Overseeing the Almonte General Hospital for 13 years and Carleton Place and District Memorial H...

Smiths Falls council awarded the Confederation Drive Bridge to design the single span Bowstring bridge they approved in Janaury to TSI Inc. TSI will craft a detailed design of the bridge that will be ...