Category Archives: Lake 88.1 News
Local elections seem to buck the provincial voter turnout numbers
Early numbers suggest voter turnout across the province continued to drop in yesterday's municipal elections. Preliminary data from the Association of Municipalities of Ontario suggest turnout was jus...
Oct 26, 2022
New faces around the Board Table in UCDSB, including new local reps
The 2022 municipal election has resulted in a shuffle around the trustee table for the Upper Canada District School Board. The Board will welcome four newly elected trustees, four incumbents and two a...
Oct 26, 2022
Download the Waste Solutions App in Carleton Place, be entered to win a FoodCycler
The Town of Carleton Place is adding some incentive for residents to download the free Carleton Place Waste Solutions App. While maybe short on a catchy name, the app makes up for it in information by...
Oct 26, 2022
Hit the main drag on Friday in Smiths Falls - Beckwith St. set to re-open
The Town of Smiths Falls says that after seven months of construction, Beckwith Street North between Russell Street and Elmsley will re-open to traffic by end of day Friday. Paul McMunn, Director of P...
Oct 26, 2022
Ontario unveils new housing plan similar to Perth's
The rest of the province is going to catch-up to Perth under new legislation from the Ford Government. No bylaw amendments or municipal permissions would be needed to allow three residential units on ...
Oct 26, 2022
Canopy Growth purchases three US companies, expecting profitability
Smiths Falls cannabis producer Canopy Growth surged as much as 23 per cent after pulling the trigger on acquiring three companies it had planned to buy only when marijuana became federally legal in th...
Oct 26, 2022
Long-time Councillor Judy Brown ascends to Mayor's Chair in Perth after defeating Fenik
It could not have come much closer in the mayoral race in Perth. You can now address her as mayor downtown Judy Brown as she took down John Fenik by 64 votes, as third candidate Stephanie Drummond cla...
Oct 25, 2022
New Mayor elected in Carleton Place - Toby Randell excited to build for the future
It was almost a clean sweep Monday night as Carleton Place voters removed the incumbent Mayor and Deputy Mayor and one incumbent Councillor. Less than 200 votes separated mayoral front-runners incumbe...
Oct 25, 2022
Shawn Pankow wins third term in Smiths Falls by decisive margin over challenger Duhamel
Mayor Shawn Pankow has been re-elected for a third term in Smiths Falls. He defeated challenger Justin Duhamel in a campaign which got heated at times. Pankow said that's the nature of being an incumb...
Oct 25, 2022
Election Results from around the region
The following are election results from around our listening area. Township of Beckwith Reeve Richard Kidd was acclaimed to the position. Brian Dowdall has won the Deputy Reeve Chair. Council will be ...
Oct 25, 2022
