Category Archives: Lake 88.1 News

The union representing some 55,000 Ontario education workers has asked the province for annual wage increases of 11.7 per cent. CUPE represents the early childhood educators, school administration wor...

A car thief in Smiths Falls may have gotten more than they bargained for. The Smiths Falls Police Service reported the theft of a silver 2020 Acura RDX from a Lombard St. business this weekend. Inside...

Multiple first responders answered the call of a fire in Merrickville-Woolford last night. The Grenville OPP tweeted that their officers helped out at the scene on Weedmark Rd, where a large barn had ...

There were some tense moments yesterday, twice, in Carleton Place as firefighters were called out to the Bridge St. Construction site to deal with two gas leaks. A construction crew hit a gas line Tue...

The town of Smiths Falls has opted in to the provincial and federal Canada Wide Early Learning and Child Care system, widely known as the $10 a day childcare program. Councilor Peter McKenna says prog...

Pat Evans from the annual Parkinson's Super Walk and Jim Redmond of the Spinning Wheels Tour, which is a group of people with Parkinson's cycling across Canada join us to talk about their awareness an...

Smiths Falls Mayor Shawn Pankow is seeking a third term. We've received the unofficial list of nominees from town officials and so far, Pankow is the only candidate listed. Meanwhile another potential...

The Town of Carleton Place celebrated 30 years of twinning with the city of Comrie, Scotland Yesterday. The twinning has cemented numerous friendships involving residents of both communities over the ...

The annual Perth Terry Fox run is back this year and is looking for volunteers to make it another successful edition. National Volunteer Coordinator Kim Smiths says they're looking for help, including...

Planet Youth Lanark County, the local volunteer group working to help apply the globally successful approach of dealing with youth substance abuse pioneered in Iceland, has been invited to provide inf...