Category Archives: Lake 88.1 News
Brooke Henderson is back! Smiths Falls native, Canada's winningest professional golfer tees it up at the Women's US Open
After being away from the game for several weeks due to an undisclosed illness, Smiths Falls native Brooke Henderson is back on the LPGA tour. The SFDCI alumni is playing in the Women's US Open in Sou...
Jun 02, 2022 Photo Brooke Henderson File photo, LPGA Twitter
Monkeypox virus: Dr. Stewart says no reported cases in LLG
Monkey Pox, a virus that causes bulbous cists on the skin, has made the national news as there have been some infections reported in Canada. Medical Officer of Health Dr. Paula Stewart tells Lake 88 t...
Jun 02, 2022
Today on In Focus: Aaron Tompkins, Cst. Smiths Falls Police Service
Today on In Focus: We're joined by Smiths Falls Police Constable Aaron Tompkins, who gives us an update on the service's outreach efforts. Don't miss a single episode of In Focus! Sign up for Hometown...
Jun 02, 2022
OPP seeking witnesses in Tuesday's triple-fatal collision
Lanark County OPP are looking for any witnesses to Tuesday's two-vehicle collision outside Perth that left three people dead and one in hospital injured. It happened on Christie Lake Road just after 1...
Jun 02, 2022
Scams are on the rise... again
Police say Online Email and Text Scams are on the rise. With close to 30,000 reports of fraud as of the end of April this year alone, they want us to have our guard up once again. The province has joi...
Jun 02, 2022
One to go: Hydro One crews hope to have power restored to last outage in our region today
If all goes well, the last local power outage from the May 21st storm will be restored today. It's an outage near Maberly that is affecting fewer than 20 people. Other smaller outages were fixed yeste...
Jun 02, 2022
Listen to our youth: MyView Youth Film Festival returns
The Annual MyView Youth Film Festival is looking for submissions. Young people are encouraged to pick up their phones or cameras and make a short video that celebrates something in their life or commu...
Jun 02, 2022
Timely help: As many deal with storm damage in Carleton Place, new heritage improvement grant becomes available
During this week's Carleton Place council meeting, final approval was given on a heritage property improvement grant program. Some say it couldn't have come at a better time given the amount of storm ...
Jun 02, 2022
In Focus - Leeds Grenville and Lanark Health Unit: Health Inspector Kim McCann & Ask Dr Stewart
Kim McCann, health inspector with the Leeds Grenville and Lanark Health Unit joins us with an update on what has been a very busy time in public health. And Ask Dr. Stewart is back.
Jun 01, 2022
Victims of fatal collision outside Perth identified
Lanark County OPP has released the names of the three people killed in a two vehicle collision outside Perth on Tuesday. They are: Tim Shepherd age 40 from Perth, Ontario Robert Bremner age 57 from Ma...
Jun 01, 2022
