Category Archives: Lake 88.1 News
In Focus: Jane Paul from EarlyON - Early Childhood Education
Jane Paul from EarlyOn joins us for her monthly visit to talk early childhood education.
May 24, 2022
OPP asks for patience as people make their way home after an unforgettable long weekend in LLG
Lanark County OPP is reminding us that they are out in full force today as they continue to answer storm-related calls and prepare for people to drive home from long-weekends at cottages, trailers and...
May 23, 2022
What's open on Holiday Monday?
Holiday Monday means there are some closures in our listening area. All government offices at the municipal, provincial and federal offices are closed, meaning if you have town business to take care o...
May 23, 2022
In Focus - Local Beekeeper Jonny de Matos
Local beekeeper Jonny de Matos explains the work involved in raising bees and their importance as pollinators.
May 20, 2022
Local COVID-19 hospitalization numbers hold steady ahead of the long-weekend
There is no change in local COVID-19 hospitalization numbers from the health unit. There are currently nine in hospitals in Lanark, Leeds, and Grenville, with three in the ICU and none ventilated. The...
May 20, 2022
Heading out on the Canal this weekend? Watch out for fast moving water
Parks Canada says recent rain has them anticipating potentially dangerous water flows and fast-moving currents throughout much of the Rideau and Cataraqui Watersheds. They have been moving water throu...
May 20, 2022
Double-lung transplant recipient, organ donation champion and philanthropist Jacqui Bowick Sandor passes away
There is sad news from Smiths Falls where organ donation champion and philanthropist Jacqui Bowick Sandor has passed away. Jacqui had been diagnosed with Pulmonary Fibrosis, a condition that sees lung...
May 20, 2022 Jacqui visited Lake 88 several times to promote organ donation and fundraising events
Let the boating season officially get underway - the Rideau Canal Opens today
It's the May long-weekend and that means the unofficial start of summer as boating season gets underway in lakes, rivers, and of course the Rideau Canal Corridor. Parks Canada's Mark Brus, Manager of ...
May 20, 2022
Today on In Focus: Local Beekeeper Jonny de Matos
Today on In Focus: Local beekeeper Jonny de Matos joins Lynda D'Aoust to explain the work involved in raising bees and their importance as pollinators. Join us today (Friday) after the news@noon, only...
May 20, 2022
Truck thieves make off with three pickups from two Perth dealership - Can you help find them?
Lanark County OPP are looking for some truck thieves who stole three pickups from two Perth dealerships last week. They tell us that at about 2:45 in the morning of Thursday, May 12th the trucks were ...
May 20, 2022
