Category Archives: Lake 88.1 News
Enjoy the long weekend! The Health Unit says we can do it safely
There's no doubt that the long weekend is a big social event for many, even during a pandemic. For those who don't want to gather, Medical Officer of Health Dr. Paula Stewart says there are other ways...
May 20, 2022
It's your chance to have Coffee with a Cop in Carleton Place
As part of Police Week, Lanark County OPP invites you to join them for Coffee with a Cop today in Carleton Place. It's a chance to sit with police in a relaxed atmosphere to ask questions or just chat...
May 20, 2022 Photo: OPP Twitter
Ontario Votes - Leeds-Grenville-Thousand Islands & Rideau Lakes Progressive Conservative Party Candidate Steve Clark
Progressive Conservative Party Candidate Steve Clark, looking for a fifth straight win, joins us as coverage of the riding of Leeds-Grenville-Thousand Islands & Rideau Lakes continues on Lake 88.
May 19, 2022 MPP Steve Clark (file photo)
Horwath tests positive for COVID-19 - the NDP leader visited Smiths Falls yesterday
Ontario NDP Leader Andrea Horwath tested positive for COVID-19. She tested positive Thursday morning. Her results come a day after a visit to Smiths Falls. Mike Schreiner, the leader of the Green Part...
May 19, 2022 NDP Leader Andrea Horwath is greeted by candidate Drew Cumpson in Smiths Falls
Today on In Focus: LGTRIL Conservative Candidate Steve Clark
Today on In Focus, our exclusive conversations with local candidates in the 2022 Ontario election continues as we welcome Steve Clark, Candidate for the Ontario Progressive Conservatives in Leeds-Gren...
May 19, 2022
NDP Leader makes brief stop in Smiths Falls, talks housing crunch with Lake 88
NDP Leader Andrea Horwath made a brief stop in Smiths Falls on Wednesday to visit Lanark-Frontenac-Kingston candidate Drew Cumpson. We caught up with her and asked her about a big issue in our listeni...
May 19, 2022 NDP Leader Andrea Horwath meets with LFK NDP Candidate Drew Cumpson
Advance polls open today in Ontario
If you want to vote in the Ontario Election in advance polls, you're in luck: Today's the day they open. If you haven't received your voter card yet, just go to elections.on.ca and enter your postal c...
May 19, 2022
Funding announced for new water tower in Smiths Falls
The Town of Smiths Falls is getting almost $3.7 million from in government funding for its new water tower. The funding comes through a successful application submitted in September last year to help ...
May 19, 2022 The aging tower in Smiths Falls is due to be replaced
COMMUNITY SPOTLIGHT: Dual fundraiser set to help two great causes in Lanark
There's a dual fundraiser taking place near Perth for the South Lanark Community Garden and Lanark Highlands Youth Centre this weekend. Garden Board Member Sylvia Gagnon tells Lake 88 the idea came ab...
May 19, 2022
In Focus - Leeds Grenville and Lanark Medical Officer of Health Dr. Stewart
We welcome Leeds Grenville and Lanark Medical Officer of Health Dr. Stewart back to In Focus, as she takes a look at how health care has changed over the course of her career, and answers your questio...
May 18, 2022
