Category Archives: Lake 88.1 News

Lanark County has some capital funding and is looking for a non-profit organization to use some to build affordable housing. Now in the fifth year of its 10-Year Housing and Homelessness Plan, the cou...

Lanark County OPP are looking for your help to find whoever is responsible for break-ins and thefts at two landfill sites in the county. Sometime between Saturday, Jan. 29th, and Monday, Jan. 31st the...

Following a positive health unit report to Lanark County council highlighting the regions high vaccination rate, frustrations were aired concerning people sharing misinformation about the pandemic. Co...

Ontario's top doctor, Dr. Kieran Moore, told reporters yesterday during his weekly pandemic update, all COVID-19 measures are up for review. Dr. Moore says the wave of Omicron cases has peaked and it'...

The Leeds, Grenville and Lanark District Health Unit is warning residents of a scam that has been circulating recently. There have been reports of people receiving suspicious phone calls claiming to b...

We speak with Erin Lee from Lanark County Interval House about the upcoming Responding to Femicide Community Forum.

Rapid Antigen Tests are now available to the public thanks to a large purchase by the province. Millions will be sent to communities each week. With the shortage of PCR testing thanks to the Omicron s...

The OPP says 9-1-1 is just for emergencies. OPP acting sergeant Ed Sanchuk tells us it's not for road or weather conditions or for COVID-19 issues. Sanchuk points out OPP historically, dispatchers hav...

A joint program between the federal and provincial governments means more money to Lanark County's housing situation. It's a combined influx of $825,000 for the county which will service existing affo...

Its tax season and that means that email, text and phone scams are ramping up. Smiths Falls Police Service Constable Aaron Tompkins tells Lake 88 remember, police don't arrest people for tax reasons, ...