Category Archives: Lake 88.1 News
Smiths Falls Recreation Hall of Fame returning in 2024
It's a return to the annual induction ceremony for Smiths Falls' greatest contributors to athletics. The Smiths Falls Recreation Hall of Fame selection committee is re-forming with the intent to hold ...
Aug 25, 2023
Rideau Lakes has strong summer for local businesses
Summer has been good to Rideau Lakes. Mayor Arie Hoogenboom says tourism based businesses have had a good season. Rideau Lakes, and our other municipalities known for their excellent seasonal tourism ...
Aug 25, 2023
Ontario Green Party leader Mike Schreiner calls for public inquiry following Greenbelt development scandal
You can add Mike Schreiner, the leader of the Green Party in Ontario, to the long list of people calling for an independent, public inquiry into the Doug Ford government's handling of the Greenbelt de...
Aug 25, 2023 Via https://www.ola.org/en/members/all/mike-schreiner
Potluck picnic part of Appleton community day Sunday
Sunday is community day in Appleton. The Mississippi Mills hamlet is hosting a community potluck picnic August 27th from 5 to 7PM. The function is being held at Lubber Soccer Field, next to the museum...
Aug 25, 2023 waferboard / CC
North Lanark Highland Games Sunday
This year it's a Bicentennial event, but the North Lanark Highland games has a history all its own. Saturday's event is the 38th annual edition at the Almonte fairgrounds. With more than twenty pipe b...
Aug 25, 2023
In Focus - Ramsey Hart from The Table Community Food Centre discusses Harvest Moon
Ramsey Hart of the Table Community Food Centre is back to tell us all about their next big fundraiser, Harvest Moon, Saturday Sept. 23rd. It's a celebration of Food and Community all to benefit the Ta...
Aug 24, 2023
CKW Inquest Recommendation no. 43: Keeping the victim involved and informed throughout the legal process
We're looking at another recommendation made by the Culleton, Kuzyk & Warmerdam inquest into ending intimate partner violence (or IPV) in Ontario. Number 43 says the province must ensure survivor-...
Aug 24, 2023
Smiths Falls library gets go-ahead from municipal heritage committee for various changes
The Smiths Falls Public Library received support from the municipal heritage committee, or MHC, to make certain changes in relation to their extensive renovations. The Library's been designated as a h...
Aug 24, 2023
Police seek theft suspect of plain disc mower
The Lanark County OPP is asking for the publics help in locating the persons responsible for the theft of a plain disc mower, stolen from a property in Tay Valley between Aug 14 & 19. Please call ...
Aug 24, 2023
Documentary around late Clifford Pennock's work airing Friday in Delta
A new documentary from local filmmaker and historian Allison Margot Smith is being screened Friday. Smith's worked alongside The Municipal Heritage Advisory Committee of the Township of Rideau Lakes t...
Aug 24, 2023
