July 05, 2025
July 05, 2025
LAURIE WEIR If toe-tapping fiddles, spirited step dancing and the joyful noise of a community coming together sound like your kind of weekend, make your way to Gemmill Park for […]
SUBMITTED Members of the Lanark County Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), along with the Emergency Response Team (ERT), the Snow Vehicle, All Terrain Vehicle, Vessel Enforcement/Education (SAVE) unit, […]
SUBMITTED The final regular Council meeting before summer break began with a delegation from Andy West and Joey Graff with the Mississippi Mills Youth Centre, who provided Council with information on […]
Staff from hospitals, long-term care, and paramedic service honoured for years of service SUBMITTED The Mississippi River Health Alliance (MRHA) proudly recognized more than 90 dedicated employees at its annual […]
SUBMITTED June 3’s Mississippi Mills council began with two public meetings. The first was a statutory public meeting related to a plan of subdivision and zoning by-law amendment for the Brown Lands […]
SUBMITTED The Mississippi Mills Poppy Project is in its second year as a collaborative community art project of Remembrance, honouring Canadian Veterans, and personnel currently serving in the Canadian Armed […]
SUBMITTED The Mississippi River Health Alliance (MRHA) is marking Pride Month by formally displaying the Progress Pride Flag at all its sites: Almonte General Hospital, Fairview Manor, Carleton Place & […]
SUBMITTED Last night, the Council meeting started with a delegation from Rick Scholes of the Fred Lossing Observatory. He spoke about how too much light at night can harm people, animals and […]
SUBMITTED The Small Business Advisory Centre (Smiths Falls/Lanark County/North Leeds Grenville) is thrilled to announce that applications are now open for the Summer/Fall 2025 intake of the Starter Company Plus […]
SUBMITTED Students and families across the Upper Canada District School Board (UCDSB) can expect to see significantly expanded classroom libraries and school book collections for the fall, as the UCDSB […]
LAURIE WEIR Looking for something to do this weekend? We’ve got you covered. Hometown Happenings is your go-to list of markets, music, festivals, fundraisers, and good old-fashioned community fun happening […]
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SUBMITTED Heidi Sinnett has been with the Carleton Place Public Library for almost 20 years, and in that time has transformed our library’s traditional Children’s Services to a system that […]
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LAURIE WEIR There’s a whale of a tale coming out of Smiths Falls this week. Not one swimming past the water tower or sunning in the basin, but the fossilized […]
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LAURIE WEIR Two Smiths Falls police officers have been returned to active duty while an external investigation continues into their involvement in a forceful arrest that was widely circulated on […]
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LAURIE WEIR I am uneasy to “celebrate” Canada Day.Canada was built on land that was taken without consent. Indigenous nations were betrayed. Agreements were made and broken. Children were stolen. […]
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SUBMITTED Beckwith Street bridge closed due to person in crisis On June 15th, 2025 Smiths Falls Police Service received a report of a male possibly in a mental health crisis […]
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HEDDY SOROUR With Algonquin College set to shutter its Perth campus, a prominent local resident is stepping up with an ambitious plan to turn the site into a world-class private […]
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