Local News

Lake 88 is on the air with our 2018 Municipal Election Coverage at 88.1 FM, and streaming live here, beginning at 7pm. 
Click to see updated results over the course of the evening for communities in our listening area. 

Lake 88 hosted a series of Municipal Election Round Tables for candidates for Mayor and Reeve in the communities within our listening area leading up to the October 22nd election.

Miss a broadcast? Click your community of choice to listen hear the discussion. 

This is election day in Municipalities across Ontario. Many have advance voting, or an extended voting period to allow flexibility for voters to have their say in the upcoming election.

A chilly morning couldn’t stop them as the Sole Sisters Annual Charity Event for Cancer Research took over Lower Reach Park in Smiths Falls on Sunday, October 21st, welcoming hundreds to help raise money to fight cancer and support local patients. Young, old, fast or at a measured pace, all wanted to help raise money for the cause. 

Retired Perth Fire Department Chief David Bell passed away surrounded by his family following a brief battle with cancer.

Theft of election signs
On Monday October 8, 2018, police received numerous calls in regards to municipal election signs being stolen from various streets in Smiths Falls. The suspect(s) removed the election signs sometime overnight on the previous evening.
Let’s put a stop to this senseless theft by calling Crime Stoppers.