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Serious concerns raised over Quarry water-taking application
Add a tight timeline for replies- within a regime that doesn't allow for municipal input, and thirteen wells adjacent to Thomas Cavanagh's Pakenham Quarry (located in Pakenham and McNab-Braeside) coul...
Oct 18, 2023
SMALL BUSINESS WEEK: A Sense of Country finding ways to engage customers by exceeding expectations
Mel Blimke tells myFM that what started as a short-term project to bridge into retirement has turned into over a decade and counting of selling everything from candy to cottage dcor and more. We caugh...
Oct 18, 2023
Ottawa Valley Food Co-op eager to serve up fall harvest feast on November 3rd
"What better way to celebrate the harvest than to attend a fabulous dinner made of local food?" That's the question from the Ottawa Valley Food Co-operative's Nicole Viens Brennan, who is inviting the...
Oct 18, 2023
Renfrew Rotary Club awards Paul Harris Fellowship to 96.1 myFM
The Renfrew Rotary Club raced through town on Saturday, October 15th to celebrate something major, and 96.1 myFM got to join in. Rotary Club President Marg McNab-Tubman says cars rallied through town ...
Oct 17, 2023
COMMUNITY SPOTLIGHT: Residents asked to watch what they throw out after battery sparks fire in garbage truck
A scary situation during routine garbage collection has Renfrew's Environmental Officer urging residents to think about what they throw out. Amanda Springer tells myFM that the town's garbage crew not...
Oct 17, 2023
Help raise money for ARH at the Arnprior Opportunity Shop coat sale Wednesday and Thursday at Arnprior Museum
Don't miss your opportunity to shop at the Opportunity Shop's coat sale today and Thursday. Gail Okum is the new manager. The Opportunity Shop will be repeating the process with a Christmas Items sale...
Oct 17, 2023
OPP investigate threatening incident at Admaston-Bromley Township high school
A 15-year-old youth from Bonnechere Valley Township is facing charges after an incident at a high school in Admaston-Bromley Township. OPP were called to the school last Wednesday, after school staff ...
Oct 17, 2023
RCDHU issues warning after spike in drug overdoses
The Renfrew County District Health Unit, the Renfrew County Paramedics, and area OPP detachments are sending out a warning regarding a spike in drug overdose deaths. Officials say that they noticed an...
Oct 17, 2023
SEEDS OF SUCCESS: McGregor's Orchard
The long-standing tradition of family farms is alive and well in the Ottawa Valley. The husband-and-wife team of Cameron and Mandy McGregor decided after their third child was born in 2015 to move awa...
Oct 17, 2023
SMALL BUSINESS WEEK: Unique bond with town unlike anything ever seen by owner of Renfrew's O'Brien Theatre
The community's love for Renfrew's historic O'Brien Theatre is unlike anything that experienced theatre owner Murray Adolph had ever seen when he first bought and reopened it back in 1993. We caught u...
Oct 17, 2023
