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COMMUNITY SPOTLIGHT: Learning to grow your business enhances its bottom line
Small Business Week will feature a special series of seminars from Enterprise Renfrew County. Together with the Renfrew County Community Futures Development Corporation, they're hosting four workshops...
Oct 03, 2023
Bus Driver Charged following foggy Highway 17 collision
In a recent update to an ongoing news story, the OPP have charged a school bus driver in Whitewater Region following a collision on Highway 17. The incident occurred on September 28, 2023, at 7:40 a.m...
Oct 03, 2023
UPDATE: Criminal Investigation Branch now overseeing disappearance of local woman
The Criminal Investigation Branch of the OPP has now overseeing the disappearance of 29-year-old Brianna from Pembroke. Reports say she was last seen in the Petawawa area over a month ago. She's descr...
Oct 03, 2023
SEEDS OF SUCCESS: Klaas and Johanna de Vries of Homestead de Vries
A recent addition to Renfrew's local agricultural scene, Homestead de Vries taps into the owners' experience farming in the Netherlands for their day-to-day dairy operations. Partners Klaas and Johann...
Oct 03, 2023
Town Council approve first steps in selling off two lots of surplus land
There is interest, but will the Town of Renfrew find takers for a pair of town-owned vacant properties? Town Council met on Tuesday, September 26th, to approve putting surplus land on Seventh Street a...
Oct 03, 2023
Bridges to Better Business workshops offering local companies chance to learn
Enterprise Renfrew County is putting together something special for Small Business Week. Together with the Renfrew County Community Futures Development Corporation and FedDev Ontario, they're hosting ...
Oct 03, 2023
RCDSB teachers and parents gain tools to help students with stress and anxiety
Our local public school board hosted over 350 teachers, staff, parents, and guardians for an important discussion. The Renfrew County District School Board partnered with the Parent Involvement Commit...
Oct 02, 2023 Hannah Beach presenting to 350 RCDSB parents, guardians, and staff members at Festival Hall in Pembroke.
Hunter Gate public park to be renamed in honour of late Renfrew developer
It looks like the local park inside Renfrew's Hunter Gate subdivision will get a new name. Town staff are preparing a report on a commemorative naming request for the park, which kicked off thanks to ...
Oct 02, 2023
OPP to investigate Highway 17 collision between school bus and pickup truck
Last week's crash along Highway 17 near Cobden is getting a closer look by police. The Upper Ottawa Valley OPP says that they are investigating the two-vehicle incident that involved a school bus and ...
Oct 02, 2023
Ontario minimum wage rises ahead of first work day in October
Minimum wage workers in Ontario just got a raise -- but critics say it doesn't come close to accounting for the cost of living. The base hourly pay went from 15-dollars-50-cents an hour up to 16-dolla...
Oct 02, 2023
