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The Renfrew Fair's agricultural aspect is one of the largest of all the fairs in Ontario, and Sarah Darraugh's volunteer work puts her right at the forefront of it all. A big part of her life since sh...

"Sue, I think you should join us!" Those were words that Sue White's friend, a volunteer member of the Support Committee for our local Air Cadet squadron, told her almost 13 years ago. Since then, Sue...

With the Renfrew Rotary Club celebrating 100 years of volunteering the community, Kathy Lofthouse's work with Rotary programs are prime examples of top-notch volunteerism in Renfrew. Kathy broke into ...

A love for music and volunteering made joining to help organize the Renfrew Bluegrass Festival an easy choice for Michael Ryan. Michael cut his teeth running festivals through his own Pakenham Five Sp...

After retiring from owning her own business last year, Karen Bretzlaff turned to Valley Animal Rescue looking for something productive to do with her time. Initially interested in volunteering to fost...

Cobden will be busy this weekend as they host the 163rd annual fair. The Cobden Fair will take place Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Fair President Steve Schultz says it's the biggest line-up of entertai...

A business in Pembroke is out $10,000 from a card-not-present fraud. The Upper Ottawa Valley OPP is reminding businesses to be careful when doing sales over the phone or online. The OPP says detachmen...

The first day of school is just about two weeks away, and for a lot of junior kindergarten kids, it's the first day ever. But early childhood education expert, Jane Paul, from EarlyON says there's sti...

A new alliance in the Ottawa Valley is looking to crack the local affordable housing shortage. The Affordable Housing Alliance of the Ottawa Valley's 10 person committee pulls in members from Pembroke...

There's a limited number of tickets available if you want to see the Stanley Cup when it comes to Petawawa next week. Shawn Allard grew up in Petawawa and is the skills development coach for the Color...