Category Archives: 96.1 myFM Local News
Calabogie Food Bank open in new location
The Calabogie and Area Food Bank has a new location and it needs to get the word out. President, Judith Herweyer says the food bank moved back in July to the former Greater Madawaska Library in Calabo...
Nov 27, 2019
Arnprior Mayor not surprised by proposed changes to ATV regulations
Caroline Mulroney, Minister of Transportation, has announced the Province's plan to allow off-road vehicle riders easier access to municipal roadways, thus connecting them to more trail networks in On...
Nov 27, 2019
A local resident, wanted by police, is facing serious charges
A Pembroke man is wanted in connection to a prescription drug theft. Upper Ottawa Valley OPP say at about 9:30 am, on November 22nd, a disguised suspect who was in possession of a weapon, stole an opi...
Nov 27, 2019
Freezing rain warning prompts cancellation of school buses
A freezing rain warning for the Ottawa Valley is underway, as a result all school transportation for the English speaking public and Catholic Schools in Renfrew county have been cancelled. In addition...
Nov 27, 2019
Child luring, child porn investigation linked to employment ad
Police have charged a Pembroke man with child luring, possession of child pornography and sending sexually explicit material to a child after an investigation that began last month. The Upper Ottawa V...
Nov 26, 2019
Pembroke man faces child porn charges
The OPP have charged a Pembroke man in connection with a child porn investigation. According to the Upper Ottawa Valley OPP, they executed a search warrant in July, when they seized several computer d...
Nov 26, 2019
Arnprior businesses oppose parking lot levy
Arnprior Mayor Walter Stack's efforts at compromise on the special levy to local businesses to pay for the Ken Scissons Parking lot aren't sitting well with a representative retail group. The Mayor in...
Nov 26, 2019
Ferguson Lake Road project update
On September 27th Queen's Park announced that it would be contributing the lion's share of funding for the proposed reconstruction of Ferguson Lake Road in Greater Madawaska Township. MPP John Yakabus...
Nov 26, 2019
Police looking for suspects in two robberies
Upper Ottawa Valley OPP is investigating two business break-ins in Laurentian Valley Township. Police say they both happened early Monday (Nov. 25) morning. At about 1:50 am, two suspects broke into B...
Nov 26, 2019
Owner says sign outside his Pembroke store was not meant to be racist
No offense was meant by a "White Friday" advertisement posted by Perkins Guns and Ammo in Pembroke. Owner Lance Perkins says winter is white, snow is white and Christmas is white so why shouldn't they...
Nov 26, 2019
