Category Archives: 96.1 myFM Local News
OPP continue to search for missing 17-year-old from Pembroke
Police continue to search for a missing teenager from Pembroke. The Upper Ottawa Valley OPP says 17-year-old Tyson Yakabuskie, also known to use the surname Lemaire, was last seen on foot on MacKay St...
Nov 18, 2019
Education workers and teachers vote overwhelmingly in favour of strike action
Members from the Ontario Secondary School Teachers Federation (OSSTF) have voted overwhelmingly in favour of strike action should it become necessary. Education workers voted 92 per cent in favour whi...
Nov 18, 2019
SQ make arrest in Campbell's Bay robbery
The Surete du Quebec has arrested a Campbell's Bay man in connection with a robbery that occurred Friday evening at a business on Leslie Street in the community. Members from the MRC Pontiac Station a...
Nov 18, 2019
October home sales the third best on record
The local real estate market continues to post big numbers. The stats for October are out, and the Renfrew County Real Estate Board says while the October sales were down about four percent from Octob...
Nov 18, 2019
Renfrew County leaders gather to discuss sharing services
It was a meeting of the minds from across Renfrew County and beyond to investigate ways they might be able to share services and save money. The meeting, which took place at the Eagles Nest in Eganvil...
Nov 18, 2019
Go Fund Me set up for family of young girl with inoperable brain stem tumour
The prognosis is difficult to accept, but a Pembroke area family hopes radiation treatments will make their daughter's remaining days the best they can be. Three year-old Grace has been diagnosed with...
Nov 18, 2019
Military helicopter training in Cobden, Beachburg and Fort Coulonge this week
The Canadian Armed Forces is taking part in a training exercise this week that will involve Griffon helicopters. The training will take place in the Fort Coulonge, Cobden and Beachburg areas starting ...
Nov 18, 2019
Ontario and Quebec collaborate on Ottawa River Fisheries Management plan
A joint Ottawa River Fisheries Management plan is being developed between Ontario and Quebec. The announcement was made last week by John Yakabuski, the Province's Minister of Natural Resources and Fo...
Nov 18, 2019
Recommendation to be put forward to replace Old Highway 62 bridge
It's good news for local residents who frequently use the old Highway 62 bridge on Borne Road in Laurentian Valley. The County of Renfrew's operations committee will be recommending to county council ...
Nov 18, 2019
Arnprior wants grant money towards below-river water-main repairs
The Town of Arnprior is applying for an infrastructure grant to replace an aging sixteen inch water-main running below the Madawaska River. Mayor Walter Stack says the water-main has caused grief for ...
Nov 18, 2019
