Category Archives: 96.1 myFM Local News
Local fuel company given award for safety
In myFM Business news, W.O. Stinson & Son Ltd in Pembroke has been recognized with an impact safety award. Technical Standards and Safety Authority recently presented the award to the local gas co...
Oct 16, 2019
Motion to endorse Waterpower Champions Charter delayed
Renfrew council is putting a pin in a motion to endorse the Ontario Waterpower Champions Charter and declare June 20 as Waterpower Day. Kathy Lindsay with the Bonnechere River Watershed has some conce...
Oct 16, 2019
Large increase in advance voters this election
The federal election is less than a week away and advance voting is now over. Returning Officer for Renfrew Nipissing Pembroke, Robert Rantz, says the weekend kicked off with a heavy start but transit...
Oct 15, 2019
Ten international in Renfrew County on exchange program
The Renfrew County District School Board has welcomed 10 international students to local schools this year. Director of Education Pino Buffone says they have students from France, Italy, Japan and Nor...
Oct 15, 2019
More meet and greets with local federal election candidates planned this week
If you haven't had the chance to take in an all candidates meeting yet, you still have time before the October 21st election. The Seniors Friendship Club is sponsoring a meet and greet with the candid...
Oct 15, 2019
McNab-Braeside election wish list
McNab-Braeside Mayor Tom Peckett is in full agreement with the Election Wish List published by the Federation of Canadian Municipalities. It calls on the feds to double the amount of federal gas tax r...
Oct 15, 2019
Paramedic charges questioned
Members of Whitewater Region Council had concerns about a bill for paramedic services amounting to $25 000 resulting from the 2019 Flooding in the municipality. Chief Administrative Officer-Clerk Robe...
Oct 15, 2019
Police on the hunt for a thief
Local police are looking for information on a jewelry thief. OPP say someone broke into a home on Fortington Street in Renfrew around 5:30pm on October 3 and stole a number of items including jewelry....
Oct 15, 2019
Unemployment appears to be on the rise in the Valley
Our unemployment numbers continue to increase in the Pembroke to Kingston region. In September, the jobless rate inched up half a percent from August, to 6.5 percent. It's also higher than it was this...
Oct 15, 2019
Funding for municipalities critical for whoever forms next government: Whitewater Region Mayor
The Mayor of Whitewater Region Township is adopting a wait-and-see attitude on the October 21st Federal Election. Michael Moore is aware of the Federation of Canadian Municipalities Election wish-list...
Oct 15, 2019
