Category Archives: 96.1 myFM Local News
School buses cancelled across Ottawa Valley as freezing rain makes for slippery roads
Wednesday night's freezing rain has thrown a wrench into the plans of schools across the Ottawa Valley. The Renfrew County Joint Transportation Consortium says that school buses are cancelled for all ...
Apr 03, 2025
Family touts importance of Be a Donor Month as live kidney donor saves life of nephew
Margaret McDonald's highlighting the importance of organ donation for Be A Donor Month. She donated a kidney to her nephew Peter Murphy 15 years ago when both of his abruptly started to fail at the ag...
Apr 03, 2025
What's good in Renfrew? Shop, sip, and socialize at Renfrew's annual Girls Night Out this Friday
Sorry, boys, but the people running a massive weekend shopping experience say it's just for the girls in town. Girls Night Out host Terri-Lee Cameron says what started as an inside joke between her an...
Apr 02, 2025
Chalk River employees threaten strike over pay and conditions
The Chalk River Professional Employees Group (CRPEG), represented by the Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada (PIPSC), will be in a legal strike position starting at 12:01 a.m. on Ma...
Apr 02, 2025
Renfrew responds to pothole problem With crews on standby for road repairs
The Town of Renfrew says crews are at the ready after a winter that has not been kind to local roads. Town staff says a season of heavy snow has left behind a number of potholes in town, but their Pub...
Apr 02, 2025 (Unsplash photo)
Today's gas prices in the Ottawa Valley
Here's our daily look at the cost of fuel across the Ottawa Valley. We've compiled the list of gas prices on Wednesday, April 2as of 8:30 a.m., according to gasbuddy.com . ARNPRIOR Ultramar and On the...
Apr 02, 2025
Art Gallery of the Ottawa Valley (AGOV) reveals business plan for future arts hub
Over the past year, Ottawa Valley Community Arts has been working diligently on a business plan for the upcoming Art Gallery of the Ottawa Valley (AGOV). After extensive research and community engagem...
Apr 02, 2025 Art Gallery of the Ottawa Valley Seedling Committee from left to right: Nicole
Zummach, Tanya Lyons, Claire Mahaffy, Marie Josée Lévesque, Linda Archibald,
Peter Purdy, Anya Gansterer, Megan Spencer, Emily Stovel, Susan Artymko,
Melissa Marquardt, Naomi Blondin, Aimee Bailey. Not pictured: Christine
Luckasavitch, Chris Neff, Bil Smith, Anna MacDonald, Caitlin MacDonald, Anna
Camilleri, Heather Inwood-Montrose, Cameron Montgomery, Christine Mitchell,
Gabriella Salera and Kelly Lantendresse
Is Renfrew ready? A major announcement for the myFM Block Party you won't want to miss!
One year after the Ottawa Valley's biggest summer celebration rocked guests through the night, we at myFM are ready to do it all over again. General Manager Melissa Siegel says Tuesday's tease of a ma...
Apr 02, 2025
The Renfrew 48
Here's what's going on in Renfrew over the next 48 hours. THIS WEEK: Renfrew and Area Seniors Home Support is ready to help you through tax season with FREE tax clinics held by the Community Volunteer...
Apr 02, 2025
Freezing rain warning in Ottawa Valley: dangerous commuting conditions expected
Canada's weather agency is telling the Ottawa Valley to brace for what could be some ugly conditions for local commuters. A freezing rain warning from Environment Canada is still in effect as snow mix...
Apr 02, 2025 (Unsplash photo)
