Category Archives: 96.1 myFM Local News

Once upon a time it was a rare event that internal conflict at the municipal council table made headlines; there was the Louis Antonakos situation in Carleton Place- resolved by the voters in the 2018...

This week is your chance to show appreciation for the backbone of emergency response in the County of Renfrew. National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week runs until this Saturday, April 20th, accor...

Well, the good news is that Renfrew Victoria Hospital's Catch the Ace Take 5 lasted twice as long this time around. Patti Dillabough, Executive Director for the hospital's charitable arm, was hit with...

Levels and flows along the Ottawa River have started to rise because of increasing spring runoff. The Ottawa River Regulating Committee is warning watershed residents along the shores of the Ottawa Ri...

UPDATE 3:55 p.m.: Renfrew's Fire Department says teachers were able to contain a fire behind St. Joseph's Catholic High School on Monday afternoon. Fire Chief Mike Guest tells myFM that the school cal...

A nightmare holiday scenario has left a Calabogie man waiting in a foreign hospital without a plan to get him home. Global News reports that 69-year-old Grant Rice was recently taken into emergency ca...

It's training day those who operate CH-146 Griffon helicopters. The Royal Canadian Air Force will fly from Saint-Hubert, Qubec to Petawawa to conduct the Basic Tactical Aviation Course at Garrison Pet...

Frustration over another overdue project was recently on the mind of Renfrew Town Council. Council heard from CAO Rob Tremblay on the now completed Town Hall renovations, a project that hadn't been un...

Good Morning! Here is a quick snapshot of what's happening around town in the next 48 hours. Monday, April 15th is the final day for RCI Alumni to register for the RCI Homecoming, April 27th at RCI an...

She didn't catch the correct Ace in Russell, but a Renfrew resident has still come home with a tidy sum of cash. The Kin Club of Russell is congratulating Mary Mulvihill, who won $13,504 from their Ca...