Category Archives: 96.1 myFM Local News
We Remember: From combat to caddying - The Luke Cyr story
Luke Cyr, originally from Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., spent 12 years with the Canadian Armed Forces, serving in Bosnia and Afghanistan as part of the 3rd Battalion, Royal Canadian Regiment. His years in u...
Nov 11, 2025
We Remember: Wartime history shines through Renfrew's McDougall Mill Museum
Proof of Renfrew's ability to go above and beyond in the wartime effort lives on to this day at the McDougall Mill Museum. Curator Glenn Charron says the Mill's wartime collection has become a popular...
Nov 11, 2025 McDougall Mill Museum Curator Glenn Charron with a banner flown by one of Renfrew's many local battalions ahead of World War 1
We Remember: Renfrew Legion talks Remembrance Day 2025
As Remembrance Day rounds the corner, Renfrew Legion Branch 148 has been busy within the community. For example, they have been organizing and running Remembrance Day ceremonies in long-term care home...
Nov 11, 2025 Handcrafted poppies made by the Renfrew Legion Poppy Project hung in front of the Renfrew Legion | Mik Horvath/MBC
What's good in Renfrew? Hometown coach Alan Letang returns with his OHL squad
Renfrew's minor hockey players will benefit from a growing connection with an organization on the opposite side of Southern Ontario. Sarnia Sting general manager Dylan Seca says the OHL club will take...
Nov 10, 2025
Rory's Humane Society Fundraiser soars to new heights in its third year Saturday
It's her third year of operating the Humane Society Fundraiser in the kitchen of her grandparents' business on Elgin Street West, and 11 year-old Rory Wilson is taking it all in stride. Rory Wilson, g...
Nov 10, 2025
Community invited to pause and reflect at Renfrew's Remembrance Day service
Renfrew residents are invited to join local veterans to commemorate the fallen on Tuesday morning, lest we forget. The Renfrew Legion Branch 148 and town officials will welcome the community to the Lo...
Nov 10, 2025
The Renfrew 48
Here is a quick snapshot of what's happening around town the next 48 hours. TODAY: The Renfrew Legion hosts its weekly Seniors Darts days every Monday at 1pm. Stop by the Legion Hall on Raglan Street ...
Nov 10, 2025
UPDATE: Some school buses down for Monday morning as road crews hard at work across Renfrew County
Road crews are taking advantage of the calm after last night's storm to get roads in order for your morning commute. Communities across the Ottawa Valley are cleaning up after bracing for anywhere fro...
Nov 10, 2025 File Photo Credit: Freightliner
Luke Cyr's $50,000 gift brings hope to the Valley's mental health community
The name Luke Cyr is well known in The Valley and well beyond as one of the strongest and most outspoken ambassadors for mental health that ever donned a military uniform. Born and raised in Sault Ste...
Nov 09, 2025
First blast of winter due in parts of Ontario
Environment Canada is warning of significant snowfall across parts of southern Ontario beginning Sunday morning and continuing into the night. For the moment it appears as though a good portion of The...
Nov 08, 2025
