Here is a quick snapshot of what's happening around town the next 48 hours. TODAY: Take 'er to Dacre this St. Paddy's Day! The community will host it's St. Patrick's Day party this Saturday, March 14th, at the DACA Cenre, 111 Flat Road. Doors open at 11:30 am. Our kitchen will be serving our famous Irish Stew along wit...

If you enjoyed last Saturday's "Music Music Music" performance by the Arnprior Community Choir and the Valley Concert Band, Choir Director Lisa Webber says you'll thrill to this season's final choral performance, in about a month and a half's time. The Arnprior Community Choir (ACC) was first established in 1...

More than 30 soldiers based at CFB Petawawa suffered frostbite during a recent winter exercise in Alaska, according to the Canadian Army, raising concerns among some troops about equipment and conditions in the field. The injuries occurred during Exercise Global Resolve in February, where soldiers were training in extr...

The Ontario government is providing $230,700 through the Ontario Trillium Foundation's Grow program to support the Ottawa Valley Community Arts Open Studio in Renfrew-Nipissing-Pembroke. The funding will expand the ART Helps initiative, offering arts, nature, and connection-based programming to strengthen community wel...

Every year the City of Ottawa hosts the Canadian Tulip Festival; a commemoration of the sacrifice made by over 7,500 Canadian soldiers for the liberation of the Netherlands in WW2. During the liberation the Dutch royal family sought refuge in Canada and during that time Princess Margriet of the Netherlands was born at ...

The Ottawa Valley's theatre community has lost a man who was known by many as larger than life. Friends and family are mourning following the announcement that Renfrew-native Lawrence Mahusky, who spent countless years entertaining and teaching locally, died at the age of 60 on Wednesday, March 11th. In an obituary sup...

Here is a quick snapshot of what's happening around town the next 48 hours. TODAY: Trinity United Church in Forester's Falls (1982 Forester's Falls Rd., Forester's Falls) invites you to our soup lunch on Friday, March 13th from 11:30 a.m. To 1:00 p.m. Wonderful variety of homemade soups, buns, homemade desserts includi...

The Shoppers Drug Mart in Renfrew has been silently building itself up and now it is nearly time to open the doors. For a Shoppers to open it must be owned and run by a pharmacist, in this case it's Karim Awadein. Awadein moved to Canada in 2019, three years after he became a licensed pharmacist in his home country of ...

The Algonquins of Pikwakanagan First Nation are announcing that there will be an official swearing-in ceremony for the newly elected leadership following a recent election. The ceremony is scheduled for April 1 at the Makwa Community Centre in Pikwakanagan and will mark the start of a new term for the Nation's Chief an...

The Renfrew and Area Chamber of Commerce will have a lot to learn and discuss later this month. Chamber members and guests are invited to meet for their Annual General Meeting and Breakfast Networking event at the Renfrew Golf Club on Tuesday, March 24th, as local entrepreneurs from Renfrew and the surrounding township...