The Renfrew Mercury

06/14/2024

'Jumping up and down in the kitchen like teenagers': Valley woman buys ticket at Becker's and look what happens:

She's been playing for 30 years.

05/27/2024

BREAKING NEWS: Arnprior, Renfrew and other areas of the Ottawa Valley are now under a Tornado Watch from Environment Canada with stern warnings in place for drivers and pedestrians:

Several hazards that drivers and pedestrians must know about

08/27/2023

Columnist Mary Cook recalls how everyone helped out at this time of year.

Even the bake table had been set, and the old pine table stretched out as far as it would go.

08/27/2023

The OPP stated that two children didn’t have seatbelts and the driver didn’t have a license.

Grenville OPP is reminding the public that seatbelts save lives after stopping a vehicle and finding two unrestrained children.

08/27/2023

The Baillie twins, students at St. Joseph’s Catholic High School (SJHS), were part of the silver-medal winning 4x400m relay team.

This summer’s North American Indigenous Games may have been met with intense heat and then historic flooding that cancelled the closing ceremonies, but there was a decidedly silver lining for

08/27/2023

The Ontario government is taking action to stop the unlawful extraction and sale of aggregates from unlicensed areas.

08/26/2023

Organizers of a campaign to address Arnprior and area’s food security will be evaluating its success in the coming weeks.

08/26/2023

On Sunday Sept. 3, five fine storytellers and a splendid harpist, together with a crowd of lucky listeners, will gather in a rustic Ontario barn not far from Maberly, for a telling of the Four Branches of the Mabinogi.
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08/15/2023

“This is another great addition to Ma-te-Way Park and more families will be able to enjoy the new play structure that has accessible features for years to come.”

Ma-te-Way Park is getting a new play structure. The current play structure will be closed for the coming weeks during the replacement process.

08/15/2023

“Love is in the Air,“ billed as a musical tribute to love, features a local cast of young and not-so-young performers who will take the stage this summer at St. Joseph’s Catholic High School.

Renfrew’s amateur theatre company, Really Cool Initiatives, is preparing to launch its first musical production since 2017, and organizers are thrilled that shows are just around the corner.

08/14/2023

"A hardworking farmer, a teller of stories, a keeper of history, and a quick-witted gentleman, Jim spent his life committed to serving his community."

Flags at all Mississippi Mills municipal buildings have been lowered to half-mast in honour of former Ramsay councillor Jim Lowry, who died on Saturday, Aug. 12, with his family by

08/14/2023

A 35-year-old resident of Renfrew has been charged with the Criminal Code offence of assault causing bodily harm.

One person has been charged after an early morning disturbance.