As we look back on the week that was, here are our most-read stories on PembrokeToday.ca:
- As Doug Ford’s Conservatives swept to power in a third-consecutive majority provincial government Thursday night, the local riding’s PC candidate Billy Denault enjoyed his own convincing win with more than 50 per cent of the vote.
https://www.pembroketoday.ca/2025/02/27/by-the-numbers-renfrew-nipissing-pembrokes-provincial-election-vote-breakdown/
2. The Grind Pembroke announced on February 24th, that an agreement in principle has been reached to purchase 273 Victoria Street.
https://www.pembroketoday.ca/2025/02/24/130180/
3. On February 23, members of the Upper Ottawa Valley Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police arrested a man wanted for failing to appear in court following a shoplifting incident in Pembroke earlier in January.
https://www.pembroketoday.ca/2025/02/26/pembroke-man-arrested-on-multiple-charges-faces-court-appearance/
4. An 80-year-old man from Killaloe, Hagarty and Richards Township is dead after the Utility Terrain Vehicle he was driving broke through the ice and sank in Round Lake.
https://www.pembroketoday.ca/2025/02/25/utv-driver-found-dead-after-breaking-though-ice-of-round-lake/
5. The Eganville Leader newspaper will cease publishing in February 2026.
https://www.pembroketoday.ca/2025/02/26/most-difficult-decision-i-have-had-to-make-the-eganville-leader-will-close-next-year/