As we look back on the week that was, here are our most-read stories on PembrokeToday.ca:
- Four new family doctors have recently started working in the Pembroke area, thanks to Ontario’s Practice Ready Ontario (PRO) program. This initiative is helping to reduce the shortage of family doctors by allowing internationally trained physicians to begin practicing more quickly in rural and northern communities.
https://www.pembroketoday.ca/2025/04/14/131781/
2. Pembroke Fire Chief worried about recent rash of deadly fires.
https://www.pembroketoday.ca/2025/04/16/pembroke-fire-chief-is-worried-about-recent-rash-of-deadly-fires/
3. Pembroke Regional Hospital has announced that Dr. Declan Rowan will become the new Chief of Staff, starting July 1. He will take over from Dr. Tom Hurley, who has served in the role for the past nine years and is being thanked for his strong leadership and many contributions to the hospital.
https://www.pembroketoday.ca/2025/04/15/new-chapter-begins-at-pembroke-regional-hospital/
4. Ontario Provincial Police in the Upper Ottawa Valley are asking for the public’s help to locate 43-year-old Joshua Sprague. Police say an arrest warrant has been issued in relation to assault, threats and weapons offences.
https://www.pembroketoday.ca/2025/04/15/do-not-approach-may-be-armed-upper-valley-opp-issue-arrest-warrant-for-joshua-sprague/
5. The Upper Ottawa Valley Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police has released photos of two people they describe as “persons of interest” in a theft of alcohol from a business in Petawawa.
https://www.pembroketoday.ca/2025/04/16/police-investigating-theft-of-booze-from-petawawa-business/