As we look back on the week that was, here were our top five most read stories:
1. A portion of Highway 17 near Pembroke is open again after a collision caused it to close for several hours.
2. The province’s police watchdog has invoked its mandate after a man taken into custody by the Ontario Provincial Police in Pembroke went into medical distress while seated in the back of a cruiser.
SIU launches probe after arrested man suffers medical distress in OPP cruiser in Pembroke
3. Despite recently raised concerns about students across Ontario’s performance in provincial testing, the Chair of the Renfrew County Catholic District School Board says parents of kids attending local English Catholic schools don’t need to be concerned.
Renfrew County Catholic board says local EQAO results remain above provincial average
4. Chris Clarke is a forward from Kanata who has seen enough hockey in his 19 years of life to know what makes a good team. Perseverance, he says, is a quality that every member of the squad needs to have in order to get themselves into the winning column.
5. A couple weeks ago myFM spoke with Local farmer and Admaston/Bromley deputy mayor Angela Field to hear about Field running for the Ontario Federation of Agriculture’s (OFA) three-year term director-at-large.
https://www.pembroketoday.ca/2025/12/02/whats-good-in-the-valley-ottawa-valley-farmer-angela-field-snags-ofa-position-despite-title-election-loss/