SooToday.com rewind 8.28.11 (weekend edition)

Weekend Rewind 8.28.11

Welcome to our weekly wrap-up of the week that was.

Sometimes life is just too hectic to take it all in, we understand and have compiled the events of the last week for your viewing pleasure.

*********************** The Top Three Most Viewed Stories of The Week:

One , Two, Three

In regards to number three, we took a poll

Also this week:

We giggled when we found out

We think we felt it.

We were warned that Ranger Lake road will be out of commission on the 30th

Jack Layton lost his battle with cancer

A deadly tornado roared into Goderich ON and a state of emergency was declared

It was announced that a provincial program will help St. Mary’s Paper Corp get going again. Again.

The price of gas hurt our brain

Meanwhile, over in Hungary, safety first!

Also this week:

We learned Apple CEO, Steve Jobs resigned

The OPP offered a 50k reward for info into an unsolved murder, someone out there must know something.

We had a momentary bout of depression after we posted another impaired arrest run-down-of-the-day x 4 from the city police. Everyone wears seatbelts as the norm now. when is avoiding driving while drunk going to be the norm?

We were told that the annoying space-wasting atrium at our airport is a goner

SIU concludes injury investigation

ARCH got a well deserved helping hand

We learned why it is not worth it to lie to a customs officer. Ouch.

Russ Hilderley appeals to SooToday.com readers for some help for his docked duck in Goulais, and he got it

On Friday we saw a video of Hurricane Irene from the International Space Station and realized it's so big you can see it from space?!

The folks from the PUC met with City Council again

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We lit a candle by our computer in honour of all those we lost from our community...

Vivian Poirier, Winnie Meyers. Lucia Naccarato, Vaughan Ungar, Michael Grbich, Bud Gibbs, Elzear Hache’, Sydney Cress-Daoust, Emerson Mathewson, Ralph Robbins, Rose Mary Muncaster, John Jackson, Millie Bishop, Murray Smith, Frank Pucci, Karl Turner and Mark Robertson.

Full SooToday Obituary Posts Here

************************************* Previous Weekend Rewinds

* Rewind 8.14.11

* Rewind 8.21.11