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CITY POLICE NEWS RELEASE **************************** On Sunday August 14th members of the Sault Ste. Marie Police Service arrested a 22-year-old male for drive over 80 mgs and take auto without consent.

NEWS RELEASE MINISTRY OF NATURAL RESOURCES **************************** Fire behaviour conditions will remain moderate for the period of August 13 and 14. Light winds will limit the spread of any new fires.

It's 3:45 and competition has wrapped up for the day at the 2011 International Hap Ki Do Canadian Open tournament at the Essar Centre.

Weekend Rewind 8.14.11 Welcome to our weekly wrap-up of the week that was. Sometimes life is just too hectic to take it all in, we understand.

NEWS RELEASE MINISTRY OF NATURAL RESOURCES **************************** Fire behaviour conditions were low on Friday, August 12 and will remain moderate for the period of August 13 and 14. Light winds will limit the spread of any new fires.

At 6:49 this morning, Bell Corporate Affairs Person Norma Hughes sent us a note saying the phone cable severed yesterday afternoon has been repaired. Service was returned to all Bell customers in Sault Ste. Marie's north end by 10:30 p.m. last night.

On this day, August 13th back in 1895, Ferdinand von Zeppelin received a patent for his "airship-train", a new fantastical method of air travel for the masses. And we all know how that turned out years later in Lakehurst.

The 2011 International Hap Ki Do Canadian Open tournament has officially begun. Martial artists from at almost a dozen schools in Sault Ste.

Wacky Chad shows off his high-flying pogo stick skills at Buskerfest this past weekend.