Local News

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.

NEWS RELEASE MINISTRY OF NATURAL RESOURCES **************************** After several days of decline, fire starts rebounded on Thursday, August 11 with 17 new fires reported. There have now been 845 fires to date in 2011 affecting 575,251 hectares.

CITY POLICE NEWS RELEASE **************************** Bell Canada has informed the Sault Ste. Marie Police Service that, as a result of a severed telephone cable, parts of the city’s north end will be without phone service.

FRIDAY AUGUST 12, 2011 Hempfest returns to Poplar Dale and features live music, food and refreshments, DJs, games and activities, displays and demonstrations. For details, call 705-367-2882.

NEWS RELEASE CLERGUE FOREST MANAGEMENT INC.

NEWS RELEASE MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION *************************** I-75 BS in the Soo to reopen Saturday, two months early Beating the scheduled completion date by two months, the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) will reopen t

Crews were hard at work this morning at the new F.H. Clergue Public School at 80 Weldon Street. The old school has been completely demolished and the shiny new school is in the final phases of completion. Marco from the Rainone Construction Ltd.