Local News

Marathon Detachment of the OPP advise tonight that Highway 17 has been closed from White River to Terrace Bay by whiteout conditions.

War Memorial Hospital has produced the Twin Saults' first baby of 2011. SooToday.com is advised that a boy was born at 6:30 p.m. today. Further details were not initially available.

The following snow squall warning has been issued tonight by Environment Canada for Agawa - Lake Superior Park - Wawa - Pukaskwa Park - White River - Dubreuilville.

You wouldn't know it right now, but earlier today, we set a record high temperature for New Year's Day in Sault Ste. Marie. Between 8 a.m. and 9 a.m. today, the mercury climbed to 7.0 degrees Celcius, compared to the previous record for this date, 2.

As of 7:19 p.m. tonight, the Ontario Sault's first baby of 2011 was yet to be born. SooToday.com will pass on word as soon as we hear anything from the baby-making department.

A woman is facing a criminal charge of arson after a house on St. Andrew's Terrace was destroyed by fire early this morning, police say.

The City Police street team executed a drug warrant at 12:08 p.m. yesterday at 5547 Shannon Road. There, officers seized quantities of ecstasy, marijuana, cocaine and OxyContin, as well as weigh scales and $255 in cash.

Hardly six hours into 2011, 19-year-old Adrian Marcil was arrested by the Sault Ste. Marie Police Service after his vehicle clipped a house in the Parkland Drive area, ripping out the PUC service and a very small shipload of bricks.

NEWS RELEASE SEARCHMONT RESORT ************************* Night skiing canceled tonight Due to high gusting winds we have been forced to close the triple chair and cancel night skiing for tonight, January 1.