Local News

Ontario Provincial Police advise that Highway 129 was closed for approximately six hours overnight because of a single motor vehicle collision about 70 kilometres south of Chapleau. The highway was closed at approximately 11:40 p.m.

City Council devoted lots of time trying to unravel the issue last night, but the role of Sault Ste. Marie's acting mayor remains clear as the mud under the soon-to-be-built Hub Trail bridges.

NEWS RELEASES MINISTRY OF MUNICIPAL AFFAIRS AND HOUSING (ABRIDGED) FEDERATION OF RENTAL-HOUSING PROVIDERS OF ONTARIO ************************* Clarifying rules on above-guideline rent increases April 12, 2010 - To protect tenants, Ontario is clarifyi

Sault Ste. Marie City Council has tonight signed a contract allowing bridges to be built on the Fort Creek Conservation Area as proposed by project architects. Mayor John Rowswell did not sign the document.

OPP NEWS RELEASES ************************* 5:20 p.m. update Ontario Provincial Police report that heavy traffic is being advised to to stop in North Bay after today's fatal crash on Highway 11.

As the support services fleet manager, Const. Steve Miron was on hand this morning to show off the new City Police vehicles.

CITY POLICE NEWS RELEASE ************************* The Sault Ste. Marie Police Service would like to thank the public and the news media for their assistance in helping to locate wanted person 28-year-old Wesley Raymond Hallam of 63 Foothill Road.

Housing starts in Sault Ste. Marie last month were way up over March 2009. Information released today by the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) shows six new single-detached starts in 2010, compared with only one a year ago.

NEWS RELEASE MINISTRY OF NATURAL RESOURCES ************************* Forest fire situation update - East Fire Region There have been no new fires in the East Fire Region since April 9.

NEWS RELEASE OFFICE OF THE PRIME MINISTER ************************* Prime Minister Stephen Harper announces a nuclear co-operation project with the United Sates to further secure inventories of spent highly enriched uranium WASHINGTON, D.C.