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SooToday.com received the following notice today regarding Hilda Mary Vaillancourt. ************************* VAILLANCOURT, HILDA MARY – died peacefully and surrounded by her family on February 13, 2010. Loving wife to her devoted husband Wilfred.

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Hordes and hordes of brave, if not slightly crazy, Bon Soo Winter Carnival enthusiasts took the frosty plunge into the St. Marys River today during the annual polar bear swim.

NEWS RELEASE BAY MILLS POLICE ************************* The Bay Mills Police Department responded to a traffic accident involving an automobile and a snowmobile that resulted in the death of a 5 year-old girl who was the passenger on the snow mobile.

Faithful readers will remember that earlier this week, we were telling you how Google had launched its Street View images of the Sault, and how some readers were finding some pretty funny stuff captured there.

NEWS RELEASE ALGOMA FOOD NETWORK ***************************** Local farmer Martti Lemieux has been elected as the new president of the Algoma Farmers Market following Jeff Marshall, who served for four years.

NATO has confirmed that 12 Afghan civilians were killed in Marjah by two rockets that missed their target. As NATO troops fired on militants during operations to oust the Taliban from Helmand province, the rockets instead struck a house.

It was supposed to be a peaceful rally. It wasn't.

A historical look at events that happened on February 14.