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The Sunday edition of the Toronto Star has a fascinating article about a bid by Tom Farnquist, executive director of the Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society, to solve one of Lake Superior's most enduring mysteries - the disappearance in 1918 of

SooToday.com has received the following note and photo from faithful reader Nancy Bachman in Echo Bay, who got a supersized portion of Thanksgiving turkey last weekend.

NEWS RELEASE U.S. NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER ************************* WITH 180 MPH WINDS, RICK BECOMES THE SECOND STRONGEST EASTERN NORTH PACIFIC HURRICANE ON RECORD AFTER LINDA OF 1997.

The Soo Greyhounds are still struggling to get back in the win column. On Saturday night at the Essar Centre, the Hounds fell 3-2 to the Oshawa Generals in a shootout. Further details will be posted later tonight on the Sports page.

After meeting today with the parents of Colorado's 'balloon boy,' the Larimer County Sheriff's Office said tonight that it is preparing criminal charges against the boy's father and possibly other family members.

Prime Minister Stephen Harper is at the Bell Centre in Montreal tonight to see the Senators play the Canadiens. Here, Harper is shown with hockey legend Réjean Houle, reflecting on 100 years of Montreal Canadiens history.

Greg Selinger was today elected leader of Manitoba's governing New Democratic Party in Manitoba He will succeed Gary Doer as the province's premier, obtaining 1,317 votes from the 2,005 registered delegates at a party leadership convention in Winnipe

If you closed your eyes last night at the Kiwanis Community Theatre Centre, and just listened to the soulful jazz vocals emanating through the room, you'd never in a million years guess that that voice belonged to a 15-year-old girl. But it did.

NEWS RELEASE CONGRESSMAN BART STUPAK 1ST CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN ************************* Baraga County Memorial Hospital to receive $28.3 million in HUD financing WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S.