Local News

At 12:30 p.m. today, the 2008 federal election race was officially on for incumbent Sault MP Tony Martin. That's when Martin filed his nomination papers at the Elections Canada office in the Wellington Square mall.

NEWS RELEASE U.S. CUSTOM AND BORDER PROTECTION ************************* Technology installation planned for Sault Ste. Marie Port of Entry Improving to keep you moving SAULT STE. MARIE, MI - (September 15) - U.S.

NEWS RELEASE ST. MARY'S RIVER MARINE HERITAGE CENTRE ************************* SAULT STE. MARIE, ON - (September 15) - The Museum Ship Norgoma is holding an open house and garage sale on Saturday, September 20, 2008 from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.

NEWS RELEASE SAULT STE. MARIE POLICE SERVICE ************************* SAULT STE.

Albert Ouimet's double-murder trial started today, with the Crown rejecting rejecting Ouimet's attempt to plead guilty to manslaughter in the 2006 slayings of 40-year-old Melody Burtis and her eight-year-old son Harley Baxter-Burtis.

NEWS RELEASE SAULT AREA HOSPITAL ************************* Sault Area Hospital appoints new director of communications and public affairs SAULT STE. MARIE, ON - (September 15) - Sault Area Hospital is pleased to announce the appointment of Mario A.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped about 300 points in early-Monday trading after investment banker Lehman Brothers filed for bankruptcy protection.

CITY POLICE NEWS RELEASE ************************** City Police attended at a motor vehicle collision yesterday at 12:40 p.m.

CITY POLICE NEWS RELEASE *************************** City Police attended at a motor vehicle collision at the intersection of Simpson Street and Forest Avenue on Friday the 12th of September at 2:18 p.m.

OPP NEWS RELEASES ************************** Driving too fast can really slow you down GARDEN RIVER, ON - A 1998 silver Audi traveling eastbound on Highway 17 on the four lanes was clocked at a speed of 145 kilometres an hour in a 90 kilometre-an-hou