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(Updated - 6:54 p.m.) - Accident closes Hwy 11

(Updated - 6:54 p.m.) - Accident closes Hwy 11

OPP NEWS RELEASE ************************* Updated at 6:54 p.m. Southbound lanes have been opened. ************************* Original road closure advisory at 6:21 p.m. The Ontario Provincial Police advise the public of the following road closure.
St. Mary's College, East View top math contest

St. Mary's College, East View top math contest

St. Mary's College scored top honours tonight in the 31st Annual William M. Hogg Math Contest.
Witness describes force of crash at Niganobe trial

Witness describes force of crash at Niganobe trial

Jurors in the Jeanette Niganobe trial heard eyewitness testimony today in Sudbury. Brach Middaugh, a Sault Ste. Marie resident, was a passenger in a vehicle travelling on Black Road at the time of the fatal crash.
Report turns up heat on First Nations water problems

Report turns up heat on First Nations water problems

NEWS RELEASE ASSEMBLY OF FIRST NATIONS ************************* Assembly of First Nations, Polaris Institute and Canadian Labour Congress release Boiling Point - six community profiles of the water crisis facing First Nations within Canada OTTAWA, M
State had no authority to seize children, Texas court rules

State had no authority to seize children, Texas court rules

An appeals court in Texas has ruled that the state had no right to seize more than 460 children last month at a compound owned by polygamist sect. Officials took the action acted after receiving a call to a domestic abuse line.
Businessman gets weekend sentence for sex crime

Businessman gets weekend sentence for sex crime

Taking into account that James Lamon has five employees who rely on him, Ontario Court of Justice Judge Kristine Bignell today sentenced the Sault businessman to 45 days in jail, to be served on weekends. Shown in a SooToday.
Bf4ever

Bf4ever

NEWS RELEASES UNITED STEELWORKERS ALGOMA COMMUNITY LEGAL CLINIC ************************* Steelworkers release After 50 days on the picket line, the three members of United Steelworkers Local 8748 at the Algoma Community Legal Clinic settled all outs
Deer tranquilized inside Plummer Hospital

Deer tranquilized inside Plummer Hospital

Ministry of Natural Resources staff have tranquilized a full-sized deer that crashed today through a window into a basement meeting room at Sault Area Hospital. At time of writing (11:14 a.m.
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Would this story make the news where you live?

OPP NEWS RELEASE ************************* Break and enter to summer residence SPANISH, ON - On Wednesday May 21 the East Algoma Blind River OPP were contacted regarding a break and enter to a residence located on Spanish Street, Spanish, Ontario.
Weapons charges laid in Bruce Mines

Weapons charges laid in Bruce Mines

OPP NEWS RELEASES ************************* Weapons charges laid BRUCE MINES, ON - On Monday May 19 at approximately 9:30 p.m. the East Algoma Thessalon OPP were dispatched to an occurrence where it is alleged that a firearm was pointed at a person.