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The 118 days spent in captivity in Iraq by Sault Ste. Marie's James Loney and three fellow hostages is the subject of a new book.

Sault MP Tony Martin will be hosting two community meetings on blue-green algae. The guest speaker for the meetings is Dr. Charles Trick, a professor with the University of Western Ontario's department of microbiology and immunology.

Rytac advises SooToday.com that the wet weather has forced it to re-schedule tomorrow's Youth Fun Day. The event will now start at 10 a.m. sharp and run to 2 p.m. this Sunday. Rytac is at 18 McPhail Street in Sault Ste. Marie.

OPP NEWS RELEASE ************************* Tractor-trailer driver charged GARDEN RIVER FIRST NATION, ON - (May 30) - OPP were called to a collision involving two tractor-trailers yesterday afternoon around 1 p.m. on Highway 17 East.

Donna Hilsinger, Sault Ste. Marie's reigning diva of song, hospitality, the arts and eco-activism, has been recognized with an Influential Women of Northern Ontario Award. Hilsinger (shown in a SooToday.

NEWS RELEASE ONTARIO MINISTRY OF TRANSPORTATION ************************* McGuinty government recognizes Ontario's Francophone community Ontario's licence plate slogan YOURS TO DISCOVER is now available in the French equivalent, TANT A DECOUVRIR .

CITY POLICE NEWS RELEASE ************************* Two injured in motor vehicle collision City Police attended to a two-vehicle collision on the 29th of May at 10:22 p.m.

NEWS RELEASE SAULT STE. MARIE AIRPORT DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION ************************* SAULT STE. MARIE - (May 30) - The Sault Ste. Marie Airport Development Corporation is pleased to announce an increase in the Air Canada Jazz flight schedule.

EAST FIRE REGION SITUATION UPDATE MINISTRY OF NATURAL RESOURCES ************************* One new fire East Fire Region fills Manitoba’s request for five FireRanger crews There is currently one active fire in the East Fire Region. Sault Ste.