Local News

Crude oil prices hit a record high today, spiking by over $10 a barrel to $138.54, U.S. networks report.

Smog, the stuff that can be choking the Sault's West End but doesn't warrant a public health warning so long as it doesn't reach the pretty homes up on the hill, is causing 130 premature deaths in Algoma every year.

NEWS RELEASE INTERNATIONAL LAKE SUPERIOR BOARD OF CONTROL ************************* Brookfield Power refurbishes Compensating Works gates Refurbishment work on the Canadian side of the Compensating Works is expected to resume next week.

OPP NEWS RELEASE ************************* Temiskaming OPP continue investigation into discovery of human remains Seeking public assistance TEMISKAMING, ON - (June 6) - During the early evening on June 2, 2008, a human skull was located along Highway

SooToday.com has received word of the passing of prominent local physican Dr. Alex Sinclair. Funeral arrangements are expected to be announced later today. Dr.

The phone wasn't ringing off the hook at Algoma Public Health about the smog in Sault Ste. Marie's West End, says public health inspector Steve Deegan. Far from it.

Funeral arrangements have been announced for the funeral of Amy Ignatowski, the 27-year-old Coast Guard mechanic from the Michigan Soo who was last seen alive on May 30, the Soo Evening News reports.

Tomorrow is the 50th anniversary of the launch of the Edmund Fitzgerald at the Great Lakes Engineering Works of River Rouge, Michigan. Special commemorations are being held in Detroit.

EAST FIRE REGION SITUATION UPDATE MINISTRY OF NATURAL RESOURCES ************************* No new fires Five East Fire Region FireRanger crews and related personnel remain in Manitoba There are no new fires and no active fires in the East Fire Region.

OPP NEWS RELEASES ************************* Stolen bicycle BATCHEWANA FIRST NATION, ON - A bicycle was stolen from the front porch of a residence on Frontenac Street sometime within the past two days.