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SooToday News has filed a formal complaint today with Ontario's Registrar of Private Investigators and Security Guards over the conduct of a security guard working at a Community Living Algoma picket line on Bruce Street.

Amy Zuccato of Sault Ste. Marie (shown) was one of 82 contestants participating in MCTV's Northern Idol contest Thursday at the Lone Star Cafe. MCTV is expected to announce the winners next Tuesday.

Sandy Adam, who stepped down as president and chief executive officer of Algoma Steel last August, continues to receive $35,417 a month under an agreement negotiated with the company last May.

Sault MPP Tony Martin promised today to keep the heat on the Ontario Government to ensure that people on the Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP) receive adequate support.

Algoma-Manitoulin MPP Mike Brown introduced a private member's bill today aimed at providing relief for customers of Great Lakes Power.

Sault Ste. Marie Fire Services advises that, effective 9 a.m. on Friday morning, all open air burning permits issued within the City are cancelled. This notice will remain in effect until weather conditions improve.

An undetermined number of job losses will occur at Algoma Steel over the next three months, company officials disclosed today. Speaking to reporters in Sault Ste.

Algoma Steel Inc. has a new corporate logo. The new corporate identity (shown) was unveiled this week in the company's 2002 annual report.

Sault Ste. Marie Mayor John Rowswell has named 18 people to his Air Cargo Committee. The new committee will hold its first meeting next week. For background on this story, please click here.

For a former member of Local 2251 of the United Steelworkers of America, for a former student at the prestigious but then-very-left-leaning London School of Economics, Bruce Willson is a long way from his ideological roots.