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OPP NEWS RELEASES ************************* 8:15 p.m. update OPP advise that Hwy 17 reopened to traffic at 8:15 p.m., April 16, 2008. Traffic is expected to be moving slowly for some time. ************************* Original release - 4:27 p.m.

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A young child has been taken to Sault Area Hospital by ambulance this evening after being hit by a truck near Studio 10. Few details were available at time of writing (5:42 p.m.). SooToday.com will update this story later tonight.

Four United States Coast Guard icebreakers are working diligently today to ease conditions that have slowed Great Lakes shipping in the Whitefish Bay area.

Anybody remember John Paulson, the hedge fund manager who threatened to oust the board of Algoma Steel unless they agreed to strip the company of $400 million in assets and take on $200 million in new debt? Paulson only convinced the company rid itse

NEWS RELEASE JOHNSON TOWNSHIP ************************* Johnson Township marks WinterActive Community Challenge Award with recreation celebration DESBARATS - The Township of Johnson has received a WinterActive Community Challenge Award from Parks and

OPP NEWS RELEASE ************************* OPP searching for missing man ESPANOLA, ON – Members of the Espanola Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police are seeking the public's assistance in locating a missing man.

The U.S. Supreme Court has this morning upheld the legality of the three-drug cocktail widely used in American executions over the past three decades.

City officials are weighing the merits of a possible deal with a not-for-profit corporation owned by Federation of. Canadian Municipalities that would allow emission-capture equipment to be installed at the City landfill.

OPP NEWS RELEASE ************************* Vehicle stopped for speeding leads to drug charge TILLEY TWP, ON - Yesterday, a Sault Ste. Marie OPP officer was conducting radar patrol on Highway 17 in Tilley Township. At approximately 4 p.m.