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Medical first response teams that were idled in recent days in Prince and Aweres Townships, Searchmont, Goulais River and Batchawana were cleared for action again as of Tuesday night, Goulais Fire and Rescue Chief Bob Menard tells SooToday.com.

A tentative agreement was reached today between the Algoma District School Board and its secondary teachers.

At 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Community Living Algoma announced it's reached a tentative agreement with its employees, averting a strike that could have begun at midnight.

Stelco Inc. today reported a first-quarter loss of $44 million or 45 cents a common share. The following are excerpts from a company news release: **************************************************************** Stelco Inc.

The Goulais River is holding steady at four feet above its usual levels, Goulais Fire and Rescue Chief Bob Menard told SooToday.com around 5:30 p.m.

Sault MP Carmen Provenzano is advising local media organizations that he'll make an "important" announcement on Thursday about industrial land in Sault Ste. Marie.

Sault Ste. Marie City Council will be presented tomorrow with a budget proposing a three percent increase in local property taxes.

Two Dearborn, Michigan men picked the wrong place to try fix their jammed camcorder, says Detroit Homeland Security chief Shelby Slater.

Late Monday night and into the wee hours of Tuesday morning, Goulais Fire and Rescue was warning residents on Bye's Sideroad that their road was underwater and floodwaters were rapidly approaching their homes. At 11:25 p.m.

Two Michigan men arrested after they were seen videotaping the Ambassador Bridge in Detroit had dynamite, immigration papers and shotgun shells in their car, the Associated Press is reporting.