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MEDIA RELEASE THE GREAT NORTHERN RESORT & CONFERENCE CENTRE ************************* Best Western Great Northern changes to the Great Northern Resort & Conference Centre Sault Ste.

CITY POLICE NEWS RELEASE ************************* A 49-year-old male was arrested on the 23rd of January at 3:15 p.m.

CITY POLICE NEWS RELEASE ************************* City Police attended at a motor vehicle collision on the 23rd of January that occurred around 4 p.m. on Bruce Street that sent one male to hospital for treatment of non-life-threatening injuries.

One Canadian soldier died and two others received minor injuries when a roadside bomb exploded today in Afghanistan, CBC News is reporting. The soldiers were travelling in a light armoured vehicle about 35 kms southeast of Kandahar City.

Participants in the Algoma Steel Hockey Tournament are helping to address Sault Ste. Marie's physician shortage.

For the second time this month, the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians has issued a news release (below) to announce the selection of an interim chief of police. The first release, prepared on January 7, advised that Sgt.

Sault Ste. Marie residents now have more service provider choices when it comes to their home telephones. Senior representatives from Shaw Communications Inc.

The Thunder Bay Source is reporting that 16 rail cars containing wood pulp have derailed near Rossport on the north shore of Lake Superior.

Searchers located the bodies of two ice fishers today in about five feet of water in Munuscong Bay. The discovery was made about 135 yards from where their snowmobile went through the ice, the Soo Evening News reports.

North American stock markets continue to give investors a wildly unpredictable ride. In Toronto, the S&P/TSX composite index gained 16 points today to close at 12,657. On Monday, the Toronto Stock Exchange plunged 605 points.