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2:18 p.m. update from the Highway 69 crash scene

2:18 p.m. update from the Highway 69 crash scene

OPP NEWS RELEASES ************************* 2:18 p.m. update Highway 69 is now moving in both directions. But slow. ************************* 11:36 a.m. update Highway 69 is open to one lane. Local traffic only. Very slow.
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Province supports local company making biodiesel fuel

Province supports local company making biodiesel fuel

Sault Ste. Marie MPP David Orazietti today announced provincial support for a local company developing innovative biodiesel technology to produce fuel for farmers and small businesses. Full details have just been posted on SooToday.com's Green page.
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What we're hearing about Philip Garforth and Borealis

What we're hearing about Philip Garforth and Borealis

The agenda for Monday's meeting of Sault Ste. Marie City Council calls for a possible appearance by Philip Garforth, the bold, industrious, progressive, unflappable, energetic, media-bashing proponent of the waterfront Borealis project. Or maybe not.
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Yee-haw! Laird Fair is this weekend!

Yee-haw! Laird Fair is this weekend!

NEWS RELEASE NORTH SHORE AGRICULTURAL FAIR (LAIRD FAIR) 2007 ************************* WHEN: August 10, 11, 12, 2007 LOCATION: Laird Fairgrounds, Lake George Road East - 30 kilometres east of Sault Ste.
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People of Newberry line streets to cheer on firefighters

People of Newberry line streets to cheer on firefighters

NEWS RELEASE MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES ************************* Sleeper Lake Fire media information Late last night, as the firefighters returned from their tasks, they were greeted by hundreds of Newberry residents and visitors.
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Burglars help themselves at McDougall Fuels office

Burglars help themselves at McDougall Fuels office

OPP NEWS RELEASE ************************* Break, entry and theft BLIND RIVER, ON - On Friday morning just prior to 3 a.m., a person entered the office of McDougall Fuels on Causley Street in Blind River and stole money and a computer.
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Update on enormous fire at Sleeper Lake

Update on enormous fire at Sleeper Lake

NEWS RELEASE COMPILATION MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES ************************* Sleeper Lake fire update Sleeper Lake Fire Incident Commander Rich Ahnen said it best yesterday morning during the daily briefing with firefighters, that the
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Woman found dead after jump from Mackinac Bridge

Woman found dead after jump from Mackinac Bridge

The body of an unidentified woman has been recovered about two miles west of the Mackinac Bridge. The woman, who was pronounced dead at the U.S. Coast Guard station in St. Ignace, jumped 175 feet from the bridge's south tower just before 4 p.m.
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Ontario forest fire update for Friday

Ontario forest fire update for Friday

FOREST FIRE UPDATE ONTARIO MINISTRY OF NATURAL RESOURCES ************************* East Fire Region situation update Friday August 10th, 2007 – 0900hrs HIGHLIGHTS: • four new; 23 active fires. • 423 fires; 7,698.7 hectares to date since April 1.
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Josh Smith escapes courthouse, doesn't get far in jumpsuit

Josh Smith escapes courthouse, doesn't get far in jumpsuit

CITY POLICE NEWS RELEASE ************************* 25-year-old Joshua Smith of no fixed address has been charged with one count of theft under $5,000, one count of possession of property obtained by crime, one count of resisting arrest, one count of
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