Local News

NEWS RELEASE CRIME STOPPERS ************************* Crime Of the Week The Thessalon Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police is continuing its investigation into the theft of a backhoe and is requesting your assistance in solving this crime.

Kenneth John Freeman, a former U.S. law enforcement officer considered one of the world's most notorious child-molestation suspects, has just been arrested in China.

Three members of the Sault North Rotary club returned this week from an eight day humanitarian mission to Honduras. One of them was Neil McLean, who wrote the following article for SooToday.com.

OPP NEWS RELEASE ************************* Vehicle fire investigation ELLIOT LAKE, ON - The East Algoma OPP in conjunction with the Elliot Lake Fire Department is currently investigating a vehicle fire. On May 1 at approximately 12:05 p.m.

CITY POLICE NEWS RELEASE ************************* A 17- and 15-year-old male were arrested on Great Northern Road yesterday just before noon. It is alleged that around 11:25 a.m.

CITY POLICE NEWS RELEASE ************************* 34-year-old James Syrette of 40 Hynes Road was arrested yesterday just before 8 p.m.

CITY POLICE NEWS RELEASES ************************* City police are investigating several mischief complaints over the past 24-hour period: 1) On the 1st of May around 7 p.m.

Sault Ste. Marie Mayor John Rowswell talked yesterday about a range of issues during a media conference yesterday about his recent junket to China.

The RCMP's Forensic Laboratory Services is not providing timely service, says the Auditor General of Canada, Sheila Fraser, in her 2007 Auditor General’s Report tabled yesterday in the House of Commons.

Completion of a new air surveillance and control system at NORAD's Canadian Air Defence Sector Air Operations Centre in North Bay is taking longer and costing more than the Department of National Defence planned.