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Not long ago, SooToday editorialist Dick Peplow called for City Council to fire Chief Administrative Officer Joe Fratesi if he can't get our traffic lights synchronized.

Bryan Hayes, the financial analyst who two months ago replaced Derik Brandt as Ward 3 Councillor, has wasted no time in launching his first major initiative.

Sault Ste. Marie author Anita Daher, who just launched her first book over the weekend, has received word that her publisher wants another.

Sault Ste. Marie is going to need a new enforcement officer to ensure compliance with the 100% Smoke Free motion expected to pass City Council tomorrow.

Starting this morning, a local taxi operator is quietly offering free rides to Sunday church services in exchange for a canned food donation to the local soup kitchen.

When Sam Biasucci built the Greenbelt Bingo building three years ago, more than $100,000 was spent on a special wall and ventilation technology designed to separate the smoking and nonsmoking sections.

Anita Daher's first instinct when she saw the giant smoke cloud threatening her northern Saskatchewan town was to pick up her two daughters from the elementary school. "I felt a need to keep my babies close," she recalls.

Subject to provincial approval, Sault College is planning to add a two-year water technician program next year.

Ward 3 Councillor Bryan Hayes, chair of Sault Ste. Marie's 2001 United Way campaign, was one of 18 locals presented tonight with volunteer medallions by MP Carmen Provenzano.

Sudbury OPP are asking for public assistance in the death of David Paul Caffery (shown), whose remains were discovered late last year in Burwash Township, south of Estaire. The remains were recently identified through dental records.