Local News

Okay, you already know the basics about tomorrow's Civic Holiday, a.k.a. Simcoe Day. The Civic Centre and libraries and banks are closed. The big malls are open. The buses are running, but just once an hour.

Dear Sootoday, Pic taken at 1:45 p.m. on Sunday. Horses riding in front of my house on Douglas Street by St. Veronica's Church. Maybe gas prices too high. - Mike

OPP NEWS RELEASE ******************** Update - fatal motor vehicle collision On Saturday August 5, 2006 Thessalon OPP officers along with other emergency services responded to a single motor vehicle rollover on Highway 17, one kilometre west of Barr

At least 10 people are reported dead this Sunday morning after the worst Hezbollah rocket attack since the current hostilities between Lebanon and Israel started last month.

Those who attended an herbal medicines workshop at the Ermatinger Old Stone House Saturday were especially interested in the elderberry tree. Suzanne Hannah, an herb specialist and SooToday.

Five-year-old Brianna Walz tells SooToday.com she came camping to see a puppy parade. She says that the only really important thing about last night's Hilton Beach Community Day parade was all the dogs.

As the bodies of four Canadian soldiers killed this week in Afghanistan started their journey home, a fifth was killed today in a head-on traffic accident.

OPP NEWS RELEASE ******************** Man goes missing in the Goulais River Officers from the Sault Ste.

OPP NEWS RELEASE ******************** Highway open Highway # 17 east of Sault Ste. Marie, between Townline Road and Barr Road, is now open to traffic. The highway was closed due to a fatal motor vehicle collision. ********************

LETTER TO THE EDITOR ******************* Dear Sir: The "Hiawatha Highlands" recreation area is one of the few natural advantages Sault Ste Marie enjoys when it comes to competing with northern commmunities recruiting newly-graduated physicians.