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• Sault city council wary about cost increase to Downtown Plaza project

  Sault Ste. Marie Council is directing city staff to take another look at the Downtown Plaza project after administration asked for a budget increase.

  

• Take Me Home Tuesday: Donny

  In this week's episode of Take Me Home Tuesday, we are featuring a three-year-old pup that was transferred to the Sudbury SPCA shelter from another centre.

  

• Blind River man charged again in ongoing neighbour dispute

  Charges are being laid for the third time in connection with an ongoing dispute between northern Ontario neighbours, police say.

• Cocaine, fentanyl seized and three charged in Espanola drug bust

  Two suspected drug dealers from northern Ontario, including one who was already wanted by police on Manitoulin Island, are facing charges after police raided a home in Espanola last week and seized suspected fentanyl and cocaine.

• Sault residents could be facing hefty tax increase

  Residents of Sault Ste. Marie could be looking at a nearly six per cent municipal tax increase this year.

• Family in remote northern Ont. reeling after daughter killed in fire, home destroyed

  A family in the remote First Nation community in Peawanuck, Ont., is dealing not only with the death of their young daughter, but the loss of everything they owned in a Jan. 28 house fire.

• Supply chain pressures, startup delays hike budget for Sault Downtown Plaza to $11.6M

  Meeting on Monday, city councillors in Sault Ste. Marie will be asked to approve another budget increase for the Downtown Plaza project.

• Suspect was asleep behind the wheel, bag of coke in their lap, Sault police say

  Two people discovered asleep in a vehicle in Sault Ste. Marie on Jan. 30 were found with weapons and more than $175,000 in illegal drugs, Sault police said Monday.

• Stolen dirt bike investigation leads Sault police to illegal firearms

  Three people in Sault Ste. Marie are facing weapons and other charges after a stolen dirt bike investigation led police to the prohibited guns.

• More than 3 kilos of cocaine seized in northern Ont. by guns and gangs unit

  A joint forces drug trafficking investigation in northern Ontario has resulted in three people charged and drugs, cash and a vehicle being seized.

• Annual survey shows how northern colleges are performing

  The latest results of Colleges Ontario’s annual survey, looking at 2020-2021 graduates, have been released. It looks at graduation and employment rates, as well as graduate and employer satisfaction, allowing schools to gauge how they are doing and highlighting where improvement is needed.

• Mississauga-based dermatologist awarded Sault Ste. Marie's Medal of Merit for 2022

  Since the 80's one Mississauga-based dermatologist has been visiting the Sault to care for locals and share his wealth of knowledge with area medical professionals.