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  Sault Mayor feels the ceremonial Chain of Office needs an update

  Sault Ste. Marie's mayor wants to modernize the city's ceremonial Chain of Office.

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  Ontario NDP seeks to make it illegal for drivers to pass on solid double yellow lines

  Chad Belanger was left with a broken neck, ribs, collarbone and sternum, a bruised heart and lungs, a concussion and PTSD following a crash caused by a truck that crossed a solid double yellow line to pass another vehicle in northern Ontario.

• Northern Ont. ski resort already opened

  Staff at Searchmont Resort north of Sault Ste. Marie have been busy making snow and preparing amenities as eager skiers have been getting ready to hit the slopes once again.

• Northern MPPs call for safer highways

  New Democrat MPPs from northern Ontario claim the province is allowing the region’s highways to remain unsafe by failing to address issues in the trucking industry.

• Who should decide highway closures?

  Some northeastern Ontario mayors say they are hoping for a change in the process when it comes to highway closures.

• Sault mayor looks back on his first year on the job

  Sault Ste. Marie Mayor Matthew Shoemaker is looking back on his first year on the job with a sense of accomplishment. However, Shoemaker acknowledges some ongoing issues that have yet to be resolved.

• Shoppers spending less this Black Friday amid inflation, experts say

  Black Friday is a day when shoppers typically hit the stores to get ahead of holiday shopping or take advantage of some exceptional deals – but some say fewer people are opening up their wallets this year.

• Billet parents in Timmins share what it's like to open their homes to young hockey players

  The billet parents tell CTV News that once the players move into your homes, they also move into your hearts.

• Police say Elliot Lake suspect robbed gas station, retail store within hours of each other

  A 23-year-old from Elliot Lake has been charged with two robberies in the community that took place nine hours apart.

• Late removal of wolf/coyote traps costs northern Ont. man $2,850 in fines

  A trapper from Nobel, Ont., has been fined after conservation officers discovered he had forgotten to remove wire snares set up to trap coyotes and wolves.

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  WATCH | Captured on Camera: Moose trio running through a northern Ont. neighbourhood

  A northern Ontario woman has captured rare footage of three moose travelling through a neighbourhood in the Greater Sudbury community of Garson earlier this month.

• Sault suspect accused of choking assault found with crystal meth

  A 34-year-old suspect has been charged after a victim of an assault made their way to police headquarters in the Sault to ask for help.