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  Free transit passes for those on provincial assistance in the Sault coming to an end

  Recipients of Ontario Works and the Ontario Disability Support Program will no longer receive free monthly Sault Transit passes.

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  First Nations in northern Ont. seek over $100B to honour treaty promise

  A legal battle playing out in a northern Ontario courtroom this month has seen an alliance of First Nations argue they are owed upwards of $100 billion for the Crown's failure to honour a 173-year-old treaty promise, while the federal and provincial governments claim they are either owed far less, or nothing at all.

• Sault Ste. Marie farmers' market reopens with new name, space

  Sault Ste. Marie's Mill Market has a new home – and a new name.

• Sault Climate Hub holds public rally

  Dozens gathered in the Sault Ste. Marie Friday afternoon for a rally on climate change, held by the Sault Climate Hub.

• Northern Ont. international students concerned about Canada's tensions with India

  Indian international students are on edge, following the Indian government’s retaliation to the prime minister’s allegations that India had a hand in murdering Sikh independence activist in Canada.

• 'Doing the right thing isn't always the right thing to do': Fedeli comments Greenbelt land reversal decision

  Nipissing MPP Vic Fedeli came to Premier Doug Ford’s defence Friday over his about-face decision not to open up the Greenbelt land for developers.

• Culture Days kick-off in Sault Ste. Marie

  The Fall Rendezvous at the Ermatinger Clergue National Historic Site in the Sault is in full swing.

• Northern Ont. couple shares their story to show the importance of organ donation

  A Greater Sudbury couple is sharing their experience with a kidney exchange-type program.

• Impaired driver had beer cans strewn across front seat, police say

  A 27-year-old from Iron Bridge has been charged with impaired driving following an incident Thursday at a Blind River golf course.

• ATV driver killed in Blind River, 8th ATV death in 2 months

  A 62-year-old was killed Thursday in an ATV collision in Blind River. It’s the eighth person to be killed in ATV crashes in the last two months in northern Ontario.

• Police in Elliot Lake arrest known sex offender for breaching release conditions

  A 40-year-old sex offender who is not allowed to be near children has been charged in Elliot Lake with violating release conditions and voyeurism.

• Buy, swap, sell fraud on social media leads to charges for Manitoulin suspect

  A Manitoulin Island suspect is facing more than 30 fraud-related charges following a six-month investigation by the Ontario Provincial Police.