5+ day, 16+ hour ago   (190+ words) A heavily intoxicated driver paid the price for turning down a ride from police last summer. Robert Lesage asked an Ontario Provincial Police officer to leave Highway 17 in Garden River First Nation on Aug. 4, 2025. His speech was slurred. Alcohol could…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (111+ words) Sault woman's no-shows land her in jail Sault Star A woman landed in jail for not seeing her probation officer or going to John Howard Society. Megan Laird, 31, pleaded guilty to three offences last Friday, including failing to attend court…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (120+ words) Sault Star A loaded gun and ammunition were allegedly found when police executed a search warrant at a residence in the 800 block of Allen’s Side Road on Wednesday. The ammunition was improperly stored, police say. Austyn Taylor, 20, was charged with…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (104+ words) A man is accused of stealing a bicycle and electric scooter. The thefts happened Aug. 13 in the 100 block of Churchill Boulevard and 200 block of Bay Street, police say. A suspect was found Tuesday in the 200 block of Queen Street East....

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (243+ words) A man will do more jail time for repeatedly stealing booze from LCBO outlets, assaulting a woman and taking cash from a relative’s bank account. Shawn Leblanc pleaded guilty Tuesday to 16 offences, including eight counts theft under $5,000, assaulting and threatening…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (493+ words) Putting a man who rammed his truck – twice – into an east-end veterinarian clinic during office hours more than two years ago would undermine the effort he made to better himself, his lawyer argued Tuesday. Twelve months of house arrest, said…...