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The suspect in the shooting of an O.P.P. officer is the former Mayor of Joly Township. 70 year-old Fred Preston of Burk's Falls remains in critical condition after allegedly shooting O.P.P. Constable Vu Pham. Preston served as Mayor of the Township a few years ago. Constable Pham was shot and killed yesterday morning after pulling over a vehicle in a rural area near London. It's reported Preston was shot 8 times during a gunfight with responding officers.

Canada's Minister of Industry and Minister Responsible for FedNor is responding to insensitive rumours spread by the NDP. Tony Clement says two MPs in the Nickel Belt and Sault regions were telling falsehoods about the future of the Sudbury FedNor office, saying it was going to close and move to Toronto. Clement says the NDP is playing political games and that they shouldn't be so reckless because employees of FedNor were concerned for thier jobs. Since 2006 FedNor has invested more than $200 million in to Northern Ontario communities.

The Township of Lake of Bays has its first candidate for Mayor. Dan Waters has filed his papers for the 2010 municipal election. Waters was the MPP for Muskoka-Georgian Bay from 1990 to 1995 and currently runs a business in Lake of Bays. He says he has been asked by several residents to run for mayor and will make decisions that best reflect the needs of the community.

A Gravenhurst man faces charges after a house fire in Stouffville that claimed the life of a woman inside the house. Marion deacon was found inside her home during the blaze and emergency workers found a man who had been staying at the house outside the home, on the ground. An autopsy done Monday showed deacon died of blunt force trauma to the head. 43-year old Paul Kenyon faces charges of second degree murder. Kenyon is expected to remain in hospital for several days.