Province cuts court security funding

An Ontario government ministry is slashing more than $200,000 in funding to Sault Ste. Marie Police Service to cover security costs at the provincial courthouse.Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services directed about $820,000 to city police in 2018. That amount covered all security expenses borne by the municipal service for the Queen Street East site, police spokesperson Lincoln Louttit told The Sault Star.Police brass noticed fewer dollars from the province when recently reviewin