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• Band Beats for the week of Sept 6th – Sept 10th

  06-09-2017 23:00
  Band Beats is now archived as a Column for great entertainment at your fingertips! For even more things to do in and around the Sault, browse through the Community Events Calendar. Are you a Musician? Not seeing your gig on the list or would like to make sure your Sault Ste. Marie fans know where […]
  
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• WOOD, Alice Mirjam

  06-09-2017 22:04
  Passed away on Monday, September 4, 2017 with the love of her family surrounding her. Precious daughter of Chris and Katriina Wood. Cherished sister of Isabel (3) and Avaline (2). Granddaughter of Gary and Anne Wood and Tuomo and Ruth Vuohijoki. Will be deeply missed by many aunts, uncles and cousins. Friends are invited to […]
  
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• HOLLINGSWORTH, William Graham

  06-09-2017 21:39
  Bill passed away peacefully in his 91st year at Extendicare Maple View on September 5, 2017 surrounded by his loving family. Beloved husband and best friend of Joyce for 64 years.  Special and loving father of Mark (Susan), Marla (Rob), Greg (Candice) and Blair.  Proud grandfather of Stephen, Kathryn, Bradley (Lauren), Abigail, Matthew and great […]
  
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• Essar light incident investigation continues

  06-09-2017 21:36 via saultstar.com
  
  The investigation into what caused a light fixture to fall on the ice surface at the Essar Centre last week is continuing.
  
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• Skusky helped Bruce Mines

  06-09-2017 21:10 via saultstar.com
  
  Bernard Skusky, recognized by Bruce Mines as the community's Citizen of the Year in 1995, is dead.
  
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• CREATECH365's move to Sault Ste. Marie brings Microsoft to Northern Ontario - SaultOnline.com

  06-09-2017 20:56
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  CREATECH365's move to Sault Ste. Marie brings Microsoft to Northern Ontario
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  The Createch Group, headquartered in Montreal, Quebec founded a new office in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario in March of 2017. This office, named CREATECH365, offers new services for Microsoft Dynamics software support and development. It was established ...
  
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• CREATECH365’s move to Sault Ste. Marie brings Microsoft to Northern Ontario

  06-09-2017 20:50
  The Createch Group, headquartered in Montreal, Quebec founded a new office in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario in March of 2017.  This office, named CREATECH365, offers new services for Microsoft Dynamics software support and development. It was established through a unique partnership between Createch, Microsoft, Sault Ste. Marie Innovation Centre, Sault College of Applied Arts and […]
  
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• Chamber urges Ontario to help with transition

  06-09-2017 20:48 via saultstar.com
  
  The Chamber of Commerce wants to see the provincial government return the money businesses pay out with cap and trade reinvested back to communities.
  
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• Aid workers brace for worst from Irma

  06-09-2017 20:46
  PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – A Canadian aid worker in Haiti says she’s concerned Hurricane Irma could deal a crippling blow to the impoverished country while it’s still recovering from Hurricane Matthew, which struck less than a year ago. Laura Sewell of Ottawa, assistant country director in Haiti for CARE, says Haiti is less able to handle […]
  
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• Rivers Speak Community Play 4 years in the making

  06-09-2017 20:01 via saultstar.com
  
  When grandmother and Sault Ste. Marie resident Marly Day enters the circle for The Rivers Speak Community Play, her steps will form a crescendo in her journey back from near-death. As part of her regalia, she will wear the eagle feather she acquired during that journey.“I will be playing the Thunderbird Woman,” she says, “but it’s not so much ‘play
  
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• Police briefs

  06-09-2017 18:42 via saultstar.com
  
  A motorist was reported driving in the wrong lane on Highway 17 south of Wawa on Saturday.
  
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• Wanted Wednesday: Samantha Rae Tulloch

  06-09-2017 18:26
  Crime Stoppers in partnership with the Sault Ste. Marie Police Service are seeking tips regarding the whereabouts of Samantha Rae Tulloch, 26, who is wanted for: CC 393(3) TRANSPORTATION FRAUD CC 430(4) MISCHIEF UNDER $5000 CC 145(2)(B) FAIL TO ATTEND COURT X 2 If you know where we can find the Wanted Wednesday individual please […]
  
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• Katie confronts her fear of bugs

  06-09-2017 17:59 via saultstar.com
  
  Katie Wardlaw confronts her fear of bugs by volunteering to have her head enclosed in a case with large termites
  
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• Pancakes served up

  06-09-2017 17:33 via saultstar.com
  
  Pancakes and maple syrup are being served at Canadian Bushplane Heritage Centre for four weekends starting Saturday.
  
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• Sudbury Liberal bribery trial set to start

  06-09-2017 17:07
  Two Ontario Liberals go on trial Thursday on Election Act bribery charges stemming from a 2015 byelection in Sudbury, but the stakes are also high for Premier Kathleen Wynne herself. The Sudbury trial happens nearly simultaneously with another Liberal trial — related to the cancellation of two gas plants — which makes for terrible optics […]
  
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• Retraction of Crime of the Week: Credit Cards Used at Esso

  06-09-2017 17:05
  Crime Stoppers of Sault Ste. Marie and District of Algoma are issuing a retraction in relation to the video that was released as our Crime of the Week on September 5, 2017. Regrettably the individual depicted in the video was the wrong person. Upon review of the video, we would like to note that a […]
  
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• Simply Amazing!

  06-09-2017 17:00
  Sault Ste. Marie was front row and centre in the Tuesday September 5th episode of the Amazing Race that featured Bellevue Park, Mocking Bird Hill Farm , Agawa Canyon and the Mill Market as the four teams faced their challenges including running Alpaca’s through an obstacle course, fly fishing and having cockroaches placed on their […]
  
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• Free dance, drumming lessons offered

  06-09-2017 16:55 via saultstar.com
  
  Free Irish dance lessons and bodhran drumming classes start Tuesday at Best Start Hub at Holy Cross elementary school.
  
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• Updated Curriculum, New Report Cards Coming to Ontario Schools

  06-09-2017 16:38
  Our schools are at the foundation of a fair and competitive Ontario. Today, our province’s publicly funded education system ranks among the best in the world, preparing our students for academic and future success. To build on this progress and make our schools even better at unleashing every student’s full potential, Ontario is taking immediate […]
  
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• Bank of Canada raises interest rate to 1%

  06-09-2017 16:36
  OTTAWA – The Bank of Canada is once again raising its benchmark interest rate as it sees the economy’s powerful performance pointing to broader, more self-sustaining growth. The central bank hiked its rate Wednesday by one-quarter point to 1.0 per cent, its second 25-basis-point increase since July. The move, which will likely be a surprise […]
  
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• Fire Queen Street East/Road OpenedThe Sault Ste. Marie Police would like to advise the motoring public that the... fb.me/EVX0TYQY

  06-09-2017 16:07 via twitter.com
  Fire Queen Street East/Road OpenedThe Sault Ste. Marie Police would like to advise the motoring public that the... fb.me/EVX0TYQY
  
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• Fire Queen Street East/Road Opened - news.ssmps.ca/EN/News/index.…

  06-09-2017 16:07 via twitter.com
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• Former president Barack Obama to speak in Toronto

  06-09-2017 15:50
  OTTAWA – Former United States President Barack Obama is scheduled to speak in Toronto at the end of September. Canada 2020, an Ottawa-based think tank that is hosting the event, says Obama will speak over lunch on Sept. 29 at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre. The organization says Obama will give a speech followed by […]
  
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• Downtown fire hurts two

  06-09-2017 15:23 via saultstar.com
  
  Two people were hurt in an early morning fire at a downtown residence.
  
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• Bugged out in Sault Ste. Marie | Sault Star - Sault Star

  06-09-2017 15:11
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  News, Local, Provincial, Canada, World, Sports, High School Sports, Local Hockey, Hockey, Basketball, Baseball, Football, Soccer, Lacrosse, Curling, Other ...and more »
  
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• Bugged out in Sault Ste. Marie - Sault Star

  06-09-2017 15:11
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  The Amazing Race Canada shot an episode in Sault Ste. Marie in May. The episode aired Tuesday. (CTV Photo). Tweet. Bookmark and Share. Change text size for the story. Print. Report an error. One of the most strategic decisions contestants can make in ...and more »
  
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• City encourages residents to get involved in the 2018 Budget process - City of Sault Ste. Marie saultstemarie.ca/Newsroom/Septe…

  06-09-2017 14:59 via twitter.com
  City encourages residents to get involved in the 2018 Budget process - City of Sault Ste. Marie saultstemarie.ca/Newsroom/Septe…
  
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• Globe and Mail to use online data to reshape paper

  06-09-2017 13:53
  TORONTO – The Globe and Mail is putting more faith in algorithms as part of a newspaper redesign that’s influenced by what’s trending on its website. A print revamp that launches Dec. 1 will incorporate news and topics that already have a proven track record with readers online, publisher Phillip Crawley said in an interview […]
  
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• Fire Closes Downtown Area

  06-09-2017 13:25
  Today at approximately 2:30 a.m. officers with the Sault Ste. Marie Police Service and members of Sault Ste. Marie Fire Services responded to a residential fire in the 0-100 block of Queen Street East. The building was evacuated and 2 people were transported to the hospital with non life-threatening injuries. As a result, Queen Street […]
  
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• Two hurt in downtown fire

  06-09-2017 13:04 via saultstar.com
  
  Two people were hurt in an early morning fire at a downtown residence.
  
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• Half of workers living paycheque to paycheque: poll

  06-09-2017 12:46
  TORONTO – A new survey by the Canadian Payroll Association suggests nearly half of workers are living paycheque to paycheque due to soaring spending and debt levels. The poll found that 47 per cent of respondents said it would be difficult to meet their financial obligations if their paycheque was delayed by even a single […]
  
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• Today at approximately 2:30 a.m. officers with the Sault Ste. Marie Police Service and members of Sault Ste.... fb.me/3hpUZpLKj

  06-09-2017 12:17 via twitter.com
  Today at approximately 2:30 a.m. officers with the Sault Ste. Marie Police Service and members of Sault Ste.... fb.me/3hpUZpLKj
  
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• Fire Queen Street East/Road Closure #Sault #Police #SaultNews #TheSoo - news.ssmps.ca/EN/News/index.…

  06-09-2017 12:17 via twitter.com
  Fire Queen Street East/Road Closure #Sault #Police #SaultNews #TheSoo - news.ssmps.ca/EN/News/index.…
  
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• Brimley man facing homicide charge - Sault Ste. Marie Evening News

  06-09-2017 12:05
  Brimley man facing homicide charge
  Sault Ste. Marie Evening News
  Chippewa County Prosecuting Attorney Rob Stratton has confirmed that one man has been arrested in connection with an Aug. 19, 2017 altercation. Lindsey Hatfield, 20, of Brimley was arraigned Friday in the 91st District Court on a homicide-involuntary ...
  
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• Katie confronts fear of bugs

  06-09-2017 02:54 via saultstar.com
  
  Katie Wardlaw confronts her fear of bugs by volunteering to have her head enclosed in a case with large termites
  
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• Surviving multiple myeloma lent Pamela Orchard new perspective on life; organized Sunday’s annual fundraising

  06-09-2017 01:35 via saultstar.com
  
  Pamela Orchard no longer sweats the small stuff.Surviving multiple myeloma tends to put life in perspective, the Sault Ste. Marie woman insists.“I think I worry a lot less about unimportant things,” Orchard told The Sault Star Tuesday. “I worry a lot less about what everybody thinks … I really don’t care,” she laughed.In fact, Orchard considers her
  
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• Sault CVB gets boost from late summer surge - Sault Ste. Marie Evening News

  06-09-2017 01:27
  Sault CVB gets boost from late summer surge
  Sault Ste. Marie Evening News
  August proved to be a busy and successful month for the Sault Ste. Mavie Convention & Visitors Bureau according to their end of month board of directors meeting. A series of highly anticipated and attended events drew the last summer month of vacation ...
  
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• Ready to enter the ring - Sault Ste. Marie Evening News

  06-09-2017 01:27
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  Ready to enter the ring
  Sault Ste. Marie Evening News
  Andy Thompson, left, Jim Moore, center and Michael Winnick pose for a ribbon cutting ceremony to welcome the new goat show ring at the Chippewa County Fair. Behind them are all the show kids in goats. Winnick donated the money for the ring to be ...
  
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