Sault Ste. Marie news

• PROULX, Gerard (Gerry)

  22-09-2017 23:18
  Passed away, surrounded by his family at Sault Area Hospital on Thursday, September 21, 2017 in his 81st year. Beloved husband of Carmen for 60 years. Loved father of Joe (Colette), Donald (Linda), Nelson (Kathryn), Rob (Cheryl), Al and Steve (Jody). Grandfather of  Matthieux (Alannah), Sean, Sarah (Ryan), Kyle (Leslie), Tiffany (Coty), Alex, Andrew (Katrina), […]
  
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• JUBY, Lindsay Royce

  22-09-2017 23:15
  Peacefully at Algoma Manor on September 22, 2017 at the age of 87. Lindsay leaves behind his wife Rosemary of 66 years and his children Heather (John), Hugh (Nancy), Brenda (Mike) and Debbie (Curtis). He also leaves 15 grandchildren and 10 great grandchildren. A come and go celebration will be held at the Juby Farm […]
  
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• Sample of those who showed stuff at Sylvan Circle Tour 2017

  22-09-2017 22:55 via saultstar.com
  
  Sylvan Circle Tour 2017 had weather so warmand sunny, those attending could not resistthe temptation to get out and enjoyeverything about what the day had tooffer.The annual self-guided tour was free.Maps and brochures were available, sovisitors could plan where they wanted to visit,whether it be the entire tour or just certainsites.More th
  
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• Armed trio force way into home

  22-09-2017 22:37 via saultstar.com
  
  Three males armed with a firearm forced their way into a residence in the 400 block of Third Avenue on Friday.
  
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• TURCO, Luciano

  22-09-2017 22:26
  Peacefully passed away surrounded by his family at the Sault Area Hospital on Thursday, September 21, 2017, at the age of 86. Loving husband of Emma for 60 years.  Dear father of Reno (Suzanne), Frank, John (Susan)and the late Mario.  Cherished Nonno of Nicolas (Sarah Bressan), Daniel, Jesse (Caitlin) and Jacob. Predeceased by his parents […]
  
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• UPDATE: Hot weather prompts Severe Weather threats

  22-09-2017 22:23
  UPDATE :Environment Canada has now ended the severe thunderstorm watch Previous Severe thunderstorm watch in effect for: Agawa – Lake Superior Park Sault Ste. Marie – St. Joseph Island Searchmont – Montreal River Harbour – Batchawana Bay Conditions are favourable for the development of severe thunderstorms that may be capable of producing strong wind gusts, […]
  
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• Blind River businessman missing

  22-09-2017 22:20 via saultstar.com
  
  A Blind River businessman is missing.
  
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• Early Morning Home Invasion

  22-09-2017 22:15
  Officers with the Investigation Services Division and Break and Enter Unit of the Sault Ste. Marie Police Service are currently investigating a home invasion that occurred today. Between 7:30 and 8:00 a.m. three unknown males forced their way into a residence in the 400 block of Third Avenue armed with a firearm.  Once inside, the […]
  
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• Man charged in school threatening

  22-09-2017 22:02 via saultstar.com
  
  A man made a general threat to kill someone at White Pines Collegiate and Vocational School on Thursday morning.
  
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• Shoemaker wants city to lure Amazon to SSM

  22-09-2017 21:28 via saultstar.com
  
  Ward 1 Coun. Steve Butland will bewatching.
  
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• OPP request your assistance in locating missing male

  22-09-2017 21:19
  (MUNICIPALITY OF HURON SHORES, ON) – Members from the East Algoma Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Detachment, the OPP Emergency Response Team (ERT) and the OPP Canine Unit are conducting an extensive ground search for a missing elderly male. Investigation reveals Laurence FOLZ (71) of Blind River, Ontario, had made arrangements for a ride to a property […]
  
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• Officers with the Investigation Services Division and Break and Enter Unit of the Sault Ste. Marie Police Service... fb.me/xovizISK

  22-09-2017 21:02 via twitter.com
  Officers with the Investigation Services Division and Break and Enter Unit of the Sault Ste. Marie Police Service... fb.me/xovizISK
  
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• Early Morning Home Invasion #Sault #Police #SaultNews #TheSoo - news.ssmps.ca/EN/News/index.…

  22-09-2017 21:02 via twitter.com
  Early Morning Home Invasion #Sault #Police #SaultNews #TheSoo - news.ssmps.ca/EN/News/index.…
  
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• Butland withdraws Suncor motion

  22-09-2017 20:57 via saultstar.com
  
  Ward 1 Coun. Steve Butland will be watching.
  
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• Sears closes Oct. 1

  22-09-2017 20:16 via saultstar.com
  
  Sears closes its Sault Ste. Marie location on Oct. 1.
  
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• Fraudsters push prizes

  22-09-2017 20:06 via saultstar.com
  
  Fraudsters are trying to dupe Sault Ste. Marie residents into thinking they've won a large prize from Publishers Clearing House.
  
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• Ontario's 21 Universities to Visit Local High School in Sault Ste. Marie - SaultOnline.com

  22-09-2017 19:56
  Ontario's 21 Universities to Visit Local High School in Sault Ste. Marie
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  Representatives from Ontario's 21 universities will be in Sault Ste. Marie at Korah CVS on Monday, October 2, 2017, from 7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., for the University Information Program (UIP). This free event offers high school students from the ...
  
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• Ontario’s 21 Universities to Visit Local High School in Sault Ste. Marie

  22-09-2017 19:53
  Representatives from Ontario’s 21 universities will be in Sault Ste. Marie at Korah CVS on Monday, October 2, 2017, from 7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., for the University Information Program (UIP). This free event offers high school students from the surrounding area, and their parents, the opportunity to speak in-person with multiple university representatives. Any […]
  
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• The Sault Ste. Marie Police Service would like to warn the public about a recent telephone scam. Unknown persons... fb.me/C6nt4ZjU

  22-09-2017 19:47 via twitter.com
  The Sault Ste. Marie Police Service would like to warn the public about a recent telephone scam.Unknown persons... fb.me/C6nt4ZjU
  
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• ALERT Telephone Scam #Sault #Police #SaultNews #TheSoo - news.ssmps.ca/EN/News/index.…

  22-09-2017 19:47 via twitter.com
  ALERT Telephone Scam #Sault #Police #SaultNews #TheSoo - news.ssmps.ca/EN/News/index.…
  
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• Man who set woman on fire gets 16 years

  22-09-2017 19:36
  PRINCE ALBERT, Sask. – A Saskatchewan man who viciously attacked a homeless woman and set her on fire has been sentenced to 16 years in prison. Leslie Black had pleaded guilty to attempted murder in the beating, burning and sexual assault of Marlene Bird in an alley in Prince Albert, Sask., in 2014. Her injuries […]
  
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• Council to discuss naming rights Monday

  22-09-2017 19:32 via saultstar.com
  
  City council will be asked Monday to allow staff to move forward with a naming rights process for the Sault’s premier sports and entertainment facility.
  
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• HUMPHRIES, Marita

  22-09-2017 19:19
  Peacefully at the FJ Davey Home on Wednesday, September 20, 2017 in her 89th year. Beloved wife of the late Maurice Humphries. Loving mother of Valerie Brown (Kirby), Maurice Humphries and Rosemarie Vernile. Proud Grammi of Holly Richards (Mark) and Heidi Bailey (Don). Great Ma of Kolin, Lillia and Marcus. Dear sister of Lorraine Campbell […]
  
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• Pssst Nathan...we issued 1266 Provincial offence notices in the past 12 months. That’s an average of 3.5 tickets pe… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  22-09-2017 19:18 via twitter.com
  Pssst Nathan...we issued 1266 Provincial offence notices in the past 12 months. That’s an average of 3.5 tickets pe… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Ontario to join Quebec-California carbon market

  22-09-2017 19:18
  The premiers of Ontario and Quebec and the governor of California signed an agreement Friday to create the world’s second largest carbon market, dismissing naysayers and predicting that more provinces and states would soon join. Quebec and California have been jointly holding cap-and-trade auctions since 2014, and as of Jan. 1, 2018, those will now […]
  
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• Are Sault Drivers Getting Hosed at the Pumps, Sure Looks That Way !

  22-09-2017 19:03
  Gas prices go up and they come down. Unfortunately they never come down as quickly as they go up. For the last several weeks Canadians have had to deal with higher prices thanks mainly to Hurricanes that hit Texas about a month ago. At the time we were all told that prices would go up […]
  
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• AELICK, Robert Cecil

  22-09-2017 19:00
  ∼August 1956 – September 2017∼ The family of Rob is deeply saddened to announce his passing. With broken hearts, he leaves behind his children Bob, Lindsay (Josh) and his grandchildren Braeden, Carina, Xavier and Ryley and his #1 believers, his parents Bob and Lorraine and his siblings Anne (Les), Lloyd (Jean), Roberta (Pat), Laurie (Tim) […]
  
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• Police Warn of Another Telephone Scam

  22-09-2017 18:48
  The Sault Ste. Marie Police Service would like to warn the public about a recent telephone scam.  Unknown persons have been calling Sault Ste. Marie Residents advising them that they have won a large prize from Publishers Clearing House. The callers have then asked the potential victims to disclose their personal financial and banking information […]
  
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• On Camera: Groceries Stolen From Metro

  22-09-2017 18:38
  Crime Stoppers and the Sault Ste. Marie Police Service are seeking the public’s assistance in identifying a suspect in a theft. On the 11th of September at approximately 11:20 p.m. a female entered the Metro located in the Churchill Plaza. The female suspect went through the store picking up assorted groceries and placing them in […]
  
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• RUSHON, Anne Alice

  22-09-2017 17:59
  Passed away peacefully with her family by her side at the Sault Area Hospital on Wednesday, September 20, 2017 at the age of 85. Anne is now reunited with her dear husband Allan Joseph.  Anne always referred to her boys as “My Three Sons” Barry (Jean), Dan (Betty) and Fred (Solange). Cherished Nana of Bobbi-Jo […]
  
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• Women in Tech Community Conversation coming to Sault Ste. Marie - SaultOnline.com

  22-09-2017 16:51
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  Women in Tech Community Conversation coming to Sault Ste. Marie
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  Women in Tech Community Conversation coming to Sault Ste. Marie as part of a Canada-wide research tour funded by Kickstarter. The Sault Ste. Marie Innovation Centre is hosting a Driving Women in Tech (Driving WinTech) Community Conversation on ...and more »
  
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• Shoemaker wants Amazon in the Sault

  22-09-2017 16:21
  Ward 3 councillor Matthew Shoemaker will present an idea to council on Monday that will get some heads spinning. Shoemaker wants the twin Soo’s to host Amazon’s second headquarters. Amazon announced it is looking for a home that has at least 100 acres  for a 500,000 sq foot building. Several bigger centres have already started […]
  
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• Tim Hortons franchisees in fight with company

  22-09-2017 16:00
  TORONTO – A group representing frustrated Tim Hortons franchisees says its board members have been accused by the company of helping leak confidential information. The Great White North Franchisee Association said its board members have been served with notices of default. In a letter to the company posted on the association website, association president David […]
  
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• Welcome to Autumn, and the Hottest days of the year!

  22-09-2017 15:45
  Summer officially ended and Autumn has begun, but you wouldn’t know it. Abnormally high temperatures are forecast to continue right into next week. While the leaves are turning and the kids are back to school , Sault Ste. Marie will see it’s hottest days yet. Keep in mind the normal temperatures we see at this […]
  
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• MONROE, Marilyn

  22-09-2017 15:20
  Passed away unexpectedly at Sault Area Hospital on September 16, 2017 at the age of 58. Daughter of Violet Monroe, (Walter) and the late Barry Archibald. Lovingly remembered by her only child, Alex Martin, her brothers and sisters: Barry (Diana), Cathy (Jim), John (Donna) and Candy (Andrew). Auntie too many nieces and nephews. Marilyn was […]
  
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• Young People Continue to Help Others

  22-09-2017 14:46
  Fifteen young people, also known as St. Luke’s Cathedral Players, are looking forward to helping out others by supporting the Children’s Aid Society of Algoma’s Youth In Care Education Assistance Fund on Saturday, October 21 at 7 pm, at the Sault Community Theatre Centre. Tickets are available from the Station Mall Ticket Kiosk for $ […]
  
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• Women in Tech Community Conversation coming to Sault Ste. Marie

  22-09-2017 14:30
  Women in Tech Community Conversation coming to Sault Ste. Marie as part of a Canada-wide research tour funded by Kickstarter The Sault Ste. Marie Innovation Centre is hosting a Driving Women in Tech (Driving WinTech) Community Conversation on October 2, 2017. Driving Women in Tech, a community based research tour to better understand and support women […]
  
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• Algoma University Board Welcomes New Members

  22-09-2017 13:55
  Algoma University has appointed Lana Grawbarger, Anne Marie Jones, Alex Lambert, Michael Moraca and Dr. David Nanang to its Board of Governors. “These new members bring a wealth of experience as well as diverse perspectives to the table,” said Board Chair Mark Nogalo. “Their collective work in industry, government, and Indigenous affairs will assist the […]
  
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• EVOY, Ruby (nee DiPasquale)

  22-09-2017 05:45
  It is with profound sadness that we announce the passing of our beloved mother on Wednesday, September 20, 2017 at the Sault Area Hospital. Dear wife of the late Darcy. Cherished mother of Nelda Rimmer (Marty), Laura McKee (Ken) and Bill Evoy (Judy). Adored grandmother of Steven, Jared and Lauren Rimmer, Jonathon and Kaitlyn McKee, […]
  
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• Createch offers 'tremendous growth opportunity': VAIR

  22-09-2017 03:29 via saultstar.com
  
  A computer support company that started doing business in Sault Ste. Marie in March is promoting a career path to its staff that can begin with entry level work and evolve to more senior positions.
  
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• Take Back the Night protests violence against women and children

  22-09-2017 01:56 via saultstar.com
  
  Take Back the Night participants marched a number of downtown Sault Ste. Marie streets Thursday evening. Every year across Canada and around the world, women and supporters take to the streets at night to protest violence against women and children. In Sault Ste. Marie, the march is held during the third week of September.The Sault event, hosted by
  
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• Amazing Race Canada generated significant marketing results For the Soo - Lake Superior News

  22-09-2017 01:37
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  Amazing Race Canada generated significant marketing results For the Soo
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  Sault Ste. Marie, ON (September 19, 2017) – (LSN) The results are in, and they're amazing! More than 1.5 million viewers watched the Sault Ste. Marie episode of The Amazing Race Canada earlier this month. In terms of promotional value, this represents ...
  
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• Big business joins chorus against tax changes

  22-09-2017 01:04
  OTTAWA – A big Canadian player has quietly picked up his chips and is heading for the exit amid the tumult over the Trudeau government’s controversial tax proposals. A business owner has informed John Manley, the head of an organization representing Canada’s largest corporations, that he has moved billions of dollars outside the country since […]
  
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