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• Help feed hungry at Rome's

  30-11-2017 23:49 via saultstar.com
  
  Shoppers at Rome's Independent Grocers can help feed the hungry on Saturday.
  
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• BERNARD, Edward Richard (The Hawk)

  30-11-2017 23:44
  It is with the heaviest of hearts that we the family announce the passing of Ed after a long fought and courageous battle on Thursday, November 30, 2017 in his 79th year. Loving and dedicated husband of Joanne for 56 years.  A very treasured, honoured, adored and loving father of Roberta Hackett and Kim Whitmell […]
  
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• Public mum on River Valley Park application

  30-11-2017 23:40 via saultstar.com
  
  A proposed new sewage system for River Valley Park is generating little public feedback.
  
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• SMITH, Wayne

  30-11-2017 23:39
  Surrounded by the love of his family it’s with broken hearts that we announce the peaceful passing of a truly wonderful man at the Algoma Residential Community Hospice on Sunday, November 26, 2017. Wayne was 74. Beloved husband of  MaryLynn (nee Case) for 53 years. Cherished father of Ian (Ivana) and Kerri Tanner (Corey “Chief”) […]
  
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• Show features work by fine art students

  30-11-2017 23:27 via saultstar.com
  
  Student artwork and handcrafts are featured during a small treasures open house show and sale on Friday.
  
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• Band Beats for the week of Nov. 30th – Dec 3rd

  30-11-2017 23:26
  Band Beats is now archived under “Things to Do” 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 […]
  
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• Board will elect new chair, vice chair

  30-11-2017 22:53 via saultstar.com
  
  Algoma District School Board of trustees elects its chair and vice-chair at its annual board meeting on Tuesday.
  
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• 'Would be nice' if drivers don't drink

  30-11-2017 22:41 via saultstar.com
  
  An ideal Festive RIDE program would look like this for Sgt. Ray Magnan.
  
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• #Festive #rideprogram kicks off in #TheSoo today. #roadsafety #drivesafe… instagram.com/p/BcIirLjgXZ3/

  30-11-2017 21:52 via twitter.com
  #Festive #rideprogram kicks off in #TheSoo today. #roadsafety #drivesafe… instagram.com/p/BcIirLjgXZ3/
  
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• Council looking ahead to budget deliberations

  30-11-2017 21:45 via saultstar.com
  
  City council is getting ready to sharpen its pencil as it prepares for Monday’s budget deliberations.
  
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• Chamber president steps down

  30-11-2017 20:54 via saultstar.com
  
  Just weeks after being sworn in as theChamber of Commerce new president, JasonNaccarato has stepped down.
  
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• On Camera: Theft From LCBO on Great Northern Road

  30-11-2017 20:01
  Crime Stoppers and the Sault Ste. Marie Police Service are asking for your assistance in identifying a suspect in a theft. On the 13th of November 2017 at approximately 10:15 am a male attended at the LCBO located at 616 Great Northern Road. The unidentified male picked up a mickey of Bacardi Gold and concealed […]
  
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  30-11-2017 19:12 via twitter.com
  
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• City officials interviews commissioner hopefuls - Sault Ste. Marie Evening News

  30-11-2017 17:20 via sooeveningnews.com
  City officials interviews commissioner hopefuls
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  Four applicants stood in front of the Sault Ste. Marie City Commission Wednesday evening to pitch their case on why they should fill the city's vacant commissioner position. Following a conundrum of commissioner turnovers, the City was left with an ...
  
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• Canada’s 10 most common jobs for men and women last year

  30-11-2017 17:00
  OTTAWA — The top 10 occupations in Canada last year for men and women, according to the 2016 census: WOMEN 1. Retail salespersons 2. Registered nurses and registered psychiatric nurses 3. Cashiers 4. Elementary school and kindergarten teachers 5. Administrative assistants 6. Food counter attendants, kitchen helpers and related support occupations 7. Administrative officers 8. […]
  
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• 10 most common jobs for men and women in Canada last year

  30-11-2017 17:00
  OTTAWA — The top 10 occupations in Canada last year for men and women, according to the 2016 census: WOMEN 1. Retail salespersons 2. Registered nurses and registered psychiatric nurses 3. Cashiers 4. Elementary school and kindergarten teachers 5. Administrative assistants 6. Food counter attendants, kitchen helpers and related support occupations 7. Administrative officers 8. […]
  
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• Ontario Launches New Tool to Check if Prescriptions are Covered with OHIP+

  30-11-2017 16:41
  With one month to go until 4,400 drugs become free for everyone in Ontario age 24 and under through OHIP+, the province is making it easier to find out what medications will be covered with a new online search tool. Dr. Eric Hoskins, Minister of Health and Long-Term Care, was at Shoppers Drug Mart to […]
  
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• Chamber President Jason Naccarato to Step Down

  30-11-2017 16:40
  Sault Ste. Marie Chamber of Commerce (SSMCOC) President, Jason Naccarato has announced his resignation as the business organization’s President to pursue a brief contract opportunity within the Ontario Legislative Assembly. Serving the Ontario Legislative Assembly from the constituency office of MPP Ross Romano, Mr. Naccarato will promote Sault Ste. Marie as a great place to […]
  
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• New walk of fame case to be unveiled

  30-11-2017 16:05 via saultstar.com
  
  Dr. Roberta Bondar will unveil the restored Walk of Fame display at its new location next week.
  
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• Trump’s trickle-down tax plan: What it does to the rich, the poor, and Canada

  30-11-2017 15:58
  WASHINGTON — Donald Trump promised to govern for America’s forgotten men and women; yet he promoted a tax reform plan on Wednesday that independent analysts say does the exact opposite, transferring tens of billions of dollars in wealth up the income ladder. The president claimed at a rally in Missouri that the tax plan would […]
  
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• High court agrees to hear Vice Media case about press freedoms

  30-11-2017 15:53
  OTTAWA — The Supreme Court of Canada has agreed to hear an appeal that squarely pits media freedoms against the powers of police. In a decision today, the high court says it will look at Vice Media reporter Ben Makuch’s challenge of an Ontario Court of Appeal ruling that he must give the RCMP the background materials […]
  
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• Shingwauk Kinoomaage Gamig welcomes gov't help

  30-11-2017 15:42 via saultstar.com
  
  New provincial government legislation will help Shingwauk Kinoomaage Gamig offer programs and services reflecting First Nations' ways of knowing.
  
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• MP Participates in Question Period at SMC

  30-11-2017 15:25
  Students at St. Mary’s College had the opportunity recently to deliver their questions about politics directly to their representative in parliament. As part of a UNICEF Canada initiative, Sault Ste. Marie MP Terry Sheehan paid a visit to the school. Mr. Sheehan’s visit to a Grade 10 Civics class was part of the Bring Your […]
  
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• Sault College celebrates Dedes, Hunter

  30-11-2017 15:20 via saultstar.com
  
  Sault College graduates who are excelling in biology and art were nominated for this year's Premier's Awards.
  
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• Agency says US, Canada fall short on protecting Great Lakes

  30-11-2017 15:00
  TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. — Despite recent improvements, the U.S. and Canada have a long way to go toward ridding the Great Lakes of pollution that endangers human health and the environment, an advisory agency said Tuesday. Inadequately treated sewage, industrial chemicals and farm runoff are still flowing into the five lakes that provide drinking water […]
  
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• Audience participation rules in King Arthur

  30-11-2017 14:52 via saultstar.com
  
  Expect the unexpected is the mantra Lisa Consaul keeps repeating to her cast.
  
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• Fireman Dan says... This Holiday Season make fire safety a priority in your home. Don't Let a Fire Ruin Your Holida… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  30-11-2017 14:40 via twitter.com
  Fireman Dan says... This Holiday Season make fire safety a priority in your home. Don't Let a Fire Ruin Your Holida… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• The longest-serving member of Quebec’s legislature said what??!

  30-11-2017 14:00
  QUEBEC — The longest-serving member of Quebec’s legislature is apologizing for using the N-word in front of secondary-school students. Francois Gendron, 73, used the derogatory term last month while he was visiting a Quebec City school in his capacity as third vice-president of the national assembly. He told the students he “worked like an (expletive)” as a cabinet minister. […]
  
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• More highlights from Stats Can 2016 census data release

  30-11-2017 06:12
  OTTAWA — Statistics Canada issued its sixth and final batch of 2016 census numbers Wednesday, this one focused on education, labour, journey to work, language of work and mobility and migration. Some highlights: — Canada ranked first among OECD countries with 54 per cent of residents having college or university degrees in 2016, up from […]
  
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• Blue Devils tie Alpena, 3-3 - Sault Ste. Marie Evening News

  30-11-2017 05:57 via sooeveningnews.com
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  Blue Devils tie Alpena, 3-3
  Sault Ste. Marie Evening News
  Sault High's Kaden Brown (9) puts a shot on net against Alpena goaltender Cooper Black during a hockey game Tuesday night at Alpena. The teams played to a 3-3 tie. Photo courtesy of Jim Pattison. By Staff reports. Wednesday. Posted at 11:11 PM. Share ...
  
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• PM Trudeau went too far in LGBTQ apology: Tory MPs

  30-11-2017 04:35
  OTTAWA — Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer says he was sincere in his response to the apology for past state-sanctioned discrimination against LGBTQ people in Canada, but two of his caucus colleagues believe Prime Minister Justin Trudeau went too far. Conservative MP Harold Albrecht says Trudeau went beyond apologizing for historical wrongs when he expressed his […]
  
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• Ontario’s antiquated courts inch toward modern age with Wi-Fi, email or text jury summonses

  30-11-2017 04:30
  Ontario’s antiquated court system will inch toward the modern age, as the attorney general announced Wi-Fi for courthouses, jury summons via email or text and some online divorce filings. The system remains largely a paper-based one, which has not thus far reacted quickly to adopt new — or even not-so-new — technologies, Ontario Attorney General Yasir Naqvi said […]
  
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• Lobster found off New Brunswick coast with image of Pepsi can on claw

  30-11-2017 04:00
  GRAND MANAN, N.B. — Fisherman Karissa Lindstrand drinks a lot of Pepsi every day — so imagine her surprise as she was banding lobster claws and came across a lobster with the image of a Pepsi can on it. “It looked like the image was tattooed on the lobster claw,” she said Wednesday. Lindstrand has been banding […]
  
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• Third-gen family-owned McDougall Energy aquires Pepco, announces expansion

  30-11-2017 03:49
  Fuel and Lubricant Business McDougall Energy acquires Pepco Corp, expands in the Owen Sound Area McDougall Energy Inc. (McDougall Energy), a third generation family-owned business, is pleased to announce the acquisition of the fuel and lubricant business in Owen Sound Ontario previously owned by Pepco Corp (Pepco). This acquisition further expands McDougall Energy’s reach into […]
  
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• Third-gen family-owned McDougall Energy acquires Pepco, announces expansion

  30-11-2017 03:49
  Fuel and Lubricant Business McDougall Energy acquires Pepco Corp, expands in the Owen Sound Area McDougall Energy Inc. (McDougall Energy), a third generation family-owned business, is pleased to announce the acquisition of the fuel and lubricant business in Owen Sound Ontario previously owned by Pepco Corp (Pepco). This acquisition further expands McDougall Energy’s reach into […]
  
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• Police nab Ryan for Break and Enter

  30-11-2017 03:41
  On November 27rd, 2017 officers with the Sault Ste. Marie Police Service’s Break and Enter Unit arrested 33 year old Ryan Elliot of Wellington Street East for a break and enter. It is alleged that on November 23rd, the accused and another male drove to a business in the 900 block of McNabb Street in […]
  
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• ADSB trustees hear first-hand from teachers about math initiatives

  30-11-2017 02:38
  The Algoma District School Board (ADSB) is involved in the first year of a three-year Mathematics Plan developed with support from the Ministry of Education’s Renewed Mathematics Strategy. The focus this year has been to engage educators with the Board wide implementation of a Scope and Sequence, provide Professional Learning to educators and Administrators and […]
  
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• Two arrests for transportation fraud

  30-11-2017 02:09
  On November 27th, 2017 officers with the Patrol Services Division of the Sault Ste. Marie Police Service arrested 45 year old Craig Witty of Albert Street East and 33 year old Emmanuel Mugabo of Cathcart Street for transportation fraud. It is alleged that both males took a ride with a local taxi company on November […]
  
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