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• Band Beats for the week of Dec 21st – 24th

  21-12-2017 23:00
  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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• What’s open/closed over holidays

  21-12-2017 22:24 via saultstar.com
  
  The City of Sault Ste. Marie has set its hours of operation for services provided during the holiday season. Administrative offices are closed Dec. 25, Dec. 26 and Jan. 1. This includes the cemetery office, Civic Centre, Essar Centre office, Sault Transit and Public Works and Engineering Services. For 24-hour emergency service requests, call Public
  
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• NDP MPP Michael Mantha sends video appeal to save the caribou before it’s too late

  21-12-2017 22:19
  NDP MPP Michael Mantha sends video appeal to McGarry to save the caribou ALGOMA-MANITOULIN – NDP MPP Michael Mantha has sent a video appeal to Minister of Natural Resources and Forestry Kathryn McGarry, calling on the Wynne Liberals to speed up a plan to relocate a herd of caribou at risk of being wiped out. […]
  
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• MERZ, Arnold Friedrich

  21-12-2017 21:48
  Peacefully at the Algoma Residential Community Hospice on Wednesday, December 20, 2017 at the age of 92. Beloved father of Hugh Merz, Mason Merz and Laura Merz. Proud grandpa of Sean and Emma. Dear brother of Ludwig Merz (Helen), Joachim Merz and the late Heinz Merz. Arnold will be remembered by his nieces and nephews. […]
  
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• Terry Sheehan announces funding to strengthen tourism in the north

  21-12-2017 21:41
  Between 20 to 30 communities in Northern Ontario will benefit from a coordinated program designed to help travelers in their region find their way to community tourism attractions and amenities thanks to a $390,000 investment from the Government of Canada. The initiative, which is being implemented by Tourism Northern Ontario (TNO), a regional not-for-profit regional […]
  
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• Federal cash helps tourists find their way

  21-12-2017 21:30 via saultstar.com
  
  Terry Sheehan's tourism background taught him an important lesson.
  
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• Tool bag may have caused Ontario helicopter crash that killed 4:TSB

  21-12-2017 21:00
  RICHMOND HILL, Ont. — The Transportation Safety Board says evidence suggests a tool bag being carried outside a Hydro One helicopter struck the rear rotor of the aircraft just prior to a crash in eastern Ontario that killed all four people on board. The TSB says shortly before Dec. 14 crash near Tweed, Ont., the pilot […]
  
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• Wilkes, Mary Jean Elaine

  21-12-2017 20:44
  June 19, 1941 – December 20, 2017 Peacefully at the Sault Area Hospital on Wednesday December 20, 2017 in her 77th year. Jean Wilkes of Thessalon, beloved wife of the late Robert Wilkes. Loving mother of Janet Roberts (Troy) of Edmonton, Paula Teigen (Rob) of Tumbler Ridge BC. Sadly missed by her fur companion Pira. […]
  
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• Nissan Canada Finance reveals possible data breach of customer information

  21-12-2017 20:22
  MISSISSAUGA, Ont. — Nissan Canada Finance says it has been the victim of a data breach that may have involved the personal information of some customers who financed their vehicles through the automaker. The company says it does not know precisely how many people were affected, but that it was contacting all of its roughly 1.13 […]
  
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• Pita Pit donates to AFS Foundation for Student Nutrition Program

  21-12-2017 20:04
  Pita Pit to make Grand Opening donation to Algoma Family Services Foundation for the Student Nutrition Program Pita Pit Canada is pleased to announce the opening of a second location in Sault Ste. Marie. The new location at 710 Second Line E is owned and operated by Matthew DiFlumeri. Pita Pit Canada has recently developed […]
  
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• Our officers met cute little Poppy at quattrossm today. #makeingkidshappy #thesoo #police… instagram.com/p/Bc-aUVhALlg/

  21-12-2017 19:58 via twitter.com
  Our officers met cute little Poppy at quattrossm today. #makeingkidshappy #thesoo #police… instagram.com/p/Bc-aUVhALlg/
  
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• Millions and millions to be won on holidays

  21-12-2017 19:33 via saultstar.com
  
  It could be an extra-special holiday season for Ontario lottery players, as $112 million in jackpots and additional prizes are available to be won this weekend.
  
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• Sault Humane Society Responds to TAAG Story

  21-12-2017 19:14
  The following statement was issued by the Sault Ste. Marie Humane Society regarding a published story on the state of the volunteer The animal assistance group, TAAG. The Sault Ste. Marie Humane Society was deeply saddened to hear about these 6 cats that have been left without the comfort and safety of a home and […]
  
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• Three Vehicle Collision on Cathcart at Huron

  21-12-2017 18:50
  Sault Ste. Marie Police , Fire and EMS responded to a three vehicle collision on Cathcart Street Thursday. According to witnesses, a person or persons were sent to hospital. The extent of injuries is not known at this time.  
  
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• Three Vehicle Collision on Cathcart

  21-12-2017 18:50
  Sault Ste. Marie Police , Fire and EMS responded to a three vehicle collision on Cathcart Street Thursday. According to witnesses, a person or persons were sent to hospital. The extent of injuries is not known at this time.  
  
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• The Significance of the Winter Solstice to the Missanabie Cree First Nation

  21-12-2017 18:45
  This week, I had the opportunity to sit and talk with Missanabie Cree First Nation (MCFN)’s Elder/Youth Coordinator, Jackie Fletcher. She was kind enough to share some of the information regarding Missanabie Cree’s relationship to the winter solstice, where our days will finally become longer again. This topic sparked my interest because the solstice was […]
  
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• Commissioners reject proposed pay increases - Sault Ste. Marie Evening News

  21-12-2017 17:16 via sooeveningnews.com
  Commissioners reject proposed pay increases
  Sault Ste. Marie Evening News
  Faced with a 2 percent wage increase for 2018 and a similar hike for 2019, Mayor Anthony Bosbous and the six current members of the Sault Ste. Marie City Commission flatly rejected any additional money for filling these posts. The mayor's annual wage ...
  
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• 'Hidden Santa' winner - Sault Ste. Marie Evening News

  21-12-2017 16:15 via sooeveningnews.com
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  'Hidden Santa' winner
  Sault Ste. Marie Evening News
  Sault Ste. Marie resident Cheryl Lounds has been selected as the winner of The Sault News' “Hidden Santa” game, a competition that appeared in the newspaper earlier this month where local businesses featured Santas in their advertisements. As the ...and more »
  
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• Things are bleak at TAGG – The Animal Assistance Group Needs a Christmas Miracle

  21-12-2017 16:08
  There is no more room at foster homes for cats. Without a permanent space – TAGG is hard pressed to continue rescuing cats. “We took in a phenomenal amount of cats and kittens this year.” stated Cheryl Alberta in an interview with saultonline. Alberta is the founder and president of TAGG. “We took them in […]
  
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• Georgetown man dies in Wawa-area crash

  21-12-2017 15:00 via saultstar.com
  
  A fatal crash south of Wawa on Tuesday night claimed the life of a southern Ontario man.
  
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• Online outrage after Canadian TV host kills cougar in northern Alberta

  21-12-2017 13:32
  EDMONTON — A Canadian TV personality is taking heat online after he killed a cougar in northern Alberta. Steve Ecklund, who’s the host of the outdoor show “The Edge,” bragged about hunting the huge cat earlier this month. “What an unreal ending to a fun filled season,” he wrote on his Facebook page on Dec. […]
  
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• Canadian weather in 2017 saw ‘too much’ of everything: chief climatologist

  21-12-2017 13:29
  It was the year of too much — too wet, too dry, too hot, too cool. “It wasn’t a typical Canadian kind of year, where if you don’t like the weather out your front door, look out your back door,” says David Phillips, Environment Canada’s chief climatologist. Phillips has just released his list of Canada’s […]
  
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• Salvation Army Christmas Kettle drive helps locally in ways most can’t imagine

  21-12-2017 12:45
  Melody Slagel has worked for The Salvation Army for 25 years and she wants to get the word out about the once-a-year Christmas Kettle campaign so many of us have seen over the years as we shopped for gifts. All funds raised by the Christmas Campaign in our Community remain right here in Sault Ste. […]
  
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• Give-away! Last day to enter to win a remote control speed racer

  21-12-2017 12:00
  Phatboy Fireworks sent out the call for Santa Phatboy, and told him to bring toys, and lots of them! So Santa Phatboy is here and he Pop-Upped A Toy Shop! There is a a truck load of toys for kids of all ages with blow-out prices!! Even better, Santa Phatboy is giving a lucky Saultonline.com […]
  
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• Will fall prey to wolves if not removed quickly, province warned

  21-12-2017 03:48 via saultstar.com
  
  Recent data from the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry suggest that plans to rescue some of the threatened caribou herd from Michipicoten Island might have to be revamped. Following a Dec. 14 phone call with Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry personnel in Thunder Bay and Peterborough, Ont., Leo LaPiano, Michipicoten First Nation La
  
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• OP amendment requires provincial approval

  21-12-2017 00:41 via saultstar.com
  
  Council amended the township’s Official Plan and zoning bylaw to permit the building of second units – separate living quarters -- in single-family homes in the rural area and the Gros Cap hamlet.The OP amendment will require provincial approval before it goes into effect, said Bill Wierzbicki, the township’s planning adviser.Wierzbicki added that
  
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• Record holiday travellers could cause delays at Canadian airports

  21-12-2017 00:40
  MONTREAL — Canadian holiday travellers should brace for crowds and delays as a record number of passengers are expected to pass through the country’s largest airports and highways are filled with Christmas commuters. With Air Canada and rival WestJet Airlines carrying 7.9 and 9.7 per cent more passengers for the first nine months of the year, the 2017 […]
  
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• The Canadians who are choosing to live out of their vans and travel full-time

  21-12-2017 00:35
  Jocelyn Lees never set out to live in her van. The 30-year-old Manitoba native has been tree planting every summer in B.C. for the last ten years and until recently, spent every winter travelling — in places like Ecuador, Morocco and Australia. “The nature of my job is that I’m always away from home, and then in […]
  
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• Health Canada nearly doubles number of pot producers in second half of 2017

  21-12-2017 00:18
  OTTAWA — Health Canada handed out nearly as many marijuana production licences in the second half of 2017 as it issued over the prior four years and new numbers show hundreds more applicants are in the final stages of approval. The federal agency moved to streamline its approval process in May to quickly increase the country’s number of producers […]
  
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• U.S. in ‘waning days of the death penalty:’ Lawyer of Canadian man on death row

  21-12-2017 00:10
  CALGARY — A lawyer for a Canadian on death row in Montana believes it’s only a matter of time before the death penalty in much of the United States is abolished and his client will be free to return home. Ronald Smith, 60, is originally from Red Deer, Alta., and has been on death row since […]
  
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• Thibeault’s response to Liberals vote down bill on gas price gouging

  21-12-2017 00:02
  Saultonline received the following response today from the office of the Honourable Glenn Thibeault, Minister of Energy. It reads as follows: I saw that Sault Online reported on the defeat of Gilles Bisson’s gas price regulation bill. I wanted to make sure you were aware that the OEB has studied the idea of regulating gas […]
  
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• Both engines running when plane crashed in remote northern Saskatchewan: TSB

  21-12-2017 00:00
  WINNIPEG — Investigators have eliminated engine failure as the cause of a passenger plane crash in northern Saskatchewan. All 25 people on board the West Wind Aviation plane survived, albeit seven with serious injuries, when it went down near the Fond du Lac airstrip after taking off on Dec. 13. There was no explosion or fire on impact. […]
  
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