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• Sault airport sets record

  09-01-2018 23:36 via saultstar.com
  
  Up, up and away.Sault Ste. Marie Airport Development Corp., set a passenger level record for December, with 18,576 passengers flying to and from the airport in December, a 3.23 per cent increase over December 2016 — the best December in the airport’s history. The airport says that in 2017, it saw a 0.57 per cent increase in passenger levels, from 2
  
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• Man charged in Kansas police swatting case also faces charges in Calgary

  09-01-2018 23:32
  CALGARY — A Los Angeles man accused in a hoax that led to Kansas police shooting a man last month has also been charged by Calgary police. The Calgary Police Service says it has charged Tyler Raj Barriss with public mischief, mischief and fraud. Police say a man called 911 on Dec. 22 claiming he had shot his […]
  
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• Canada doesn’t get a good business review from Amazon exec

  09-01-2018 23:16
  Canadian businesses are slower to adopt new technology than their European and American counterparts, according to Canada’s head of Amazon Web Services. The e-commerce giant has noticed it takes more education and convincing to get Canadian firms to embrace the industry’s latest advancements, Eric Gales, country manager of Amazon’s cloud-computing subsidiary AWS told The Canadian Press. “The U.K. is very competitive because the [&he
  
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• PINE, Keith Alexander

  09-01-2018 23:00
  Passed away peacefully at the Thessalon Hospital on Saturday, January 6, 2018 at the age of 61. Loving son of the late Alexander Pine and the late Margaret Pine. Cherished brother of Judy (Alf), Valerie, Rainnie (late Jerry), Debbie and Leslie “Beaver”. Keith will be missed by uncle Alex, nieces, nephews, cousins and friends. Friends […]
  
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• Elliot Lake woman charged in alleged slashing

  09-01-2018 22:49 via saultstar.com
  
  An Elliot Lake woman faces charges after an alleged slashing.
  
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• Overager Tammela acquired by Greyhounds

  09-01-2018 22:29
  Soo Greyhounds General Manager Kyle Raftis announced a transaction on Tuesday morning prior to the OHL’s 12 noon overage deadline. In the acquisition, the Greyhounds acquire the rights to Finnish winger JONNE TAMMELA (1997-08-05) from the Peterborough Petes in exchange of a 15th Round Pick in the 2018 OHL Priority Selection (conditional). Tammela, a native […]
  
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• Pre-festival events geared to both create buzz and give potential performers goods on how to create show

  09-01-2018 22:19 via saultstar.com
  
  It could be dubbed a Fringe benefit.Gearing up for the second Fringe North International Theatre Festival this summer, organizers are offering an early taste in the form two pre-festival events, beginning with a “double-header” on Jan. 20. Debwewin (Truth), an original work by Fringe 2017 alumnus Sarah Gartshore, will be performed at the Black Box
  
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• BOBBIE, Larry

  09-01-2018 22:10
  Peacefully at the F.J. Davey Home surrounded by family on Tuesday, January 9, 2018 at the age of 72. Loving husband of Darlene for 49 years. Amazing Dad to Byron, Kristin (Jon Fremlin) and Kathryn (Sarah Allen).  Special Papa of Jack and Harry Fremlin. Caring brother of Wes Bobbie (Melinda), Janice Bobbie and Diana Hajduk […]
  
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• Wolf with Mange spotted at City Landfill

  09-01-2018 21:12
  Saultonline has been tracking a story that involves a wolf sighting at The City of Sault Ste. Marie’s Landfill site on 5th Line. A concerned citizen, Amanda Mora, spotted the wolf, and was shocked by its general appearance. Mora said she recently went to the city dump and while there, a wolf came within about […]
  
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• Banquet builds friendships among strangers

  09-01-2018 21:00 via saultthisweek.com
  
  About 85 attendees connected over food and music during a successful Dinner and Drum Circle held by Refugee705’s youth program, Global Friends.
  
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• Assistance needed to locate missing woman

  09-01-2018 20:58 via saultstar.com
  
  The public is asked to help police locate a missing woman.
  
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• Scores of kittens, dozens of dogs need homes

  09-01-2018 20:54 via saultthisweek.com
  
  Dozens of animals are looking for good homes in Sault Ste. Marie and area at any given time.
  
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• PUC looks for rate increase, wants public input

  09-01-2018 20:51 via saultstar.com
  
  PUC is asking for input from its customers.
  
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• Hey students! Are you looking for a great opportunity to gain valuable experience and skills through summer employm… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  09-01-2018 20:44 via twitter.com
  Hey students! Are you looking for a great opportunity to gain valuable experience and skills through summer employm… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Attention adults 55+ you will want to check this out! @ActiveSault saultstemarie.ca/Newsroom/Janua…

  09-01-2018 20:34 via twitter.com
  Attention adults 55+ you will want to check this out! @ActiveSaultsaultstemarie.ca/Newsroom/Janua…
  
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• Sault Transit seeks input at open house

  09-01-2018 20:23 via saultthisweek.com
  All residents are invited to participate in an information session regarding Sault Ste. Marie Transit Service’s proposed route design
  
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• Website to be used as an initial communication tool

  09-01-2018 20:17 via saultstar.com
  
  Want to know more about the Sault’s bid for a ferrochrome processing facility?
  
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• Officers with the Investigation Services Division of the Sault Ste. Marie Police Service are seeking the... fb.me/9szhATPGT

  09-01-2018 20:01 via twitter.com
  Officers with the Investigation Services Division of the Sault Ste. Marie Police Service are seeking the... fb.me/9szhATPGT
  
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• Missing Female #Sault #Police #SaultNews #TheSoo - news.ssmps.ca/EN/News/index.…

  09-01-2018 20:00 via twitter.com
  Missing Female #Sault #Police #SaultNews #TheSoo - news.ssmps.ca/EN/News/index.…
  
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• Medical, dental coverage ‘interrupted’ for hundreds paid through Phoenix

  09-01-2018 19:43
  OTTAWA — The federal government says several hundred civil servants had their medical or dental benefits temporarily cut off as a result of ongoing issues surrounding the problem-plagued Phoenix pay system. The short-term denial of benefits is just one of the latest issues many federal employees are struggling with as problems with the pay system […]
  
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• If you have a pet twitter.com/nycoem/status/…

  09-01-2018 19:40 via twitter.com
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• Lightning prospect Jonne Tammela traded to Sault Ste. Marie ... - Raw Charge

  09-01-2018 19:04 via rawcharge.com
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  Lightning prospect Jonne Tammela traded to Sault Ste. Marie ...
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  Tammela has played two games in the past 18 months, but he has been traded between OHL teams.and more »
  
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• Lightning prospect Jonne Tammela traded to Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds in OHL trade - Raw Charge

  09-01-2018 19:04 via rawcharge.com
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  Lightning prospect Jonne Tammela traded to Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds in OHL trade
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  Tammela has played two games in the past 18 months, but he has been traded between OHL teams. By GeoFitz4@GeoFitz4 Jan 9, 2018, 12:56pm EST. tweet · share · pin · Rec. Photo by Jeff Vinnick/NHLI via Getty Images. The Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds of the ...and more »
  
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• Transport clips snow plow, trucker charged

  09-01-2018 19:00
  TRACTOR TRAILER DRIVER CHARGED AFTER COLLIDING WITH A SNOW PLOW (TOWNSHIP OF THE NORTH SHORE, ON)- On January 7, 2018, shortly after 8:30 a.m., members from the East Algoma Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Detachment responded to a Motor Vehicle Collision (MVC) involving two vehicles near the junction of Highway 17 in the Village of Spragge […]
  
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• Thank you to our special visitors that came to meet our hardworking public works team. Hope you had fun inspecting… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  09-01-2018 18:15 via twitter.com
  Thank you to our special visitors that came to meet our hardworking public works team. Hope you had fun inspecting… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• PUC Seeks Rate Increase

  09-01-2018 17:54
  PUC Distribution is in the process of filing its Cost of Service application with the Ontario Energy Board (OEB). The Cost of Service application occurs every five years and determines what each LDC can charge for its distribution rate. As part of the application, PUC has developed an interactive survey for customers. The survey is […]
  
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• LITALIEN, Yvonne Lorraine

  09-01-2018 17:51
  Surrounded by family at the F. J. Davey Home on Monday, January 1, 2018 at the age of 86. Beloved wife of the late René. Cherished mother of Daniel (Debbie) of Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario Claude (Judy) of Essex, Ontario, Denis (Mary Catherine) of Regina, Saskatchewan and the late Gilles. Dear Grandma of Jarret, Chantal, […]
  
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• Sault Schools leaders to remain the same - Sault Ste. Marie Evening News

  09-01-2018 17:25 via sooeveningnews.com
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  Sault Schools leaders to remain the same
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  Members of the Sault Area Public Schools Board of Education have chosen to keep Dan Smith as their president. Smith, who was selected to succeed Ken Hemming last January, said his first year at the helm went smoothly thanks to support from his diverse ...
  
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• HORNE, Frederick “Gerald”

  09-01-2018 16:40
  Passed away peacefully with family at his side on January 8, 2018 at the age of 89. Beloved husband of the late Nancy Horne for 58 years. Loving father of Catherine Crack (Ken) and Allison Horne Grisdale (Jim). Proud Grandpa of Tammy Horne (Yogi Primeau), Jasmine Horne (Gord Badgero), Erin Horne (Derek Morianti) and Rhonda […]
  
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• Splash pad is set to be built in the spring

  09-01-2018 15:55
  After the Kiwanis Club of Lakeshore made their generous donation towards the splash pad Monday night at city council, council talked very briefly about the subject. The city wanted the public to be made aware that the splash pad project in Bellevue Park is going ahead as planned although it is $400,000 short. Council believes […]
  
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• JOHNSTON, Dayna

  09-01-2018 15:43
  We are heartbroken to announce that Dayna Dawn Johnston passed away suddenly at home on January 3rd, 2018 at the age of 37 years. Loving mother of Alyssa Johnston. Cherished daughter of Christine Zappia and Don Johnston (Sherry). Forever loved by her siblings Alisha (Dan), Erin (Chris), Josh (Emma). Isaac, and nephews and niece, Grayson, Carter, and […]
  
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• Fringe North Returns with a Double Header

  09-01-2018 15:42
  A successful, first time festival in Sault Ste. Marie last August are hard at work planning Year Two. Artist and volunteer registrations are now open, next summer’s festival dates have been set, and preliminary events are being announced. The second annual Fringe North Festival returns August 9-19, 2018. Artist/performer registrations opened January 1, 2018 by submission to www.fringenorth.ca. Early […]
  
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• LUCAS, John Thomas

  09-01-2018 15:39
  ∼August 4, 1927- January 2, 2018∼ With sorrow tempered by beautiful memories we announce the passing of a dear father, grandfather and great grandfather, John Lucas on Tuesday, January 2, 2018 at ARCH. John is predeceased by his beloved wife Mary in 2000 and would have celebrated seventy years of marriage this year. He was […]
  
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• Registration for free Loblaw $25 gift card now open!

  09-01-2018 07:52
  The website to register to receive a $25 Loblaw gift card has now been launched to the public. You must be at least 18 to receive a card.  The $25 card offer is an apology gesture of sorts after a 14 year bread price-fixing scheme surfaced. Major grocers chains allegedly colluded to fix the prices […]
  
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• Sharks players name Winnipeg worst NHL city to play in during video

  09-01-2018 04:58
  Some members of the San Jose Sharks aren’t too fond of Manitoba’s capital. In a video posted on the Sharks on NBC Sports California Twitter account, three players were asked what the worst city to play in is. All three answered Winnipeg. “Winnipeg. Dark, cold, Internet is a little questionable,” defenceman Justin Braun said. “Internet doesn’t […]
  
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• City to compare costs of waste collection

  09-01-2018 03:03 via saultstar.com
  
  City council has asked staff to developa comprehensive report comparing thecosts of garbage collection privatelyand publicly.
  
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• Goulais Ave. man arrested for impaired driving

  09-01-2018 02:59
  Male Arrested for Impaired Driving On January 8th, 2018 officers with the Patrol Services Division of the Sault Ste. Marie Police Service arrested 25 year old Jake Desrosiers of Goulais Avenue for impaired driving. Just before 1:00 a.m. officers observed the accused operating a motor vehicle at a high rate of speed on Whitney Avenue.  […]
  
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• Disturbance at lodge leads to 10+ charges for 38 year old male

  09-01-2018 02:51
  (ELLIOT LAKE, ON) – On December 5, 2018, at approximately 4:24 p.m., members of the East Algoma Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a disturbance call at a lodge north of Elliot Lake, Ontario. Police located the involved persons in a vehicle in the parking lot. As a result of the investigation, a male was arrested. […]
  
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• UofT prof’s 10 year old book a hit again thanks to Trump

  09-01-2018 02:12
  A Canadian professor’s 10-year-old book is back on the bestseller list and he has Donald Trump to thank for it. University of Toronto professor Randall Hansen published a book in 2008 titled “Fire and Fury: The Allied Bombing of Germany, 1942-1945.” Last week, Hansen was at a conference in Washington, D.C., when he joked to colleagues about having the same […]
  
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• Loblaw places restrictions on gift card offer after bread price-fixing scheme

  09-01-2018 01:46
  VANCOUVER — Loblaw Companies Ltd. says people who receive a $25 gift card intended as a goodwill gesture in light of the company’s participation in a bread price-fixing scheme will have that sum deducted from any future court settlement. The company announced the measure and several other restrictions as it opened registration for the cards. It […]
  
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• Biosolids plant needed says city staff

  09-01-2018 01:37
  The need for a biosolids plant is far overdue said city staff at city council tonight. The waste produced from sanitary sewer systems at the city’s water sewage plant in the east end is taxing the current landfill. As city staff said the rate at which waste from the sewage plant is being brought to […]
  
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• Ethics watchdog clears finance minister on timing of 2015 stock sale

  09-01-2018 01:30
  OTTAWA — The federal ethics commissioner has cleared Finance Minister Bill Morneau of allegations that he and his father benefited from insider information to save half a million dollars on the sale of shares in their family-built company. Political opponents asked ethics commissioner Mary Dawson to look into several sales of millions of dollars worth of shares in Morneau Shepell Inc. in […]
  
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• ‘Wicked nightmare:’ Man avoids trial, pleads guilty to triple murder

  09-01-2018 01:22
  LETHBRIDGE, Alta. — Family members of three murder victims stabbed a total of 244 times in a bloody attack at a townhouse say they will never fully recover from their “wicked nightmare.” Five knives and a meat cleaver were found at the crime scene. “I cannot erase it from my mind. They were brutally stabbed to death,” […]
  
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• Lakeshore Kiwanis donates $85,000 to splash park

  09-01-2018 00:45 via saultstar.com
  
  Lakeshore Kiwanis is making a splash in Sault Ste. Marie.
  
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• Ontario to crack down on companies breaking the law to cope with minimum wage

  09-01-2018 00:00
  TORONTO — Ontario is vowing to crack down on companies that break the labour laws as they try to offset the added costs of a higher minimum wage, but some are accusing the Liberal government of scapegoating business for electoral gain. The province’s minimum wage increased on Jan. 1 from $11.60 an hour to $14 — and is set to rise […]
  
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