Sault Ste. Marie news

• Fire vehicles should carry naloxone kits aboard all vehicles, chief said

  19-02-2018 23:33 via saultstar.com
  
  With opioid addiction now rampant in small-town Ontario, Prince Fire Chief Ed Haley thinks it’s time the township’s volunteer fire department carried naloxone kits aboard all its vehicles.“We can’t stick our heads in the sand about it,” Haley told council.Haley reported that the Office of the Fire Marshal has a naloxone program for municipal fire d
  
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• Social Enterprise Round Table to explore different kinds of bottom lines

  19-02-2018 23:30 via saultstar.com
  
  Social entrepreneurs, business developers and funders from across Northern Ontario will converge on Sault Ste. Marie later this month.The groups will meet to participate in a Social Enterprise Round Table between Feb. 28 and March 1 to increase their knowledge about social enterprises and network opportunities.Social enterprise is a growing busines
  
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• REED, James (Jamie) Russell

  19-02-2018 21:28
  On January 28 / 2018, the Lord suddenly received Jamie, at age 52, into his arms. Jamie is survived by his wife, Tanya (nee Kurylow), who will forever miss her soulmate. He was a proud and loving father to Jacob (Dakota), and Crystal. His three grandchildren, Zander, Adalynn, and Logan, will forever miss their “Papa […]
  
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• WEINBERGER, Josef “Joe”

  19-02-2018 21:22
  Peacefully at home on Sunday, February 18, 2018 in his 90th year. Beloved husband of  Renate for 46 years. Joe is predeceased by his parents, his three brothers and one sister all from Germany. At Joe’s request there will be no service.  Cremation has taken place. In lieu of flowers memorial donations to ARCH or […]
  
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• Extreme tire trouble

  19-02-2018 21:16 via saultstar.com
  
  An eastbound semi-tractor trailer hauling cattle pulled over with a smoking tire Sunday evening on Highway 17, just east of Nestorville Road within the Municipality of Huron Shores, east of Sault Ste. Marie. Police and firefighters arrived about 8:45 p.m. An officer on scene said there was potential for the tire to explode. OPP set up flares and st
  
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• Bisaillon ( Cooper ), Norma Phoebe

  19-02-2018 21:10
  ∼June 22, 1942 – February 18, 2018∼ Peacefully at Algoma Manor, Thessalon on Sunday February 18, 2018.  Norma Bisaillon on her 76th year, beloved wife of Ronald Cooper of Thessalon. Loving mother of Andrew Simon of Thessalon First Nation, Norma Simon and Cora Lee Simon both of Toronto, Nancy McKinnon , Rhonda Cooper and Emily […]
  
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• Local cadet Kaylee Marcil wins silver at regional Biathlon

  19-02-2018 19:27
  Winning the Silver Medal was a highlight for local biathlete Kaylee Marcil during this past weekends Regional Cadet Biathlon which saw the top 140 Sea, Army and Air cadets aged 12 to 18 years of age from across Ontario competing here in the Sault. Kaylee a member of the 2310 Army Cadets Biathlon Team earned […]
  
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• CRTC’s dilemma: balance consumer and telecom’s feelings on broadcast’s future

  19-02-2018 18:12
  TORONTO — A warning from Canada’s biggest media companies that their survival is under threat from unregulated foreign rivals and illicit content pirates has sparked a massive influx of submissions to the federal telecommunications regulator from consumers with little sympathy for their cause. Midway through a 30-day public consultation that is open until March 1, more than 5,440 responses […]
  
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• Wildcats snap Thunderbirds two-game winning streak

  19-02-2018 14:22
  Twenty four hours after defeating the Espanola Express 5-2 at the Espanola Regional Recreation Complex, the Soo Thunderbirds returned home to the John Rhodes Community Centre on Sunday night to take on the Elliot Lake Wildcats. The Thunderbirds, who entered Sunday night’s contest on a two-game winning streak, took on a Wildcats team who were […]
  
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• Liberals looking at creating use-it-or-lose-it leave for fathers, Trudeau says

  19-02-2018 14:02
  OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the federal government is looking at creating a use-it-or-lose-it funded leave for new dads. Trudeau says making it easier for non-birthing parents, like fathers, to take time off to care for a newborn would help remove barriers women face in the workforce related to expectations that they be […]
  
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• ‘Weirdest thing’: Trump expresses anger, but not over Russian election-meddling

  19-02-2018 13:54
  WASHINGTON — A curious thing has unfolded since the release of details about a Russian campaign to interfere in U.S. politics, with a secretive unit that allegedly had 80 employees, a $1.2 million-a-month budget, and impersonated real Americans by stealing their personal information. It involves the reaction of the president of the United States. Since an indictment sheet revealed […]
  
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• Significant freezing rain on the way.

  19-02-2018 02:28
  Special weather statement in effect for: Sault Ste. Marie – St. Joseph Island Quite the battle between cold arctic air to the north, and very mild air to the south is about to unfold across Northeastern Ontario. A series of weather systems will track northeast across Lake Huron and Georgian Bay beginning Monday night and […]
  
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