Sault Ste. Marie news

• Trevor Zinck, former member of Nova Scotia legislature, reported missing

  06-04-2018 23:36
  Halifax police have issued a request for public help in finding a missing man who is also a former member of the Nova Scotia legislature. Police say 47-year-old Trevor John Zinck was last seen about a month ago in the Parkstone Road area in the suburb of Dartmouth. They have sent out a photo of the […]
  
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• New Local TV Station set to launch in the Sault!

  06-04-2018 23:22
  SaultOnline’s parent company, Superior Media, is excited to announce that local television is returning to Sault Ste. Marie and the Algoma District. ONNtv (Online News Network) pronounced “OnTV” will commence operations this Spring 2018 and be one of the first local television stations in Canada delivered via streaming technologies also known as Over The Top […]
  
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• Local Hockey Tournament donates $13,140 to the splash pad project saultstemarie.ca/Newsroom/April… https://t.co/SjW1M9S8He

  06-04-2018 22:25 via twitter.com
  
  Local Hockey Tournament donates $13,140 to the splash pad project saultstemarie.ca/Newsroom/April… https://t.co/SjW1M9S8He
  
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• Missing and murdered inquiry emboldens those to move forward: chairwoman

  06-04-2018 22:20
  RICHMOND, B.C. — The head of the national inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous women says some of those who have told their harrowing stories have since redoubled that courage by taking their complaints to police, getting treatment, or reuniting with family. Marion Buller says the inquiry’s value in that respect is too great to be calculated. Organizers say nearly 100 […]
  
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• Talks between Algoma Public Health, its nurses and nurse practitioners, fail, union says; back to table April 25

  06-04-2018 22:07
  
  Public health nurses and nurse practitioners at Algoma Public Health sit down with their employer again April 25.Two days of conciliation in early March, following earlier negotiations, failed to reach an agreement, said Ontario Nurses Association president Vicki McKenna.“They’re trying to give the employer the benefit of the doubt to come to the t
  
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• Splash Pad Gets Boost

  06-04-2018 22:00
  A generous donation of $13,140 from a local hockey tournament will support Sault Ste. Marie’s first splash pad in Bellevue Park. Councillor Paul Christian, Chair of the Splash Pad Committee and Councillor Susan Myers, Co Chair of the Splash Pad Committee accepted a $13,140 donation from Albert Williams, organizer of the annual charity hockey tournament. […]
  
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• Swimming is just part of Tyler vanFrankenhuyzen’s busy life

  06-04-2018 21:47
  
  Swimming is an art. Some aspects of the whole experience work to blend the swimmer’s drive to get to the other end of the pool with their body’s ability to do the same thing in the least amount of time.Tyler vanFrankenhuyzen, 28, knows this all too well because he has been at it for the last 23 years. At five, he started out in a water safety progr
  
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• Council to review new peddler bylaw

  06-04-2018 21:14
  
  A new peddler and food vendor bylaw is being proposed to protect local merchants and residents.
  
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• SYRETTE, Theodore Richard

  06-04-2018 20:54
  Peacefully passed away at Cedarwood Lodge with his family by his side on Thursday April 5 at the age of 69. Loving husband of Beverly Syrette (nee McCoy). Father of Teddy Syrette (Sylvan), Trisha Syrette, and Tommilyn McCoy (Jeremy). Dear papa of Jonathan McCoy (Sydney), Anthony McCoy, Thomas McCoy and Mikel Syrette. Son of the […]
  
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• Three Crashes Involving School Buses

  06-04-2018 20:47
  (North Bay, ON) – Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Regional Traffic Inspector Scott Hlady is reminding everyone to keep an eye out for school buses. In less than 48 hours we have responded to three collisions involving school buses within the North East Region (NER). One crash resulted in a fatality on Highway 17 and the other […]
  
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• Canada claims leadership but lacks details on plan to cut shipping emissions

  06-04-2018 20:37
  OTTAWA — The United Nations group which regulates the international shipping industry is being asked to cut emissions from the cargo ships, oil tankers and other vessels that crisscross the world’s oceans as they threaten to become the single-largest source of planet-warming greenhouse gases. Canada, however, is being strangely secretive about what it wants to […]
  
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• MTO denies City Black Road funding - again

  06-04-2018 20:27
  
  The City of Sault Ste. Marie has once again been denied connecting link funding to widen Black Road.
  
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• Officials prepare for anticipated spike in border crossings

  06-04-2018 20:21
  OTTAWA — Border officials are preparing for another anticipated spike in asylum seekers coming illegally into the country from the U.S. as the weather gets warmer. More than 5,400 people have already crossed the border irregularly this year, including over 600 asylum seekers who came in through Quebec over the Easter weekend. Last summer, a spike […]
  
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• A big welcome to our newest team member - Karl Christensen. We are happy to have you join us Karl! #firefighter… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  06-04-2018 20:20 via twitter.com
  A big welcome to our newest team member - Karl Christensen. We are happy to have you join us Karl! #firefighter… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• N.S. fine-tuning cyberbullying law prompted by Parsons death, minister says

  06-04-2018 20:18
  HALIFAX — A Nova Scotia anti-cyberbullying law prompted by the death of 17-year-old Rehtaeh Parsons five years ago Saturday is still being fine-tuned. The legislature passed the new Intimate Images and Cyber-protection Act last fall, but Justice Minister Mark Furey says his department is still working to simplify some of its language to make it […]
  
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• Former CTV reporter sues broadcaster, woman who accused him of sexual misconduct

  06-04-2018 20:15
  TORONTO — A former CTV News reporter facing sexual misconduct allegations is suing the broadcaster, its parent company and the woman who levelled accusations against him. Paul Bliss, whose departure from CTV was announced last month after he was suspended in January, alleges Bridget Brown defamed him, and CTV then published and broadcast defamatory statements in its coverage […]
  
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• Stolen Cards Used At Mac’s

  06-04-2018 20:14
  Crime Stoppers and the Sault Ste. Marie Police Service are asking for your assistance in identifying a suspect in a theft and fraud. On the 26th of March 2018 at approximately 5 pm an unidentified female attended at the John Rhodes Arena. The female entered a change room and took a set of keys. The […]
  
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• Museum Receives Reno Money

  06-04-2018 20:00
  The Sault Ste. Marie & 49th Field Regiment RCA Historical Society, operating the Sault Ste. Marie Museum at 690 Queen Street East, is pleased to announce their successful Capital Grant application with the Ontario Trillium Foundation (OTF). With the Ontario Trillium Foundation’s Capital Grant, the Sault Ste. Marie Museum will renovate 3,285 sq. ft. of […]
  
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• Planning Algoma Fall Festival's future

  06-04-2018 19:35
  
  Consultant Jim Blake speaks during a strategic planning session for Algoma Arts Festival
  
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• Sault College and Air Georgian partnership

  06-04-2018 18:46
   Air Georgian’s SOAR program for aviation career awareness, recruitment and retention continues to grow with the addition of their 14th partner, Sault College. The partnership provides a career pathway for instructors of Sault College to join Air Georgian as First Officers, giving them an entry point into the Air Canada network.  “Sault College is honoured […]
  
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• Stolen New Brunswick puppies returned home safely with public’s help

  06-04-2018 18:26
  FREDERICTON — Three unweaned puppies stolen from a New Brunswick farm have been returned safely to their owners. RCMP say the puppies were located with the help of the public and returned home unharmed. The dogs were taken from their kennels in a barn at Wilson’s Farm in Estey’s Bridge early Tuesday. The Mounties had asked for […]
  
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• Time is right for 9 to 5

  06-04-2018 17:51 via saultstar.com
  
  The Me Too movement had yet to catch fire when Lucas Beaver decided he wanted to helm 9 to 5: The Musical.
  
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• Owen Sound Attack beat Soo Greyhounds in major Game 1 upset - The London Free Press

  06-04-2018 17:08
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  Owen Sound Attack beat Soo Greyhounds in major Game 1 upset
  The London Free Press
  In Game 1 of the second-round series between Owen Sound and the Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds, Olivier Lafreniere stepped into the Essar Centre and confidently backstopped the Attack to a 4-1 victory. Just as everyone had predicted. Or not. If there is a ...
  
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• Will This Winter Ever End?

  06-04-2018 16:42
  Most people were probably a little shocked, perhaps disappointed or just fed up when they looked outside this morning to see a new fresh blanket of snow and looking like January instead of early April. Another low pressure system moved through overnight leaving behind about 10 cm of light fluffy snow and it’s not over […]
  
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• Delfre begins food security role

  06-04-2018 16:39
  
  Mike Delfre has set a place for himself and is hungry to get going with his new job.
  
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• Vessel possible cause of leak

  06-04-2018 16:33
  
  MACKINAW CITY, Mich. — The U.S. Coast Guard says a coolant fluid leak this week from submerged electric cables into the waterway
  
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• Stolen New Brunswick puppies are unweaned ‘and could die if not located’

  06-04-2018 16:19
  FREDERICTON — Someone has stolen three unweaned puppies from a New Brunswick farm — and RCMP warn the dogs’ lives are in danger if they’re not returned. Investigators say it’s believed the puppies were taken from their kennels in a barn at Wilson’s Farm in Estey’s Bridge. The Mounties are asking for the public’s help — they say the […]
  
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• Starting today, Canadians to get emergency alerts on their cellphones @cityssm saultonline.com/2018/04/starti… via @saultonline

  06-04-2018 15:56 via twitter.com
  Starting today, Canadians to get emergency alerts on their [email protected]/2018/04/starti… via @saultonline
  
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• Still have questions about the expanded #AlertReady system that notifies Canadians in the event of an emergency, ch… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  06-04-2018 15:14 via twitter.com
  Still have questions about the expanded #AlertReady system that notifies Canadians in the event of an emergency, ch… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Canada adds 32,300 jobs, all full time, as jobless rate stays at record low 5.8%

  06-04-2018 14:56
  OTTAWA — The economy delivered 32,300 net new jobs last month as Canada generated a rush of full-time work that helped keep the national unemployment rate at its record low. Statistics Canada said Friday the jobless rate stayed at 5.8 per cent in March for a second-consecutive month — and for the third time since December — to match its lowest mark since the […]
  
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• Starting today, Canadians to get emergency alerts on their cellphones

  06-04-2018 14:27
  Starting today, Canadians won’t have to be near a television or radio to receive emergency alerts. Life-threatening emergencies will now be broadcast on compatible mobile phones. As of today, the National Public Alerting System — commonly called Alert Ready — will include wireless networks, in addition to traditional broadcast channels. In the case of a life-threatening […]
  
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• Thunderbirds dominate Canadians in Game 4

  06-04-2018 13:32
  After losing by a score of 4-3 to the Rayside Balfour Canadians on Wednesday night in Game 3 of the NOJHL’s West Division Final, the Soo Thunderbirds were back in action 24 hours later for Game 4 at the John Rhodes Community Centre. The Thunderbirds, who trailed 2-1 after the first period, came back with […]
  
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• Attack Stun Greyhounds - Bayshore Broadcasting News Centre

  06-04-2018 13:01
  Bayshore Broadcasting News Centre
  Attack Stun Greyhounds
  Bayshore Broadcasting News Centre
  Alan Lyszczarczyk & Sean Durzi also scored for Owen Sound who handed the Greyhounds just their second regulation loss of the year on home ice, the first since their home opener on Sept. 23rd. Olivier Lafreniere was solid in goal for the Attack who have ...and more »
  
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• We’ve Got This!

  06-04-2018 03:11
  Nonprofit organization We’ve Got This is excited to invite the public to attend its inaugural event, Walk off the Stigma, on Saturday, April 21. This free, family-friendly event will begin at 10:30 a.m. at Enji Maawnjiding (located at Sault College), and will feature a one-mile walk followed by a feast, gathering, and sharing circle for […]
  
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• Imagination fuels Jillian Jiggs

  06-04-2018 01:32 via saultstar.com
  
  Jillian Jiggs is still in Alexandra Lent's good book.
  
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• Former Oilers owner Peter Pocklington faces new securities charges in U.S.

  06-04-2018 00:32
  Former Edmonton Oilers owner Peter Pocklington and his company face new securities charges in the United States. The Securities and Exchange Commission has charged Pocklington, his medical device company and others with defrauding investors by hiding his previous charges and misappropriating investor funds. The SEC notes that he pleaded guilty to a federal felony perjury charge […]
  
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• Paramedics want more in deal

  06-04-2018 00:19
  
  A new proposal from the union representing Sault Ste. Marie paramedics demands even more cash benefits after the municipality directly contacted its members with details about its own latest contract offer.
  
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