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• Northern Ontario Large Urban Mayors to hold meeting in Sault Ste. Marie - SaultOnline.com

  10-04-2018 23:52
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  Northern Ontario Large Urban Mayors to hold meeting in Sault Ste. Marie
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  Mayor Christian Provenzano will be hosting the mayors and chief administrative officers of North Bay, Sudbury, Thunder Bay and Timmins at a Northern Ontario Large Urban Mayors (NOLUM) meeting on Thursday, April 12, 2018 at the Sault Ste. Marie Civic ...
  
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• Batchewana Island is for sale. The price has dipped since last time

  10-04-2018 23:45
  A real estate listing located on ‘Vladi Private Islands’ will take a person to a link that describes Batchewana Island, one of North America’s largest private islands, as being for sale. And it’s yours for $14,950,000. The island is being marketed through ‘Colliers Canada’ whose offices are located in Vancouver,British Columbia, Canada. SEE HERE The listing […]
  
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• Humble salute to Humboldt Broncos

  10-04-2018 23:24 via saultstar.com
  
  The front yard of Fern Young’s Fournier Road home serves as a tribute Tuesday to the 15 people killed in the horrific bus crash involving the Humboldt Broncos junior hockey team last Friday near Tisdale, Sask. Young joins countless Canadians — and Sault Ste. Marie residents — paying tribute by leaving hockey sticks outside on front porches and yard
  
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• Northern Ontario Large Urban Mayors to hold meeting in Sault Ste. Marie

  10-04-2018 22:46
  Mayor Christian Provenzano will be hosting the mayors and chief administrative officers of North Bay, Sudbury, Thunder Bay and Timmins at a Northern Ontario Large Urban Mayors (NOLUM) meeting on Thursday, April 12, 2018 at the Sault Ste. Marie Civic Centre. Agenda items for the meeting feature presentations from the Ministry of Northern Development and […]
  
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• Lindsay Wonnacott learns she’s again a ‘suitable’ candidate for lung transplant following relapse

  10-04-2018 22:42 via saultstar.com
  
  Lindsay Wonnacott surely heaved a sigh of relief.The young Echo Bay woman learned Monday she, indeed, is a “suitable” candidate for a lung transplant — again. “Now, we just have to move down there,” Wonnacott told the Sault Star in an interview Tuesday. Papers are set to be signed April 30, after which Wannacott and her mother, Melonie, will wait i
  
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• China wants no ‘progressive’ elements in any free trade deal with Canada: envoy

  10-04-2018 21:57
  OTTAWA — China’s ambassador says his country firmly rejects Canada’s attempts to entrench labour standards in a free trade pact. Envoy Lu Shaye says Canada’s so-called progressive trade agenda has no place in a free trade agreement. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was unable to persuade China’s leaders to formally entrench labour, gender, environment and governance […]
  
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• OLRB ruling sets stage for strike

  10-04-2018 21:50 via saultstar.com
  
  The Ontario Labour Relations Board has issued a decision that sets the service level if a labour dispute were to occur between local paramedics and the City of Sault Ste. Marie.
  
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• Vehicle entered, suspect nabbed

  10-04-2018 21:30 via saultstar.com
  A wallet and an iPhone were taken when a vehicle window was smashed in the 500 block of Wellington Street West.
  
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• Male Arrested for Theft and Mischief

  10-04-2018 21:24
  On April 9th, 2018 officers with the Break and Enter Unit of the Sault Ste. Marie Police Service arrested 29 year old Troy Bozowskyi of Albert Street West for mischief and theft. It is alleged that on April 2nd, 2018 the accused broke the window of a vehicle that was parked in the 500 block […]
  
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• Sault Ste. Marie police sued for $6.5 million - The North Bay Nugget

  10-04-2018 21:19
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  Sault Ste. Marie police sued for $6.5 million
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  Timothy Mitchell (Supplied Photo). Bookmark and Share. Change text size for the story. Print. Report an error. A Sault Ste Marie man who suffered broken ribs and a collapsed lung when arrested by police is now seeking $6.5 million in damages from Sault ...and more »
  
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• Sault Ste. Marie police sued for $6.5 million | North Bay Nugget - The North Bay Nugget

  10-04-2018 21:19
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  Sault Ste. Marie police sued for $6.5 million | North Bay Nugget
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  A Sault Ste Marie man who suffered broken ribs and a collapsed lung when arrested by police is now seeking $6.5 million in damages from Sault Ste. Marie Police Services Board. Timothy Mitchell wants $1 million in aggravated and punitive damages, $2 ...and more »
  
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• New transit routes OK'd; no new building planned

  10-04-2018 21:17 via saultstar.com
  
  City council has approved a plan designed to improve public transit across the city by reducing transfers, providing more direct service uptown and return Sunday service.
  
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• One More Weekend Open

  10-04-2018 21:15
  Searchmont Resort is opening up the hill for two more days this coming weekend, Saturday April 14th & Sunday April 15th, thanks to support, from a group of local sponsors: Wishart Law Firm LLP, Prouse Chevrolet, Lyons Timber Mart, Traders Steel Warehouse. The Lodge will open at 9am. The double, triple, and the Poma lift […]
  
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• On April 9th, 2018 officers with the Break and Enter Unit of the Sault Ste. Marie Police Service arrested 29 year o… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  10-04-2018 21:04 via twitter.com
  On April 9th, 2018 officers with the Break and Enter Unit of the Sault Ste. Marie Police Service arrested 29 year o… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• WTO creates two dispute settlement panels to review U.S. softwood lumber duties

  10-04-2018 21:03
  MONTREAL — The World Trade Organization says its dispute settlement body has agreed to establish two panels to examine Canada’s complaint about duties imposed by the United States on softwood lumber imports. The Canadian government requested March 27 that a panel be set up to examine the dispute after consultations with the U.S. in January […]
  
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• Injuries changed Mitchell's life 'completely'

  10-04-2018 20:46 via saultstar.com
  
  A Sault Ste Marie man who suffered broken ribs and a collapsed lung when arrested by police is now seeking $6.5 million in damages from Sault Ste. Marie Police Services Board.
  
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• Principal Appointments Announced

  10-04-2018 19:52
  Sault Ste. Marie: The Huron-Superior Catholic District School Board (HSCDSB) is pleased to announce several changes in Principal and Vice-Principal placements for the 2018-19 school year. St. Mary’s College (SMC) Principal Cindy Sawyer has announced her intention to retire as of June 30, 2018. Colleen Hannah will move from her current position as Principal of […]
  
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• Waterwalker Film Festival Comes To Sault College

  10-04-2018 19:41
  Sault College Adventure Recreation and Parks Students and the Algoma Highlands Conservancy proudly present the Waterwalker Film Festival in Essar Hall, Sault College room M1030 on Friday, April 13, 2018 at 7:15pm. Paddle Canada’s Waterwalker Film Festival is a tribute to the late Bill Mason, the great conservationist, canoeist and filmmaker. It is a celebration […]
  
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• ‘Heroes to many:’ Support offered to Humboldt students after bus crash kills 15

  10-04-2018 19:35
  HUMBOLDT, Sask. — Attention in the Saskatchewan town where 15 members of the Humboldt Broncos hockey team were killed in a bus crash is turning to supporting students as they return to school without some of their classmates. Kevin Garinger, director of education for the Horizon School Division and president of the Broncos, said schools […]
  
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• SMC principal to retire

  10-04-2018 19:31 via saultstar.com
  
  Cindy Sawyer, principal of St. Mary's College, is retiring.
  
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• ‘Star Wars’ fan builds rideable, two-metre-tall starfighter from scrap

  10-04-2018 19:19
  HALIFAX — A Nova Scotia man has hand-built the dream ride of “Star Wars” fans: A remote-controlled, rideable TIE fighter replica. Allan Carver of Queensland welded together steel, foam and scrap wheelchair motors to create a two-metre tall replica of the Imperial Fleet’s go-to fighter. Carver says the starfighter — complete with wings, wheels and a cockpit large […]
  
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• ‘Billions’ star Lewis to play Rob Ford in movie ‘Run This Town,’ reports say

  10-04-2018 19:19
  “Billions” and “Homeland” star Damian Lewis is set to portray the late Toronto mayor Rob Ford in a film called “Run This Town,” according to media reports. In an interview with Kit magazine, Lewis described being fit with a face prosthetic to better resemble Ford, who died in 2016 after a tumultuous run as mayor […]
  
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• Former Ontario Tory leadership candidate under fire for online comments

  10-04-2018 19:13
  TORONTO — Former Ontario Tory leadership hopeful Tanya Granic Allen, who is now seeking a party nomination ahead of a spring provincial election, is coming under fire for comments she made online several years ago about Muslims and gay people. In tweets and blog posts dating back to 2013 and 2014, Granic Allen — a parental rights […]
  
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• Ingram heads Canadian Busplane Heritage Centre

  10-04-2018 19:10 via saultstar.com
  
  Dan Ingram is the new executive director of Canadian Bushplane Heritage Centre.
  
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• Elderly woman dies of collision injuries

  10-04-2018 19:01 via saultstar.com
  
  A woman who was seriously hurt in a collision at a north-end intersection in mid-March has died.
  
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• THREE DAY PLANNER: April 11

  10-04-2018 18:19 via saultstar.com
  
  Wednesday April 11
  
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• Bushplane Centre Has a New Executive Director

  10-04-2018 18:12
  The Canadian Bushplane Heritage Centre (CBHC) is pleased to announce the appointment of Dan Ingram to the position of Executive Director of the Centre. Dan has a history of local involvement. Dan leaves the position of Area Manager of the Heart and Stroke Foundation, a position he has held since 2000. His accomplishments there are […]
  
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• Elderly Sault Ste. Marie woman dead 1 month after car crash - CBC.ca - CBC.ca

  10-04-2018 17:54
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  Elderly Sault Ste. Marie woman dead 1 month after car crash - CBC.ca
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  An 87-year-old woman from Sault Ste. Marie has died one month after a collision that sent her to hospital with life-threatening injuries.
  Northern Ontario Large Urban Mayors to hold meeting in Sault Ste. MarieSooToday.com
  City of Sault Ste. Marie Honours Humboldt Broncos | SaultOnline.comSaultOnline.comall 7 news articles »
  
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• Elderly Sault Ste. Marie woman dead 1 month after car crash - CBC.ca

  10-04-2018 17:54
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  Elderly Sault Ste. Marie woman dead 1 month after car crash
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  An 87-year-old Sault Ste. Marie woman has succumbed to her injuries following a collision last month. ((Yvon Theriault/Radio-Canada)). An 87-year-old woman from Sault Ste. Marie has died one month after a collision that sent her to hospital with life ...
  Northern Ontario Large Urban Mayors to hold meeting in Sault Ste. MarieSooToday.com
  City of Sault Ste. Marie Honours Humboldt BroncosSaultOnline.comall 7 news articles&nb
  
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• Elderly Females Succumbs To Injuries From Collision

  10-04-2018 17:19
  On March 13th, 2018 officers with the Traffic Services Division of the Sault Ste. Marie Police Service responded to a motor vehicle collision at the intersection of Great Northern Road and Northern Avenue. At that time, an 87 year old woman who was a passenger in one of the involved vehicles was transported to the […]
  
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• Elderly Female Succumbs To Injuries From Collision

  10-04-2018 17:19
  On March 13th, 2018 officers with the Traffic Services Division of the Sault Ste. Marie Police Service responded to a motor vehicle collision at the intersection of Great Northern Road and Northern Avenue. At that time, an 87 year old woman who was a passenger in one of the involved vehicles was transported to the […]
  
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• See Young Scientists In Action

  10-04-2018 17:13
  Students from the Algoma region will be putting their most scientific foot forward at the 31st Annual Rotary Science Fair Algoma Algoma region presented by Tenaris on April 12 – 14 at the Algoma University George Leach Centre. Please join us by visiting the exhibit area on Friday, April 13 from 4 p.m. until 8 p.m. […]
  
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• UPDATE Motor Vehicle Collision Fatality #Sault #Police #SaultNews #TheSoo - news.ssmps.ca/EN/News/index.…

  10-04-2018 17:04 via twitter.com
  UPDATE Motor Vehicle Collision Fatality #Sault #Police #SaultNews #TheSoo - news.ssmps.ca/EN/News/index.…
  
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• On March 13th, 2018 officers with the Traffic Services Division of the Sault Ste. Marie Police Service responded to… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  10-04-2018 17:04 via twitter.com
  On March 13th, 2018 officers with the Traffic Services Division of the Sault Ste. Marie Police Service responded to… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Female Charged with Transportation Fraud

  10-04-2018 17:00
  On April 8th, 2018 officers with the Patrol Services Division of the Sault Ste. Marie Police Service arrested 19 year old Katelyn Boissoneau of Laurier Place for transportation fraud. It is alleged that the accused obtained transportation from a local cab company and then fled the cab without paying the fare.  Officers located the accused […]
  
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• Food drive planned

  10-04-2018 16:53 via saultstar.com
  
  Canned food and cash will be collected to feed the hungry on Saturday at Metro at Churchill Plaza.
  
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• Taxi driver stiffed

  10-04-2018 16:39 via saultstar.com
  
  A woman allegedly bolted when a cab drove her to her destination on Sunday.
  
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• On April 8th, 2018 officers with the Patrol Services Division of the Sault Ste. Marie Police Service arrested 19 ye… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  10-04-2018 16:19 via twitter.com
  On April 8th, 2018 officers with the Patrol Services Division of the Sault Ste. Marie Police Service arrested 19 ye… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Female Charged with Transportation Fraud #Sault #Police #SaultNews #TheSoo - news.ssmps.ca/EN/News/index.…

  10-04-2018 16:19 via twitter.com
  Female Charged with Transportation Fraud #Sault #Police #SaultNews #TheSoo - news.ssmps.ca/EN/News/index.…
  
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• Mitchell sues city police for $6.5 million

  10-04-2018 15:45 via saultstar.com
  
  A Sault Ste Marie man who suffered broken ribs and a collapsed lung when arrested by police is now seeking $6.5 million in damages from Sault Ste. Marie Police Services Board.
  
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• On Camera: Theft From The West End Metro

  10-04-2018 15:33
  Crime Stoppers and the Sault Ste. Marie Police Service are asking for your assistance in identifying a suspect in a theft. On the 18th of March 2018 at approximately 4:17 pm a male attended at the Metro food store located at 275 Second Line West. The unidentified male proceeded to take several grocery items and […]
  
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• Quinn celebration of life planned

  10-04-2018 14:17 via saultstar.com
  
  The life of a former leader in the hospitality and tourism industry who died earlier this year will be celebrated in May.
  
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• Thunderbirds eliminated from postseason

  10-04-2018 13:44
  After dropping a 4-1 decision to the Rayside Balfour Canadians in Game 5 of the West Division Final series on Sunday afternoon at Chelmsford Arena, the Soo Thunderbirds were looking to keep their season alive just over 24 hours later as they were back at the John Rhodes Community Centre for Game 6 on Monday […]
  
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• Tips up; arrests up — Crime Stoppers works

  10-04-2018 05:49 via saultthisweek.com
  Crime Stoppers of Sault Ste. Marie and Algoma District has seen an increase in tips in recent years.
  
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• Backyard deer yard

  10-04-2018 05:44 via saultthisweek.com
  
  Kevin Caruso frequently plays host to as many as 30 deer at a time between November and April.
  
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• Shoemaker: 'Every OLG job should be in Sault Ste. Marie' - SooToday.com

  10-04-2018 05:26
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  Shoemaker: 'Every OLG job should be in Sault Ste. Marie'
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  If Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp. is serious about saving money, it needs to consolidate its offices here in the Sault, Ward 3 Councillor Matthew Shoemaker says. "I've said all along that every OLG job should be in Sault Ste. Marie," Shoemaker told ...
  
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• City honours Humboldt Broncs

  10-04-2018 04:54 via saultthisweek.com
  A book of condolences for the victims of the Humboldt Broncos tragedy is available for the public to sign at the Civic Centre, main floor lobby (Level 2), 99 Foster Drive. The Civic Centre is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday to Friday.
  
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• All but lions safe at Spruce Haven - for now

  10-04-2018 04:51 via saultstar.com
  
  Most of the animals at Spruce Haven Nature Park are safe – at least for the time being.
  
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• Businesses want 'fair' peddler bylaw

  10-04-2018 04:39 via saultstar.com
  
  A lawyer representing about 20 Sault Ste. Marie businessmen has asked the city to ensure a new peddler and food vendor bylaw creates a level playing field for local and mobile vendors.
  
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• Connecting Link funding not approved

  10-04-2018 03:42
  The Black Road Connecting Link project will not go ahead as projected. This project which is mostly funded by the province was not successful mainly because there were other projects in the area that needed much more attention. The Connecting Link program assists communities with up to the lesser of 90 per cent or $3-Million […]
  
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