Sault Ste. Marie news

• Forced placement not answer, says school’s vice-dean academic

  22-04-2018 22:43 via saultstar.com
  
  Training more doctors in Northern Ontario and working to ensure fledgling physicians’ hinterland experiences are “positive” are certainly parts of the cure.But the matter of physician recruitment to — and retention in — remote Northern Ontario communities is “complex” and one with which Northern Ontario School of Medicine has dealt for more than a
  
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• Section worn down to log base, council told

  22-04-2018 20:51 via saultstar.com
  
  Council has been asked to switch its priority for this year’s road repairs from Town Line to Walls Road.According to the township’s asset management plan, Town Line south of Second Line West is due for surface treatment this year, with Walls Road slated for 2020.But Brian Evans, the road superintendent, reported at council’s April meeting that Town
  
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• Liberal MP Drouin says allegation made against him at party’s Halifax convention

  22-04-2018 20:01
  OTTAWA — Liberal MP Francis Drouin says an allegation has been made against him following an incident at the party’s convention in Halifax this weekend. Drouin, a 34-year-old MP from eastern Ontario, was described earlier this year as a rising star in the Liberal Party with a firm grip on the agriculture file and standing as […]
  
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• RCMP spies saw women’s movement through ‘red-tinged prism,’ new book says

  22-04-2018 19:39
  OTTAWA — Canadian security agents were so busy looking for Communist infiltrators in the flowering women’s liberation movement, they all but missed a genuine social revolution that transformed millions of lives, says a newly published book. “Just Watch Us” delves into the dusty Cold War records of the RCMP security service to chronicle how Mountie spies and their informants monitored the […]
  
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• We’ve Got This takes to the streets to promote mental health awareness

  22-04-2018 19:01
  On April 21st, We’ve Got This SSM started an important conversation surrounding mental health and mental illness. It involved walking off the stigma. This grassroots organization, with the goal to raise awareness about and support those who suffer from mental illness and addictions, walked to help fight the stigma surrounding addictions and mental health. It […]
  
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• 007 GoldenEye PA: Beers at the Bushplane! (11 photos)

  22-04-2018 18:59
  Sault Ste. Marie got a taste for some of Ontario’s best beer this Saturday at the annual Sault Ste. Marie Festival of Beer – Part 007 ‘GoldenEye PA.’ It marked the 7th annual beer fest in the Sault, and with 600 people in attendance – a sold out event – it was a huge, foamin’, […]
  
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• North Korea nukes, Russia tension set to top G7 foreign ministers’ talks in Toronto

  22-04-2018 17:51
  TORONTO — Canada and Japan signed a military co-operation agreement ahead of today’s G7 foreign ministers meeting where the North Korean nuclear crisis will be front and centre. Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland and her Japanese counterpart Taro Kono signed an efficiency agreement Saturday night that will allow each other’s militaries to share equipment during […]
  
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• ‘It’s just like we’re forgotten people’: Indigenous evacuees waiting to go home

  22-04-2018 17:00
  KAPUSKASING, Ont. — Paul Edwards sits alone at a bare table and washes down scrambled eggs with coffee in the large auditorium of the civic centre in Kapuskasing, Ont., while in a small motel room on the nearby TransCanada Highway, his wife Lottie is hooked up to a dialysis machine. The couple and their two grown […]
  
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• Norgoma buyer named, city staff want to push for sale

  22-04-2018 16:13
  The M.S. Norgoma is going to be a hot debate on Monday at city council as both sides will look to speak on behalf of keeping the ship with many heavy, and by heavy I mean expensive upgrades, or slate it for removal and restoration by a Mr. Gregos-Nicols. Regardless of the decision regarding the M.S. […]
  
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• ‘When everybody leaves: Counselling key to help Humboldt move on after bus crash

  22-04-2018 16:00
  HUMBOLDT, Sask. — Mary-Jane Wilkinson is worried about what will happen to families and a community grieving the dead and the injured in a tragic hockey bus crash earlier this month in Saskatchewan. Funerals have been held and residents of Humboldt where the junior league Broncos are based face the return to their daily routines. Wilkinson, the manager of the Canalta Hotel, experienced […]
  
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• ‘So many other Tinas out there:’ Caregiver calls for changes to curb runaways

  22-04-2018 16:00
  WINNIPEG — The woman who raised a teen girl found dead in a river after she kept returning to the streets wants changes to Manitoba child welfare to prevent chronic runaways from ending up in grave danger. Kids who run away constantly while in government care have become a recurring problem due to finite provincial resources and strict limitations under federal law. Tina […]
  
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• Inflation just over 2 per cent for the whole year: It’s fine, says bank governor

  22-04-2018 16:00
  WASHINGTON — Canada’s central bank governor says inflation will likely hover just above the historic target of two per cent for this entire year, but he’s comfortable with that because the longer-term trendline is steady. Stephen Poloz challenged the notion that two per cent represents some unbreachable barrier, and said that what really matters is […]
  
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• Road work continues to be a thorn for the city

  22-04-2018 15:10
  Road construction and resurfacing is going to be a continued problem for the city as a report from the director of engineering will tell on Monday’so city council meeting. Each year, the majority of the miscellaneous construction budget is allocated to road resurfacing. As noted in previous reports, the $1.3 million miscellaneous construction budget is […]
  
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• I Choose… Adventure by Julie Hryniewicz

  22-04-2018 14:26
  An online search of the word ‘adventure’ results in the following definition: ‘an unusual and exciting, typically hazardous experience or activity, especially the exploration of unknown territory’. I choose to see life as an adventure, each and every day, since this is really what life is; exploring the unknown, exploring the future and living a […]
  
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• Mantha waits for River Valley info

  22-04-2018 06:50 via saultstar.com
  
  Several provincial ministries are prepared to work with Algoma-Manitoulin MPP Michael Mantha to help River Valley Park avoid a closure order, but can't act until they get financial information from the site's owner.
  
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• Businessman, philanthropist Dalseg dead at 93

  22-04-2018 05:31 via saultstar.com
  
  Paul Dalseg was a businessman, community leader and philanthropist.
  
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• Kings' Matt Villalta: Strong effort Saturday for OHL Sault Ste. Marie ... - CBSSports.com

  22-04-2018 05:12
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  Kings' Matt Villalta: Strong effort Saturday for OHL Sault Ste. Marie ...
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  Villalta stopped 34 of 36 shots in OHL Sault Ste. Marie's 4-2 win over Kitchener on Saturday. The Greyhounds were forced to go seven games against Owen Sound in Round 2 of the playoffs, but Villalta's strong performance on Saturday has them up 2-0 over ...and more »
  
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• A taste of Thunder Bay

  22-04-2018 04:21 via saultstar.com
  
  Sleeping Giant Brewing Company representative Jenna Graham
  
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• Hounds up 2-0

  22-04-2018 04:12 via saultstar.com
  
  Soo Greyhounds doubled up Kitchener Rangers4-2 at Essar Centre on Saturday.
  
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• Mike Harris Jr., son of former premier, will run for Tories in Ont. election

  22-04-2018 02:56
  TORONTO — Ontario Progressive Conservative Leader Doug Ford has appointed candidates in nearly a dozen ridings ahead of the upcoming provincial election, and they include the son of a former premier. With Ontarians set to go to the polls on June 7, the PCs released a statement Saturday announcing 11 appointees for ridings where a nomination meeting […]
  
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• Sault College CYC program hosts a fun day for families! (24 photos)

  22-04-2018 00:24
  This beautiful Saturday afternoon, Sault College’s third year Child and Youth Care class hosted a family fun day at the school. The free event was for children and families to come and enjoy a day full of activities such as bouncy houses, crafts, face painting, drumming, nail painting, a photo booth, delicious snacks, and so […]
  
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• Soo Quilts for Kids: Warming up bodies and hearts

  22-04-2018 00:00
  The Sault is full of wonderful people doing wonderful things. This week, I had the opportunity of getting to a group of ladies who are giving back to the community through their hobby. Quilting. A couple weeks ago, I met Vicki Young at Operation: All Dressed Up, where she was making alterations on dresses for […]
  
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