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• Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds' Drew Bannister Named 2017-18 OHL Coach of the Year - hockeyfights.com

  01-05-2018 23:53
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  Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds' Drew Bannister Named 2017-18 OHL Coach of the Year
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  Toronto, ON – The Ontario Hockey League today announced that Drew Bannister of the Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds is the 2017-18 recipient of the Matt Leyden Trophy awarded annually to the OHL's Coach of the Year. Bannister led the Greyhounds to an all ...
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• Students Put “Under Pressure” This Weekend

  01-05-2018 23:34
  Sault College, in partnership with Professional Engineers Ontario – Algoma Chapter, is excited to host the 29th annual Bridge Building contest! Taking place on Saturday, May 5 in Sault College’s Multimedia Centre, the day will kick off with the grade 4 and 5 division – the youngest of four divisions – beginning at 10 a.m. […]
  
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• IRWIN, Ross

  01-05-2018 23:11
  Peacefully at Algoma Residential Community Hospice on Tuesday, May 1, 2018, with family at his side. Beloved husband of Elaine. Loving father of the late Troy and step-father of David and Stephen. Dear grandpa of Gavin, Jase, Jonathon Ross and Brooke. Predeceased by his parents Tubby and Lucile Irwin. Son-in-law of Alex and the late […]
  
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• CHANAS, Matthew

  01-05-2018 23:07
  Passed away on April 24, 2018 at home at the age of 60. Beloved son of Ann D’Ettorre and the late Peter Chanas. Dear brother of John (Alfea), Joey (Debbie), Eva and Lisa. Loving uncle of Nicky (Justyne) and Jason (Jodie) Chanas, Christopher (Heather), Michael (Sharon), Daniella (Chris), Justin and Jacob Chanas, Ashleigh and Anthony […]
  
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• Nominations open for municipal election

  01-05-2018 22:57 via saultstar.com
  
  And, they’re off.
  
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• Things to know about the Liberals’ air passenger rights, rail transport bill

  01-05-2018 22:38
  OTTAWA — The government is asking the House of Commons to side with it on passage of a major transport bill which the Senate wants to amend. Here are five things to know about the bill: 1) The bill wouldn’t actually create an air passenger bill of rights, but would start consultations at a federal agency […]
  
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• Procedure aims to ease symptoms in patients with treatment-resistant depression

  01-05-2018 21:56
  TORONTO — For the last seven years, Sky Zazlov has been fighting the demon of major depressive disorder — and none of the numerous medications, myriad types of therapy or other interventions she has tried have been able to lift the black cloud of despair that has enveloped her life. “It affects hygiene, sleep, diet, emotions,” Zazlov, 40, […]
  
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• Ford reverses course on Greenbelt development, says he’ll maintain protected area

  01-05-2018 21:56
  TORONTO — Doug Ford is reversing a plan to open a large protected green space around the Toronto region to housing development if elected premier this spring. The Progressive Conservative leader says he’s heard from people asking him not to touch the Greenbelt since outlining his development pledge yesterday. He now says a Tory government would maintain the Greenbelt in […]
  
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• Israeli spymaster talks Iran, Syria, Russia and populism in Ottawa meetings

  01-05-2018 21:33
  OTTAWA — A top Israeli intelligence official is in Ottawa seeking support for his country’s new allegations that Iran concealed a nuclear weapons program before signing its deal with world powers three years ago. Chagai Tzuriel, the director general of Israel’s Ministry of Intelligence, is also briefing the government on how Israel views the wider […]
  
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• Air passenger rights, rail shipping legislation heads for political showdown

  01-05-2018 21:26
  OTTAWA — The Conservative transport critic says she plans to prod the government to fast-track a sweeping Liberal bill to establish an air passenger bill of rights and more easily move products by rail. The catch in Kelly Block’s proposal is that the Liberals will have to abandon plans to reject a suite of proposed Senate amendments to the […]
  
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• The inside story of the unsolved murders of a Canadian and an American in Belize

  01-05-2018 21:23
  It has been one year since the bodies of Francesca Matus and her American lover were found tangled together in a sugar cane field in Belize. The urn holding the Canadian woman’s ashes now sits in a niche at Toronto’s Highland Memory Gardens, across from the spot where her 80-year-old mother will be buried one day. “So we can always look […]
  
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• MPs vote overwhelmingly to call on Pope again for residential schools apology

  01-05-2018 21:22
  OTTAWA — MPs have voted overwhelmingly to extend to Pope Francis a formal invitation to apologize in person to Indigenous Peoples for decades of abuse meted out in residential schools across Canada. New Democrat MPs Charlie Angus and residential school survivor Romeo Saganash introduced the motion, which passed today by a margin of 269-10. Cheers erupted for both […]
  
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• McCARGAR, Louella June

  01-05-2018 21:01
  It is with great sorrow, the family announces the passing into the arms of Jesus on Saturday, April 28, 2018. Loving mother of Jacqueline Anderson (Keith), Glenn and late Harold. Dear Nana of Julie, Shawn and Ryan (Krisha); Great-Nana of Mackenzie, Michaela, Ella, and Axl. Daughter of the late Gordon and Violet Marshall. Nursing was […]
  
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• Poloz says Canadians owe $2 trillion as central bank mulls next rate hike

  01-05-2018 20:47
  OTTAWA — Bank of Canada governor Stephen Poloz says Canadians have amassed a $2-trillion mountain of household debt that is now casting a big shadow over the timing of his next interest rate hike. In prepared remarks of a speech Tuesday in Yellowknife, Poloz said the pile has been growing for three decades in both absolute terms and […]
  
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• Rebel gets rare play from Comedics

  01-05-2018 20:28 via saultstar.com
  
  The Comedics aren't just for laughs anymore.
  
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• BONIN, Roland Napoleon

  01-05-2018 20:26
  Peacefully at the Algoma Manor with his family by his side on Sunday, April 29, 2018 at the age of 91. Beloved husband of the late June Bonin. Loved and cherished father of Jill McPhee (Terry), Paula Spurway and the late Gary Bonin.  Proud Papa of Greg Bonin (Danielle Deschamps), Mitchell Spurway (Dana Tetreault), Jennifer […]
  
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• U.S. on NAFTA deal: Either this month, or not this year at all, Lighthizer says

  01-05-2018 19:53
  WASHINGTON — The U.S. trade czar says he’d like to get a NAFTA agreement this month. If not, he thinks the issue will drag into 2019. Robert Lighthizer made the remarks in a lunchtime discussion at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce in Washington. He’s going to China this week, then meets with his Canadian and Mexican […]
  
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• Brides Take Note!

  01-05-2018 19:14
  Sault St. Marie’s largest Bridal Expo returns to the Canadian Bushplane Heritage Centre on Wednesday May 2, 2018.  Donations of $5.00 supports  the Bushplane Centre. A non-profit organization. The Bridal Expo is now into its 8th year and will run from 5:30 pm to 8:30 pm More than $10,000.00 in prizes and give-a-ways will be […]
  
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• Probation breached

  01-05-2018 18:42 via saultstar.com
  Two people who were supposed to avoid contact were allegedly found together in Elliot Lake on Sunday.
  
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• Rainy Weather Concerns

  01-05-2018 18:38
  The Sault Ste. Marie Region Conservation Authority would like to issue a watershed conditions statement to residents in regard to current watershed conditions. The weather forecast for the next few days indicates a continuing warming trend with precipitation amounts estimated at 10-15 mm on Wednesday May 2, 2018. Warm temperatures have resulted in melting of […]
  
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• Today’s collection of #firearms as our #gunamnesty comes to an end. Thank you… instagram.com/p/BiPdbqwgpog/…

  01-05-2018 18:29 via twitter.com
  Today’s collection of #firearms as our #gunamnesty comes to an end. Thank you… instagram.com/p/BiPdbqwgpog/…
  
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• Myers running for school board, not council - To be updated

  01-05-2018 17:36 via saultstar.com
  
  Susan Myers visited the City Clerk’s office today and filed her nomination papers, but not to run for her current spot in Ward 2 nor for any other seat on City Council.
  
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• ADSB students head to Skills Ontario

  01-05-2018 17:35 via saultstar.com
  
  Twenty-one Algoma District School Board students will compete at Skills Ontario in Toronto.
  
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• Myers to Run for School Board

  01-05-2018 17:19
  Sault Ste. Marie – Susan Myers visited the City Clerk’s office today and filed her nomination papers, but not to run for her current spot in ward 2 nor for any other seat on City Council. The three term council member is now a candidate in ward 2 running for Trustee with Algoma District School […]
  
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• Night of film songs sells out

  01-05-2018 16:50 via saultstar.com
  
  Stephen Mallinger won't appear in a ball of smoke or crash through a window to start Algoma Festival Choir's upcoming show.
  
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• The nomination period for this year's Municipal Election opens today! If you are thinking of running, or would like… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  01-05-2018 16:47 via twitter.com
  The nomination period for this year's Municipal Election opens today! If you are thinking of running, or would like… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Over $12,000 Raised for ARCH

  01-05-2018 16:45
  Sault Ste. Marie, ON: On April 29, 2018, The Machine Shop organized the Second Annual Pancake Breakfast Fundraiser for ARCH Hospice. Thanks to the unbelievable support from the community, the event was a huge success and raised over $12,000 for the Hospice. 100% of all proceeds including ticket sales and donations were donated directly to […]
  
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• No relief in sight

  01-05-2018 16:02
  Canadians celebrating the onset of summer driving season have been dismayed by another spring phenomenon — rising gasoline prices across the country. According to GasBuddy.com, the average price of regular gasoline in Canada on Monday was about $1.33 per litre, up 22 cents from the average of $1.11 per litre at the same time last […]
  
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• Superior Heights stages Mamma Mia!

  01-05-2018 15:23 via saultstar.com
  
  Mamma Mia! is coming to Sault Ste. Marie.
  
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• The newest #firefighter for Sault Fire Services - Mitchell Dionisi. Congratulations Mitch. #firesafe https://t.co/p3Wq6ROGZt

  01-05-2018 14:49 via twitter.com
  
  The newest #firefighter for Sault Fire Services - Mitchell Dionisi. Congratulations Mitch. #firesafe https://t.co/p3Wq6ROGZt
  
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• On Camera: Car Batteries Valued At Over $800 Stolen From Wal-Mart

  01-05-2018 14:13
  Crime Stoppers and the Sault Ste. Marie Police Service are asking for your assistance in identifying two suspects in a theft. From the 17th to the 21st of April a male and female attended at Wal-Mart Station Mall in a silver Dodge Journey. The suspects entered the store individually on four different occasions taking six […]
  
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• Trio honoured in memorial cabinet

  01-05-2018 14:10 via saultstar.com
  
  A memorial cabinet dedicated to the memory of three Sault Ste. Marie men who died serving in Royal Canadian Air Force will be dedicated on Saturday.
  
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• Emergency alerts will be sent to your mobiles, TVs and radios next Monday, May 7. It’s only a test!

  01-05-2018 14:00
  Millions of cellphones, tablets and other portable devices will sound off across the country next week to test Canada’s new public emergency alert system. The country’s broadcast and telecom regulator says the tests will be carried out next Monday in Ontario and Quebec and on Wednesday in the rest of the country. Test signals will go to […]
  
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• Funerals are scheduled today for two killed in Toronto van attack

  01-05-2018 13:53
  TORONTO — Funerals are to be held today for two of the 10 people killed in last week’s van attack in northern Toronto. Eighty-three-year-old Geraldine Brady and 80-year-old Dorothy Sewell were killed last week when a van drove down the sidewalk along Yonge Street, running down pedestrians. A friend said Brady — a grandmother who was […]
  
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• String of communities along Saint John River flooding, causing some evacuations

  01-05-2018 13:52
  FREDERICTON — Several communities south of Fredericton are being hit with significant flooding as water levels rise in the Saint John River, swamping roads and residential areas. Government officials say Jemseg, Sheffield, Grand Lake, Oak Point and Maugerville have all exceeded flood-stage levels. Geoffrey Downey, spokesman for the Emergency Measures Organization, says one family in […]
  
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• High school teacher charged with cocaine trafficking in New Brunswick

  01-05-2018 13:15
  BATHURST, N.B. — A middle school science teacher with alleged Hells Angels ties has been charged with cocaine trafficking, shedding light on northern New Brunswick’s difficult struggle with outlaw motorcycle gangs and illicit drugs. Julie Michaud, who is also a French teacher at Place-des-Jeunes School in Bathurst, was one of nine people scooped up in a wide-ranging crackdown on alleged associates of […]
  
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• Trump postpones steel tariff decision

  01-05-2018 05:23 via saultstar.com
  
  While Canada is increasing funding tohire more border agents to strengthentrade enforcement, the steel industryremains on alert as it awaits finalword on whether the U.S. will extendan exemption on steel and aluminumtariffs.
  
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• Silicon Valley funds Sault woman's plan

  01-05-2018 04:42 via saultthisweek.com
  
  A local entrepreneur is one of a very small percentage of applicants to receive an investment deal from a prestigious Silicon Valley venture capital firm.
  
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• Experts on opioid use visit to help ‘downed’ town

  01-05-2018 04:36 via saultthisweek.com
  
  “It was a success!”
  
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• Saskatchewan to hire consulting firm to assess Broncos crash intersection

  01-05-2018 01:47
  REGINA — Saskatchewan plans to hire a private consulting firm to do a safety assessment of an intersection north of Tisdale where a hockey team bus collision killed 16 people. The Humboldt Broncos junior hockey team was travelling to a playoff game on April 6 when it collided with a tractor-trailer. The crash occurred where Highway […]
  
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• FERA, Joseph Anthony

  01-05-2018 01:20
  (August 7, 1937-April 28, 2018) Peacefully at the Sault Area Hospital on Saturday April 28, 2018 at the age of 80. Best friend of Cora Rumley. He will be remembered by his children Elena (Vince), Joanna (Stuart) and Stanley (Tracey). Loving grandfather to Joshua Conway (Meagan), Mark Olendy (Brittany), Jason Conway and Kiersten Parris. Great […]
  
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• Morneau ducks queries on carbon tax gender costs, but doc says feds have done it

  01-05-2018 00:25
  OTTAWA — Finance Minister Bill Morneau isn’t saying whether the federal government has analyzed how its carbon-pricing plan could affect women differently than men — even though documents show it has. Morneau faced the question from Conservative MP Michelle Rempel during his appearance before the Commons committee on the status of women, where he was pressed to prove […]
  
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