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• Activist disappointed in early version of Royal Ontario Museum’s #MeToo display

  28-06-2018 23:53
  TORONTO — A woman who has accused the late street photographer Raghubir Singh of rape is expressing concern about how a #MeToo-inspired display for the Royal Ontario Museum will handle her painful past with the celebrated artist. New York-based artist Jaishri Abichandani says negotiations are ongoing over how her story will be portrayed as one […]
  
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• OPP Conducting Aggressive Driving Campaign Over Canada Day Long Weekend

  28-06-2018 23:46
  The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) laid close to 213,000 speeding charges and more than 4,800 street racing charges against Ontario drivers last year (2017). As the OPP gears up for its Canada Day Long Weekend Aggressive Driving Campaign, officers will be watching for drivers who speed and engage in other forms of aggression. With 75 […]
  
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• Chief Stevenson to smoke out drug dealers with Project H.E.A.T.

  28-06-2018 23:32 via saultstar.com
  
  Sault Ste. Marie police Chief Hugh Stevenson announced his aggressive new plan to combat the sale of narcotics in the city at Thursday afternoon’s Police Services Board meeting.
  
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• Canada till not saying how it will hit UN commitment on land protection by 2020

  28-06-2018 23:27
  OTTAWA — Environment Minister Catherine McKenna says Canada is committed to meeting its promise to protect about one-sixth of its land and waterways by 2020, but won’t say if the government has yet identified how it will get there. If such a plan exists, it wasn’t revealed today after a meeting between McKenna and her provincial and territorial […]
  
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• Every Breakfast Counts Cracks Fundraising Goal

  28-06-2018 23:16
  Mayor Christian Provenzano, along with community partners Algoma Family Services, Sault Ste. Marie District Social Services, and United Way of Sault Ste. Marie and Algoma District, came together Thursday afternoon to announce the fundraising total for Every Breakfast Counts. Just a few weeks after the initiative was announced, the community came together and raised $50,723 […]
  
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• Tips to Beat the Heat courtesy Algoma Public Health

  28-06-2018 23:11
  With the Canada Day weekend ahead, we wish to inform residents in the Algoma district of an upcoming heat event set to take affect starting Friday, June 28th and extending through to Sunday July 1st.  Southwest winds will push hot and humid air into the Algoma district with daytime high temperatures in the low 30’s […]
  
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• $50,723 raised for Every Breakfast Counts food distribution charity

  28-06-2018 22:55 via saultstar.com
  
  $50,723 has been raised for Every Breakfast Counts, a meal distribution program, exceeding the $25,000 target set earlier this month.
  
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• Students call for resignation of principal who complied list of black students

  28-06-2018 22:15
  TORONTO — Students from a Toronto school are calling for the resignation of a principal who created a list of black students to track their performance. Peggy Aitchison, the principal at the Etobicoke School of the Arts, has said she compiled the list and circulated it among teachers in an attempt to categorize students with […]
  
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• Tariff time: ministers in Steeltown, Saguenay Friday to detail aid, response

  28-06-2018 22:14
  OTTAWA — Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland will visit Hamilton on Friday to reveal the details of the federal government’s plan to support Canada’s tariff-targeted steel and aluminum industries. Freeland will also reveal the complete, updated list of U.S. products and industries that Ottawa intends to target with its own barrage of retaliatory tariffs, which go […]
  
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• Global T20 Canada cricket tournament opens before largely empty bleachers

  28-06-2018 22:05
  KING CITY, Ont. — The Global T20 Canada cricket tournament opened to largely empty bleachers Thursday. The Toronto Nationals won the toss and choose to bowl first, putting the Vancouver Knights in to bat at the Maple Leaf Cricket Ground. West Indies star Chris Gayle opened with one run off Toronto bowler Muhammad Naveed. Getting […]
  
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• Hounds Draft a Pair of Czech Players

  28-06-2018 22:04
  The 2018 CHL Import Draft took place on Thursday, June 28th at 11:00 a.m., and Soo Greyhounds general manager Kyle Raftis took a pair of players from the same country. With the 58th overall pick in this year’s CHL Import Draft, the Hounds took forward Roman Pucek. Last season, the 18 year old led the […]
  
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• Soo Greyhound CHL Import Draft picks announced

  28-06-2018 21:52 via saultstar.com
  
  The 27th Annual CHL Import Draft beganonline at 11 a.m. this morning.
  
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• Sault cop facing sexual assault charges

  28-06-2018 21:41 via saultstar.com
  
  A Sault Ste. Marie Police Services officer has been charged with sexual assault.
  
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  28-06-2018 21:37 via twitter.com
  
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• Sault Police Officer Charged with Sexual Assault

  28-06-2018 21:34
  On May 17, 2018, the Sault Ste. Marie Police Service received a report of a Sexual Assault allegation against one of its Officers. The alleged victim is not a member of the Police Service. The allegations are not related to individual’s position as a Police Officer and as such, in consultation with the Special Investigations […]
  
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• Steelworkers ratify tentative agreement

  28-06-2018 20:43 via saultstar.com
  
  Algoma steelworkers have ratified the tentative memorandum of agreement that will help pave the way for the company to emerge from bankruptcy protection.
  
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• Bruce McArthur had low risk for violence in 2003, says psychological report

  28-06-2018 20:30
  TORONTO — Bruce McArthur had a low risk for violence 15 years ago, says a recently released psychological report conducted after the now-accused serial killer assaulted a man with a pipe. The 66-year-old self-employed landscaper accused of killing eight men with ties to the city’s gay village pleaded guilty in 2003 to two assault charges, and his lawyer at the […]
  
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• Shaw Communications execs say growth plans unaffected by Corus dividend cut

  28-06-2018 20:26
  TORONTO — Shaw Communications Inc. booked a nearly $300-million impairment charge related to its stake in Corus Entertainment Inc. that pushed the telecommunications company into a third-quarter loss, but its senior executives insisted Thursday that there will be no significant impact on their growth plans or dividends for Shaw shareholders. The Calgary-based cable, internet and wireless company, which owns about 38 per […]
  
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• Sheehan says tariff issue top priority

  28-06-2018 19:54 via saultstar.com
  
  Sault MP Terry Sheehan will meet with Chrystia Freeland Friday to continue talks about tariffs on steel and aluminium.
  
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• Gas Up Now – Some Stations Jumping Prices For Long Weekend

  28-06-2018 19:47
  You know it’s a long weekend when local gas prices jump up. This morning, McDougall Energy, that operates Esso and a Shell Station in Sault Ste. Marie increased prices from $1.29 yesterday to $1.38 a litre this morning. Drivers are still waiting for the prices to come down from the Victoria Day long weekend when […]
  
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• Fire Causes Extensive Damage

  28-06-2018 19:00
  On Thursday, June 28, 2018, shortly after 11a.m., Sault Ste. Marie Fire Service crews responded to a call of a residential fire in the 0 to 100 block of Lidstone Street. Upon arrival, there were visible flames and heavy black smoke. Fire crews were able to contain and suppress the fire. There is extensive damage […]
  
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• Oscar Award Winning Director Visits the Sault

  28-06-2018 18:51
  Oscar Award Winning Co-Writer and Co-Director of Cinema Paradiso, Vanna Paoli will visit Sault Ste. Marie on Saturday, June 30th to host a screening of her film which won an Oscar in 1989. The landmark film reflects her co-writer and co-director Giuseppe Tornatore’s experience as a teenage movie projectionist in Bagheria, Sicily. Following Cinema Paradiso […]
  
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• Canadians dodged paying feds up to $3B in taxes on foreign income: CRA

  28-06-2018 17:27
  OTTAWA — A new federal analysis says Canadians dodged paying Ottawa between $800 million and $3 billion worth of taxes on foreign personal income in 2014. The study by the Canada Revenue Agency says the missing funds represented between 0.6 per cent and 2.2 per cent of the total income tax revenue Ottawa collected that year from individuals. So far, the agency says the federal […]
  
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• Toronto stocks lower as key sectors step back; Loonie climbs higher

  28-06-2018 17:22
  TORONTO — Canada’s main stock index was in the red at late-morning as the key energy, financial and materials sectors all lost ground. The S&P/TSX composite index was down 85.19 points to 16,146.06, after 90 minutes of trading. In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average was up 8.61 points to 24,126.20. The S&P 500 […]
  
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• Mike Duffy lawyers raise spectre of past scandal in bid to sue Senate

  28-06-2018 17:10
  OTTAWA — Sen. Mike Duffy’s lawyers are recalling the political scandal surrounding his expense claims in a bid to keep the Senate in the crosshairs of his multimillion-dollar lawsuit. Lawyers for the Senate spent hours Wednesday arguing the upper chamber’s disciplinary actions are shielded by parliamentary privilege — a centuries-old right designed to protect legislators from legal consequence in […]
  
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• Ford becomes Ontario premier Friday, but work on key promises already underway

  28-06-2018 17:10
  TORONTO — Though he officially takes up the premier’s mantle on Friday, Doug Ford has already set the wheels in motion for several of his plans for Ontario — and one expert predicts the Progressive Conservative leader will move quickly on his agenda once he seizes the reins of the province. In the weeks since his party’s sweeping victory at the polls, […]
  
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• Allick, Brian David

  28-06-2018 17:08
  The family of Brian David Allick sadly announce his peaceful passing at ARCH on Saturday June 23, 2018 in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. He was predeceased by the love of his life, Joan (2004). Other family members who predeceased him include, his parents and brothers in England along with his sisters in law and brothers […]
  
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• LAWLOR, Debbie (nee Hackett)

  28-06-2018 17:02
  At the Sault Area Hospital on Monday June 25, 2018 at the age of 69. Loving wife of Jake Lawlor. She will be remembered by her son Ryan (Tralee) and grandson Ben. Debbie was sister to Pam Hackett. As per Debbie’s’ wishes cremation will take place and a Celebration of Life will be held at […]
  
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• AGO to unveil cross-cultural Indigenous and Canadian art centre: curators

  28-06-2018 17:01
  TORONTO — The Art Gallery of Ontario is set to reopen the J. S. McLean Centre for Indigenous & Canadian Art on Sunday after a months-long overhaul that curators say signals a creative cultural shift for the Toronto institution. The co-curators of the centre say it will present works by contemporary Indigenous artists and Canadian legends in a way the gallery […]
  
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• Stand up to sexist jokes, says researcher

  28-06-2018 16:48 via saultstar.com
  
  Emily Markham, a recent graduate of Algoma University’s bachelor of science in psychology program, advocates the feel-good power of neutral humour.
  
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• The City is accepting proposals from interested parties for the leasing of space to operate a restaurant/lounge in… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  28-06-2018 16:43 via twitter.com
  The City is accepting proposals from interested parties for the leasing of space to operate a restaurant/lounge in… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• City Beautification Awards cancelled due to winter damage

  28-06-2018 16:34 via saultstar.com
  
  The 2018 City Beautification Awards will not take place this year due to widespread plant death during winter. It will return in 2019.
  
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• Heat Wave Building For Sault and Area This Weekend

  28-06-2018 15:25
  Some like it hot, and some like it humid and if you’re not one of them, you will likely dread the forecast for the weekend and into next week. A heat wave is building into the northeastern part of North America, including the Algoma district. Temperatures are forecast to hit 30c or higher starting Friday […]
  
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• Sheehan Announces Increase in Canada Child Benefit

  28-06-2018 15:20
  Helping hard-working families provide the best start in life for their children is a top priority for the Government of Canada. That’s why two years ago, the government launched the Canada Child Benefit (CCB) to help families with the high cost of raising kids. The CCB – which is targeted to middle class families and […]
  
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• Play Safe

  28-06-2018 15:15
  Safe Communities and Algoma Power Inc. in partnership with the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), Sault Ste Marie Police Service (SSMPS),Anishinabek Police Service, and Batchewana Police Service, are looking for youth who are “playing safe”. Through this program, youth are encouraged to develop positive safety habits by wearing the proper protective equipment while enjoying outdoor activities […]
  
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• Fire on Albert St. West

  28-06-2018 15:15
  On Thursday, June 28, 2018, Sault Ste. Marie Fire Service crews were called to a reported residential fire in the downtown area of the city. Just before 1a.m., fire crews responded to a fire in a duplex in the 600 block of Albert Street West. Crews were able to contain and extinguish the fire on […]
  
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• Cineplex to offer concession stand snack deliveries in four provinces

  28-06-2018 15:09
  TORONTO — Some Canadians with a hankering for movie theatre popcorn without the trek to a cinema are in luck. Cineplex Inc. has started to offer delivery of concession stand snacks — popcorn, hot dogs, candy, nachos and soft drinks — to customers in 60 communities throughout Ontario, Alberta, B.C. and Quebec this week. The offering, […]
  
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• Interested in working this year's Municipal Election? Apply today! saultstemarie.ca/Newsroom/June-… https://t.co/ZEIm27vve9

  28-06-2018 14:41 via twitter.com
  
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• Magna International buys Italian automotive light maker OLSA for $354M

  28-06-2018 14:38
  AURORA, Ont. — Magna International Inc. has signed a deal to buy Italian company OLSA S.p.A., a maker of automotive lighting products, for about $354 million. The Canadian auto parts company valued the transaction at 230 million euros. Magna says the deal will make the company a global lighting supplier and expand its capability to […]
  
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• Canada Day hours for City services (What's open, what's closed, and what's happening for Canada Day!)… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  28-06-2018 14:36 via twitter.com
  Canada Day hours for City services (What's open, what's closed, and what's happening for Canada Day!)… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Chief Stevenson Visits Algoma U and Joins Walk for Children’s Mental Health

  28-06-2018 14:12
  Yesterday Chief Hugh Stevenson joined President and Vice Chancellor of Algoma University Asima Veizna and Director of Anishinabbe initiatives Joe Tom Sayers on a cultural tour of Algoma University. The Sault Ste. Marie Police Service is continuing to work in partnership with Algoma University and our indigenous partners to develop and implement programs and training […]
  
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• Maple Leaf Foods buying poultry plants in Ontario and Quebec from Cericola Farms

  28-06-2018 13:56
  MISSISSAUGA, Ont. — Maple Leaf Foods Inc. has signed an agreement to buy two poultry plants and associated supply from Cericola Farms, a privately held company. The plants are in Bradford, Ont., and Drummondville, Que., and together process a total of about 32 million kilograms of chicken per year. Financial terms of the deal were […]
  
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• MTM On The Road: Engineers Day 2018 in Sault Ste. Marie - 9&10 News

  28-06-2018 12:25 via 9and10news.com
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  MTM On The Road: Engineers Day 2018 in Sault Ste. Marie
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  Friday, Sault Ste. Marie visitors are getting the opportunity of a lifetime: the Soo Locks are opening their gates to the public! The event is called Engineers Day. It's an annual event that opens the locks one day only to celebrate the engineers who ...
  
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• Sen. Peter Harder among parliamentarians subpoenaed in Abdelrazik case

  28-06-2018 10:00
  OTTAWA — Several parliamentarians — including Peter Harder, the Liberal government’s representative in the Senate — have been subpoenaed to testify in Abousfian Abdelrazik’s high-profile lawsuit over his detention in Sudan. Abdelrazik’s lawyer, Paul Champ, wants to question a number of individuals from the inner circle of government about their knowledge of his client’s prolonged ordeal. Subpoenas have also been issued
  
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• Hundreds of thousands families live in daycare ‘deserts,’ report says

  28-06-2018 06:05
  OTTAWA — An estimated 776,000 Canadian children live in areas of the country parched of available daycare spaces, suggests a new report that outlines the statistical flip side of high child care costs in some parts of the country. The study by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, being released Thursday, says 44 per cent of all school-aged children […]
  
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• Navdeep Bains Acclaimed as Liberal Candidate in 2019 Federal Campaign Kickoff

  28-06-2018 04:53
  MISSISSAUGA, Ont. — The Liberals have nominated their first candidate for next year’s federal election. At a Toronto-area rally Wednesday evening that included a speech by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Navdeep Bains was acclaimed as the Liberal candidate in Mississauga-Malton. The minister of innovation, science and economic development says he will run a positive campaign […]
  
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• Ceremonial Guard Launched its 60th Season.

  28-06-2018 04:45
  The Ceremonial Guard of the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) performed the first Changing of the Guard ceremony of the 2018 season on Sunday, June 24 at 10 a.m. In its 60 season, the Changing the Guard ceremony is the most recognized military tradition in Canada, and has attracted thousands of visitors to Parliament Hill in […]
  
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• A Hot Weekend of Baseball For Three Peewee Teams in Sault Ste Marie.

  28-06-2018 03:55
  The North Bay Stingers, Sudbury Shamrocks and the Soo Blacksox met up for some Northern Elite League play.  It was a hot weekend with temperatures reaching the 25 plus mark.  It was also an exciting weekend of baseball.  Each team played 4 games over the weekend and we saw lots of baseball action. The North […]
  
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• Thunderbirds Release Their 2018-2019 Regular Season Schedule

  28-06-2018 03:12
  On Wednesday, the Soo Thunderbirds released their 2018-2019 regular season schedule. The Thunderbirds will kick off their 2018-2019 regular season on Friday, September 7th at 7:00 p.m. against their International Bridge rivals, the Soo Eagles at the John Rhodes Community Centre. It will also be a rematch of last year’s semifinal series. The last time […]
  
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• Ont. Ombudsman Reports Increase in Complaints about Correctional Services

  28-06-2018 03:01
  TORONTO — Ontario’s ombudsman says his office saw an increase in complaints about the province’s correctional services in the last year despite progress in how facilities track inmate segregation and handle other key issues. In his annual report, Paul Dube says he received 5,010 complaints about correctional facilities in 2017-18 compared with 3,998 in the […]
  
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