Sault Ste. Marie news

• OPP Wawa report multiple fatalities in Sunday night’s Accident.

  20-08-2018 23:56
  (WAWA, ON) – On Sunday August 19, 2018 at approximately 10:19 p.m., members of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Superior East (Wawa) Detachment responded to a fatal motor vehicle collision on Highway 17 approximately 15 kilometres south of Wawa in Lendrum Township, Ontario. Preliminary investigation has revealed that a southbound vehicle collided with a northbound […]
  
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• MIDDLETON, Iris

  20-08-2018 23:26
  Peacefully at the F.J. Davey Home on Saturday, August 18, 2018 in her 94th year with family at her side.  Devoted and cherished wife of Fred for 73 years.  Loving and adored mother of Roy (Shirley) and Brian (Carl).  Proud grandmother of Shelley (Jeff), Trevor, Rob (Tanya), Steve (Nikki) and Julia (Tim).  Cherished great grandmother […]
  
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• Update from OPP – Canada Post office break-in Richards Landing.

  20-08-2018 23:19
  (RICHARD’S LANDING, ON)– On August 16, 2018, before 4:30 a.m., members from the East Algoma Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Thessalon Detachment responded to an alarm at Canada Post office in the Town of Richard’s Landing. Police arrived a short time later to find a window at the front of building that had been broken in […]
  
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• Sault Ste. Marie Downtown Association Notice of Board Election - SooToday.com

  20-08-2018 22:33 via sootoday.com
  Sault Ste. Marie Downtown Association Notice of Board Election
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  An election for the board of directors of the Downtown Business Improvement Area will take place the third Monday in November, 2018. The new board of directors will hold office until December 1, 2022. 0. about 21 hours ago by: City of Sault Ste. Marie.
  
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• Sault Ste. Marie to recover $21.8Mof $23.8M owed for 2014-2017

  20-08-2018 22:31 via saultstar.com
  The City of Sault Ste. Marie has released an agreement it has reached with Algoma to settle its unpaid tax bills.
  While the agreement will see the city receive 91 per cent of the owed taxes by the steelmaker, the amount paid will be based on a new negotiated property assessment agreement reached between the parties.In total, the city will receive $21.8 million of the negotiated $23.8 million owed to satisfy its tax years 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017.
  Mayor Christian Provenzano said the lengthy nego
  
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• OPP Seek Public Assistance Locating Missing Man

  20-08-2018 21:02
  On August 19, 2018, shortly before 1:30 p.m., members of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) from the Espanola Detachment responded to a report of a missing male from a residence on Young Street in the Town of Webbwood. OPP investigation has revealed that Chad BOWERMAN, 39 years-old was last seen working on a pick-up truck […]
  
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• Caught on Camera: Laptop Stolen

  20-08-2018 19:47
  Crime Stoppers and the Sault Ste. Marie Police Service are asking for your assistance in identifying a suspect in a theft. On the 25th of July 2018 at approximately 9:50 pm an unknown male attended at a business located on Queen Street East. The suspect entered an area where an Acer laptop valued at $500.00 […]
  
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• Lottery for parent sponsorship to be replaced, more applications to be accepted

  20-08-2018 19:17
  OTTAWA — The Trudeau government is scrapping an unpopular lottery system for immigrants looking to reunite with their parents and grandparents and is increasing the number of sponsorship applications it will accept next year. Immigration Minister Ahmed Hussen will announce the changes today at an event in Vancouver. The changes, which will take effect in 2019, will replace the […]
  
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• KATZEL, Anne Catherine

  20-08-2018 18:49
  Peacefully at the Sault Area Hospital on Sunday August 19, 2018. As per Anne’s wishes, there will be no visitation or services. Cremation will take place. Special thanks to the Sault Area Hospital staff, Dr. Walde and Dr. Spadafora for all the care given to her. In Anne’s memory, donations may be made to the […]
  
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• Choir! Choir! Choir! sets Aretha Franklin tribute for Thursday

  20-08-2018 18:39
  TORONTO — Choir! Choir! Choir! is paying tribute to the “Queen of Soul” with a special night of celebration. Organizers for the drop-in Toronto vocal collective say they’ll gather on Thursday to recognize the passing of Aretha Franklin. The group — which spends a night rehearsing a song before recording the performance for an online video — plans to sing Franklin’s “(You […]
  
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• Trudeau: no apologies for heckler encounter, pledges to call out ‘hate speech’

  20-08-2018 17:56
  OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is defending his treatment of a Quebec woman he accused of racism, calling hate speech and the politics of division a “dangerous path” for Canada. At a news conference today outside Ottawa, Trudeau was asked whether he went too far when he told a woman heckling him at a […]
  
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• KRAMER, Frank Henry Sr.

  20-08-2018 17:43
  It is with great sadness we announce the passing of Frank Kramer Sr. on Sunday August 19, 2018 in his 90th year. Loving husband of Audrey Kramer (Headley). Wonderful father of the late Carol Ann Kramer, Frances Dolph (Al), Dolores Tagliabracci (Tony), Nancy Vierin (Eric), Gordie (Diane), Frank Jr. (Penny) and Barbara (Jim). Frank will […]
  
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• CASHUBEC, Kenneth “Kenny”

  20-08-2018 17:35
  Passed away at the Sault Area Hospital on Thursday, August 16, 2018 at the age of 82. Loving brother of Anna Mae Golka, Agnes Karita, Florence Richter and Michael Cashabeck. Predeceased by his parents John and Annie and siblings John, Ambrose, Eddie, Raymond and Sylvester Cashabeck. Kenny will be fondly remembered by many nieces, nephews, […]
  
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• Non violence overcomes oppression

  20-08-2018 17:13 via saultstar.com
  Non violence is Jesus’ teaching of turning the other cheek and loving your enemy.
  Gandhi used Satyagraha (Sanskrit: insistence or holding firmly on to truth) as nonviolent resistance or civil resistance to persuade the most powerful nation of its time to grant independence to India.
  He first used it pre-1918 in racist South Africa and the government gave in, despite having overwhelming power.
  Nations with overwhelming military power are helpless against unarmed, non violent mass protestors
  
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• Chinese ambassador hopes to speed trade talks with Canada amid protectionism

  20-08-2018 17:08
  TORONTO — China’s ambassador to Canada says his country hopes to speed up bilateral trade talks amid a rise of protectionism. Lu Shaye, speaking through a translator, says he hopes to make progress on a free trade agreement with Canada but that there has been little progress on some issues. Canada has pushed for a progressive […]
  
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• Life's saddest moment brings out the angels among us

  20-08-2018 17:05 via saultstar.com
  I would like to take this opportunity to relate to you a story that is so personal and so intimate to my life, that it will take all the strength and fortitude that I can muster to put written words onto the page. It is the story of the passing of my mother, Joanne O’Connor.
  Frank Rupnik, the editor of the Sault Star, has given me the liberty to write about many varied topics over the years, and this one will most certainly be the most difficult. Thank-you Frank for permitting me the freed
  
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• MOODY, Charles “Chuck”

  20-08-2018 16:39
  (1947 – 2018) Passed away suddenly at his home on Friday, August 17, 2018. Dear Husband of Jane Moody (nee Genetti) for 48 years. Loving father of Daniel (Kelley) and Tyler (Anna). Proud and loving grandpa to Mya, Fraser, Robin, and Ryan. Dear son of Eleanor Moody and the late Jack. Son-in-law of the late […]
  
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• Toronto mayor says he’ll back legal challenge to bill that slashes council

  20-08-2018 16:35
  Toronto’s mayor says he will support a potential legal challenge against the Ontario government’s decision to slash the size of city council at an emergency meeting on the issue today. Local politicians and staff are meeting to discuss whether to turn to the courts to oppose the new provincial legislation, which passed last week and will […]
  
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• Boyer, Lena

  20-08-2018 16:32
  May 1, 1933-August 19, 2018 Peacefully passed away at Golden Birches Terrace, Blind River, on August 19, 2018 at the age of 85. She leaves behind her sons Barry (Sharon), Cletus and Billy, as well as her daughters Bernadette (the late Wayne), Julianne, Diane Morningstar and Nancy Whitehead. Forever missed by her grandchildren Stephanie, Samantha, […]
  
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• Ottawa announces $189M to extend employment insurance for seasonal workers

  20-08-2018 16:15
  ESCUMINAC, N.B. — Ottawa has announced $189 million for an employment insurance pilot project that provides seasonal workers with up to five more weeks of benefits. Jean-Yves Duclos, the minister of Families, Children and Social Development, made the announcement today at a fisheries plant in Escuminac, N.B. Duclos says up to five more weeks will […]
  
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• Fatal collision closes Highway 17 North

  20-08-2018 15:26 via saultstar.com
  (WAWA, ON) – On Sunday August 19, 2018 at approximately 10:19 pm members of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Superior East (Wawa) Detachment responded to a fatal motor vehicle collision located on Highway 17 approximately 15 kilometres south of Wawa in the Lendrum Township District of Algoma.
  The OPP Technical Traffic Collision Investigators (TTCI) are assisting with this investigation.
  Highway 17 remains closed in both directions.
  
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• Fatal Collision Closes Highway 17 Near Wawa

  20-08-2018 14:00
  On Sunday August 19, 2018 at approximately 10:19 pm members of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Superior East (Wawa) Detachment responded to a fatal motor vehicle collision located on Highway 17 approximately 15 kilometres south of Wawa in the Lendrum Township District of Algoma. The OPP Technical Traffic Collision Investigators (TTCI) are assisting with this […]
  
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• How do you say goodbye? (An Opioid Crisis Problem)

  20-08-2018 12:19
  Saultonline received the following statement from Ward 3 candidate Winona Hutchinson regarding the city’s opioid crisis.   No one can prepare you for the loss of a child or what a parent must have to survive what I can only call a nightmare. As I waited in a long line among others to say goodbye […]
  
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• Police chiefs want new data-sharing treaty with U.S. as privacy questions linger

  20-08-2018 10:30
  OTTAWA — Canada’s police chiefs are pressing the Trudeau government to sign a new electronic data-sharing agreement with the United States to overcome hurdles in the fight against crimes ranging from fraud to cyberterrorism. But the government and the federal privacy commissioner say more consultation and study are needed to ensure appropriate protection of personal information before taking […]
  
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• Canadian banks to report strong quarter amid housing stability, interest rate hikes

  20-08-2018 10:00
  TORONTO — Canada’s biggest banks are expected to report yet another strong quarter as the country’s housing market shows signs of stability and rising interest rates add to their bottom line. Royal Bank of Canada is the first lender to report its fiscal third-quarter results on Wednesday, and most analysts are expecting “solid” growth across the industry, with estimates […]
  
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