Sault Ste. Marie news

• Birdwatchers wear lifelike avian costumes to raise awareness

  21-08-2018 23:18
  Yousif Attia wasn’t exactly a typical teenager. He had always been fascinated by birds, and he wanted to participate in a local Christmas bird count – an annual event where people across North America note the number of fowl in the Western hemisphere. No one at his Calgary high school shared quite the same passion […]
  
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• LONG, Elgin

  21-08-2018 22:32
  Peacefully at the Sault Area Hospital with his family by his side on Monday, August 20, 2018 at the age of 78.  Beloved husband of Marie Long and the late Barbara Long.  Loving father of Peggy Long-Thibault, Carrie Solomon, Jamie Long (Lisa) and Lisa Franssen (Paul).  Step father of Paula Meyers (Dan), Robert Gilkes (Nancy), […]
  
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• Growing Catch the Ace jackpot 'a fantastic thing'

  21-08-2018 21:59 via saultstar.com
  Boomer Braido sums up the Esquire Club’s Catch the Ace draw’s march towards a $300,000 jackpot in two words.Exciting. Overwhelming.“It’s a fantastic thing,” said the bar’s co-owner of a six-figure prize pool that’s prompting Sault Ste. Marie residents to line up 400 metres down to Rexall Drugstore to buy draw tickets prized at five dollars each. “We love it. We’re ecstatic. We’re ecstatic for our charities.”The holder of the ticke
  
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• Mid-Afternoon Collision at busy Intersection

  21-08-2018 21:56
  Superior Media has learned that an accident has happened (3:45 pm) near the intersection of 2nd Line and Great Northern Rd. Citizens traveling in the area may experience traffic disruptions while police investigate at the scene. There are currently no reports of serious injuries. We will update the story when information becomes available.
  
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• Knox, Shirley Marie

  21-08-2018 21:55
  April 5, 1942-August 17, 2018 Passed away peacefully at the age of 76 while at Health Sciences North, Sudbury, ON on August 17, 2018. Shirley has been reunited with her beloved husband and love of her life Gordon Raymond Knox, who predeceased her in 2009. She’ll be forever missed by her loving daughters Bonnie Knox […]
  
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• Sale of Algoma to be presented to judge Wednesday

  21-08-2018 21:54 via saultstar.com
  A Toronto judge will be asked to approve the sale transaction of Algoma Wednesday, moving the steelmaker one step closer to emerging from bankruptcy protection.
  More importantly, the move will also help solidify the future for Sault Ste. Marie and return much needed stability to the local and regional economy, said Dan Hollingsworth, executive director of business with the Sault Ste. Marie Economic Development Corp.
  “The good news about this is that this is the next step in the process and
  
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• Mayoral candidates spar over Algoma tax deal

  21-08-2018 21:51 via saultstar.com
  A mayoral candidate charges that Christian Provenzano failed to stand up for local businesses while brokering a deal that would see Algoma pay $21.8 million in property tax it owes for 2014-2017.
  Rory Ring says that while city council considers the deal a great victory for the community, other major employers in the community are making up for the shortfall from the loss of tax dollars and alleges Provenzano is misrepresenting the facts of the agreement.
  “I have been engaged with stakehold
  
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• It was our pleasure to join you. Thank you for the great day! @ChiefStevenson1 twitter.com/anish_police/s…

  21-08-2018 21:44 via twitter.com
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• OPP Investigating Mischief Incident

  21-08-2018 21:19
  Members of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Superior East (Wawa) Detachment are currently investigating a mischief incident that occurred sometime between August 16 and August 17, 2018. Investigation has revealed that unknown person(s) damaged a business advertising sign along Mission Road Wawa. The incident is still under investigation. Any person with information regarding the person(s) […]
  
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• NEVITT, Dennis Anthony

  21-08-2018 21:07
  Passed away peacefully at the Sault Area Hospital on Tuesday, August 21, 2018 at the age of 62. Beloved husband of Vicki for 39 years. Loving father of Charlene and Cherri-Lynn (Doug Friday). Cherised grandfather of Kasidy and late Jaylene and great grandfather of MacKenzie. Predeceased by his parents Earl Catling (late Doreen) and Mary […]
  
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• MACLEOD, Mado

  21-08-2018 21:02
  Peacefully at the Sault Area Hospital on Friday, August 17, 2018 at the age of 83. Beloved husband for 63 years of Nancy MacLeod. Loving father and mentor of Michael, late Paul (Bonnie), and Carrie. Proud grandfather of Ryan and Matthew. Predeceased by his brothers Chuck, Greg, Dorn and Rolly, fondly remembered by their extended […]
  
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• Toronto resident stuck in Kerala recounts days in flooded neighbourhood

  21-08-2018 20:41
  A Toronto resident visiting family in the Indian state of Kerala says major floods in the region left him and his relatives largely confined to a home without power for days as flooded roads prevented them from leaving their neighbourhood. Levi Joseph said his family’s plans to return to Canada this week also had to be postponed as the […]
  
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• Liberals unveil poverty plan with lofty goals, but no new spending programs

  21-08-2018 20:33
  OTTAWA — The minister in charge of Canada’s latest national plan to combat poverty says the long-term success of the strategy will depend on the willingness of future governments to stick to it. The newly released 115-page plan provides a list of programs and policies the Liberals have enacted since they came to office in 2015, and […]
  
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• Ontario Freezing Driver Fees

  21-08-2018 19:59
  The Ontario government took the latest step to provide immediate relief for taxpayers and make life more affordable for Ontarians. Today, Premier Doug Ford and Minister of Transportation John Yakabuski announced that Ontario is freezing a number of driver fees that were set to increase on September 1, 2018. “People are fed up with paying […]
  
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• Feds agree to look at easing jury secrecy provision as part of justice review

  21-08-2018 19:26
  OTTAWA — The federal justice minister says she will look at possible changes to a law forbidding jurors from talking about closed-door deliberations — a secrecy provision that prevents stressed-out former jury members from discussing difficult trials with mental-health professionals. Jody Wilson-Raybould says she will pursue the matter — and other jury-related issues — with her provincial and territorial counterparts as part of
  
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• President’s Choice to participate in buck-a-beer for limited time

  21-08-2018 19:14
  BRAMPTON, Ont. — Loblaw Companies Ltd. says some of its President’s Choice beer will sell for a loonie for a limited time to celebrate the return of buck-a-beer in Ontario. Premier Doug Ford lowered the minimum price of a bottle or can of beer with an alcohol volume below 5.6 per cent to $1 from […]
  
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• Mauro joins the Beavers

  21-08-2018 18:48
  The NOJHL’s Blind River Beavers have announced on Tuesday that they have signed Sault Ste. Marie, Ontaio native Justin Mauro for the 2018-2019 season. Mauro, who stands 5’5 and 135 lbs, spent last season with the last place GNML Soo Thunderbirds, where he led the club in scoring with 9 goals and 16 points in […]
  
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• CEO Terry Bos Shares The Latest From the Sault Airport

  21-08-2018 18:44
  Terry Bos joined Superior Media in the ONNtv studio amidst a busy week to share some updates from the Sault Ste. Marie Airport. Terry Sheehan recently announced federal funding, which will allow for our local airport to retrofit airside essential power relays, creating more efficiency and greater air safety. The airport also has their open […]
  
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• Centre needs directors

  21-08-2018 18:41 via saultstar.com
  Sault Community Career Centre needs two members for its board of directors.Candidates, one with a background in human resources and one with expertise in accounting, law, non-profit operation, strategic planning, governance and business, are sought, a release says.The centre helps people find jobs and assists employers to find workers.Anyone interested in applying can send a resume, and letter detailing relevant experience, to Sault Community Career Centre, Nominations Committee, Attention: Andr
  
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• OPALA, Jean

  21-08-2018 18:17
  Passed away peacefully, with family by her side, at the Sault Area Hospital on Saturday August 18, 2018 in her 87th year. Beloved wife of Joseph Opala (predeceased 2003). Loving Mother of Tanya Lee (Tim), Sonia Opala, Jay Opala, Mike Opala (Lisa), Rodney Opala (Gail), Frances Scheepmaker (John), Bill Boucher and Don Boucher (predeceased). She will […]
  
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• PINK, Rosalie

  21-08-2018 18:12
  Passed away at the Sault Area Hospital on Monday, August 20, 2018. Born October 1, 1919 in Estonia and immigrated to Canada in 1951. Mother of Luuli Robertson of Delta, B.C. and Erni Pink of Sault Ste. Marie. Predeceased by her husband Bernard in 1993. At Rosalie’s request there will be no funeral service.  (Arrangements […]
  
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• That Was No Victory Ring Tells Residents

  21-08-2018 17:31
  Mayoralty candidate Rory Ring penned the following open letter to the residents of Sault Ste Marie to address the Essar-Algoma Tax deal reached at a special city council meeting held Monday August 20th. Ring doesn’t agree with the Mayor’s assessment that Essar-Algoma Tax deal was a victory. The Mayor Cooks the Books on Failed Essar-Algoma […]
  
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• Drive helps 'little warrior'

  21-08-2018 17:23 via saultstar.com
  A Sault Ste. Marie baby born prematurely is expected to need weeks of hospital care before she can go home with her mother.Ainsely Hope Culter was born Aug. 13 at Mount Sinai Hospital in Toronto.She weighed slightly more than three pounds when she was born after 31 weeks.Her mother, Melissa, was medevaced to the provincial capital on July 21 after experiencing painful contractions and back pain. Medical staff were able to stop her contractions as she spent three weeks going in and out of labour.
  
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• Montessori School Expands to Lower Elementary

  21-08-2018 16:30
  Parents seeking more diversity in the educational options available to their elementary aged children will have an alternate choice when school begins this September. Meadow Park Montessori School have announced the opening of their Lower Elementary program, a first for our city, for children in the 1st – 3rd grades. Meadow Park Montessori School, located […]
  
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• Native soldier with ties to Sault Area remembered 100 years later

  21-08-2018 16:24 via saultstar.com
  The Neyaashiinigmiing community in Cape Croker near Owen Sound honours its warriors at every powwow and this year a medal from one of those warriors came back home about 100 years after it was awarded.
  There is an honoured tradition of voluntary military service at the Cape, which Patrick Lavalley’s research suggests had the highest voluntary service per capita of any community in Canada, if not the Commonwealth – native or not.
  On Saturday at the powwow, the Victory Medal — wh
  
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• Sault Community Career Centre is Looking for Directors

  21-08-2018 16:17
  The Sault Community Career Centre (SCCC) is inviting expressions of interest from individuals to serve on its Board of Directors; there are two open positions available. SCCC is a non-profit Corporation, funded by public and private funders. The Corporation’s mission is to improve people’s lives by helping them become and stay employed and to help […]
  
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• Comedian Headliner Comes To SooBlaster

  21-08-2018 15:04
  Soo Blaster is proud to present the one and only Glen Foster performing live Thursday, Aug. 23. Soo Blaster has partnered with Premium Comedy to produce the first of what will be a monthly series of shows called “Premium Comedy Presents” . Showtime is 9 p.m. and tickets are available at Soo Blaster as well […]
  
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• Statistics Canada reports wholesale sales dropped 0.8 per cent in June

  21-08-2018 14:54
  OTTAWA — Statistics Canada says wholesale sales fell 0.8 per cent in June to $63.1 billion in June. The report was in line with the 0.8 per cent increase economists had expected for the month, according to Thomson Reuters Eikon. The drop came as the motor vehicle and parts subsectors saw sales drop 1.9 per […]
  
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• Ontario Cannabis Store announces supply agreements with 26 licensed producers

  21-08-2018 13:58
  TORONTO — The Ontario Cannabis Store says it has partnered with 26 licensed producers for its online retail platform. The store, which will be Ontario’s only online retailer when recreational marijuana is legalized in the fall, said Monday that the supply agreements with Health Canada-authorized producers were competitive. The online retailer says it will sell a variety […]
  
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• Scheer going to India to ‘repair’ relationship after ‘disastrous’ Trudeau trip

  21-08-2018 13:55
  OTTAWA — Six months after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s foreign policy prowess was pummelled by a disorganized state visit to India, his chief opponent is heading to New Delhi to try to “repair and strengthen” Canada-India relations. Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer will take his team to India for nine days in October. He has plans to meet […]
  
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• British war bride celebrated 73 years

  21-08-2018 13:47 via saultstar.com
  Fred and Iris Middleton stayed together for 73 years.Iris died Saturday at F.J. Davey Home. She was 93.Middleton and her husband were married July 7, 1945 in England.Fred served with Nova Scotia Highlanders during the Second World War. She lived in Sheffield in South Yorkshire.Their relationship started when Fred “wanted somebody to correspond with” in England.They met in person in late 1943 or 1944.When Fred was wounded in action, she visited him at a hospital in southern England. H
  
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• ‘It doesn’t heal as quickly as the bones’: trauma survivors group offers peer support

  21-08-2018 13:00
  TORONTO — Wednesday marks one month since a gunman went on a shooting rampage on a bustling street in Toronto’s Greektown, leaving two dead and 13 injured. Yet for these survivors, the trauma related to that night of violence may go far beyond their physical injuries. But who is there to help? Who else but another trauma survivor could understand not only the effects on the body, but also the […]
  
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• Female country singers to open CCMA Awards show with Shania Twain tribute

  21-08-2018 12:00
  TORONTO — Three of Canadian country music’s new generation of female voices are gearing up for a tribute to Shania Twain. Jess Moskaluke, Kira Isabella and Madeline Merlo will open next month’s Canadian Country Music Association Awards with an homage to the Timmons, Ont. native, organizers announced on Tuesday. The trio of singers will each perform one of Twain’s […]
  
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• Pop the Champagne. The City of Sault Ste. Marie & Algoma Steel ... - SaultOnline.com

  21-08-2018 06:50 via saultonline.com
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  All that's left is a signature from the judge in Superior Court on August 22nd, 2018, after all three motions were passed unanimously during the special city ...and more »
  
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• Pop the Champagne. The City of Sault Ste. Marie & Algoma Steel are powering forward together. - SaultOnline.com

  21-08-2018 06:50 via saultonline.com
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  Pop the Champagne. The City of Sault Ste. Marie & Algoma Steel are powering forward together.
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  All that's left is a signature from the judge in Superior Court on August 22nd, 2018, after all three motions were passed unanimously during the special city council meeting Monday night. The CCAA cloud hovering over the city vis-a- vis Essar Steel ...and more »
  
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• James Street market a first step

  21-08-2018 06:47 via saultthisweek.com
  Community-minded groups and individuals have teamed up to resurrect a once-booming part of town: James Street.
  Spearheaded by Melissa Ceglie, Social Services’ manager of innovation services, and Const. Troy Miller of Sault Ste. Marie Police Service, the James Street Market will return to Jamestown on Saturday, Aug. 25 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
  Sitting down in the James Street Square where the event will be held, Ceglie told Sault This Week about the decision to host the market.
  “We [Ceg
  
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• Pop the Champagne. The City of Sault Ste. Marie & Algoma Steel are powering forward together.

  21-08-2018 06:46
  All that’s left is Superior Court Justice Glenn A. Hainey’s signature on August 22nd, 2018, after all three motions were passed unanimously during the special city council meeting Monday night. The CCAA cloud hovering over the city vis-a- vis Essar Global, has lifted. The most important thing to take away from the City Council Meeting […]
  
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• Picnic Society invites a gang to its downtown klatsch

  21-08-2018 06:36 via saultthisweek.com
  The Picnic Society, a small grassroots group started by just two women, held a successful community picnic at the Bondar Pavilion.
  Having been asked by Fringe North to host a picnic as part of the festival, Picnic Society organizer Katie Blunt happily took the lead on organizing the event. About 15 people attended over the lunch hour, including Fringe busker Krup.
  The Picnic Society started in June 2017 by Blunt and Tori Prouse to encourage those who live, work, or just like to go downtown to us
  
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• Farm Fest raises money for SAHF

  21-08-2018 05:37 via saultthisweek.com
  Thomson’s Farm saw its first ever Farm Fest this last weekend put together with the joint efforts of Brad Morley (owner/operator) and owner of Lop Lops Lounge, Steve Alexander.
  Morley brought the food and provided the venue while Alexander brought the entertainment.
  The event was put together in hopes of inviting the community to experience a bit of agri-tourism and let them know that Thomson’s isn’t just a strawberry farm. Morley hopes to make this an annual festival with part
  
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• Sault Transit implements new school year schedules

  21-08-2018 05:28 via saultthisweek.com
  Sault Ste. Marie Transit Services will implement its school year schedule, beginning on Sunday Aug. 26.Highlights of the new schedule include:
  • All buses returning to half hour service from 6:30 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. Monday to Friday. There will be no changes to evening and weekend hours of service.
  • Fourth Line area Northern Community Bus will now be accessible by an on-demand service. Contact Transit Services for more information.
  Route changes include:
  • Eastside Route #1 &n
  
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• Summer Fun for Teens at the Library!

  21-08-2018 05:27
  Digital Creator North – Sault Ste. Marie is hosting another teen-organized video game tournament this Friday, August 24th. ​Summer Smash 4 is a unique and free tournament for teens ages 13 – 19, taking place at the James L. MacIntyre Centennial Public Library (50 East Street). Summer Smash 4 ​ will be the fourth of […]
  
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• Superior Media concludes regular season with win

  21-08-2018 04:05
  After having their three game winning streak snapped last Wednesday, losing by a score of 5-0 against the U13 Girls Civics, the Superior Media U18 girls soccer team was back in action on Monday as they took Mr. M’s Furniture in their final game of the regular season. On Monday, Superior Media concluded their regular […]
  
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• Morales leads Blue Jays past Orioles 5-3; Pillar makes up for baserunning error

  21-08-2018 03:48
  TORONTO — Kendrys Morales hit a pair of home runs, including a three-run shot in the sixth inning, as the Toronto Blue Jays held off the Baltimore Orioles for a 5-3 win on Monday. Kevin Pillar had two doubles and batted in a run for Toronto (56-69) a day after a costly baserunning error drew the ire […]
  
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• Four dead in Highway 17 fatality – Highway now reopened

  21-08-2018 02:55 via saultstar.com
  (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 vehicle. The northbound vehicle carried five occupants, all of which were transported to the hospital with
  
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• Missing Boy in Thunder Bay, Ontario – Montana Jourdin, 9 years old.

  21-08-2018 02:18
  Thunder Bay Police are requesting public assistance in locating Montana JOURDAIN 9 years of age. Montana was last seen in the area of Syndicate Avenue on Sunday, August 19th, 2018 at 9 pm in Thunder Bay, Ontario. Montana is described as First Nation male approximately 4’8″ tall, 80lbs with short straight black hair, glasses, and […]
  
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• Several priests accused of sexual abuse in US received treatment in Canada

  21-08-2018 01:12
  TORONTO — Several priests accused in an American grand jury report of preying on children for years were treated or assessed at a facility north of Toronto that specializes in services for members of the clergy, the recently released document reveals. The report, which said it found more than 1,000 children were molested or raped […]
  
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• Justin Trudeau defends accusing heckler of racism

  21-08-2018 00:41
  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 rally […]
  
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• TURVEY, Theresa

  21-08-2018 00:34
  Peacefully at the Sault Area Hospital on Saturday, August 18, 2018 in her 93rd year.  Beloved wife of the late Vern.  Predeceased by her siblings Cecile Newell (late Ron), Robert Savard (late Kay), Leo Savard (late Molly), Marie Swift (late Marc), Irene Moir, Claire Watson (late Harold).  Sister-in-law of the late Gwen White (late Alvin), […]
  
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