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• Here's to you, Sally Field

  25-08-2018 23:30 via saultstar.com
  BRIAN KELLY/Sault Star
  Sally Field celebrates her 100th birthday with well-wishers at Delta Hotels Sault Ste. Marie Watertfron on Saturday afternoon. She was a 1990 recipient of a community service award from Ministry of Community and Social Services for her work with Women in Crisis (Algoma). Field helped lead work for Oakland Place, a new home for women who experienced abuse. A cancer survivor, she was also active with Canadian Cancer Society. Field worked 14 years as an attendance counsellor
  
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• Superior Media improves to 2 wins and 1 tie in postseason

  25-08-2018 21:50
  After defeating Mystic Rains 3-2 on Friday night in their first game of the postseason, the Superior Media U18 girls soccer team continued playoff action on Saturday at Strathclair Park with a game against Silver at 9:00 a.m., followed by a contest against Mr. M’s Furniture at 12 noon. In this morning’s action, Superior Media […]
  
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• James Street Market Returns to The Sault

  25-08-2018 21:20
  Various vendors came to the James Street Market to sell their creations on Saturday. This event was hosted by Algoma Public Health, Arts Council of Algoma, City of Sault Ste. Marie, District of Sault Ste. Marie Social Services Administration Board, Healthy Kids Community Challenge Sault Ste. Marie, Sault Community Career Centre, Soup Kitchen Community Centre […]
  
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• Smoking started East Champagne fire: OFM

  25-08-2018 20:44 via saultstar.com
  A cigarette started an accidental fire at an east-end home, an Ontario Fire Marshal investigator has determined.Lance Schubert was at 4 East Champagne Dr., on Friday night and Saturday.The fire was reported by an occupant at about 5 a.m. on Friday. A male adult was taken to Sault Area Hospital. His injury prompted the OFM response.A cigarette was left on a sofa chair, starting the fire that began in a bedroom, Schubert told The Sault Star.Cigarettes should be smoked outside a residence, cautions
  
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• Crushing Cuts – Ford’s Policies Will Have Damaging Effect on Municipal Governments: Mantha MPP

  25-08-2018 18:33
  This week I attended the annual Association of Municipalities of Ontario (AMO) Conference in Ottawa where I joined municipal leaders and delegations from across Ontario including several from communities in Algoma-Manitoulin. The purpose of the AMO, which is comprised of almost all of Ontario’s 444 municipal governments, is to strengthen and enhance the effectiveness of […]
  
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• Downtown Mixer Cancelled Due to Weather

  25-08-2018 17:42
  The Downtown Association has cancelled what would have been their fourth Queen Street Mixer of the summer today. They are concerned about the weather and threat of lightning, apologizing for the inconvenience. Their next event, a Street Party, will take place on September 22nd. This party is hosted by Community First Credit Union, and is […]
  
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• Local Groups to Tackle Election Issues and Beyond at Upcoming Meeting

  25-08-2018 16:52
  The Sault Association of Ratepayers is moving forward in the planning stages of organizing a lobby group with area residents of Northern Ave, Pine Street, Pleasant Dr and Promenade Dr. The goal? To deal with issues of the 2018 municipal election and beyond. Concerns of area residents have been identified and a petition has been […]
  
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• Amazing support for our athletes of Special Olympics Ontario 2019 Winter Games today👍👍 Thank you😊 facebook.com/story.php?stor…

  25-08-2018 15:58 via twitter.com
  Amazing support for our athletes of Special Olympics Ontario 2019 Winter Games today👍👍 Thank you😊 facebook.com/story.php?stor…
  
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• Maintenance done on International Bridge

  25-08-2018 15:47 via saultstar.com
  Helping sand stick at two International Bridge abutments cost less than expected.The abutments, on each end of the crossing between the Twin Saults, are where the bridge touches down on land. Retaining walls hold compacted sand and gravel.The soils have settled since the bridge opened in 1962, resulting in a situation Sault Ste. Marie Bridge Authority general manager Peter Petainen described in June as a slow ‘leak’ of sand.Ureteck, an injected quick-setting epoxy, was used to stabil
  
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• Housing will meet student numbers: college

  25-08-2018 15:01 via saultstar.com
  Sault College anticipates having enough off-campus housing for its students just weeks after hosting an information session seeking more property owners to rent rooms, apartments and homes.The post-secondary institution expects 375 students from overseas this fall. That’s up from 250 during the 2017-2018 school year. Most want to live off-campus.Sault College held an information session for prospective landlords in mid-July. More than 30 attended the session at Essar Hall.“At this ti
  
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• Trio charged in Garden River drug bust

  25-08-2018 14:42 via saultstar.com
  Narcotics with an estimated street value of about $14,000 were allegedly found when police executed a search warrant at a Garden River residence.Cocaine, crystal methamphetamine, heroin, oxycodone and Percocet pills were found, Ontario Provincial Police say.Kody Solomon, 30, of Garden River, was charged with breach of firearms regulation, possession of property obtained by crime under $5,000, possession of a controlled substance, four counts possession of a controlled substance for the purpose o
  
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• End of the road

  25-08-2018 14:11 via saultstar.com
  A firefighter douses a Mack truck fire at All North Truck Centre at 995 Great Northern Rd., on Saturday. Sault Ste. Marie Fire Services responded to the blaze, outside of the business, at about 7:20 a.m.
  
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• Nothing but smiles this morning👍👍 facebook.com/story.php?stor…

  25-08-2018 13:40 via twitter.com
  Nothing but smiles this morning👍👍 facebook.com/story.php?stor…
  
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• Superior Media edges Mystic Rains

  25-08-2018 04:03
  After concluding the regular season with a record of 8 wins, 6 losses and 1 tie, the Superior Media U18 girls soccer team began postseason action on Friday evening as they took on Mystic Rains at Strathclair Park. Mystic Rains, not to mention, finished the season with a record 3 wins, 11 losses and 1 […]
  
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• Doug Millroy: biggest boondoggles in the history of this city?

  25-08-2018 03:16
  There was a feel-good atmosphere in the community early this week after council approved an agreement that would see the city receive $21.8 million of the $23.8 million in back taxes, exclusive of interest, owed by Essar-Algoma  for the years 2014-2017. But it didn’t last long in all quarters as mayoral candidate Rory Ring labelled […]
  
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• Yikes. That’s a long list of Drug Charges.

  25-08-2018 00:06
  (GARDEN RIVER, ON) –Drug Investigation Leads to Males Being Charged. Members of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Community Street Crime Unit (CSCU), Provincial Operations Intelligence Bureau (POIB) with the assistance of Anishinabek Police Service (APS) arrested three males and laid numerous charges related to a drug offences investigation. As a result of the investigation, officers […]
  
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