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• Raven. Indigenous youth get military experience with summer program

  28-08-2018 23:30
  A group of Indigenous youth from across Canada got a taste of what it what it takes to be a Canadian Forces member through the RAVEN initiative. One participant says there were many hard moments in the six-week basic training program. (Aug. 28, 2018) The Canadian Press
  
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• Do You Know A Public Health Champion? Nominations Open.

  28-08-2018 23:19
  A healthy community requires contributions from many individuals and organizations. Do you know a person or an organization that is making a positive difference in our community where they live, learn, work and play? Their passion is rooted in helping their community live a healthier life, regardless of age, income or socio-economic background. Algoma Public […]
  
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• Intoxication leads to Serious Charges for Male

  28-08-2018 22:16
  (BATCHEWANA FIRST NATIONS TERRITORY, ON) – On August 26 2018 at approximately 11:15 p.m. members from the Batchewana Police Service and the Sault Ste. Marie Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a report of an intoxicated male on Batchawana First Nations Territory. As a result of further investigation, Mathew L’HEREUX, 22 years-of-age of Sault Ste. […]
  
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• Mane Street Salon Owner Wants to Set Precedent Downtown

  28-08-2018 21:59
  Mane Street Salon and Spa and Achieve Fitness and Wellness Centre Owner and Operate Krista Nolan wants to set a precedent with her downtown business. The goal? To increase patio culture in Sault Ste. Marie, a city with very few patios to enjoy a drink and a bite, and even fewer in the downtown core. […]
  
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• Fire Ban lifted for Huron Shores – Make sure you have a permit though.

  28-08-2018 21:50
  The Huron Shores Fire Department advises that the Fire Ban, originally imposed July 6, 2018, has been lifted.  Open Air Burning (burning of brush, grass, debris) may only be conducted with a valid permit. Burning permits are available at the Municipal Office in Iron Bridge from Monday to Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.; the […]
  
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• Trio assaults Wawa male: OPP

  28-08-2018 21:23 via saultstar.com
  A Wawa man suffered non-life-threatening injuries when he was allegedly assaulted by three males he knew early Saturday.
  Circumstances surrounding the incident are still under investigation, Const. Levis Brousseau told The Sault Star. The man went to hospital.
  Dawson Bernath, 20, Cody Egan, 22, and a male, 17, all of Wawa, were charged with assault causing bodily harm.
  Court date for the accused is Oct. 15.
  
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• Mayoral candidates voice views on cannabis stores

  28-08-2018 21:07 via saultstar.com
  Should Sault Ste. Marie opt out of having private retailers sell pot in the commercial district?
  Mayoral candidates seeking to lead the next municipal government have varying views on whether the Sault should be like the majority of other municipalities across Ontario and entertain pot stores, whether government or privately run retail outlets.
  Incumbent Christian Provenzano said the sitting city council had a debate earlier this summer that if passed, would send a message to the government that
  
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• New municipal government will decide if cannabis stores permitted within city

  28-08-2018 21:01 via saultstar.com
  One of the first tasks a newly minted municipal government will have to deal with is whether Sault Ste. Marie should opt out of having private cannabis stores within its city limits.
  The provincial government has reversed a Liberal plan that would have seen cannabis stores operated by the Ontario government, similar to LCBO stores.
  Instead Premier Doug Ford and his new government have said it will scrap that plan and launch a private retail store system for selling legal recreational marijuana.
  
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• We have two more part-time job opportunities available: Lifeguard/Instructor and Canteen-Slide-Deck Attendant Apply… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  28-08-2018 20:55 via twitter.com
  We have two more part-time job opportunities available: Lifeguard/Instructor and Canteen-Slide-Deck Attendant Apply… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Student-led mental health initiatives shifting how schools provide supports

  28-08-2018 20:34
  As Canadian universities and colleges face increasing pressure to provide better mental-health services on campus, students are looking to give schools fresh ideas on how to tackle the issue. That’s how 24-year-old Ryan Golt became involved with working alongside Montreal’s McGill University to support students. But before he got there, he faced his own mental-health crisis. After his […]
  
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• O’BRIEN, Michael Patrick

  28-08-2018 20:33
  With heavy hearts we announce the sudden passing of Michael Patrick O’Brien on Friday, August 24, 2018 at the age of 61. Born in Toronto, Ontario on February 15, 1957. Died in the loving arms of his wife and best friend of 36 years Debbie (Hodgson). Loving father of Niall (Lisa), Travis (Jessica) and Luke […]
  
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• National Ballet of Canada Performs for Algoma Fall Festival

  28-08-2018 19:58
  The Algoma Arts Festival Association is pleased to announce that joining the celebration of the 100th Anniversary of the first  box car trip to Algoma of the Group of Seven is The National Ballet of Canada. From October 18 to 20, The National Ballet of Canada will be performing “The Dreamers Ever Leave You”, created […]
  
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• Bill Blair asked to lead talks on Safe Third Country Agreement with the U.S.

  28-08-2018 19:54
  OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has assigned sweeping responsibilities to Bill Blair, the new minister in charge of border security and organized crime, tasking him with leading the file on irregular migration and examining whether Canada should ban handguns and assault weapons. In a freshly minted mandate letter made public Tuesday, the prime minister […]
  
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• Mischief And Theft At Alfano Body Shop

  28-08-2018 19:47
  Crime Stoppers and the Batchawana Police Service are looking for the public’s help in solving a Theft and Mischief. In the early morning on the 27th of June 2018, 2 unknown males attended Alfano Body Shop located at 482 Gran Street, Batchawana First Nations Territory. The males entered the compound and can be seen walking […]
  
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• Trump advisers press for dairy concessions ahead of Freeland’s arrival

  28-08-2018 19:14
  OTTAWA — Two of Donald Trump’s top lieutenants are turning up the heat on the Trudeau government to open up its protected supply-managed dairy industry as Canada returns to the NAFTA bargaining table. The pressure comes one day after the U.S. president again blasted the Canadian dairy industry during his announcement of a trade agreement […]
  
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• Vehicles collide at Pine and Northern

  28-08-2018 18:54 via saultstar.com
  A paramedic responds to a two-vehicle crash at Pine Street and Northern Avenue shortly after 12 p.m. on Tuesday.
  
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• From the Field to the Stage

  28-08-2018 18:46
  On Monday evening, the Sault Youth Soccer Club And League held its year end banquet at the Marconi Club in Sault Ste. Marie. Our Superior Media U18 girls soccer team was recognized following the dinner after finishing the season in second place with a record of 8 wins, 6 losses and 1 tie. They were […]
  
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• Crash Causes Havoc During Lunch Hour

  28-08-2018 18:44
  Sault Ste. Marie Police Services were called to direct traffic around a two vehicle crash at the intersection of Northern Avenue and Pine Street during the lunch hour. Both vehicles sustained heavy damage, Sault Fire Services dealt with leaking fluids on the roadway. Sault Ste. Marie EMS were also dispatched to the accident scene, however […]
  
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• Canada Post says it lost $242-million in Q2, blames pay equity cost estimate

  28-08-2018 18:23
  OTTAWA — Canada’s postal service is reporting a loss of nearly a quarter billion dollars in the second quarter of this year — and directly linking it to what it expects will be a massive payout to resolve a pay equity dispute with its biggest union. Canada Post said it recorded a Q2 loss before taxes […]
  
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• DNA from murder scene used to create sketches of suspect in Ontario cold case

  28-08-2018 18:09
  TORONTO — Ontario Provincial Police have released images of a suspect in a 1988 murder created from DNA recovered from the scene in the hope the sketches will lead to a break in the case. Police say they worked with a DNA technology company in Virginia to develop the digital images of the man suspected in Thera Dieleman’s killing. The force says […]
  
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• Mackinac Bridge to be Covered by Security Zone for Labour Day Walk

  28-08-2018 18:08
  The Coast Guard will enact a temporary security zone around the Mackinac Bridge during the annual Labor Day Bridge Walk, Monday, from 6 a.m. until event conclusion. The security zone will include all waters on either side of the Mackinac Bridge within one-quarter mile of the bridge, per 33 C.F.R. §165.928. As part of enhanced […]
  
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• Supreme Court asked to hear appeal seeking faster trial on assisted dying

  28-08-2018 18:07
  OTTAWA — The Supreme Court is being asked to hear an appeal seeking a faster trial on the constitutionality of Canada’s law on medical assistance in dying. The British Columbia Civil Liberties Association is asking the top court to reject the federal government’s contention that the facts on which the Supreme Court struck down the ban on […]
  
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• Panel to call for ‘fund of funds’ in Liberals’ social finance plan: Documents

  28-08-2018 17:41
  OTTAWA — Newly released documents are providing a window into an experimental new pillar in federal social policy to better connect private investors — and their money — with groups that deliver social programs. A detailed presentation for the two ministers in charge of the social finance strategy says an expert panel will call on the government to put money […]
  
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• Keeping Tracy’s Dream Alive

  28-08-2018 17:41
  Tracy Dinelle had a dream she wanted to help Cancer patients. She decided to do that by providing parking tokens to patients that required chemotherapy and radiation treatments at the Algoma District Cancer Program. Tracy didn’t survive her cancer but her dream lives on, through the work of her husband Dennis. Dennis talked to Tim […]
  
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• Thomson Reuters offers to buy back US$9B of its outstanding common shares

  28-08-2018 17:32
  TORONTO — Thomson Reuters Corp. says it is offering to buy back up to US$9 billion of its outstanding common shares, representing about 31 per cent of its issued and outstanding shares. The company says it will use some of the money it will receive from the sale of a majority interest in its financial and risk business […]
  
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• Station Mall has new manager

  28-08-2018 17:31 via saultstar.com
  Station Mall is now being managed by a real estate services provider based in southern Ontario.Algoma Central Corp., continues to own Sault Ste. Marie’s largest shopping mall, but appointed Centre Corp., to manage the site in late 2017.The Bay Street property was put up for sale in November 2015, but the shopping centre was taken off the market by Algoma Central in mid-2017 following news Sears would close its anchor store as the retail giant shut down its Canadian operations.Algoma Centra
  
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• The City of Sault Ste. Marie, on behalf of the @SaultPolice Board, is requesting proposals for the recruitment of a… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  28-08-2018 17:04 via twitter.com
  The City of Sault Ste. Marie, on behalf of the @SaultPolice Board, is requesting proposals for the recruitment of a… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Head Kitchen (ECNHS) - Apply today! More info: saultstemarie.ca/jobs #saultjobs https://t.co/deK3kuvxTL

  28-08-2018 15:53 via twitter.com
  
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• Freeland heads to Washington to rejoin high-stakes NAFTA negotiations

  28-08-2018 15:35
  OTTAWA — Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland is on her way to Washington to re-join Mexico and the United States for urgent negotiations that could determine NAFTA’s future. Freeland cut a trip to Europe short to travel to Washington after President Donald Trump announced Monday that the U.S. and Mexico had reached a bilateral trade […]
  
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• Carricato retires from Catholic board

  28-08-2018 14:39 via saultstar.com
  A veteran Huron-Superior Catholic District School Board educator is retiring.Donna Carricato served the English Catholic board in several roles over 40 years, including teacher, music and religious education and family consultant and principal of several schools including St. Mary’s French Immersion.Director of education Rose Burton Spohn praised Carricato as “a fine model of our board’s faith principles.”Carricato was named administrative designate of HSCDSB in April. Bu
  
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• Woman Charged in Neighbour Dispute

  28-08-2018 14:30
  On July 26, 2018 the complainant reported on-going disputes involving a female neighbour. The female continually yelled obscenities and made rude comments and gestures to the complainant. Police cautioned both parties and were told to leave each other alone. But, after further investigation, it was learned that the female had told police a different last name and […]
  
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• Three Charged with Assault

  28-08-2018 14:30
  On Saturday August 25, 2018, members of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Superior East (Wawa) Detachment responded to a local Wawa address regarding a report of an assault.  Preliminary investigation revealed that a 20 year old male had been assaulted by three other males. As a result of the investigation,  Dawson BERNATH (20 years) of […]
  
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• Bamford is back in Sault

  28-08-2018 14:23 via saultstar.com
  Canadian country singer Gord Bamford stops in Sault Ste. Marie in mid-December as part of a cross-country tour.He plays The Machine Shop on Dec. 12 with opener JoJo Mason.Bamford’s new album, Neon Smoke, is the eighth of his career.Doors open at 7 p.m. Show starts at 8 p.m.Tickets cost $35 and are on sale at Community Theatre Box Office at Station Mall, The Machine Shop’s box office or online at www.ticketweb.caBamford’s Honkeytonks and Dive Bar tour stops in 29 cities includin
  
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• Observatory named for Bondar

  28-08-2018 14:07 via saultstar.com
  An observatory in the Northwest Territories is now named after Sault Ste. Marie native Roberta Bondar.Dr. Roberta Bondar Northern Observatory is the new name of the site at Fort Smith Star Park. The observatory is operated by Thebacha and Wood Buffalo Astronomical Society.Bondar, a Sir James Dunn Collegiate and Voational School graduate, is Canada’s first woman in space. She was on board the space shuttle Discovery in 1992.Bondar was a guest speaker at Dark Sky Festival, recently held in F
  
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• Sault officer helps with Kingston arrest

  28-08-2018 13:53 via saultstar.com
  KINGSTON – An off-duty officer from the Sault Ste. Marie Police Service assisted Kingston Police on Friday in nabbing a 36-year-old local man after police said he committed two break and enters and attempted to steal a vehicle.
  At about 8:15 a.m. on Friday, police said, the accused man entered a local hospital, went into an office and stole a backpack containing identification, debit/credit cards, cash and vehicle keys. Less than an hour later, the man entered a nearby hotel and is accused
  
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• Couple Marching to Raise Awareness of Incurable Cancer

  28-08-2018 13:43
  When Brian Panek collapsed at work in excruciating pain, he thought he was having a heart attack.  For months, he had been experiencing pain and fatigue throughout his body, but this was a new level of agony. After being rushed to the hospital by ambulance and undergoing several tests, doctors informed Brian and his wife, […]
  
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• Scotiabank Q3 profit falls to $1.94B, weighed down by one-time charges

  28-08-2018 13:22
  TORONTO — The Bank of Nova Scotia raised its dividend even as it reported its third-quarter profit slipped compared with a year ago, partially due to a hit from acquisition-related costs. The bank says it will raise its quarterly dividend by three cents to 85 cents per share. The increase came as Scotiabank reported a third-quarter profit […]
  
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• Bank of Montreal reports third-quarter profit up, tops market expectations

  28-08-2018 13:22
  TORONTO — BMO Financial Group topped expectations for its third-quarter results, boosted by strength in its U.S. operations. The bank says it earned $1.54 billion for the quarter ended July 31, up from $1.39 billion in the same quarter a year ago. The profit amounted to $2.31 per share for the quarter, up from $2.05 per […]
  
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• Leaf and yard waste collection schedules

  28-08-2018 05:46 via saultthisweek.com
  Residents are reminded of the 2018 seasonal schedules for leaf and yard waste, city landfill and Household Hazardous Waste Depot collection.
  Leaf and Yard Waste Collection
  • Collection for Routes A and B will run until Friday, Nov. 23.
  • To view the collection calendar and see which week your collection will be, visit saultstemarie.ca/leafyardwaste.
  City Landfill
  • Open April to Saturday, Oct. 27, — Monday to Saturday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
  • Winter hours Monday, Oct.
  
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• Ontario judge rules in favour of Tesla in rebate program dispute

  28-08-2018 05:30
  TORONTO — An Ontario court has ruled in favour of the Canadian arm of Tesla Inc. in its petition that it had been treated unfairly in the provincial government’s cancellation of an electric vehicle rebate program. Ontario Superior Court judge Frederick L. Myers said the decision to exclude Tesla from a grace period for the […]
  
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• Sault gains major cycling event

  28-08-2018 05:19 via saultthisweek.com
  Hundreds of cyclists from across North America descended on Sault Ste. Marie on Aug. 17 to take part in a challenging race across Algoma’s rugged terrain.
  Crank the Shield is a three-day-long race that challenges experienced cyclists across different types of trails. Though the race was previously held in Haliburton, its organizers decided to breathe new life into the event by bringing it north.
  “The town of Sault Ste. Marie, Algoma tourism and other northern initiatives, the Sault C
  
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• Hobbiests, pros join photo club for mutual benefit

  28-08-2018 05:11 via saultthisweek.com
  Popular demand has extended the presentation of a photo exhibition by Sault Photography Club.
  The exhibition opened at Camera Craft on Queen Street on July 4. It was originally scheduled to end on Aug. 15, but because of response, the show has been extended to Labour Day.
  The show mixes the work of professionals and amateur photographers, brought together with the club’s formation in November, 2017.
  The club, a mélange of professionals and hobbyists, meets four times a year, strives
  
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• Take a Giant Step. The Kidney Walk 2018.

  28-08-2018 04:52
  Every year, some 15,000 volunteers and participants gather at Kidney Walks in communities throughout the country to raise awareness and funds for those affected by kidney disease. Patients, caregivers, medical professionals, family members, and other caring and compassionate individuals participate in The Kidney Foundation of Canada’s cornerstone fundraising event to help support innovative and ground-breaking […]
  
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• Brooke Henderson’s hometown ‘incredibly proud’ of Canadian win

  28-08-2018 04:24
  Brooke Henderson says her CP Women’s Open win in Regina was a major step forward in her evolution as a top LPGA golfer. The 20-year-old from Smiths Falls, Ont., says she made the energy of the home-country crowd at Wascana Country Club work for her and not overwhelm her.
  
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• Champions to be crowned Friday Night at Kinross Speedpark

  28-08-2018 04:05
  KINROSS, Michigan – The chase for the track championships will come to a close THIS FRIDAY NIGHT – August 31st -when the Kinross Speedpark holds it’s final points night, and second last event of the 2018 local stock car racing season as part of the Chippewa County Fair. Racing under the lights kicks off with […]
  
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• Paralyzed Humboldt player’s progress ‘encouraging’: Rehab director

  28-08-2018 02:56
  Paralyzed Humboldt Broncos player Ryan Straschnitzki is on his hands and knees trying a skill he hasn’t had to practise for 18 years — how to crawl. Straschnitzki, with the assistance of two physiotherapists, is being shown how to keep himself upright on his arms and how to move his legs forward, a few inches […]
  
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• Special Weather Statement issued for portions of our Region

  28-08-2018 02:02
  Special weather statement issued 4:24 PM EDT Monday 27 August 2018 by Environment Canada. Sault Ste. Marie – St. Joseph Island Searchmont – Montreal River Harbour – Batchawana Bay Strong thunderstorms in some areas beginning near midnight. A low pressure system from southern Minnesota will move northeastward to cross Lake Superior tonight. Strong thunderstorms developing […]
  
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• B.C. esports event spokesman says fans have ‘hunger’ to connect

  28-08-2018 01:04
  When thousands of fans pack Vancouver’s Rogers Arena this week, it won’t be a hockey player or a musical superstar they’re screaming to see. Instead, the deafening crowd will cheer on professional video gamers as they battle for the more than US$25 million up for grabs in what’s being described as the esports Super Bowl. […]
  
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