Sault Ste. Marie news

• Algoma Power demonstrates act of kindness for RVP homeowners. Lights are still on.

  24-10-2018 23:48
  In what can only be described as good corporate citizenship, Algoma Power has informed residents at River Valley Park in Aweres Township that the power will continue until October 30th, 2018. Readers of saultonline’s continuing coverage of River Valley Park will remember Monday’s story that shared the details of a notice homeowners had received last […]
  
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• Take a few minutes to listen to this call. A scammer called one of our officers claiming to be an Agent from the C… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  24-10-2018 23:22 via twitter.com
  Take a few minutes to listen to this call.A scammer called one of our officers claiming to be an Agent from the C… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Cybersecurity Awareness Month: Has Your Organization Gone Phishing?

  24-10-2018 22:59
  by Alita Fabiano Over 70% of Canadian organizations have fallen victim to a cyber-attack in the last year. With an average cost of $15,000 per attack, businesses must prioritize protecting themselves from cyber-crime. The top three motivations behind hacking an organization are: The Bank Robber: to pilfer money from you The Corporate Spy: to gather […]
  
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• ‘The Hockey Song’ will be inducted into Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame

  24-10-2018 22:55
  TORONTO — Stompin’ Tom’s iconic sports anthem “The Hockey Song” is being immortalized in the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame. The catchy ditty celebrating “the good ol’ hockey game” will be honoured on Saturday as the Toronto Maple Leafs play the Winnipeg Jets at the Scotiabank Arena. During the ceremony, the late singer’s son Tom Connors Jr. will be presented […]
  
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• Epic Proposal. St. Ignace couple gets engaged at the top of the Mighty Mac

  24-10-2018 22:47
  October 24, 2018 — Taking a tour to the top of the Mackinac Bridge? That’s always a good story. Getting engaged on the Mackinac Bridge? Now that’s a tale that future generations will hear That’s just what happened to Emily Misner and her boyfriend, Cord Wilson (now fiancé; she said yes!), who proposed to her […]
  
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• Operation Northern Spotlight nabs 15 in Human Trafficking ring.

  24-10-2018 22:01
  (ORILLIA, ON) – Members of police services throughout Ontario were able to ensure the safety of seven people who were in exploitative situations, including two under the age of 18 as a result of Operation Northern Spotlight, a coordinated, national effort to end human trafficking. Over a seven-day period, 45 police services across Ontario participated […]
  
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• MCPHAIL, “J.D.” John Duncan

  24-10-2018 21:59
  1938 – 2018 Passed away on Monday, October 22, 2018 after a brief illness at the Sault Area Hospital. Beloved husband of Barbara (nee Hunter) for 57 years. Loving father of Stephen Bruce (Michele) and Susan Jane Hollingsworth (Dan), Papa Jay of Krystyn Peterson (Mike), Sarah Jane and Graeme Daniel Hollingsworth, Christine and Courtney Gordon. […]
  
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• Chorus steps out with Beatles, Beach Boys

  24-10-2018 21:36 via saultstar.com
  The Beach Boys and Fab Four are helping Lock Cities Chorus of Sweet Adelines get back in the spotlight.The female barbershoppers, with 20 members drawn from both sides of the border, perform at venues ranging from Station Mall, Sault Symphony Orchestra’s Musicfest, City of Sault Ste. Marie’s summer concert series and senior residences such as Collegiate Heights and Extendicare Van Daele.But it’s been six years since a production, Divas and Dancing Queens, was mounted at Grand T
  
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• Several Canadian companies silent on Saudi conference attendance

  24-10-2018 20:42
  TORONTO — Several Canadian companies have kept silent on whether they’re attending a major Saudi Arabia investment conference after the event was overshadowed by the apparent murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi. This week’s Future Investment Initiative in Riyadh has seen numerous high-profile cancellations after Turkey accused the Saudi regime of killing Khashoggi, who had written critically of it. […]
  
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• Catch the Ace returns to Esquire Club

  24-10-2018 19:31 via saultstar.com
  Another ace of spades that plays hard to get is a card trick Boomer Braido really wants to see again.The co-owner of Esquire Club saw the card needed to win Catch the Ace not get picked by weekly draw winners for nearly a year. When Harold Archibald, 54, won the final weekly prize earlier this month, he also took home the cumulative jackpot for a total cash win topping $1.3 million.The club’s Catch the Ace draw became the first licensed by Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario to run al
  
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• RBC raising prime rate to 3.95 per cent following Bank of Canada decision

  24-10-2018 19:24
  TORONTO — The Royal Bank of Canada is raising its prime rate by a quarter of a percentage point in the wake of the Bank of Canada’s decision to raise its key interest rate target. RBC says its prime rate will climb to 3.95 per cent from 3.70 per cent, effective Thursday. The increase will […]
  
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• Death threats, vandalism target Tory government after labour bill introduced

  24-10-2018 19:05
  TORONTO — The premier of Ontario received death threats and his labour minister had her constituency office vandalized hours after a sweeping labour reform bill was introduced in the legislature, the Progressive Conservative government said Wednesday. Government House Leader Todd Smith said the incidents were an attempt to bully and intimidate the government and would not be tolerated. “What we […]
  
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• WEEKS, Robert Jefferson

  24-10-2018 18:58
  Our family is saddened to announce the passing of Robert on Sunday, October 21, 2018, in his 67th year, surrounded by his loved ones. Robert is survived by his soul mate, wife Julie Weeks (Palazzi), brother Don (Jennifer) of Sault Ste. Marie, sons and daughters-in-law Ryan and Lindsay Weeks of Sault Ste. Marie and Brad […]
  
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• Wanted Wednesday: Jeffery Arthur Possamai

  24-10-2018 18:51
  Crime Stoppers in partnership with the Sault Ste. Marie Police Service are seeking tips regarding the whereabouts of Jeffery Arthur Possamai, 29, who is wanted for: CC 334(B) THEFT UNDER $5000- SHOPLIFTING CC 145(5)(A) FAIL TO ATTEND PRINTS CC 145(5)(B) FAIL TO ATTEND COURT If you know where we can find the Wanted Wednesday individual […]
  
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• EI fraud hits a new high for Liberals as feds chalk it up to better detection

  24-10-2018 18:38
  OTTAWA — Government spending documents show employment insurance fraud has hit a five-year high. Public accounts documents released this month list more than 104,000 incidents of fraudulent EI claims totalling almost $177 million in the 2017-18 fiscal year. It is the fourth-year figures have increased — a sign for federal officials that efforts to root out wrongful payments […]
  
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• Trick or Treat at Algoma U’s “Spooktacular Campus”

  24-10-2018 18:29
  Event to Support United Way & University’s Food Pantry Faculty, staff, and students of Algoma University are busy making campus spooky for the sixth annual Algoma U Community Trick or Treat Night, taking place on Tuesday, October 30 from 4:00pm – 7:00pm. The annual event has grown in popularity and has seen an increase in […]
  
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• Celebration of Life: ROWE, Joan

  24-10-2018 17:43
  Peacefully passed away at Extendicare Mapleview on Friday, October 5, 2018 at the age of 86. Dear mother of Robert Diotte (Lily), Karen Wilshere (Don), Judy Uchmanowicz (John), Jaye Frost (Lloyd), Ted Diotte, Patricia Diotte (Joe Stadnik), Michael Diotte (Christine) and Margaret Diotte. Cherished Grandma of Tammy, Sean, Anthony, Jason, Shannon, Alicia, Lindsey, Nicole, Auriele, […]
  
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• As residents prepare for winter, Public Works & Engineering Services would like to provide the following reminders:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  24-10-2018 17:12 via twitter.com
  As residents prepare for winter, Public Works & Engineering Services would like to provide the following reminders:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Gauthier, Fernand Edward

  24-10-2018 17:09
  August 11, 1917 On the morning of October 19, 2018, Dad, in his 102nd year, peacefully slipped away at the Norfolk General Hospital in Simcoe, ON. He is predeceased by his beloved wife, Fleurette. As well, his parents, George and Delinska Gauthier and siblings, Adelard, Albert, Sr. Marie Jeanne, Sr. Germaine, Maurice, Arthur and Eugene. […]
  
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• Private investigators to offer update on Sherman homicides this week

  24-10-2018 17:03
  TORONTO — A lawyer hired by the family of billionaire couple Barry and Honey Sherman says he’ll be offering an update this week on a private investigation into the pair’s murders. Brian Greenspan says he will provide details at a news conference on Friday afternoon. The update will be held at the headquarters of Apotex, the generic pharmaceutical […]
  
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• CURRIE, Patricia Marguerite

  24-10-2018 17:02
  Peacefully passed away at the Sault Area Hospital with family by her side on Tuesday, October 23, 2018 at the age of 88. Beloved wife of the late Sam. Loving mother of Trish (Terry) and Spencer (Betty Anne). Grandmother of Liam, Kelly and Nikki. Great Grandmother of Ella, Peyton and Kynzlee. Predeceased by her brother […]
  
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• Trump approves new Sault lock

  24-10-2018 16:24 via saultstar.com
  American President Donald Trump has approved construction of a new lock in Sault Ste. Marie, Mich.Trump signed America’s Water Infrastructure Act into law on Tuesday.The project, estimated to cost $922 million, will be 100 per cent federally funded, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says.A second Poe-sized lock, 110 feet by 1,200 feet, will be built on the site of the existing Davis and Sabin locks.“Let’s start digging,” said Lake Carriers’ Association, representing Amer
  
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• Chamber Cheers Repeal of Bill 148

  24-10-2018 16:17
  Tuesday’s Ontario government announcement of the Making Ontario Open for Business Act, was welcomed by the Sault Ste. Marie Chamber of Commerce and by the wider provincial Chamber network. The proposed legislation includes a repeal of some of the most cumbersome and economically-challenging aspects of Bill 148. The new legislation would also see the dissolution of the […]
  
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• Seniors' Christmas Tea, Craft and Bake Sale Saturday, November 3, 2018 - 1 to 3 pm Get your tickets today! https://t.co/SIdVn9p67o

  24-10-2018 15:53 via twitter.com
  
  Seniors' Christmas Tea, Craft and Bake Sale Saturday, November 3, 2018 - 1 to 3 pm Get your tickets today! https://t.co/SIdVn9p67o
  
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• Winter Preparation Tips from the City

  24-10-2018 15:51
  As residents prepare for winter, the Public Works and Engineering department would like to provide the following reminders: Staff are sweeping and cleaning basins and storm drains in preparation for the flow of water during the winter months. Residents are not to rake leaves onto roadways or into ditches as they cause drains to plug […]
  
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• STOP Narcotics protocol takes scalpel to opioid prescribing for surgical patients

  24-10-2018 15:42
  TORONTO — With the recognition that physician prescribing plays a significant role in Canada’s opioid crisis, a team of researchers has developed a program called STOP Narcotics to dramatically reduce the amount of the painkillers patients are given following some common operations. In a study presented Wednesday at the American College of Surgeons Clinical Congress in Boston, researchers from Western University sh
  
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• Board touts 'phenomenal' grad rate

  24-10-2018 15:12 via saultstar.com
  Nearly 90 per cent of Huron-Superior Catholic District School Board secondary students who started their studies in 2012, and stayed with the board, graduated within five years.
  Six years ago, 293 students began Grade 9 at St. Mary’s College, the English Catholic board’s lone high school.Of that number, 239 stayed with the board and 203, or 85 per cent, graduated within four years, director of education Rose Burton Spohn told trustees during a recent meeting. Within five years, the g
  
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• Postal workers hold second day of rotating strikes at plants in Toronto area

  24-10-2018 13:46
  TORONTO — Canada Post employees are holding a second day of rotating strikes at large mail sorting plants in the Toronto-area today. The Canadian Union of Postal Workers says members are back at two of Canada’s busiest postal plants, which forced delays in shipments of tens of thousands of letters and parcels across the country on […]
  
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• Canadian satellites vulnerable to cyberattack, internal Defence note warns

  24-10-2018 13:27
  OTTAWA — Satellites vital to Canadian military operations are vulnerable to cyberattack or even a direct missile strike — just one example of why the country’s defence policy must extend fully into the burgeoning space frontier, an internal Defence Department note warns. The Canadian military already heavily depends on space-based assets for basic tasks such as navigation, positioning, intelligence-gathering, surveillance and […]
  
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• Bank of Canada expected to raise interest rate as some trade uncertainty recedes

  24-10-2018 13:06
  OTTAWA — With some trade uncertainty now out of the way, the Bank of Canada is widely expected to hike its benchmark interest rate today for the fifth time since the summer of 2017. This morning’s policy decision will be the central bank’s first since Canada agreed with the United States and Mexico earlier this month on an […]
  
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• Rotary Club Works to End Polio

  24-10-2018 12:17
  The Rotary Club of Sault Ste. Marie marks historic progress toward a polio-free world, while urging community support to end the paralyzing disease Rotary members in Sault Ste. Marie are among millions reaching out on October 24, World Polio Day, to raise awareness, funds and support to end polio – a vaccine preventable disease that […]
  
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• One on One With John Dean

  24-10-2018 04:19
  Greyhound fans, you will be happy to know that bench boss John Dean is as cool a cat as he appears behind the bench. Not having spoken with him until now, I could only judge him by his demeanour and interactions with his players and fellow coaches. During our conversation, John seemed engaged and at […]
  
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• Rocky Ridge Hallowe’en Haunt – A St. Joseph Island original this Friday and Saturday evening.

  24-10-2018 02:52
  The Rocky Ridge Hallowe’en Haunt, a St. Joseph Island original has become a much-anticipated October event inspired by Barry and Beverly Lyons. Located on Hilton Road, this amazing collection of Hallowe’en displays and interactive haunts is proving to be an annual fundraising event that draws hundreds of eager Hallowe’en enthusiasts into its midst. “We started […]
  
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• Full election results for the City of Sault Ste. Marie - CTVNews.ca

  24-10-2018 01:26 via northernontario.ctvnews.ca
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  Full election results for the City of Sault Ste. Marie
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  Update: The election in Sault Ste. Marie was over quickly. About half an hour after polls closed, results showed incumbent Mayor Christian Provenzano was a winner once again. Photos. Sault Ste. Marie re-elects Christian Provenzano. Provenzano had an ...
  Timmins elects new mayor, Sault Ste. Marie and North Bay stay with status quoCBC.caall 6 news articles »
  
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• Full election results for the City of Sault Ste. Marie | CTV Northern ... - CTVNews.ca

  24-10-2018 01:26 via northernontario.ctvnews.ca
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  Full election results for the City of Sault Ste. Marie | CTV Northern ...
  CTVNews.ca
  Update: The election in Sault Ste. Marie was over quickly. About half an hour after polls closed, results showed incumbent Mayor Christian Provenzano was a ...
  Timmins elects new mayor, Sault Ste. Marie and North Bay stay with status quoCBC.caall 6 news articles »
  
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• IRWIN, Carole

  24-10-2018 00:08
  ~ Peacefully, wrapped in the loving arms of her family, Carole began her journey home to her Lord God. It is with great heartache that we announce the passing of our beautiful Carole, wife, mother and grams, on October 23, 2018. Carole was the devoted loving soulmate, wife of 32 years and best friend to […]
  
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