Sault Ste. Marie news

• Survivors take apology to heart for 1939 refusal of asylum for German Jews

  07-11-2018 23:39
  OTTAWA — Judith Steel remembers holding her father’s hand, being told to look off to the right for a moment, and feeling someone else take her hand. Her father was turning her over to an organization that was rescuing children from Rivesaltes, a military camp in southern France where Jews were sent before German forces […]
  
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• EUP election roundup - News - Sault Ste. Marie Evening News

  07-11-2018 23:33 via sooeveningnews.com
  EUP election roundup - News  Sault Ste. Marie Evening NewsMackinac County voters had a handful of contested races to decide on Tuesday. Based on numbers provided by the County Clerk's office, Democrat Susan ...
  
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• MENDICINO, Gayle Marie

  07-11-2018 23:19
  It is with great sadness that the family of Gayle Mendicino shares of her passing on Sunday, November 4, 2018 at ARCH with family and friends by her side. Gayle is the much loved and amazing mother of Larissa McCorkell (Sean) and Lauren Werth (Philip). Guardian angel of soon-to-be grandchildren. Cherished sister of Roberta Theisen (Michael) and the late Ralph Mendicino. […]
  
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• MEYERS, Barbara (nee Long)

  07-11-2018 23:14
  Passed away peacefully at the Sault Area Hospital on Sunday, November 4, 2018 at the age of 80. Loving wife of Bob Meyers for 62 years. Cherished mother of Vicki Pinder (Len), Rob Meyers and Dan Meyers (Paula). Proud Grandma of Bill Pinder, Joe Pinder (Tori), Chris Meyers, Kevin Meyers, Matthew Meyers and Brittany Atkinson […]
  
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• SANDERS, Carol Ann (nee Semchison)

  07-11-2018 23:10
  Passed peacefully at the Sault Area Hospital on Tuesday, November 6, 2018 at the age of 72 with family at her side. Beloved wife of the late John C. Sanders. Loving mother of Mark (Rebecca), Ryan (Mindy), Dawn and Sharlyn. Proud grandmother of Makayla, Monika, Riley, Makena, Cameron and Montana. Dear sister of Michael Semchison.  […]
  
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• BAILLARGEON, Jeannine

  07-11-2018 23:06
  It is with broken hearts that we announce the sudden passing of Jeannine (nee Lambert) Sault Ste Marie, Ontario at the age of 82. Loving wife of Guy of 63 years. Mother of late Gilles, late Réal, Réjean (Susan), Donald (Kim) and Réjeanne (Rob). Mére of Ryan (Megan), Rhéal (Elaine), Donny (Ashly), Karly (Joey), Jean-Guy, […]
  
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• Where There’s Smoke There’s Fire

  07-11-2018 22:30
  A fire that occurred in an apartment building in the city’s east end was due to improper disposed of smoking material, Sault Ste Marie Fire Services reports. Saultonline, was on the scene at the fire on Huntington Park just after 6pm last night. Crews were able to contain and extinguish the fire. While, there is […]
  
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• Inspectors detail Exendicare Maple View concerns

  07-11-2018 22:01 via saultstar.com
  Fourteen written notifications directed to Extendicare Maple View by Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care inspectors raise concerns from short staffing affecting resident care, including residents not being bathed and having soiled sheets, to not having key positions either not filled or staffed by employees without the proper background experience.Additional concerns include not contacting family members when a resident’s health condition worsened, with death following, and plans of care
  
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• Ottawa Citizen rejects Senators’ request to take down players’ Uber video

  07-11-2018 21:50
  OTTAWA — A major Canadian newspaper is rejecting a demand from the Ottawa Senators to take down a secretly recorded video showing several players badmouthing the team’s coaching staff. The Ottawa Citizen says the video, recorded by an Uber driver in Phoenix, Ariz., was circulating on social media when the paper chose to report on it and share it […]
  
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• PRINGLE, Murry Marvin

  07-11-2018 21:46
  Passed away peacefully at the FJ Davey Home on Tuesday, November 6, 2018 at the age of 70. Son of Isabel and the late Frank Pringle. Loving brother of Nancie Blatter (Raymond) of Blind River, Stephen (Joanne) of Innisfil and Colin (Mary Lou) of Sault Ste. Marie. Proud uncle of Christophe Blatter of Nashville, TN, […]
  
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• Military investigating series of fires, power outages on board naval vessels

  07-11-2018 21:44
  OTTAWA — The Canadian military is investigating a rash of fires and power outages on board several naval ships, but says preliminary indications are that there are no connections among the various incidents. The Royal Canadian Navy has been rocked over the past two weeks by fires on two of its frigates during operations at […]
  
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• Meadowview Alpaca Farm Returns To Winter Fair

  07-11-2018 21:40
  It is hard to resist the soft Alpaca fibre products from Meadowview Alpaca Farm. The Bruce Mines farm, which is the largest of its kind in Northern Ontario, is a returning exhibitor in the FedNor-supported Northern Ontario Agri-food Pavilion at the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair. It is the largest exhibit at Canada’s premiere indoor agricultural […]
  
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• And the Winner is …

  07-11-2018 21:39
  Bruce Cooke, is on his way to New York for three nights thanks to the Rotary Club of Sault Ste Marie North’s Trip of the Month draw. The eleventh draw of the year took place today at Algoma’s Water Tower Inn. Cooke, will spend his nights in the ‘Big Apple’ at the Marriott Marquis. Draws […]
  
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• Municipalities continue to wait for marijuana store regulations

  07-11-2018 21:31 via saultstar.com
  Sault Ste. Marie’s new city council will face a task in January of deciding whether to opt out from having marijuana stores in the city.
  Municipalities must inform the province by Jan. 22 whether it wants to allow private retail pot shops to set up in their city.
  Towns and cities that say nay to the stores will have the opportunity to reverse their decision sometime in the future.  But those who accept the new stores will not have the option to opt out in the future.
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• ‘Cool’ way to honour spirits

  07-11-2018 21:26 via saultstar.com
  PRINCE TOWNSHIP — Among the grave stones and wooden crosses in Gros Cap’s St. Aloysius Cemetery sits a unique wooden structure that acknowledges the Indigenous roots of the deceased.
  The structure, an Anishinaabe spirit house, was a gift from students in Korah Collegiate’s Native Studies class, who placed it in the cemetery last weekfollowing a ceremony led by Chief Dean Sayers, of the Batchewana First Nation, and several Anishinaabe elders, some with ancestors buried in St. Al
  
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• City operations mark Remembrance Day

  07-11-2018 20:58 via saultstar.com
  A number of city facilities and services will be closed on Monday to recognize Remembrance Day.
  On Sunday Remembrance Day Ceremony will be held at the GFL Memorial Gardens beginning at 11 a.m. The public is asked to arrive early and be seated by 10:30 .m.
  Later that evening, at the setting of the sun, Sault Ste. Marie will participate with communities across Canada to mark the 100th anniversary of the end of the First World War with the ringing of 100 bells at various local churches.
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• Students help feed hungry

  07-11-2018 20:56 via saultstar.com
  Helping collect and load canned goods during a Halloween-themed food drive for several Sault Ste. Marie charities is a sweet treat for Elizabeth Norbo.The Grade 9 student at St. Mary’s College joined about 20 other members of the Catholic high school’s Me to We chapter to distribute about 6,500 canned goods to St. Vincent Place, The Pregnancy Centre, Pauline’s Place, Salvation Army, Soup Kitchen Community Centre and Women in Crisis (Algoma) on Wednesday.“Just knowing that
  
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• Canada Post Admits Cannabis Privacy Breach involving 4,500 Ontario Customers

  07-11-2018 20:20
  TORONTO — Canada Post publicly admitted to a privacy breach involving thousands of Ontario’s online cannabis customers on Wednesday after the province’s only outlet for legal recreational marijuana notified clients of the problem. The postal service said in a statement that someone had used its delivery tracking tool to gain access to personal information of 4,500 customers […]
  
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• Wanted Wednesday: Margaret Elizabeth Richer

  07-11-2018 20:03
  Crime Stoppers in partnership with the Sault Ste. Marie Police Service are seeking tips regarding the whereabouts of Margaret Elizabeth Richer, 48, who is wanted for: CC 334(B) THEFT UNDER $5000 X 2 CC 145(2)(B) FAIL TO ATTEND COURT X 2 If you know where we can find the Wanted Wednesday individual please call the […]
  
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• Remembrance Day operations for City facilities and services saultstemarie.ca/Newsroom/Novem… https://t.co/pYdZZ8LE3A

  07-11-2018 19:50 via twitter.com
  
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• Most city road work coming to an end

  07-11-2018 19:21 via saultstar.com
  Most of Sault Ste. Marie’s seasonal road reconstruction projects are nearing completion but city staff say some have been delayed as a result of unforeseen circumstances.
  Two major reconstruction projects made up the bulk of this year’s city road work.
  The Bruce Street reconstruction project, from Queen Street to Wellington Street, is considered to be a few weeks behind schedule, said Carl Rumiel, the city’s design and construction engineer.
  “We hope it will be paved towa
  
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• Mihaly Hollos

  07-11-2018 19:12
  1933-2018 It is with great sadness that the family of Mihaly Hollos announce his passing in Victoria B.C. Loving husband to the late Irene Hollos. Loving father or Mike (Carol), Frank (Marleen), Michelle Wass (Pat), Shawn (Denise). Mihaly is also survived by his many grandchildren. Mihaly originally from Sault Ste Marie moved to Victoria B.C. […]
  
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• Cookies Give Big Dough to Foundation

  07-11-2018 18:57
  Karen Lefave, of the Twinkie Foundation knew when they were chosen to be a recipient of the Tim Horton’s Smile Cookie campaign it was going to be a big boost for the foundation and she couldn’t be happier with the results.  The foundation received $20,000. from the campaign. The Twinkie Foundation provides financial assistance for […]
  
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• Transferring prisoners to healing lodges to be restricted, Goodale says

  07-11-2018 18:46
  OTTAWA — Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale is making it harder for federal prisoners to be transferred to Indigenous “healing lodges” if they’re serving long sentences. The move comes after public anger that Terri-Lynne McClintic, convicted of murdering eight-year-old Tori Stafford, was moved to a healing lodge in Saskatchewan from a traditional prison. McClintic was eight […]
  
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• Apartment burns on Huntington Park

  07-11-2018 18:16 via saultstar.com
  An apartment fire at 4 Huntington Park is under investigation by Sault Ste. Marie Fire Services. The blaze started at about 6 p.m. Tuesday, said deputy chief Paul Milosevich. No one was hurt in the fire that happened in a third-floor unit.
  
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• Canadians tuning out real CRA agents because of CRA phone scammers

  07-11-2018 18:12
  OTTAWA — The Canada Revenue Agency says so many Canadians get calls from scammers pretending to be tax enforcers that real tax agents are having trouble reaching people. The CRA and the RCMP say in a briefing in Ottawa Wednesday that they are trying to crack down on call centres loaded with fraudsters who phone Canadians, […]
  
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• US midterm results bring new sources of trade uncertainty for Canada

  07-11-2018 18:10
  OTTAWA — Canadians are inspecting the fresh U.S. political landscape following midterm election results that many believe have added fresh trade-related uncertainty. Experts says the Democrats’ majority victory Tuesday in the House of Representatives means the ratification of the recently struck United States-Mexico-Canada deal, known as USMCA, will likely have to wait well into 2019. Trade expert Lawrence Herman says he expects the p
  
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• Clement had “terrible lapse of judgment” but remains in caucus: Scheer

  07-11-2018 18:04
  OTTAWA — Tony Clement remains a member of the federal Conservative caucus despite his admission he sent sexually explicit photos and a video to someone online, party leader Andrew Scheer says. Clement sent out a statement Tuesday evening saying the recipient attempted to extort him, threatening to release the photos if he didn’t pay. Scheer said […]
  
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• Saultites Protest Bill 47

  07-11-2018 18:03
  This past month, Premier Doug Ford’s Progressive Conservative government has launched Bill 47, otherwise known as the ‘Making Ontario Open for Business Act,’ which will halt the planned increase from $14 to $15 per hour for minimum wage and reduce the number of sick days that workers are allowed to take. This comes hand in […]
  
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• U.S. stocks surge following midterm elections, Toronto stocks also gain ground

  07-11-2018 17:25
  TORONTO — The technology and consumer staples sectors helped Canada’s main stock index to increase in late-morning trading, while U.S. stocks surged higher in the wake of the midterm elections. The S&P/TSX composite index was up 44.96 points at 15,337.67. In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average was up 285.93 points at 25,920.94. The […]
  
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• Handyman: Who Needs A Wheelbarrow In The Winter, … Right!?

  07-11-2018 17:01
  With winter right around the corner, there are somethings we should be looking after right now before it is too late.  Some things should be done immediately (if not yesterday), and some things can wait until the snow flies.  Here is a list of some chores you need to prioritize for the upcoming winter and […]
  
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• Constable Sonny Spina Gives Update on Opioid Overdoses, Four Deaths

  07-11-2018 14:14
  In light of the tragic loss of four lives last week, all of which are believed to be opioid related, the Sault Ste. Marie Police Services have advised the community that there are dangerous drugs on the streets and no two pills are the same. Constable Sonny Spina highlighted the stark reality that they know […]
  
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• “There is a community, a subculture who cares:” Sex Workers Rights, or Lack Thereof

  07-11-2018 12:58
  The Sault Ste. Marie Sex Workers’ Rights Group co-founder Amanda Jabbour has no qualms about advocating loud and proud for sex workers’ rights, in a world where sex workers are still highly stigmatized and often marginalized in society. Jabbour hopes her organization, which she co-founded with Brooke Adams, will help to change the view of […]
  
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• Myers Honoured by the 49th Field Regiment

  07-11-2018 12:22
  Susan Myers had a special evening last night. Myers,was presented with the Commanding Officer’s Commendation at the Sault Armoury by LCol Lance Knox. The Commendation is a numbered coin stamped with the 49th (Sault Ste Marie) Field Regiment Royal Canadian Artillery crest. Myers, who was accompanied by Col Clyde Healey, received the honour in recognition […]
  
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• Tony Clement steps back from duties after sending explicit images, video

  07-11-2018 11:45
  OTTAWA — Conservative MP Tony Clement is resigning from some of his duties after sending sexually explicit images and a video of himself to someone he claims targeted him for the purposes of financial extortion. Clement said in a statement Tuesday night that he sent the photos and video over the past three weeks to a person […]
  
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• Canada Post strikes hit Toronto and 11 other cities in southern Ontario: CUPW

  07-11-2018 10:09
  OTTAWA — The Canada Post rotating strikes have hit the country’s largest processing centre in Toronto for a second time in three weeks as workers in 11 other southern Ontario communities walked off the job just after midnight. The Canadian Union of Postal Workers says 4,500 Canada Post employees joined picket lines in Toronto at 7 […]
  
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• Trudeau set to issue apology for 1939 refusal of ship of Jewish refugees

  07-11-2018 10:00
  OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will issue an official government apology today for what he will call the country’s moral failure when Canada closed its doors to Jewish refugees during the Holocaust. The apology is months in the making and will focus on the decision by the government of William Lyon Mackenzie King in 1939 to […]
  
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• Apartment Fire – Tenants Evacuated

  07-11-2018 01:26
  Sault Ste. Marie Fire Services were dispatched to an apartment fire on Huntington Park off Wellington Street Tuesday Evening at around 6pm. Fire crews evacuated the  the two storey building while fighting a blaze on the upper floor apartment. Sault Ste. Marie Police Services closed Wellington Street in both directions from Lake to Shannon Rd. […]
  
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• Students Give to ARCH

  07-11-2018 00:06
  The students from the ADSB Hockey Skills Academy presented a cheque this morning to  ARCH Hospice Kids at the John Rhodes Center. The students collected the money as a project for their Civic class. Steve Caruso, Program Administer told Saultonline that the students decided on the fundraiser and the charity who would receive the funds. […]
  
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