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• Senior on scooter dies of collision injuries

  08-11-2018 22:55 via saultstar.com
  An elderly Elliot Lake man riding a mobility scooter died after being struck by a vehicle in that community last Sunday.Donald Chartier, 80, was riding his scooter on Hillside Drive South in the early afternoon. He was hit by a minivan backing up out of a driveway, Const. Phil Young told The Sault Star.Chartier was taken to St. Joseph’s General Hospital before being transferred to Sudbury for further treatment. He died on Wednesday.Andrew Gazdik, 55, of Elliot Lake, was charged with carele
  
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• ‘You would have thought he was the prime minister’

  08-11-2018 22:53 via saultstar.com
  At 95, Lloyd Robinson is a rarity. He’s one of the few remaining Second World War veterans. In fact, for the past two years, he’s been the only Second World War vet at the Remembrance Day services he attended in Bruce Mines and then Thessalon.
  “He’s younger than most vets, but I think he lied about his age to get into the army,” says his son, Lorne “Spanky” Robinson.
  It’s true that Lloyd is one of the younger veterans from that war that ended more
  
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• Cst. Brown of @SaultPolice assists in escorting the #FlameOfHope into the 2018 @letrforso conference in #LasVegas t… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  08-11-2018 22:44 via twitter.com
  Cst. Brown of @SaultPolice assists in escorting the #FlameOfHope into the 2018 @letrforso conference in #LasVegas t… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Lenders ask courts to force Port of Algoma into receivership

  08-11-2018 22:06 via saultstar.com
  The Port of Algoma is being forced into receivership by its prime lenders, GIP Primus and Brightwood Loan Services in order to move forward and finalize the purchase of Algoma Steel.
  A court motion was to be heard in Toronto Thursday, requesting that a judge force the Port of Algoma into receivership.
  The move is part of legal mechanics intended to help Algoma out of the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act process and return the Port of Algoma assets to the new owner of the steel plant.
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• ‘All options’ soon possible to end Canada Post dispute, says Trudeau

  08-11-2018 21:55
  OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is giving indications that his patience is running out for Canada Post to reach a contract settlement with its unionized employees as rotating strikes continue. Trudeau says his government might soon act to end the dispute if the Crown corporation and the Canadian Union of Postal Workers can’t bridge […]
  
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• Ottawa on track to invest less on new military kit than promised for second year

  08-11-2018 21:35
  OTTAWA — For the second year in a row, the federal government is in danger of spending billions less on new military equipment than promised. The Trudeau government in 2016 released a new defence policy that included dramatic increases in spending on new aircraft, ships, armoured vehicles and other military equipment over the next 20 […]
  
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• MPs need to consult women, social media companies about online behaviour: Cullen

  08-11-2018 21:34
  OTTAWA — Veteran NDP MP Nathan Cullen says women and social media companies should be brought into a critical discussion about how parliamentarians conduct themselves online. Cullen says many MPs insist that what they say and do on social media is personal, not part of their professional lives, but he says he doesn’t buy that. The B.C. MP says training […]
  
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• HCR gets interim funding to keep chugging for another year

  08-11-2018 21:06 via saultstar.com
  The Ontario government has committed funding to Huron Central Railway that will allow the operator to chug along for another year.
  Sault MPP Ross Romano, Parliamentary assistant to the Ministry of Energy, Northern Development and Mines, announced Thursday that the railway operator will receive $980,000 in funding to support the operations.
  The money will come from the Northern Ontario Heritage Fund Corp. and allow the railway, government and stakeholders time to continue to review operations and
  
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• Rivercity Motorsports 250 Takes Place in March

  08-11-2018 20:28
  Start your engines! Sault Ste. Marie is hosting a major international snowmobile race this winter. The Rivercity Motorsports 250 is taking place March 1 and 2 at Runway Park on Airport Road. It will be a final points competition for the Midwest International Racing Association (MIRA) and is expected to be the circuit’s biggest race […]
  
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• Newly renovated West Block turned over as House of Commons prepares to move

  08-11-2018 20:11
  OTTAWA — The ceremonial keys to Parliament’s West Block have been turned over to the speaker of the House of Commons as the seat of government prepares to move to the 19th-century building in the new year. Speaker Geoff Regan accepted the building on behalf of members of Parliament, who are set to move into […]
  
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• Medical pot company plugs web security flaw but privacy concerns persist

  08-11-2018 19:53
  TORONTO — A prominent Canadian medical marijuana company took weeks to fix a website security weakness that could have allowed hackers to access a patient’s sensitive information. In an interview this week, the chief technology officer of Namaste Technologies said the changes were made late last month ahead of plans to roll out a complete reworking […]
  
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• SHERIDAN, David

  08-11-2018 19:38
  Peacefully at the Sault Area Hospital, on Tuesday, November 6, 2018, he is joining his parents Dave and June Sheridan, his sister Debbie Sheridan, and other extended family members. David leaves behind his siblings Dale and Dawn Sheridan, his children Christopher and Lisa, and many nieces and nephews, cousins and friends. At Dave’s request no […]
  
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• NADON, June

  08-11-2018 19:35
  Peacefully at the Sault Area Hospital on Tuesday, November 7, 2018 in her 81st year. Predeceased by her husband Gerald in 1999. Lovingly remembered by her children Deborah Campbell (Shawn), Darlene Nadon, David Nadon (Brenda) and Michael Nadon. Grandmother (Nan) of Joey, Christopher (Lisa) and the late Karisa Campbell, Ryan, Leah, Laura and Abigail Nadon. […]
  
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• Clement admits to multiple acts of infidelity as long ago as last summer

  08-11-2018 19:21
  OTTAWA — Former Conservative MP Tony Clement says he has engaged in more than one inappropriate online exchange. In a letter to constituents posted on his website Clement says the exchanges led to multiple acts of infidelity. Clement says one exchange led to a woman being offered money through an anonymous social media account in exchange […]
  
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• Baron, Andre Joseph

  08-11-2018 19:11
  April 23, 1942 – November 6, 2018 With heavy hearts we announce the passing of Andre Baron. He passed away suddenly at home with his wife by his side on November 6, 2018 in his 77th year. Beloved husband and best friend of Odette for 55 years. Loving father of Marcel (Michelle) of Thessalon, Chad […]
  
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• Hydro One Q3 profit drops to $194 million from last year’s strong results

  08-11-2018 19:03
  TORONTO — Hydro One Ltd. is reporting that its net profit decreased by 11.4 per cent in the third quarter to $194 million. The parent company of Ontario’s largest electricity transmission and distribution utility says it earned 32 cents per diluted share for the period ended Sept. 30, compared with $219 million or 37 cents per […]
  
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• Do You Know an Outstanding Business

  08-11-2018 19:01
  The Sault Ste. Marie Chamber of Commerce (SSMCOC) is pleased to announce that it is now accepting nominations for its Outstanding Business Achievement Awards to be given out at its annual Awards Gala in January. The deadline to submit a nomination is Friday, November 30th, 2018. Anyone wishing to submit a local Chamber-member business or organization […]
  
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• Ottawa rolling out $86M to combat guns and gang activity in Canada

  08-11-2018 18:52
  Ottawa will spend $86 million to stop illegal guns from entering the country and to combat the rise of gun violence in Canada. The Canada Border Services Agency will receive $51.5 million to expand its detector dog teams, which help border-security officers detect drugs and guns at key highway crossings with the United States. The money will also go toward expanding X-ray scanning technology […]
  
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• EMS Workers Celebrate Movember

  08-11-2018 18:36
  On November 1st, 2018, Paramedics from the Sault Ste. Marie Fire Service – Emergency Medical Services Division picked up their razors and showed up to work sporting clean-shaven faces. Representatives from EMS are donning the clean-shaven look for the start of this year’s Movember Campaign. Over the coming weeks the clean-shaven look will be replaced […]
  
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• We Scare Hunger Big Success

  08-11-2018 18:17
  Hunger got a fright yesterday when students from St. Mary’s College and representatives from Maitland Ford delivered food for the annual “We Scare Hunger” campaign. Helene O’Brien, a St. Mary’s student, said that over 6,500 food items were collected this year to be delivered to local food banks. The food items were collected throughout the […]
  
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• Sault Area Hospital Receives Trillium Gift of Life Award

  08-11-2018 17:33
  Sault Area Hospital has been recognized by Trillium Gift of Life Network, Ontario’s organ and tissue donation and transplantation agency, for its “outstanding efforts to integrate organ and tissue donation into quality end-of-life care” for the second year in a row. The hospital was presented with the Provincial Conversion Rate Award on Wednesday afternoon. This […]
  
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• Ottawa plans to give climate funds directly to Ontario institutions, businesses

  08-11-2018 17:32
  MILTON, Ont. — Environment Minister Catherine McKenna says the federal government plans to disburse money from a climate fund directly to Ontario institutions and businesses after the provincial government cancelled its climate program. Speaking at Rockwool insulation plant in Milton, Ont. Thursday, McKenna said the remaining $420 million pending for Ontario from the Low Carbon […]
  
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• NewsAlert: McClintic back in prison after time in healing lodge, Tori Stafford dad says

  08-11-2018 17:32
  The father of a young girl who was brutally murdered says one of her killers who was spending time in an Indigenous healing lodge is back in prison. Rodney Stafford says in a Facebook post that Terri-Lynne McClintic is back behind bars. McClintic was convicted of murdering eight-year-old Tori Stafford. She was eight years into a […]
  
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• Local Girl Wants to Help People with Dysautonomia “Get Back to Life”

  08-11-2018 16:52
  Local MPP Ross Romano laced up his cleats on Wednesday evening to help local Saultite Emily Wilkinson bring awareness to a health condition she has called Dysautonomia. Dysautonomia is an umbrella term used to describe several different medical conditions that cause a malfunction of the Autonomic Nervous System. This condition affects approximately one per cent […]
  
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• #SaultTransit - The Google Transit Trip Planner is currently being updated. For the latest bus routes and schedules… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  08-11-2018 16:47 via twitter.com
  #SaultTransit - The Google Transit Trip Planner is currently being updated. For the latest bus routes and schedules… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Just a Sampling Today, Big Snow Arrives Friday

  08-11-2018 16:42
  Sault Ste. Marie and area received the first measurable snowfall overnight creating some mess on the roads early this morning. Environment Canada reports about 4cm fell overnight leaving about 2cm on the ground. But there’s more to come . A low pressure system in the mid west us will combine with a cold front over […]
  
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  08-11-2018 16:30 via twitter.com
  
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• PILOT, Rose Mary

  08-11-2018 16:10
  It is with broken hearts that we announce the passing of our much loved sister Rose Mary Pilot after a long and courageous battle with cancer on November 2, 2018. Daughter of the late Enzo and Raffaella (Costanzo) Pilot. Beloved sister and sister in law of Anthony (Connie) and Gerry (Donna). Dear Aunt of Alex […]
  
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• Northern Ontario Tourism Summit returns to Sault

  08-11-2018 16:04
  Destination Northern Ontario (DNO), in partnership with Nature and Outdoor Tourism Ontario (NOTO), are pleased to invite operators, tourism organizations, municipalities, all levels of government and all who support or are involved in Northern Ontario’s Tourism industry to the fifth annual Northern Ontario Tourism Summit. This one-of-a-kind event helps the industry grow tourism opportunities in […]
  
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• It's National Senior Safety Week. Help Protect the Seniors in your Family and Community. #SeniorSafety @CitySSM https://t.co/05i7H9qvcQ

  08-11-2018 16:00 via twitter.com
  
  It's National Senior Safety Week. Help Protect the Seniors in your Family and Community. #SeniorSafety @CitySSM https://t.co/05i7H9qvcQ
  
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• Cigarette starts Huntingon Park fire

  08-11-2018 15:08 via saultstar.com
  A cigarette started a fire that caused extensive damage to an east-end apartment on Wednesday.Sault Ste. Marie Fire Services was called to a blaze in a third-floor unit at 4 Huntington Park shortly after 6 p.m.A cigarette was left next to a bed in a bedroom. The bedding caught on fire, deputy chief Paul Milosevich told The Sault Star.Two female residents were not injured.A smoke alarm in the unit was disabled.“Smoking materials need to be disposed of properly to prevent fires from happenin
  
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• A great way to support local charities like @SOOntario 2019 Winter Games which we are hosting👍👍 #StarsMeet twitter.com/letr_ssm/statu…

  08-11-2018 14:41 via twitter.com
  A great way to support local charities like @SOOntario 2019 Winter Games which we are hosting👍👍 #StarsMeet twitter.com/letr_ssm/statu…
  
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• A great way to support local charities like Special Olympics Ontario 2019 Winter Games which we are hosting👍👍… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  08-11-2018 14:40 via twitter.com
  A great way to support local charities like Special Olympics Ontario 2019 Winter Games which we are hosting👍👍… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Letters highlight war's cost at Remembrance Day service

  08-11-2018 14:31 via saultstar.com
  Letters between a Canadian soldier and his sweetheart will help put a human face on sacrifices made during wartime at Sunday’s Remembrance Day service.Royal Canadian Legion Branch 25 is organizing the morning gathering at GFL Memorial Gardens. A century has passed since the First World War, called the War to End All Wars, ended on Nov. 11, 1918.Three grandchildren of Russell Radford, a Canadian naval veteran who died in 2005 at age 83, will read the correspondence from the First World War.
  
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• Canadian Tire reports third-quarter profit up from year ago, raises dividend

  08-11-2018 13:14
  TORONTO — Canadian Tire Corp. Ltd. raised its dividend as the retailer reported its third-quarter profit and sales grew compared with a year ago. The company says it’s increasing its quarterly dividend to $1.0375 per share compared with its earlier quarterly payment to shareholders of 90 cents. The improvement came as Canadian Tire says it […]
  
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• Facebook chooses Canada for Dating feature launch, but privacy concerns abound

  08-11-2018 10:14
  TORONTO — Mark Zuckerberg is ready to play matchmaker for Canadians. His company Facebook Inc. will aim to make its social media platform’s users more than just friends with a new dating feature that will mark its North American launch in Canada on Thursday. Facebook Dating, which was previously piloted in Colombia, operates with users […]
  
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• CIBC among top brands used in North American phishing attacks: email security firm

  08-11-2018 10:00
  TORONTO — An email security firm says the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce is one of the most commonly-targeted brands used by cyberthieves in phishing attacks across North America, with a more than 600 per cent surge in fake email attempts in the third quarter. Vade Secure’s analysis shows that CIBC was the lone Canadian company among the top 25 brands […]
  
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• Apology for Canada’s past anti-Semitism was personal for some cabinet ministers

  08-11-2018 10:00
  OTTAWA — The federal government’s apology for one of Canada’s most shameful anti-Semitic episodes was personal for some of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s cabinet ministers. For International Trade Diversification Minister Jim Carr it brought back painful memories of being beaten to a pulp just because he’s Jewish. “When I was 15 years old in junior high school, on […]
  
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• Sault Ste. Marie Bridge Authority elects new officers - UpperMichigansSource.com

  08-11-2018 09:00 via uppermichiganssource.com
  Sault Ste. Marie Bridge Authority elects new officers  UpperMichigansSource.comAt Thursday's Sault Ste. Marie Bridge Authority board meeting, the bi-national body that supervises operations of the International Bridge elected officers for ...
  
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• Bulldogs advance, Panthers ousted at volleyball regional - Sports - Sault Ste. Marie Evening News

  08-11-2018 09:00 via sooeveningnews.com
  Bulldogs advance, Panthers ousted at volleyball regional - Sports  Sault Ste. Marie Evening NewsMACKINAW CITY – Rudyard advanced past Pellston 3-0 (25-20, 25-16, 25-22) in a Division 4 regional volleyball semifinal Tuesday night. The Bulldogs held off ...
  
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• Poll suggests younger Canadians interested in attending Remembrance Day events

  08-11-2018 06:06
  TORONTO — A new survey suggests Canadians of all generations are more likely to honour military veterans by attending a Remembrance Day ceremony this year. A poll commissioned by Historica Canada, the organization behind the popular Heritage Minutes videos, found a 10-per-cent spike in the number of respondents who planned to take part in a […]
  
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• Miguel is one of twelve local athletes competing in the @SOOntario 2019 Winter Games here in @CitySSM. Check out… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  08-11-2018 00:48 via twitter.com
  Miguel is one of twelve local athletes competing in the @SOOntario 2019 Winter Games here in @CitySSM.Check out… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Absentee MP Di Iorio to give back salary until retirement in January

  08-11-2018 00:35
  OTTAWA — The mysterious case of a missing MP has taken another twist. The Liberal party’s whip says Nicola Di Iorio, who hasn’t been seen on the Hill since Parliament resumed on Sept. 17, will give back the salary he receives during his final five months as an MP until his official retirement. According to Mark Holland, the Montreal MP has […]
  
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• SAH saluted for supporting organ, tissue donation

  08-11-2018 00:17 via saultstar.com
  Sault Area Hospital was recognized Wednesday for its “outstanding” efforts to integrate organ and tissue donation into quality end-of-life care.
  Trillium Gift of Life Network (TGLN), Ontario’s organ and tissue donation and transplantation agency, presented SAH with the Provincial Conversion Rate Award for meeting or exceeding the target of a 58 per cent conversion rate set by TGLN.
  Organ donation is a “complex process” and the conversion rate reflects how well TGLN
  
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