Sault Ste. Marie news

• Memoir writing not just for posterity: Author

  18-11-2018 21:28 via saultstar.com
  BRUCE MINES — While on trial, just before he was put to death, Socrates said, “The unexamined life is not worth living.”
  More than 2,000 years later, Paula Dunning answers the question about why she writes memoir with those very same words. Then she laughs.
  “Well, at least it’s fair to say that I’ve always believed you should understand yourself,” she says.
  The memoir writer has read her essays on CBC’s The Sunday Edition, had a short sto
  
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• Rock’n’ at the Bushplane (Gallery)

  18-11-2018 20:02
  Silver Cove Ltd partnered up with the Canadian Bushplane Heritage Centre for their 2018 Gem and Mineral Show. Items sold include Gemstones, Home Décor, Gemstone Jewelry, Loose Facets, Mineral Specimens, Fossils, Crystals, Beads, Cabochons, and more! The show ends Sunday, Nov. 18 at 5 p.m. For more information on Silver Cove LTD, click here or […]
  
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• Freedom Sisters Invite Public to Shine the Light on Women’s Abuse

  18-11-2018 20:00
  The Freedom Sisters of Sault Ste Marie are excited to announce the beginning of our annual Shine The Light on Woman Abuse Campaign and contest! In support of November: Woman Abuse Prevention Month in Ontario, Freedom Sisters of Sault Ste. Marie has chosen to once again take part in the Shine The Light campaign, which […]
  
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• Special thanks to Rotary Club of Sault Ste Marie Ontario for the amazing time at #thesoo #SantaClausParade 2018! An… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  18-11-2018 19:01 via twitter.com
  Special thanks to Rotary Club of Sault Ste Marie Ontario for the amazing time at #thesoo #SantaClausParade 2018! An… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Special thanks to @RotaryClubofSSM for the amazing time at #thesoo #SantaClausParade 2018! And congrats on your 100… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  18-11-2018 18:59 via twitter.com
  Special thanks to @RotaryClubofSSM for the amazing time at #thesoo #SantaClausParade 2018! And congrats on your 100… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• National Parks proving less popular once Canada 150 free entry ended

  18-11-2018 16:00
  OTTAWA — If you make it free, they will come. Parks Canada’s free entry program for the country’s 150th birthday saw Canadians and other visitors flock to national parks and historic sites in record numbers. An extra 2.5 million visitors poured through the gates in 2017. In the first eight months of 2018, the number of […]
  
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• ‘It has brought great shame to my family’: Sens Uber driver opens up on video

  18-11-2018 16:00
  TORONTO — An Uber driver who posted footage of Ottawa Senators players disparaging one of their coaches and their team’s performance says he is sorry for sharing the video and has destroyed a second, unpublished clip. James Sparklin, an Arizona father of six, told The Canadian Press he has not spoken to the players — Matt Duchene, Chris Wideman, Thomas […]
  
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• Shootouts continue to be kind to Thunderbirds

  18-11-2018 15:56
  After defeating the Blind River Beavers 5-4 in overtime on Thursday night at the John Rhodes Community Centre and picking up their sixteenth victory of the season, the Soo Thunderbirds were in Blind River on Saturday night for the second game of a home and home series against the Beavers. On Saturday night, the Thunderbirds […]
  
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• Northern Ontario Tourism Summit Celebrates Industry Leaders in the Sault

  18-11-2018 15:23
  Tourism operators, professionals and industry stakeholders celebrated a busy and prosperous season in a big way this week in Sault Ste. Marie. This past summer season of 2018 proved to be the best year in tourism on record for Canada, Ontario, and Northern Ontario. At an all-time high, the future for tourism in Northern Ontario […]
  
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• Canada resisting UN request to extend Mali mission: Sources

  18-11-2018 12:38
  OTTAWA — The Trudeau government is resisting a United Nations request to extend Canada’s peacekeeping mission in Mali so medical evacuations can continue while replacements for Canada’s personnel arrive, according to multiple sources. Canada has eight helicopters and 250 military members in the sprawling West African nation to rescue injured peacekeepers and UN workers and […]
  
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• Canada might follow U.S. lead in sanctioning Saudis in Khashoggi case: Freeland

  18-11-2018 12:15
  PORT COLBORNE, Ont. — Canada might follow a U.S. decision to put personal sanctions on Saudi Arabian officials allegedly involved in killing journalist Jamal Khashoggi in Turkey last month, Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland says. The United States announced Thursday it would use its “Magnitsky law” to go after 17 people. They include the Saudi consul-general in Turkey, Mohammed […]
  
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• Musical boasts 'timeless' ABBA songs

  18-11-2018 09:44 via saultstar.com
  A daughter wants answers about the father she’s never met.Her mother is forced to deal with decisions she made years earlier.The music of pop icons Abba keeps Mamma Mia moving along.
  The Musical Comedy Guild production opens Wednesday at Sault Community Theatre Centre and runs for five performance.“I think a lot of us can make decisions in their life hoping they won’t creep back on us,” said director Lucas Beaver during a recent rehearsal.Sophie (Brianna Niro) has asked h
  
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• Trump pondering Kellys status, 3-5 Cabinet changes - Sault Ste. Marie Evening News

  18-11-2018 09:00 via sooeveningnews.com
  Trump pondering Kellys status, 3-5 Cabinet changes  Sault Ste. Marie Evening NewsPresident says he isn't committing to a previous pledge to keep his chief of staff for the remainder of his term, hints at other changes.
  
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• Ian Hollingsworth was Medal of Merit recipient

  18-11-2018 09:00 via saultstar.com
  Businessman. Philanthropist. City councillor. Piper.Ian Hollingsworth contributed to Sault Ste. Marie in many ways.
  He died last Thursdasy at Sault Area Hospital. Hollingsworth was 89.The Sault Collegiate Institute graduate was general manager and president of Michigan Maple, operated by Soo Mill and Lumber Co. Ltd.He served as a city councillor in the early 1960s when James McIntyre was mayor. His daughter, Sandra Hollingsworth, served as a Ward 2 councillor and will represent Ward 1 when the n
  
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• Diwali celebrated

  18-11-2018 06:29 via saultstar.com
  BRIAN KELLY/Sault Star Vishal Hingladiya presents food during BAPS Swaminarayan Satsang Mandal, Sault Ste. Marie’s celebration of Diwali at White Pines Collegiate and Vocational School on Saturday. Two hundred and sixty plates of food and 60 glasses of juice were offered. None of the items featured meat or eggs. Food ranged from appetizers (gota), entrees (vegetable curries) and dessert (ladu). An estimated 200 were expected to attend. BAPS Swaminarayan Satsang Mandal, Sault Ste. Marie mee
  
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• Welcome back, Santa

  18-11-2018 05:59 via saultstar.com
  Attending Rotary Santa Claus Parade is a long-time tradition for Shelly Jalbert and her daughter, Margaret.Taking in the late November procession leading into the Christmas season goes back “at least” 16 years, said Shelly.“As long as I can remember,” said Margaret, 18.The pair was back at their usual vantage point, just east of the Algonquin Hotel, near the parade’s starting point on Queen Street East.The required pre-parade stop was made at Tim Hortons – a s
  
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• 2018 Rotary Santa Claus Parade (Gallery)

  18-11-2018 02:53
  Santa came to the Sault Saturday evening for the 2018 Rotary Santa Claus Parade. If you missed it, don’t fret! You can watch the entire parade, commentated by ONNtv’s Tim Murphy and Lou-Anne Young, by clicking here.
  
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