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• Ontario government stands by OPP commissioner appointment, Horwath demands probe

  12-12-2018 23:56
  TORONTO — The man about to become Ontario’s top cop should step aside while a probe is conducted into allegations of political interference from Premier Doug Ford’s office in his hiring, the leader of the Opposition said Wednesday as the government stood firm on the appointment. NDP Leader Andrea Horwath called on Toronto police Supt. […]
  
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• Safer opioids actively being reviewed for epidemic: chief public health officer

  12-12-2018 23:48
  OTTAWA — The need to increase access to a safer supply of opioids is being “actively reviewed” with provinces and territories, Canada’s chief public health officer Dr. Theresa Tam said Wednesday as the Public Health Agency released data showing opioid drugs were factors in more than 2,000 deaths in the first half of the year. […]
  
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• Penalized For Being Good

  12-12-2018 23:33
  With the upcoming World Junior tourney in Vancouver slated to get underway Dec 26, teams with talented players will be killing the ultimate penalty over the next 3-4 weeks. The penalty is having our best players not available to play. With a Greyhound club that is very young and inexperienced, this has both positives and […]
  
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• LAPENSÉE, Robert Allan (Bob)

  12-12-2018 23:22
  ~ September 1, 1959-December 11, 2018 ~ It is with broken hearts and sadness that we announce the passing of Robert on December 11, 2018 at the age of 59. Beloved husband and best friend of Anna LaPensée. Cherished father of Ryan LaPensée, Nicole Mitchell (Alex) and Jocelyn Lapensée (Justin). Special Grandfather of Alyssa and […]
  
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• YOUNG, Leo D.

  12-12-2018 23:19
  Passed away peacefully at Sault Area Hospital on December 7, 2018 at 2:30 a.m. at the age of 55. Leo came to Sault Ste. Marie from Newfoundland. He will be missed by many friends. A thank you goes to 3C ward at the Sault Area Hospital for taking good care of him. In lieu of […]
  
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• MACKAY, Roderick Arthur

  12-12-2018 23:16
  ~ Peacefully at Algoma Residential Community Hospice, with his family by his side on Tuesday, December 11, 2018 at the age of 76. Beloved husband of Helen (nee Ebare). Cherished son of the late Roderick and Mary MacKay of Inverness, Scotland. Loving father of Donald (Lana) and the late Roderick Arthur. Grumpy Grandpa of Alyssa […]
  
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• Arrest made in 20-year-old murder case

  12-12-2018 22:48 via saultstar.com
  SUDBURY — More than 20 years after Laurentian student Renee Sweeney was brutally killed in an adult video store on Paris Street, police have nabbed a man they believe to be responsible for the crime.
  Robert Steven Wright, 39, was arrested in North Bay on Tuesday by Sudbury detectives and charged with first-degree murder.
  The accused, who also goes by Steven or Steve, was 18 and a student at Lockerby Composite when the murder occurred on Jan. 27, 1998, Det.-Sgt. Sandra Dicaire told a media
  
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• LSSU names new College of Innovation and Solutions dean

  12-12-2018 22:38 via saultstar.com
  SAULT STE. MARIE, MICH. – Kimberly Muller has been named full dean of Lake Superior State University’s College of Innovation and Solutions, comprised of LSSU’s School of Engineering & Technology, the School of Mathematics & Computer Science, and the Lukenda School of Business.
  Muller, who has been fulfilling the role as interim since last July, started at LSSU as an assistant professor of mathematics in 2004, receiving tenure and a promotion to associate professor in Au
  
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• Fine Feathered Friend … Remember When

  12-12-2018 22:34 via saultstar.com
  In 1978, Robert Proulx, 15, of Sault Ste. Marie, befriended a sparrow he picked up in bushes. The bird, named Charlie, would sleep in Robert’s bedroom at night and would fly around the teen’s backyard when Robert was at school.
  
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• Saints sail past Newberry girls - Sports - Sault Ste. Marie Evening News

  12-12-2018 22:19
  Saints sail past Newberry girls - Sports  Sault Ste. Marie Evening NewsNEWBERRY — The defending Straits Area Conference champion St. Ignace Saints opened league play with a convincing 78-25 win over Newberry Tuesday ...
  
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• Rudyard boys look to build with new coach - Sault Ste. Marie Evening News

  12-12-2018 22:19
  Rudyard boys look to build with new coach  Sault Ste. Marie Evening NewsRUDYARD — The Rudyard Bulldogs tip off a new season with a large senior class, but a relatively inexperienced varsity boys basketball team. Jim Suggitt takes ...
  
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• Gingerbread Houses that Kindness Built

  12-12-2018 21:58
  The downstairs of United Baptist Church (Malabar) in Sault Ste Marie, Ontario was transformed into a Gingerbread House workshop on Wednesday, November 28, 2018. Members of the Sault Branch of R.W.TO. /O. E.R.O. came together to share in a special outreach project for some of the Sault’s isolated seniors. “There are many seniors, who live […]
  
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• Gov. Snyder signs bill allowing oil tunnel - Sault Ste. Marie Evening News

  12-12-2018 21:51
  Gov. Snyder signs bill allowing oil tunnel  Sault Ste. Marie Evening NewsGov. Rick Snyder has signed legislation establishing a panel to oversee a hotly disputed tunnel that will house an oil pipeline beneath the waterway linking Lake ...
  
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• Insurance claims at $9 billion from California fires - Sault Ste. Marie Evening News

  12-12-2018 20:41
  Insurance claims at $9 billion from California fires  Sault Ste. Marie Evening NewsAbout $7 billion in claims are from the Camp Fire that destroyed the Northern California city of Paradise and killed at least 86 people, making it the deadliest U.S. ...
  
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• Annual Sault Ste. Marie bird count set for Saturday - Sault Star

  12-12-2018 20:32
  Annual Sault Ste. Marie bird count set for Saturday  Sault StarIt's time to look up to the skies and count the birds.Another Christmas bird count is around the corner.Bird watchers will be on the lookout to count birds between ...
  
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• Annual Sault Ste. Marie bird count set for Saturday

  12-12-2018 20:26 via saultstar.com
  It’s time to look up to the skies and count the birds.
  Another Christmas bird count is around the corner.
  Bird watchers will be on the lookout to count birds between Dec. 14 and Jan. 5 in the annual wildlife survey, now in its 119th year.
  The tradition continues on Dec. 15 in Sault Ste. Marie and in Desbarats on Dec. 29.
  Each year, Bird Studies Canada and the National Audubon Society coordinate and support the efforts of more than 2,500 Counts throughout the Western Hemisphere.
  Christmas B
  
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• Trump campaign Russia contacts alarm intelligence experts - Sault Ste. Marie Evening News

  12-12-2018 19:47
  Trump campaign Russia contacts alarm intelligence experts  Sault Ste. Marie Evening NewsThe attempts by Russians to establish contact, which were laid out in the latest court filings by special counsel Robert Mueller, were persistent, apparently ...
  
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• New accommodation tax kicks in Jan. 1

  12-12-2018 19:37 via saultstar.com
  The city’s new municipal accommodation tax kicks in Jan. 1.
  The tax means a 4 per cent fee will be applied to stays in hotels, motels, lodges, inns, resorts, bed and breakfasts or any other place an accommodation is provided if the stay is for less than 30 consecutive days. College and university residences are exempt from the tax.
  All money will be collected by the accommodation facilities. Sixty per cent will be used to generate funding to promote tourism within the city through the non-
  
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• Canadian maple syrup production falls 22 per cent last year due cold winter

  12-12-2018 19:23
  OTTAWA — Statistics Canada says maple syrup production fell by 21.7 per cent to 44.5 million litres in 2018, the lowest level in three years. Production was down in every syrup-producing province except Nova Scotia and Ontario, which saw output rise 9.4 per cent to 2.1 million litres, the most since 2011. Quebec produced 40.4 million litres, down 22.4 […]
  
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• Susan Sparks: Lessons from a Christmas cactus - Sault Ste. Marie Evening News

  12-12-2018 19:17
  Susan Sparks: Lessons from a Christmas cactus  Sault Ste. Marie Evening NewsDon't you think it's odd that the time of year when we celebrate the light of the world -- the Christ child -- is also the darkest time of year? At least here in the ...
  
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• Holiday party circuit ground zero for shifting cannabis culture, say experts

  12-12-2018 18:54
  TORONTO — Reena Rampersad doesn’t hide her love of weed, but she’s discreet when socializing with people she knows are not regular users. The Hamilton resident is mindful that many people still do not approve of recreational use, even though it’s now legal. That disparity is glaring when she goes out for dinner at a […]
  
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• Via Rail places $989-million train order with Siemens for key rail corridor

  12-12-2018 18:47
  MONTREAL — Via Rail has selected Germany’s Siemens over Bombardier Inc. for a $989-million contract to build new rolling stock as the Canadian passenger rail service renews its fleet of locomotives and cars for the rail corridor between Quebec City and Windsor, Ont. The company confirmed the contract that will see trains built in California. Deliveries will […]
  
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• Council wants to see more voters cast their ballot

  12-12-2018 18:46 via saultstar.com
  Two city councillors want to see more Saultites get out and vote.
  Matthew Shoemaker and Donna Hilsinger are asking city staff to bring forward recommendations on steps that can be taken for the next municipal election in 2022 to increase voter turnout.
  The resolution was passed by council Monday at the new council’s first official business meeting.
  October’s municipal election in Sault Ste. Marie saw just 40 per cent of eligible voters cast their ballot.
  Shoemaker is hoping the city
  
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• Northern Policy Institute Looks at Food Security in Northern Ontario

  12-12-2018 18:43
  The high cost of healthy eating is an ongoing concern for many families and individuals in Ontario’s northern communities. It often leads to food insecurity, a situation in which people are unable to obtain a nutritious and culturally appropriate diet due to financial restrictions and other barriers. In Ontario’s northern communities, the relatively higher cost […]
  
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• Trudeau names four new senators, filling every seat in the Senate

  12-12-2018 18:10
  OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has appointed four new senators, filling every seat in the upper chamber. The Senate has a full complement of 105 senators, the first time there hasn’t been a vacancy in about eight years. Trudeau has appointed 49 senators since becoming prime minister and he will have the chance to […]
  
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• Help Fight Hunger this Weekend with KC Security & O’Sullivan Funeral Home

  12-12-2018 17:48
  As you head out to pick up your groceries for your own Christmas dinner this weekend, consider heading to Food Basics on Trunk Road to Stuff a Patrol Car and a Limo for St. Vincent Place’s food bank. KC Security Services and O’Sullivan Funeral Home have partnered up to try to fill the food bank […]
  
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• Update: Two-Vehicle Collision Slows Traffic on Wellington at Churchill Plaza

  12-12-2018 17:47
  Traffic was slowed down at the intersection of Wellington St. and Churchill Blvd. around 10 a.m. Wednesday morning as result of a two vehicle collision involving a white Dodge Journey (photographed above) and a white Subaru Forester. Sault Ste. Marie Police, Fire Services, and an ambulance responded to the incident. Sault Ste. Marie Police Constable […]
  
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• Accident Slows Traffic on Wellington at Churchill Plaza

  12-12-2018 17:47
  Traffic was slowed down at the intersection of Wellington St. and Churchill Blvd. around 10 a.m. Wednesday morning as result of a fender-bender. Sault Ste. Marie Police, Fire, and an ambulance responded, but SaultOnline is awaiting any additional information on injuries. Stay tuned to SaultOnline for details as they become available.
  
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• Wanted Wednesday: Thomas William Kidder

  12-12-2018 17:45
  Crime Stoppers in partnership with the Sault Ste. Marie Police Service are seeking tips regarding the whereabouts of  Thomas William Kidder, 34, who is wanted for: CC 354(1)(A) POSSESSION STOLEN PROPERTY X 6 CC 117.01(1) POSSESSION OF FIREARM X 2 CC 96(A) POSSESS STOLEN FIREARM CC 92(1) KNOWLEDGE UNAUTH POSSESSION CC 86 CARELESS STOREAGE OF […]
  
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• North American stock markets surge higher in late-morning trading

  12-12-2018 17:20
  TORONTO — Canada’s main stock index surged higher in late-morning trading, fuelled by the key energy, financial, industrial and materials sectors. The S&P/TSX composite index was up 186.15 points at 14,853.98. In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average was up 342.22 points at 24,712.46. The S&P 500 index was up 39.16 points at 2,675.94, […]
  
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• Exchange Student from Germany Experiencing Northern-Ontario

  12-12-2018 17:15
  École secondaire Saint-Joseph (Wawa) welcomed again this year an exchange student through the Rotary Exchange Program. Eric Schulz from Germany has been at École Saint-Joseph since September and will be staying until June to complete his academic year. In order to ensure Eric gets a true Northern-Ontario experience, students and staff took him out snowshoeing, […]
  
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• 119 Years and Still Counting

  12-12-2018 17:13
  Another Christmas Bird Count season is around the corner! Between December 14, 2018 and January 5, 2019, tens of thousands of bird and winter enthusiasts will rally together to count millions of birds across the continent as part of the 119th year of this long-running wildlife survey. On December 15, 2018 participants in Sault Ste […]
  
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• France: Suspected gunman named, had long police record - Sault Ste. Marie Evening News

  12-12-2018 17:08
  France: Suspected gunman named, had long police record  Sault Ste. Marie Evening NewsPolice union officials identified the suspected assailant as Cherif Chekatt, a 29-year-old with a thick police record for crimes including armed robbery and ...
  
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• Top stories of 2018: Hurricane season - Sault Ste. Marie Evening News

  12-12-2018 16:09
  Top stories of 2018: Hurricane season  Sault Ste. Marie Evening NewsAfter a brutal 2017 hurricane season, tropical storms in 2018 were watched closely.In late August, Hurricane Florence – a Category 4 hurricane— hit North and ...
  
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• Trump’s willingness to intervene in Meng detention roils Canada’s justification

  12-12-2018 15:59
  OTTAWA — Donald Trump’s declaration that he might intervene in charges against a top Chinese corporate executive who was detained in Vancouver is raising new questions about Canada’s role in the growing tensions between two superpowers. The U.S. president told Reuters in an interview that he could step into the case against Huawei chief financial […]
  
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• Applications are now available for the 2019 Cultural Financial Assistance Grants. For more information visit saultstemarie.ca/culturalgrants

  12-12-2018 15:27 via twitter.com
  Applications are now available for the 2019 Cultural Financial Assistance Grants. For more information visit saultstemarie.ca/culturalgrants
  
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• BELLEAU, Joey Caroline Arlene

  12-12-2018 15:10
  ( July 3, 2002-December 10, 2018) It is with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of our beautiful daughter on Monday, December 10, 2018 at the age of 16. Precious Joey is survived by her mother Pamela Golden and father Joey Belleau. She was a protective big sister of Jersey Belleau and her fur […]
  
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• Broken Watermain Closes Part of Pim St.

  12-12-2018 14:50
  The PUC would like to advise the public of a traffic restriction on Pim Street. This traffic restriction is in place to facilitate the repair of a broken watermain. PUC crews have been dispatched and are working to repair the break. During the repair process, Pim Street will be closed to southbound traffic from Borron […]
  
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• Aphria signs medical marijuana supply deal with company in Paraguay

  12-12-2018 13:55
  LEAMINGTON, Ont. — Marijuana producer Aphria Inc. has signed a letter of intent to supply a company in Paraguay with medical cannabis. Under the agreement, Aphria will supply Insumos Medicos S.A., a pharmaceutical manufacturing, import and distribution company. Aphria says Insumos will undertake the registration of the Canadian company’s products in Paraguay and the appropriate […]
  
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• Good morning, Sault Ste. Marie! Gusty east winds will bring windchill values near - SooToday.com

  12-12-2018 12:00
  Good morning, Sault Ste. Marie! Gusty east winds will bring windchill values near  SooToday.comGusty east winds will bring windchill values near -6°C.
  
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• Let's put 'tree police' in proper perspective - News - Sault Ste. Marie Evening News

  12-12-2018 11:52
  Let's put 'tree police' in proper perspective - News  Sault Ste. Marie Evening NewsI recently sponsored legislation that attempts to strike a better balance between local government authority and private-property rights around the state. Our state ...
  
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• Movie review: ‘Mary Poppins Returns’ a holiday treat - Sault Ste. Marie Evening News

  12-12-2018 09:02
  Movie review: ‘Mary Poppins Returns’ a holiday treat  Sault Ste. Marie Evening NewsMary Poppins Returns,” Disney's follow up to its Oscar-winning 1964 original, is just the spoonful of sugar to dilute the bitter medicine needed to combat these ...
  
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• SAMS students seek donations for ROVs - Sault Ste. Marie Evening News

  12-12-2018 09:00
  SAMS students seek donations for ROVs  Sault Ste. Marie Evening NewsFifth graders at Sault Area Middle School want to take their work with remote operated vehicles to a new level, and they are hoping the community will help.
  
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• Little Gift Shop brings large presence - Sault Ste. Marie Evening News

  12-12-2018 09:00
  Little Gift Shop brings large presence  Sault Ste. Marie Evening NewsA little store on Portage Avenue is looking to be a big addition to downtown Sault Ste. Marie by offering a wide array of handmade artisan crafts. The Little Gift ...
  
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• Letter to the Editor: Appreciation for Rudyard Electric - Sault Ste. Marie Evening News

  12-12-2018 09:00
  Letter to the Editor: Appreciation for Rudyard Electric  Sault Ste. Marie Evening NewsTo the Editor: My wife and I were experiencing some electrical issues in our home in the Sault. We had, or thought we had, managed to get them repaired ...
  
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• EUP participates in ‘Women in Construction’ - Sault Ste. Marie Evening News

  12-12-2018 09:00
  EUP participates in ‘Women in Construction’  Sault Ste. Marie Evening NewsTwenty-five young women from the Eastern Upper Peninsula participated in Northern Michigan University's Women in Construction Day held recently at the ...
  
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• Annual Sault Ste. Marie bird count set for Saturday - saultstar.com

  12-12-2018 09:00
  Annual Sault Ste. Marie bird count set for Saturday  saultstar.comIt's time to look up to the skies and count the birds.Another Christmas bird count is around the corner.Bird watchers will be on the lookout to count birds between ...
  
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• Flynn argues against prison time in Russia investigation - Sault Ste. Marie Evening News

  12-12-2018 03:53
  Flynn argues against prison time in Russia investigation  Sault Ste. Marie Evening NewsWASHINGTON — Lawyers for Trump's former national security adviser, Michael Flynn, asked a judge Tuesday to spare him prison time, saying he had devoted ...
  
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• Behind closed doors, Pelosi disparages Trumps manhood - Sault Ste. Marie Evening News

  12-12-2018 00:34
  Behind closed doors, Pelosi disparages Trumps manhood  Sault Ste. Marie Evening NewsWASHINGTON — At the dawn of divided U.S. government, House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi said Tuesday that President Donald Trump's threat to shut ...
  
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• MEDAGLIA, Carmelo

  12-12-2018 00:30
  It is with heavy hearts that we share the passing of Carmelo Medaglia in his 84rd year. Born in Aiello Calabro, Italy on April 13, 1935. Beloved husband of Maria. Cherished father of Rosario (Lynn), Carlo (Sue) and Robert (Sylvie). Adored Nonno of Carmen Medaglia (Kirsti), Carlo Jr. Medaglia (Ashley), Christina Carchidi (Frank), Michael Medaglia […]
  
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