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• No more paperwork: Estonia edges toward digital government - Sault Ste. Marie Evening News

  26-12-2018 22:51
  No more paperwork: Estonia edges toward digital government  Sault Ste. Marie Evening NewsThis Baltic nation of 1.3 million people is engaged in an ambitious project to make government administration completely digital to reduce bureaucracy, increase ...
  
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• Conservancy celebrates new nest

  26-12-2018 21:30 via saultstar.com
  DESBARATS — Kensington Conservancy celebrated its first anniversary in its new building with an open-house gathering.
  The organization received its not-for-profit status in 2001 and charitable status in 2006, and its office was completed in December 2017.
  “The new office has made us a lot more accessible. We’ve got new trails and plan to double them again this year,” said Tanna Elliott, executive director.
  The Kensington Conservancy’s mission is promote conservation
  
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• The life cycle of a cannabis plant, from seed to store

  26-12-2018 16:00
  TORONTO — Licensed cannabis producers are ramping up production to address shortages that have plagued the pot market since legalization in October, but the time required to grow the average marijuana plant means consumers likely have a few more weeks to wait. Cannabis lives up to its nickname and grows like a weed, but the plant needs as many […]
  
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• Thessalon camps entered

  26-12-2018 14:47 via saultstar.com
  Camps were entered in the Thessalon area in mid-December.Properties on Feltham Road, Walker Road and Scheuemann Highway were targeted, Ontario Provincial Police say.A neighbour confronted two males at a property on Feltham Road. They fled in a white, two-door, short box Chevrolet four-by-four pickup truck. The driver’s window was smashed out. The vehicle was later found burning on Scheuemann Highway.Anyone with information about the break-ins can call OPP at 888-310-1122.
  
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• College plans iE3 display

  26-12-2018 14:47 via saultstar.com
  A display recognizing Canada’s Indigenous people and Sault College’s natural environment and outdoor studies programming is planned for the post-secondary institution.The exhibition will be based at the entrance to J wing, part of Sault College’s new iE3 building.A tiled floor featuring a medicine wheel, artifacts, murals and a birch bark or voyageur canoe are planned for the area, president Ron Common told the board of governors during a meeting on Dec. 20.“It’s ce
  
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• Father, son fight over pool table: OPP

  26-12-2018 14:31 via saultstar.com
  A father and son came to blows over a pool game in Elliot Lake last Sunday night, Ontario Provincial Police say.
  The pair started arguing about who would use a pool table next at a bar in Hillside Drive South, Const. Phil Young told The Sault Star. The verbal clash escalated into a physical altercation.An unknown number of men tried to stop the fight.Mark Renaud, 49, Windsor, Ont., and Christian Renaud, 24, of Elliot Lake, were charged with assault.Court date for the accused is Jan. 29 in Elliot
  
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• Bird Count Participants Needed

  26-12-2018 14:27
  The Desbarats Christmas Bird Count is a back for a third year! On December 29, 2018, you can help count birds within a 12km radius of Desbarats. In the first two years, 57 participants recorded 44 species and almost 4000 individual birds. Can you help us add to that this year? The Kensington Conservancy is […]
  
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• MARIOTTI, Assunta “Sandra”

  26-12-2018 14:19
  With deep sadness we regret to announce the passing of our beautiful wife, mother, grandmother and sister on Friday, December 21, 2018 in her 85th year. Beloved wife of Sergio for 64 years. Loving mother of Rosanne Kilty (Keith) and Lisa Malfatti (Walter). Proud nona of Alysse, Michael, Erica (Steven), Alexandra (Patrick) and Danielle (Antonio).  […]
  
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• Renovations end at Billy Bishop Airport

  26-12-2018 14:07 via saultstar.com
  Financial Post Staff
  The three-year rehabilitation program at Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport should lead to improved passenger experience, says the chief executive officer of the company that runs the facility’s passenger terminal.
  “It also helps us with capacity planning, and gives us more opportunities – with more gates, we can have more aircraft parking,” said Neil Pakey, CEO of Nieuport Aviation Infrastructure Partners GP, which owns and operates the passenger term
  
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• Mackinac pipeline gets OK

  26-12-2018 12:39 via saultstar.com
  By John FlesherTHE ASSOCIATED PRESSTRAVERSE CITY, Mich. — A proposal to run an oil pipeline beneath a crucial section of the Great Lakes cleared its final hurdle recently, gaining approval of a Michigan panel created a week earlier in a dash to complete the deal before Republican Gov. Rick Snyder leaves office.
  The three-member Mackinac Straits Corridor Authority unanimously backed an agreement between the state and Canadian pipeline company Enbridge to drill a tunnel through bedrock up to
  
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• Bayliss Public Library offers holiday break movies - Sault Ste. Marie Evening News

  26-12-2018 09:00
  Bayliss Public Library offers holiday break movies  Sault Ste. Marie Evening NewsWith Christmas wrapped up, kids and parents looking for a fun way to fill up winter vacation from school need look no further than Bayliss Public Library with their ...
  
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• Bayliss Public Library offers holiday break movies - News - Sault Ste. Marie Evening News

  26-12-2018 09:00
  Bayliss Public Library offers holiday break movies - News  Sault Ste. Marie Evening NewsWith Christmas wrapped up, kids and parents looking for a fun way to fill up winter vacation from school need look no further than Bayliss Public Library with their ...
  
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• Lost in Suburbia: Orange is the new purple - Sault Ste. Marie Evening News

  26-12-2018 08:59
  Lost in Suburbia: Orange is the new purple  Sault Ste. Marie Evening NewsWhen I decided to color my hair, it was not because I suddenly had a desire to be a blonde bombshell or a foxy redhead. As a 50-something-year-old, it would ...
  
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• Bill Tinsley: Imagine an amazing 2019 - Sault Ste. Marie Evening News

  26-12-2018 08:59
  Bill Tinsley: Imagine an amazing 2019  Sault Ste. Marie Evening NewsIf this New Year's celebration at Times Square follows the pattern set since 2005, just before the ball drops and we turn our calendars forward, someone will sing ...
  
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• New fee to tourists will fund promotions

  26-12-2018 07:36 via saultthisweek.com
  Effective Jan. 1, local hotels must charge a four per cent Municipal Accommodation Tax on all stays shorter than 30 days.
  Dan Hollingsworth, executive director of the Sault Ste. Marie Economic Development Corporation, which oversees Tourism Sault Ste. Marie, told Sault This Week Tourism SSM has worked with the city since the spring of 2018 when the concept first came up.
  The plan was developed over the summer and the bylaw brought to council this fall, he said.
  Although this fee has only recentl
  
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• Bill rattles local conservationists

  26-12-2018 07:33 via saultthisweek.com
  Special interest groups in Sault Ste. Marie and area have responded to recent policy changes set out by the provincial government under Premier Doug Ford.
  One such group is the Central Algoma Freshwater Coalition, an organization focused on protecting, improving, and restoring the region’s watersheds.
  Chuck Miller, CAFC president, recently sent out an email to the organization’s supporters outlining some of the changes to the province’s environmental policies.
  “There are
  
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• 'Quilts for Kids' creates comfort for thousands

  26-12-2018 07:21 via saultthisweek.com
  “Quilts For Kids,” a charitable group, began over four years ago out of a chance conversation Vicki Young had with a friend about quilts being donated to an orphanage in Africa.
  Immediately Vicki decided she too, along with some friends, could do this for those who may need quilts in Sault Ste. Marie.
  She contacted the head office in Pennsylvania and started the first Canadian chapter of “Quilts For Kids.”
  Since its inception the group has sewn and donated more than 3,400
  
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