Sault Ste. Marie news

• Concerns prompt women to march

  19-01-2019 22:02 via saultstar.com
  Many concerns prompted Women’s March participants to demonstrate downtown Saturday.Sarah Vikken wanted women to be treated equally.Gillian Gordon backed “anyone who identifies as a woman” and missing and murdered Indigenous women.
  “That’s a huge one,” she said.Women and children living in poverty were remembered by Sara McCleary.Co-organizer Ashley Gapp identified violence against women as her concern.More than 40 demonstrators gathered at the cenotaph in fron
  
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• Extreme Cold Warning Issued

  19-01-2019 21:55
  Extreme Cold Warning in effect for: Agawa – Lake Superior Park Sault Ste. Marie – St. Joseph Island Searchmont – Montreal River Harbour – Batchawana Bay A prolonged period of very cold wind chills is expected. Wind chill values of minus 40 to minus 45 are occurring over much of Northern Ontario. This bitterly cold […]
  
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• SAH Issues Update on Computer Virus Attack

  19-01-2019 21:00
  Late last night, January 18, 2019, Sault Area Hospital’s IT Team received confirmation from Health Sciences North (HSN) that they were able to find and remove the zero-day virus that had infected their systems. HSN together with an independent 3rd party IT security firm assured SAH that the threat had been removed and that their […]
  
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• Hosptial IT system up and running

  19-01-2019 20:11 via saultstar.com
  Sault Area Hospital reconnected its communication links with Health Sciences North in Sudbury late Friday.The Sault Ste. Marie health care facility received confirmation from the Nickel City hospital that a zero-day virus was removed from its computer systems, a release says. SAH then started to re-establish links with HSN. That task was done on Saturday.Radiation patients are being seen again at SAH.
  
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• ‘Light the Town Red’ - Sault Ste. Marie Evening News

  19-01-2019 19:10
  ‘Light the Town Red’  Sault Ste. Marie Evening NewsCTC hopes to raise awareness during National Drug and Alcohol Facts Week.
  
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• Winter isn’t slowing us down - Sault Ste. Marie Evening News

  19-01-2019 16:06
  Winter isn’t slowing us down  Sault Ste. Marie Evening NewsWe are off to a fast start for 2019, as several professional organizations have expressed interest in locating in our community, bringing with them new careers for ...
  
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• Manager wants Bon Soo buzz back

  19-01-2019 15:54 via saultstar.com
  Jeany White is fired up about Ontario Winter Carnival Bon Soo.The carnival’s manager wants other Sault Ste. Marie residents to warm to the long-running winter blues buster too.“I want to build the carnival and make it the No. 1 in Ontario,” said White. “I’m open for ideas.”She became involved in Snomadness, a competition between teams that ran during the carnival, when she worked at Zellers at Cambrian Mall in 1985. What began as involvement as a Bon Soo parti
  
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• STORTINI, Mary-Kay

  19-01-2019 15:05
  Peacefully passed away at the Sault Area Hospital on Thursday, January 17, 2019 with family at her side at the age of 78. Beloved wife of Ray. Loving mother of Cathleen (Glenn), Douglas (Chantel), Michael (Lori), Tony (Chantal), Mark and Daniel. Cherished grandmother of Spencer (Jenelle), Jillian, Colin, Savannah, Payton, Kendall, Ray, Amadeo, Ben (Sharon), […]
  
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• Millroy: The Case of Tim Mitchell

  19-01-2019 14:04
  The Sault Police Service will be setting up a tribunal to hear charges of misconduct against Const. Matthew Keating that resulted from his attempt in March 2016 to arrest Tim Mitchell at his Weldon Avenue home for breach of recognizance. At least that is what I am surmising after talking with a media spokesperson with […]
  
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• McDonald returns to help lead Thunderbirds past Voodoos

  19-01-2019 12:09
  After opening up their two-game homestand with a 4-1 victory over the Espanola Express on Thursday night, the Soo Thunderbirds were back in action on Friday night as they took on the Powassan Voodoos, who made their first and only visit to the Soo this season. The Thunderbirds, who entered Friday night’s game with twenty […]
  
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• Rangers escape Lakers with buzzer-beater - Sault Ste. Marie Evening News

  19-01-2019 09:00
  Rangers escape Lakers with buzzer-beater  Sault Ste. Marie Evening NewsSAULT STE. MARIE — A late comeback bid by Lake Superior State fell short after a buzzer-beater by Wisconsin-Parkside's Brandon Trimble in a showdown for ...
  
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• ‘Hansel and Gretel’ at the Soo Theatre - Sault Ste. Marie Evening News

  19-01-2019 09:00
  ‘Hansel and Gretel’ at the Soo Theatre  Sault Ste. Marie Evening NewsSoo Youth Theatre is excited to announce their production of Hansel & Gretel directed by Karen Hughes Beacom. This production, originally a full-scale opera, ...
  
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• Welcome back, Mr. Bon Soo!

  19-01-2019 01:28 via saultstar.com
  Jeff McNeice grabs a selfie with Mr. Bon Soo during the kick-off to the 56th annual Ontario Winter Carnival Bon Soo at Algoma’s Water Tower Inn on Friday.
  The carnival runs Feb. 1 to 10.
  The Sault Star attended the launch and spoke with manager Jeany White. Watch for a story on www.saultstar.com on Saturday.
  
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• Council's thoughts on retail cannabis stores would have been welcomed

  19-01-2019 00:31 via saultstar.com
  It took less time for city council to stamp approval on a staff recommendation than it would have for them to smoke a joint and ponder the issue.
  While I expected the end result to be the same – that the city would not opt out of hosting a provincially licensed cannabis retail store – I did expect council to ask a few questions and make a few comments to justify their decision at last Monday’s council meeting.
  If you blinked, you could have missed it because it happened so quic
  
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