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• Searchmont Resort Closed Sunday

  26-01-2019 23:51
  Adam Bouillion, Events & Media Coordinator for Searchmont Resort tells us that the extreme cold, possibly to -40c with windchill has forced the closure of the resort for Sunday. Cold weather is expected to linger for most of this week with slight warm up coming next weekend. Environment Canada has issued an extreme cold warning […]
  
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• We all need heart transplants - News - Sault Ste. Marie Evening News

  26-01-2019 22:18
  We all need heart transplants - News  Sault Ste. Marie Evening NewsWe live in a very calloused, doubting world. Many of you know I oversee a couple rather large Facebook pages. My editors and I try to share what is encouraging ...
  
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• Construction business nails support for Canadian Blood Services

  26-01-2019 21:43 via saultstar.com
  A Sault Ste. Marie construction company plans to build on more than a decade of giving the gift of life to others.Staff and friends of Mike Moore Construction have donated 514 units of blood since joining Canadian Blood Services’ Partners for Life program since 2007.Moore wants that tally to stand at 539 by Dec. 31 with more blood donations to come down the road.“No goal,” said the business owner in an email “Just give as much as we can for as long as we can. Help others.
  
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• LSSU green lights pot program

  26-01-2019 20:51 via saultstar.com
  A new cannabis science degree at Lake Superior State University is already creating a buzz.The post-secondary institution in Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., has fielded several thousand visits to its website and inquiries since announcing, last Friday, the first degree program in the United States focused on the chemistry of cannabis.President Rodney Hanley anticipates 50 to 100 students will be part of the program’s first class in September. They could potentially be from “all over”
  
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• NewsAlert: John McCallum resigns as Canada’s ambassador to China at PM’s request

  26-01-2019 20:46
  OTTAWA — John McCallum has resigned as ambassador to China at the request of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Trudeau says he asked McCallum to step down on Friday night. The prime minister did not immediately issue an explanation, but the move comes after the former ambassador was quoted in StarMetro Vancouver on Friday as saying it […]
  
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• Infrastructure bank narrows gaze to more than a dozen projects, CEO says

  26-01-2019 20:00
  OTTAWA — The federal agency built to find new ways to pay for new Canadian infrastructure says it is deep in talks on over a dozen projects. In the fall, officials with the Canada Infrastructure Bank had more than 120 meetings about more than 60 projects across the country, including some that came unsolicited from the […]
  
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• I-500 Pub Crawl takes over Thursday night - Sault Ste. Marie Evening News

  26-01-2019 19:13
  I-500 Pub Crawl takes over Thursday night  Sault Ste. Marie Evening NewsWith a competitive race week set to be in full swing, responsible adults are reminded that one of the more social aspects of the week is set for Thursday evening ...
  
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• Cold Weather To Last All Week and Beyond – Extreme Cold Weather Alert

  26-01-2019 17:36
  This past week we got the snow, about 35cm in total and now we get the cold. The coldest air we expect to see this winter. The real bad news is, this cold snap will hang on for a better part of a month. Long range forecasts calls for temperatures to be well below normal […]
  
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• Vehicle, house break-ins soar

  26-01-2019 17:28 via saultstar.com
  Thefts from automobiles nearly doubled in the first 10 months of 2018, while residential break-ins soared more than a third.Calls for service for motor vehicles entered climbed from 338 from January to October in 2018 to 657 in 2019.The occurrences are “probably are the No. 1 complaint,” Chief Hugh Stevenson hears from city councillors and residents, he told members of Sault Ste. Marie Police Services Board during a meeting last Thursday.“Quite often” residents don’
  
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• Algoma projects 20 per cent enrolment jump

  26-01-2019 16:33 via saultstar.com
  Algoma University enrolment is projected to jump 20 per cent in the fall with about 240 more full-time-equivalent students expected to start their studies at the post-secondary institution’s campuses.The university’s marketing efforts in the Greater Toronto Area are working, says director of enrolment management and international Brent Krmpotich, with nearly 40 per cent of applications for September coming from high school students in that region.“I think we’ve built a ma
  
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• DSSAB Proposes New Pilot Project

  26-01-2019 15:54
  The District of Sault Ste. Marie Social Services Administration Board is bringing a proposal to the table during Monday evening’s meeting – $450,000 in exchange for an 11 month pilot project beginning Feb. 1 until Dec. 31, 2019, that will provide Public Transit service for all individuals in receipt of Social Assistance for a flat […]
  
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• Cloverland board names Heise president and CEO - Sault Ste. Marie Evening News

  26-01-2019 15:11
  Cloverland board names Heise president and CEO  Sault Ste. Marie Evening NewsCloverland's board of directors announced the appointment of Michael (Mike) Heise as the cooperative's new president and chief executive officer, effective ...
  
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• Podcast celebrates friendships between women

  26-01-2019 14:26 via saultstar.com
  Trish Rainone has something she wants to talk about.The Toronto-based actress, and Sault Ste. Marie native, has launched her podcast, Trish Rainone Talks. Each expected 30-minute conversation is a chance for Rainone to “celebrate all the amazing women in my life.”The first episode, now available on Podbean, features American actress Zoe Pike (American Barbarian). The pair met at Milan International Film Festival last December.“She’s just a spectacular multi-talented human
  
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• Millroy: City Employees Should Pay For Parking

  26-01-2019 14:10
  In his first term as a city councillor, Matthew Shoemaker attempted to get paid parking for employees at and visitors to city hall and other city premises. However, after a committee review, he lost in a 7-4 vote, the majority of council accepting staff’s recommendation that it not be done. As if you would have […]
  
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• Thunderbirds edge Beavers 4-3

  26-01-2019 12:14
  After opening up a two-game homestand with a 5-4 victory over the Espanola Express back on Tuesday night, and extending their winning streak to six games, the Soo Thunderbirds concluded their two-game homestand on Friday night as they took on the Blind River Beavers at the John Rhodes Community Centre. Heading into Friday night’s game, […]
  
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• Good morning, Sault Ste. Marie! Jan 26, 2019 6:00 AM - SooToday.com

  26-01-2019 12:00
  Good morning, Sault Ste. Marie! Jan 26, 2019 6:00 AM  SooToday.comMix of sun and cloud with a chance of flurries. We can expect a high of -14 with a windchill of -37 in the morning.
  
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• I-500 Pub Crawl takes over Thursday night - News - Sault Ste. Marie Evening News

  26-01-2019 09:00
  I-500 Pub Crawl takes over Thursday night - News  Sault Ste. Marie Evening NewsWith a competitive race week set to be in full swing, responsible adults are reminded that one of the more social aspects of the week is set for Thursday evening ...
  
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• No. 1 Bays outrun Eagles - Sault Ste. Marie Evening News

  26-01-2019 06:59
  No. 1 Bays outrun Eagles  Sault Ste. Marie Evening NewsBRIMLEY — After knocking off the Munising Mustangs on Monday, the Engadine Eagles came into Brimley on Friday night looking for its second upset in the ...
  
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• So when we ask you to brush all of the snow off of your car including the roof this is why! #WinterDriving #Snow… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  26-01-2019 02:41 via twitter.com
  So when we ask you to brush all of the snow off of your car including the roof this is why! #WinterDriving #Snow… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Wouldn’t It Be Something If ?

  26-01-2019 00:14
  ….in a season when they started as relative UnDeRdOgS–they finished the job? These were the words that Ryan Pyette wrote in the London Free Press recently. Ryan is a local boy and a very well rounded sports reporter. I admit that I like reading his pieces on the Knights as he tells it like it […]
  
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