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• Police Advise To Stay Off The Roads

  24-02-2019 23:43
  The Sault Ste. Marie Police Service is advising the public to avoid travelling on area roadways unless it is absolutely necessary. There have been multiple reports of localized flooding in numerous areas of the city. The Public Works department is currently working to maintain area roads and alleviate flooding concerns. Citizens are asked to give […]
  
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• Zeeland student graduates from Georgia Tech - News - Sault Ste. Marie Evening News

  24-02-2019 21:49
  Zeeland student graduates from Georgia Tech - News  Sault Ste. Marie Evening NewsZeeland resident Ashley Lawrence-Huizenga was one of approximately 3600 undergraduate and graduate students to graduate from Georgia Tech in Atlanta.
  
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• Michigan bills would keep teacher evaluations the same - Sault Ste. Marie Evening News

  24-02-2019 21:49
  Michigan bills would keep teacher evaluations the same  Sault Ste. Marie Evening NewsLANSING — For the past three years, 25 percent of a teacher's annual year-end evaluation has been based on student growth. At the end of this school year, the ...
  
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• Holland students named to Hillsdale dean's list - News - Sault Ste. Marie Evening News

  24-02-2019 21:49
  Holland students named to Hillsdale dean's list - News  Sault Ste. Marie Evening NewsHolland students Adrianne Fogg and Samantha Roon were named to the dean's list for the fall 2018 semester at Hillsdale College in Hillsdale.In order to make ...
  
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• Hijacking foiled on Bangladesh-Dubai flight, suspect killed - Sault Ste. Marie Evening News

  24-02-2019 21:28
  Hijacking foiled on Bangladesh-Dubai flight, suspect killed  Sault Ste. Marie Evening NewsDHAKA, Bangladesh — A flight bound for Dubai from Bangladesh's capital, Dhaka, made an emergency landing Sunday in Chittagong, Bangladesh, after a man ...
  
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• Worker bee creates buzz for Days for Girls

  24-02-2019 21:09 via saultstar.com
  Days for Girls is tops for Dawn Kennedy.The seven-year Zonta Club of Sault Ste. Marie Area member ranks the program that prepares menstrual care kits for girls and women in developing countries as the top project for her service organization.“Of all the things that Zonta has been involved in, in the community towards service for women, Days for Girls is the project that I feel most passionate about because I know that everything I do, everything I touch, will help a young girl or woman in
  
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• Lord of the Rings Actor to Star in Film Shot in the Sault

  24-02-2019 21:07
  A feature film starring the actor from movies such as Raiders of the Lost Ark, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade and the Lord of the Rings trilogy is set to start shooting here in the Sault starting this Monday. Welsh character actor John Rhys-Davies is starring in Tainted, a story about a former mob bully whose neighbour’s son is targeted by […]
  
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• Stevenson reviews oversight changes

  24-02-2019 19:40 via saultstar.com
  Sault Ste. Marie’s top cop is reviewing planned changes by the Conservative government to police oversight.Comprehensive Ontario Police Services Act would create Community Safety and Policing Act, 2019 and Special Investigations Unit, 2019 to repeal and replace the Police Services Act, 2018, Ontario Special Investigations Unit Act, 2018, Policing Oversight Act, 2018 and Ontario Policing Discipline Tribunal Act, 2018.Chief Hugh Stevenson, of Sault Ste. Marie Police Service, is examining the
  
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• Shadows of the Mind Celebrates 20 Years

  24-02-2019 19:33
  The 20th annual Shadows of the Mind Film Festival kicked off Saturday evening at the Sault Community Theatre Centre with a gala and movie screening. Giant Little Ones, filmed right here in the Sault, is a movie about friendship between two teenage boys, self discovery and the power of love without labels. Director and screenwriter Keith […]
  
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• Pair of NOJHL games postponed for today

  24-02-2019 19:21
  SUDBURY, Ont. – The Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League has announced that two of its scheduled games today (Sunday, Feb. 24) have been postponed. Both the Soo Eagles at Rayside-Balfour Canadians and Espanola Express at Soo Thunderbirds games have been called off due to Eagles and Express charter bus companies cancelling due to the expected […]
  
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• New record heats up Coldest Night of the Year

  24-02-2019 18:45 via saultstar.com
  Coldest Night of the Year organizers are walking on air after the annual fundraiser for St.Vincent Place raised more than $84,000 in what’s the best year yet for the downtown trek to help the homeless and the hungry.Event director Jennifer Sarlo is “very, very pleased” with the dollars collected for the Albert Street East site. The tally easily tops the previous high of $64,000 in 2016.“This money will help,” Sarlo told The Sault Star. “The needs don’t g
  
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• Coldest Night Raises over $82,000 for St. Vincent Place

  24-02-2019 18:08
  Over 200 Saultites gathered at St. Vincent Place on Saturday for the seventh annual Coldest Night of the Year Walk – a Canada-wide, family-friendly walk that helps raise money for charities that serve hungry, homeless and hurting people in communities across the country. Here in the Sault, that place is St. Vincent Place. St. Vincent […]
  
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• GREETINGS FROM: Sequoia National Park - Sault Ste. Marie Evening News

  24-02-2019 17:35
  GREETINGS FROM: Sequoia National Park  Sault Ste. Marie Evening NewsJack and Delaney Ann Prins went on a road trip to visit National Parks — Great Basin, Yosemite, Kings Canyon, Sequoia, Joshua Tree, Organ Pipe, Saguaro, ...
  
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• FOURNIER, Henry Joseph

  24-02-2019 16:09
  July 7, 1930 to February 23, 2019 – After a short illness, passed peacefully with family by his side at North Shore Health Centre in Blind River, at age 88. Predeceased by his wife Marlene Fournier (nee Robinson). Forever remembered by nieces Lori Haldane, Christine Smith, Koryn McNabb and Emma Schillabeer, as well as sisters […]
  
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• GAGNON, Ernest

  24-02-2019 16:04
  It is with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of Ernest, surrounded by the love of his family on Friday, February 22, 2019 at the age of 74. Beloved husband and best friend of Janice for 48 years. Cherished father of Mary De Oliveira (Denny), Joseph Gagnon (Laura), Anthony Gagnon (Rachelle) and Bridget Frost […]
  
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• Doctors moonlighting as inventors face unique hurdles to commercialization

  24-02-2019 16:00
  TORONTO — In Dr. Joao Rezende-Neto’s 25-year career as a trauma surgeon, he’s only twice dealt with patients who insisted on forking over big bucks to buy equipment for a procedure. One instance occurred in Brazil, where medical technology is far less advanced, and his patient needed a tracheostomy — a procedure involving an incision made in the windpipe to clear breathing obstructions. […]
  
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• Canada a leader, but more must be done for women in conflict zones: UN official

  24-02-2019 16:00
  OTTAWA — Canada is a trailblazer when it comes to assisting women in humanitarian crises around the world, but far more needs to be done to improve outcomes for women and girls in conflict zones, says the United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs. Mark Lowcock, who also serves as the emergency relief co-ordinator for the humanitarian affairs […]
  
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• SIZE, Henry

  24-02-2019 15:53
  It is with great sadness that we announce the sudden passing of our beautiful, brave boy, Henry Michael Allossery Size, on February 21, 2019. He was a gentle soul with an exuberance for knowledge. He loved Minecraft, sharks, collecting things, pets and children of all ages, and facts…lots of facts. He was thoughtful and kind; […]
  
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• CONLEY, Douglas

  24-02-2019 15:48
  Unexpectedly passed away at home on Friday, February 8, 2019 at the age of 78. Son of the late Roy and Amy Conley. Dear brother of Jean Gabriel (Fred) of Grand Ledge, Michigan and the late Bruce Conley (Elsie) of Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. Uncle of Steven Gabriel (Jen), Rhonda Lawrence (Patrick), Jeff Conley (Fran), […]
  
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• 4-H launches annual sponsorship drive - News - Sault Ste. Marie Evening News

  24-02-2019 14:32
  4-H launches annual sponsorship drive - News  Sault Ste. Marie Evening NewsThe 2019 LaGrange County 4-H program is underway.
  
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• Canadiens cough up three-goal lead in third loss of the season to Leafs

  24-02-2019 05:59
  TORONTO — After a pair of narrow losses to Toronto already this season, the Montreal Canadiens finally looked headed for a sure victory on Saturday. But the Canadiens coughed up a three-goal lead and, moments after his team’s stunning 6-3 loss to the Maple Leafs, coach Claude Julien lamented a huge opportunity lost. “Once they scored that second […]
  
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• Hixson vaults through Europe - Sports - Sault Ste. Marie Evening News

  24-02-2019 01:13
  Hixson vaults through Europe - Sports  Sault Ste. Marie Evening NewsKristen Hixson has been a professional pole vaulter for a few years, but this year is a little bit different.Hixson was recently married, so 2019 will be her first full ...
  
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• Hixson vaults through Europe - Sault Ste. Marie Evening News

  24-02-2019 01:13
  Hixson vaults through Europe  Sault Ste. Marie Evening NewsKristen Hixson has been a professional pole vaulter for a few years, but this year is a little bit different.Hixson was recently married, so 2019 will be her first full ...
  
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