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• Local Skaters Raise $43K

  05-12-2019 23:11
  
  Almost 400 children attended the Bell Celebrity Skate presented by Agero with the Soo Greyhounds on November 26. The results are in! Those hardworking young skaters raised $43,778 for Rotary Youth Projects. This year’s top individual fundraiser was Kristiana Aubertin, who raised $830.25 and won an Apple iPad. Prizes were distributed to the top 43 […]
  
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• Ontario Puts Teeth Into Animal Welfare System

  05-12-2019 22:53
  
  Stronger penalties and more inspectors will keep animals safer TORONTO —  Today, Ontario passed legislation that will better protect animals from abuse and neglect by implementing the first provincial government-based animal welfare enforcement system. Once in force, Ontario will have the strongest penalties in Canada for people who violate the new law. “I am proud to […]
  
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• NDP bill to improve Northern Health Travel Grant passes second reading

  05-12-2019 22:47
  
  QUEEN’S PARK — Thunder Bay-Atikokan MPP Judith Monteith-Farrell released the following statement after her bill to review and improve the Northern Health Travel Grant passed second reading in the Legislature Thursday afternoon: “The NDP welcomes the passage of my bill to fix the Northern Health Travel Grant by establishing an advisory committee that will consult […]
  
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• WILSON, Rita

  05-12-2019 22:40
  
  Peacefully passed away at home on Wednesday, December 4, 2019 with family at her side. Beloved wife of Brian. Loving mother of Holly, Derek and Meagan. Grandmother of Asiaw, Jayvin, Tanner and Chase. Daughter of Willard Pine and Leona Boyer (Larry). Dear sister of Anita, Rolland, Clifford, Evelyn, Sheila, Laurie and Linda. Daughter-in-law of the […]
  
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• Enterprise Holdings to buy Discount Car and Truck rental company

  05-12-2019 22:32
  
  TORONTO — Enterprise Holdings Inc. says it has agreed to buy Toronto-based Discount Car and Truck Rentals as the mobility space rapidly evolves. The two privately-held, family-owned companies did not disclose financial terms of the deal, which will bring together Enterprise’s roughly 760 Canadian locations with Discount’s more than 300. Discount CEO Jay Singer, whose […]
  
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• Hughes unsuccessful in bid to be Speaker of the House of Commons

  05-12-2019 21:53 via saultstar.com
  
  A Northern Ontario MP will serve as speaker of the House of Commons. Read More
  
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• Snowbirds aerobatics team returns to full operations after crash in U.S.

  05-12-2019 21:19
  
  OTTAWA — The Canadian military’s Snowbirds aerobatics team is returning to full operations after a crash grounded the planes in the U.S. for more than a month. Military investigators are still trying to determine why one of the Snowbirds’ famous Tutor aircraft crashed on Oct. 13 prior to an airshow at the Atlanta Speedway in […]
  
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• Proposed bill ‘bad legislation’: MD

  05-12-2019 21:17 via saultstar.com
  
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• In her natural habitat

  05-12-2019 21:13 via saultstar.com
  
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• Tarion CEO steps down, minister orders changes to board

  05-12-2019 21:07
  
  TORONTO — Ontario’s government and consumer services minister says she asked the CEO of the corporation that enforces warranties on new homes to step down. That follows a recent auditor general report that slammed Tarion Warranty Corp., saying it has favoured the interests of builders over homeowners. Minister Lisa Thompson says last week the CEO […]
  
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• Fewer inspections keep unsafe commercial vehicles on Ontario’s roads: Auditor

  05-12-2019 21:00
  
  TORONTO — Ontario’s auditor general says a drop in the number of government inspections has allowed as many as 10,000 unsafe commercial vehicles to operate on the province’s roads. Bonnie Lysyk says in her annual report that 89,000 commercial trucks and buses were inspected last year, down from 113,000 in 2014. She also says that many local haulers can avoid […]
  
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• Sault to participate in blue box overhaul consultation

  05-12-2019 20:53 via saultstar.com
  
  Sault Ste. Marie is one of 28 municipalities selected to participate in an extensive consultation process to overhaul the Blue Box system. Read More
  
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• Business Owner In Tears Dealing With Parking Issues Downtown

  05-12-2019 20:36
  
  A Local businesswomen is at  her “wits end” with the City and the Downtown parking issue. Tamar Ford owns and operates  Tamar’s Trends – a small business on Queen Street . In a video rant posted on social media Ford is clearly frustrated with the paid parking problems in the downtown area.  Ford complains that, […]
  
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• Ontario considering ban on flavoured vaping products, health minister says

  05-12-2019 20:32
  
  TORONTO — Ontario’s health minister says the province is considering a ban on flavoured vaping products. Christine Elliott says the province is looking at a variety of measures to address growing concerns about the rise of vaping among teenagers. Elliott says her advice to young people is to not use the products, which she says appear to […]
  
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• CRIME STOPPERS: 12 Days of Christmas Vacation Draw 4 & 5

  05-12-2019 19:36
  
  On the fourth day of Christmas, Crime Stoppers of Sault Ste. Marie and Algoma District gave away a family vacation for four to Great Wolf Lodge, Traverse City, Michigan! A secondary prize of $500.00 cash was also drawn. DECEMBER 4 TRIP WINNER:  Edward Granger Ticket #318 DECEMBER 4 CASH PRIZE:  Rhonda Nichol Ticket #137 On […]
  
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• HOLLINGSWORTH, Lancelot “Jack”

  05-12-2019 19:01
  
  Peacefully at the Sault Area Hospital on Tuesday, December 3, 2019 at the age of 89. Beloved husband of Janet (Bonnell) for 59 years. Cherished father of David (Pamela) of Canton, Michigan, Dale (Karen) of Lyon, France and Daniel (Susan) of Sault Ste. Marie. Grandfather of Ryan (Thilini), Jaclyn (Ian Armstrong), Kristen (Kevin Albrecht), Sarah […]
  
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• FLEMING, Reginald “Reg”

  05-12-2019 18:56
  
  A true timberman, the founder of Fleming’s Trucking and Logging Inc peacefully passed away at the Algoma Residential Community Hospice on Wednesday, December 4, 2019 with his family at his side. Beloved husband of Janet for 56 years. Loving father of Denzil (Beth), Barbara (Christopher) and John (Melissa). Grandfather of Jordan (Chelsey), Nikolas (Ali), Aaron, […]
  
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• The SSM Chirstmas Bird Count is Back!

  05-12-2019 18:52
  
  The Sault Ste. Marie Bird Count is a back for another year! On December 14, 2019, you can help count birds to help us better understand local bird populations. This will be the 64th time this annual tradition has taken place here in Sault Ste. Marie. The count circle has a 12km radius, centred at […]
  
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• Compass Imaging (Division of Dumanski Office Interiors) Gives Back.

  05-12-2019 18:32
  
  Compass Imaging entered to win in Grimco Canada and 3M Canada’s annual give back contest.  After being successfully chosen from thousands of entrants Compass Imaging chose to donate their Give Back prize to Harvest Algoma Food Resource Centre.  Our company was honored to have a tour of the facility and to present Mike Delfre and […]
  
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• Canada’s main stock index down, U.S. stock markets down, loonie up

  05-12-2019 17:49
  
  TORONTO — Canada’s main stock index and its U.S. counterparts were down moderately in late-morning trading. The S&P/TSX composite index was down 45.67 points at 16,852. In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average was down 39.65 points at 27,610.13.  The S&P 500 index was down 1.51 points at 3,111.25, while the Nasdaq composite was down 4.73 points […]
  
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• Toronto teacher to stand trial in drowning of student on trip to Algonquin park

  05-12-2019 17:33
  
  TORONTO — A teacher charged in the death of a Toronto high school student who drowned on a field trip two years ago has been ordered to stand trial. Nicholas Mills is charged with criminal negligence causing the death of 15-year-old Jeremiah Perry in July 2017. Perry was on a trip to Algonquin Provincial Park with […]
  
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• Statistics Canada says merchandise trade deficit was $1.1B in October

  05-12-2019 16:52
  
  OTTAWA — Statistics Canada says the country’s merchandise trade deficit with the world was $1.1 billion in October. The result came as figures for September were revised to show a deficit of $1.2 billion compared with an initial reading of a deficit of $978 million. Economists on average had expected a deficit of $1.37 billion for […]
  
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• Biden’s campaign for U.S. president uses Trudeau in anti-Trump ad

  05-12-2019 16:49
  
  OTTAWA — A video of Justin Trudeau gossiping with other world leaders about Donald Trump is featuring in an advertisement for the U.S. president’s leading political rival. “The world is laughing at President Trump,” says the ad from former vice-president Joe Biden’s campaign for the Democratic party’s presidential nomination. “They see him for what he really […]
  
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• A little financial housekeeping at the end of the year can help on your taxes

  05-12-2019 16:00
  
  OTTAWA — You may be reluctant to add one more item to an already daunting holiday to-do list, but financial experts want to make sure your financial plan doesn’t get neglected in the year-end rush as 2019 comes to a close. Mike Laughton, a financial planner at RBC, says the mistake many Canadians make is that […]
  
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• Supreme Court won’t hear appeal from former Nazi death squad member

  05-12-2019 15:54
  
  OTTAWA — The Supreme Court of Canada will not hear the appeal of an elderly man whose Canadian citizenship was revoked for lying about his membership in a Second World War Nazi death squad. Helmut Oberlander, who was born in Ukraine, has been fighting federal efforts to rescind his citizenship and deport him since 1995. The retired real-estate developer […]
  
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• They Got The Bus!!

  05-12-2019 15:03
  
  The Ontario Finnish Resthome Association and Foundation are excited to announce, that after three years of fundraising, the wait is finally over. We got the bus! The new wheelchair accessible bus has been purchased and will be rolling up in the summer of 2020.  Heidi Slotegraaf, of the Therapeutic Recreation and Activities Department, says, “I […]
  
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• Clemons shines in debut with Thunderbirds

  05-12-2019 14:58
  
  Inclement weather forced a postponed game between the Soo Thunderbirds and the Rayside Balfour Canadians back on Wednesday, November 27th, but Wednesday, December 4th marked the makeup game between the two teams at the John Rhodes Community Centre. Wednesday night’s game also marked the debut of newly acquired forward Rylan Clemons, who came over to […]
  
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• Bank of Canada deputy governor Timothy Lane says Canadian economy resilient

  05-12-2019 14:13
  
  OTTAWA — The Canadian economy remains resilient despite the global uncertainty caused by the trade war between the United States and China, a senior Bank of Canada official said Thursday. In a speech to the Ottawa Board of Trade, deputy governor Timothy Lane said inflation in Canada remains on target and a strong job market […]
  
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• Liberals to emphasize common ground in throne speech as Parliament resumes

  05-12-2019 10:00
  
  OTTAWA — The 43rd session of Parliament — and a new era of minority government — opens today with a speech from the throne that will emphasize the issues on which Justin Trudeau’s Liberals believe they can find common ground with opposition parties. The throne speech is penned by the Prime Minister’s Office but is to be read by Gov. […]
  
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• Choir delivers greatest hits package

  05-12-2019 03:54 via saultstar.com
  
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