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• Ex-medical officer loses fight to block release of embarrassing report

  19-12-2019 23:19 via saultstar.com
  
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• KRMPOTICH, Randall Lee (Randy)

  19-12-2019 23:01
  
  Peacefully at the Sault Area Hospital, with his family by his side on Wednesday, December 18, 2019 at the age of 65. Cherished husband for 30 years to Janet. Loving father of Shelley Clarke-Dolby (Nigel) and Tyler Clarke (Melissa). Proud Grandpa and Papa to John, Ruby, Hadley and Wylder. Dear brother of Danny (Lee), Joey […]
  
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• Clearing the air on tax-free cigarettes

  19-12-2019 22:52 via saultstar.com
  
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• Ottawa moves to restrict vaping advertisements to prevent youth exposure

  19-12-2019 21:56
  
  OTTAWA — Health Canada is proposing to ban advertising of vaping products in spaces where young people can see them in a bid to rein in the rise of underage e-cigarette use. Minister Patty Hajdu put forward new rules Thursday that would prohibit vaping promotion in specialty shops, businesses and online platforms frequented by youth. Hajdu also announced requirements that vaping packages feature health warnings […]
  
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• Mitchell right to wait to complain: LAWYER

  19-12-2019 21:55 via saultstar.com
  
  A Sault Ste. Marie man injured when arrested by a city police officer was right to wait until his trial ended before filing a complaint against an officer who arrested him, his lawyer argued Thursday.Read More
  
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• What a deal

  19-12-2019 21:43 via saultstar.com
  
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• Parliament’s budget watchdog raises flags over Liberals’ fiscal wiggle room

  19-12-2019 20:26
  
  OTTAWA — Parliament’s spending watchdog says the government’s updated fiscal outlook raises questions about whether the Liberals can keep their pledge to manage the national debt — or deliver on their campaign promises. The Liberals have argued the debt-to-GDP ratio is a better way to measure the health of federal finances than the annual deficit. The parliamentary budget […]
  
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• Police lay 228 charges in alleged illegal gambling ring tied to organized crime

  19-12-2019 19:59
  
  Dozens of suspects are facing hundreds of charges after a sweeping investigation into an alleged illegal gambling operation with ties to known gangs and at least one homicide, Ontario Provincial Police said Thursday. The arrests mark the culmination of a nearly two-year-long investigation centred on an alleged gambling ring operated by current or prospective members of the […]
  
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• Toronto family’s Beastie Boys holiday tribute video draws online fans

  19-12-2019 19:38
  
  TORONTO — A Toronto family’s Beastie Boys-inspired holiday video is spreading intergalactic Christmas cheer online. Angela Young says she’s been inundated with kudos and praise for a one-minute video in which she and her two children meticulously recreate scenes from the hip-hop group’s 1998 “Intergalactic” music video. In Young’s version, the song plays as she and her six-year-old […]
  
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• McDougall Energy Donates $3000 to Thessalon Lions Club to Help Fill Christmas Hampers

  19-12-2019 19:35
  
  McDougall Energy Inc. is pleased to donate $3000 to the Thessalon Lions Club to help fill Christmas Cheer Hampers for well-deserving families and individuals in the community. Every year, the Lions Club prepares Christmas Cheer Hampers that contain everything needed to enjoy a Christmas dinner, including a turkey or ham, bag of potatoes, milk, and […]
  
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• Meeting Planned For Garden River Cannabis Dispensary

  19-12-2019 18:36
  
  Garden River First Nation has recently experienced cannabis dispensary raids even as their band council was attempting to draft by-laws through consultation with Bimaadzwin Consulting. Many band members oppose this consultation process and were eager to voice their concerns at a band council meeting last night only to arrive and find that the meeting had […]
  
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• Smile Cookies Raise Record Amount For Charities

  19-12-2019 18:29
  
  Smiling from coast to coast: Tim Hortons annual Smile Cookie campaign raises a record $9.8M across Canada for over 550 charities, hospitals and community groups Guests from coast to coast helped beat last year’s record of $7.8M Tim Hortons 2019 Smile Cookie campaign raised a record $9.8M in just one week for 550 charities, hospitals […]
  
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• Trend toward trade protectionism expected to continue in 2020, weigh on growth

  19-12-2019 18:00
  
  OTTAWA — The Canadian economy is closing out the year on a firmer footing than it began, but a global shift toward protectionism is expected to continue in the year to come and weigh on economic growth. The trend for decades was toward policies that favoured open markets, increased globalization and less regulation — from the era of Margaret […]
  
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• PM asks U.S. not to sign final trade deal with China until Canadians released

  19-12-2019 17:28
  
  OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says his government has asked the United States not to sign any final trade agreement with China until two Canadians detained in China have been released. It has been more than a year since China detained Michael Spavor and Michael Kovrig in apparent retaliation for Canada’s arrest of a top Chinese […]
  
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• Energy sector helps lift stocks in Toronto, U.S. stock markets also push higher

  19-12-2019 17:23
  
  TORONTO — The energy sector helped lift Canada’s main stock index in late-morning trading, while U.S. stock markets also pushed higher. The S&P/TSX composite index was up 31.46 points at 17,063.44. In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average was up 92.88 points at 28,332.16. The S&P 500 index was up 7.20 points at 3,198.34, […]
  
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• Judge won’t grant standing to public in Volkswagen emissions case

  19-12-2019 17:21
  
  TORONTO — An Ontario judge has denied standing to three members of the public in the case against Volkswagen, which has said it will plead guilty to dozens of environmental charges. Justice Enzo Rondinelli had been weighing a third-party application to hear impact statements from alleged victims of the automaker’s emissions-cheating scandal. He says that isn’t […]
  
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• SCOTT, Vivienne Caroline

  19-12-2019 17:02
  
  Vivienne Caroline Scott passed away on Tuesday, December 17, 2019. Vivienne was born in England on November 16, 1957 to English and Lithuanian parents. Her family moved to Toronto in 1960 where she grew up and enjoyed spending her summers at the family cottage with her cousins. Vivienne earned a Bachelor of Science in Forestry […]
  
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• Ex-medical officer of APH loses fight to block release of embarrassing report

  19-12-2019 16:58
  
  OTTAWA — A former top public health official has failed in her bid to block the release of an embarrassing forensic report. The Supreme Court of Canada has refused to allow Dr. Kim Barker a chance to argue her case. Barker was head of the Algoma Public Health Unit in Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., when […]
  
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• Session at a Time Walk In Counselling Service Holiday Closure

  19-12-2019 16:21
  
  Taking into account the holiday season please be advised that the Session at a Time Walk In Counselling Service offered at The Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA), 386 Queen St. E. will be closed for two weeks on Tuesday, December 24th, 2019 and Tuesday, December 31st, 2019. If you experience a crisis or require immediate […]
  
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• RIDE Check Nets Impaired Driver

  19-12-2019 16:13
  
  On December 18, 2019 at approximately 1:15 p.m. members from the Sault Ste. Marie Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Detachment were conducting a R.I.D.E. program on Highway 638, Macdonald Township, Ontario. Officers stopped a vehicle at the R.I.D.E. check and as a result of further investigation, Joshua SZABO, 35 years-old from Echo Bay, Ontario was charged […]
  
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• Changes to OHIP coverage is a good reason to look at travel insurance

  19-12-2019 16:00
  
  TORONTO — For those planning a sunny getaway, it may be more important than ever this winter to pack the right travel insurance before departure. Ontario’s provincial health coverage for most types of out-of-country medical expenses will end as of Jan. 1. That may not be top-of-mind for most people but it’s a reason for them to […]
  
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• Label gives Aymar's album a second spin

  19-12-2019 15:19 via saultstar.com
  
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• Aymar's album gets second chance

  19-12-2019 15:19 via saultstar.com
  
  Jay Aymar’s first release with a record label will give him a second chance with his latest album. Read More
  
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• Statistics Canada says wholesale sales fell 1.1 per cent in October

  19-12-2019 14:45
  
  OTTAWA — Statistics Canada says wholesale sales fell 1.1 per cent to $64.2 billion in October, weighed down by a drop in the machinery, equipment and supplies subsector. Economists on average had expected a drop of 0.1 per cent, according to financial markets data firm Refinitiv. Sales dropped in four of the seven sectors tracked by Statistics […]
  
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• Legalizing hard drugs not a ‘panacea’ to opioids crisis, Trudeau says

  19-12-2019 10:10
  
  OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he’s unconvinced that decriminalizing hard drugs is a “panacea” to the country’s ongoing opioids crisis, and other options need a chance before considering such a major policy shift. But Trudeau once felt the same way about marijuana — conceding it during an interview this week — before changing his mind. During […]
  
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• Supreme Court to rule on Super Bowl TV ads, spies in setting review principles

  19-12-2019 10:00
  
  OTTAWA — The Supreme Court of Canada is expected to set down legal principles today that help settle disparate feuds over Super Bowl TV commercials and whether the sons of Russian spies are actually Canadian. The common thread? Questions about the nature and scope of judicial review of administrative actions. In the first case, the top court will rule […]
  
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• Sault Ste. Marie library closes doors after 52 years - CTV News

  19-12-2019 09:00
  
  Sault Ste. Marie library closes doors after 52 years  CTV News
  
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• Wanted Wednesday: Marilyn Marie-Lee Biron

  19-12-2019 02:16
  
  Crime Stoppers in partnership with the Sault Ste. Marie Police Service are seeking tips regarding the whereabouts of Marilyn Marie-Lee Biron, 33, who is wanted for:   CC 334 (B) THEFT UNDER CC 145 (2) (A) FAIL TO APPEAR COURT CC 145 (5) BREACH OF RECOGNIZANCE CC 145 (2) (B) FAIL TO APPEAR COURT   […]
  
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• Stay charges faced by officer: Counsel

  19-12-2019 01:51 via saultstar.com
  
  A man who suffered serious injuries when he was punched by a Sault Ste. Marie Police Service officer in 2016 waited too long to file a complaint with an independent agency that oversees grievances against law enforcement officers in Ontario, the officer’s lawyer argues.Read More
  
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• ‘Wonderful Life, wonderful show’

  19-12-2019 01:12 via saultstar.com
  
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• ‘We had to take the bull by the horns’

  19-12-2019 00:24 via saultstar.com
  
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• Samuel Opoku, accused in Toronto feces assaults, released on bail

  19-12-2019 00:04
  
  TORONTO — A man accused of throwing liquefied feces on five people in and around Toronto university campuses has been released on bail. Samuel Opoku was arrested last month after three separate attacks on or around the University of Toronto and York University. He was charged with five counts each of assault with a weapon […]
  
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