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• Trails

  07-01-2020 23:52 via saultstar.com
  
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• Local Crime Stoppers in Jeopardy?

  07-01-2020 23:46
  
  If you have ever watched a Crime of the Week or bonus video that has left you with some unanswered questions, this video is for you. For the past several weeks, members of the community have been submitting questions to the Crime Stoppers office in regards to the program and how it works. Why does […]
  
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• A brief look at some of Canada’s biggest wildfires in the last two decades

  07-01-2020 23:45
  
  OTTAWA — Okanagan Mountain Park, B.C., 2003: 25,600 hectares burned, 33,050 people evacuated, 238 homes burned. McLure, B.C., 2003: 26,420 hectares burned, destroying or damaging 72 homes, and forcing 3,800 people from their homes. Slave Lake, Alta., 2011: 4,700 hectares burned, 433 buildings destroyed, forced the complete evacuation of the town of 7,000, caused over $700 […]
  
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• Traffic complaint leads to several charges for commercial vehicle

  07-01-2020 23:42
  
  (GARDEN RIVER FIRST NATION, ON) – On January 4, 2020 at approximately 5:10 p.m. members from the Sault Ste. Marie Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Detachment received multiple traffic complaints regarding a Commercial Motor Vehicle (CMV) and its load. Initial reports stated the load was extremely tilted to one side. Officers located the CMV and conducted a […]
  
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• STEVENS, Clive Alexander

  07-01-2020 23:35
  
  Born April 7, 1932 – sustained a head injury in a fall Thursday, January 2, 2020 and passed away peacefully at the Sault Area Hospital, on Monday, January 6, 2020. Clive was born in Sheguiandah, Manitoulin Island but moved as an 8 year old with his family to Jocelyn Township on St. Joseph Island. He […]
  
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• Timber! Fallen trees yield unhappy snowmachine trails

  07-01-2020 22:40 via saultstar.com
  
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• Civil servants play for United Way

  07-01-2020 21:46 via saultstar.com
  
  Two nights of live music by provincial government workers will seek to raise $10,000 for United Way of Sault Ste. Marie and Algoma District.Read More
  
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• Push on to end use of single-use plastics

  07-01-2020 21:41 via saultstar.com
  
  Steve Butland may have been ahead of his time more than a decade ago when he championed a campaign that encouraged Saultites to rid of single-use water bottles and replace plastic grocery bags with reusable ones. Read More
  
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• First Nation buys Batchawana Bay businesses

  07-01-2020 21:41 via saultstar.com
  
  An area First Nation plans to reopen two long-time Batchawana Bay businesses that sat dormant in 2019 following the retirement of their owners.Read More
  
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• Northern Hawk Owl sighting a bird count highlight

  07-01-2020 21:05 via saultstar.com
  
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• Experts say climate change is driving up the risk of wildfires in Canada

  07-01-2020 21:01
  
  OTTAWA — Canadian wildfire experts say Canada is very vulnerable to the kind of devastating wildfires ravaging Australia right now. More than 12.5 million hectares of bushland have burned in Australia since October and prime forest-fire season is just now getting underway. Canada’s worst year for forest fires burned about seven million hectares in 1995, while the average yearly amount burned […]
  
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• Collision claims second life

  07-01-2020 20:44 via saultstar.com
  
  A collision between a transport and a plow truck on Highway 17 near Spanish last Sunday night has claimed a second life. Read More
  
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• Border agency’s digital device searches broke the law, privacy watchdog says

  07-01-2020 20:41
  
  OTTAWA — The federal privacy czar says Canada’s border agency violated the law by carrying out overly invasive searches of personal digital devices, in one case viewing a traveller’s social media and online banking information. Privacy commissioner Daniel Therrien looked into complaints against the Canada Border Services Agency concerning the examination of devices — namely cell phones, tablets and laptop computers — at p
  
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• Hockey Canada extends media rights agreement with TSN through 2033-34 season

  07-01-2020 19:56
  
  TORONTO — TSN has extended its media rights agreement with Hockey Canada through the 2033-34 season. The sports network announced Tuesday that the agreement fives TSN and French-language broadcaster RDS exclusive rights to Hockey Canada events, including the world junior championship. The announcement of the deal comes two days after TSN and RDS broadcast Canada’s […]
  
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• Canada’s banking chiefs offer outlook and priorities for the months ahead

  07-01-2020 19:39
  
  TORONTO — Canadian bank executives are sharing their 2020 priorities today after a year that saw them grapple with layoffs, an increase in insolvencies and talk of an impending recession. Leaders from all of the country’s major banks are discussing their outlook for the year at the 2020 Canadian Bank CEO Conference in Toronto. CIBC President Victor Dodig is […]
  
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• Talk about ‘Max’imum Excitement

  07-01-2020 19:20
  
  Tonight’s whopping $70 million Lotto Max jackpot plus 25 Maxmillions prized create ‘Max’imum excitement! For the second draw of the new year, LOTTO MAX is offering its players another chance at a whopping $70 million jackpot (estimated)! Also, each and every LOTTO MAX ticket for the Tuesday, January 7 draw is eligible to win any […]
  
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• Searchmont Resort Closed Wednesday Due To Power Problems

  07-01-2020 18:08
  
  Searchmont Resort will be closed on Wednesday January 8th, 2020 due to continued power failure around the resort and surrounding area. The power outage is due to a downed line at the Goulais Bay transmission station. Algoma Power has been dispatched. The ‘Wacky Wednesday’ 2 for 1 lift ticket promotion scheduled for tomorrow will be […]
  
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• 2nd Driver Deceased In Highway 17 Crash

  07-01-2020 18:05
  
  On Sunday, January 5, 2020 at 11:45 p.m., members of the East Algoma Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), Algoma Emergency Medical Services (EMS) and Sables-Spanish River Fire Department responded to a motor vehicle collision on Highway 17 east of the Town of Spanish. The investigation has since revealed that a westbound tractor trailer collided with an […]
  
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• Business nominations wanted

  07-01-2020 16:54 via saultstar.com
  
  The deadline nears for Sault Ste. Marie Chamber of Commerce’s Outstanding Business Achievement Awards. Read More
  
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• Perins win hospital draw

  07-01-2020 16:51 via saultstar.com
  
  A Goulais Bay couple won Sault Area Hospital Foundation’s 50/50 draw in December.Read More
  
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• Fowler leads Algoma U's Brampton campus

  07-01-2020 16:47 via saultstar.com
  
  Craig Fowler is the new principal of Algoma University’s Brampton campus.Read More
  
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• Suzack gets new parole hearing

  07-01-2020 16:45 via saultstar.com
  
  Cop killer Clinton Suzack will receive a new panel hearing to review his case and determine whether he should receive parole. Read More
  
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• Queen Street West fire probed

  07-01-2020 16:45 via saultstar.com
  
  Ontario Fire Marshal is investigating a December fire that hurt a Sault Ste. Marie resident.Read More
  
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• Bridge traffic falls in 2019

  07-01-2020 16:40 via saultstar.com
  
  Crossings between the Twin Saults fell 7.1 per cent in 2019 compared to 2018.Read More
  
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• Walkout closes French schools

  07-01-2020 16:37 via saultstar.com
  
  French Catholic schools will be closed Wednesday because of a job action by Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation.Read More
  
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• UPDATED: Collision Causes Power Outage

  07-01-2020 16:34
  
  UPDATE: 11:17AM PUC report to us that all customers have been restored ________________________ Previous Report A Motor vehicle collision caused a power outage for almost 1,000 customers of the PUC Tuesday morning. PUC report that 874 customers lost power at around 9:47am as a result of a motor vehicle collision affecting customers in the Third […]
  
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• Collision Causes Power Outage

  07-01-2020 16:34
  
  A Motor vehicle collision caused a power outage for almost 1,000 customers of the PUC Tuesday morning. PUC report that 874 customers lost power at around 9:47am as a result of a motor vehicle collision affecting customers in the Third line East from Great Northern Rd to Peoples Rd., Industrial Courts “A” & “B”, north […]
  
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• 22 MacDonald Avenue Apartment Building Approved

  07-01-2020 16:18
  
  Last night, City Council held its first meeting of the new decade. Developers Joe and Dave Ruscio and John Martella amended an earlier apartment proposal for 22 MacDonald Avenue. They own multiple apartment buildings within the Sault. The new structure presented to Council has 65-units in an eight-story building. It is on the old Collegiate […]
  
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• Desbarats Christmas Bird Count Results

  07-01-2020 16:17
  
  The Desbarats Christmas Bird Count took place on December 28th. We were lucky enough to get a beautiful, warm, and sunny day, just before the storm came. 22 field observers and 16 feeder watchers counted a total of 2456 individual birds of 44 species, setting a new record for both. One additional species was recorded […]
  
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• CSC Nouvelon schools in the Algoma District to be closed Wednesday

  07-01-2020 15:40
  
  Since they have not yet reached an agreement with the government, the Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation (OSSTF), which represents support staff in all of Conseil scolaire catholique Nouvelon’ schools and at the board office, will conduct a one-day full strike and withdraw all services in certain regions of Ontario on Wednesday, January 8, 2020. […]
  
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• Millroy: Same-Sex Marriage 15 Years Later

  07-01-2020 14:47
  
  In the lead-up to Canada legalizing same-sex marriage in July 2005, those on the far right of the religious spectrum chanted repeatedly that it was the end of society as we had known it, effectively letting us know that hell awaited. Conversely, I looked at it as a good thing, that society was finally accepting […]
  
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• Trump disregards Canada, allies with killing of Iranian general: ex-ambassador

  07-01-2020 10:00
  
  OTTAWA — Barack Obama’s former ambassador to Canada says President Donald Trump’s decision to order the killing of a top Iranian general represents the latest instance of the mercurial U.S. president throwing allies such as Canada under buses. Ex-envoy Bruce Heyman says the killing of Iranian Maj.-Gen. Qassem Soleimani by a U.S. drone near Baghdad’s […]
  
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• Roses late shot leads Pistons past Cavaliers - Sault Ste. Marie Evening News

  07-01-2020 09:00
  Roses late shot leads Pistons past Cavaliers  Sault Ste. Marie Evening News
  
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• Life on the Great Lakes - Sault Ste. Marie Evening News

  07-01-2020 09:00
  Life on the Great Lakes  Sault Ste. Marie Evening News
  
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• Letter: Unbelievable sense of entitlement - Opinion - Sault Ste. Marie Evening News

  07-01-2020 09:00
  Letter: Unbelievable sense of entitlement - Opinion  Sault Ste. Marie Evening News
  
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• House Fire Sends Sault Residents to Hospital - Sault Ste. Marie Evening News

  07-01-2020 09:00
  House Fire Sends Sault Residents to Hospital  Sault Ste. Marie Evening News
  
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• Bulldogs, Panthers collect girls basketball wins - Sault Ste. Marie Evening News

  07-01-2020 09:00
  Bulldogs, Panthers collect girls basketball wins  Sault Ste. Marie Evening News
  
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• Pockets of Resistance

  07-01-2020 06:11 via saultthisweek.com
  
  In the lead-up to Canada legalizing same-sex marriage in July 2005, those on the far right of the religious spectrum chanted repeatedly that it was the end of society as we had known it, effectively letting us know that hell awaited.
  Conversely, I looked at it as a good thing, that society was finally accepting that not everyone was hooked up the same and was finally prepared to make allowances for it.
  And now, nearly 15 years later, with the sky not having fallen on us or the earth opening up t
  
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• Go ahead and prune during winter storm clean-up

  07-01-2020 06:05 via saultthisweek.com
  
  Well wasn’t that an interesting end to 2019. I don’t know about you, but we were out of power for about 36 hours. It came on again New Year’s Day at 6 a.m.
  I will admit that I was very happy that we had a generator that kept a few lights on, the fridge powered, the septic pump working and the well pump operating. With the fireplace keeping us warm, we were well able to take care of ourselves. I hope you all were OK too.
  When the world started to get coated with a layer of ice a
  
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• First Aid for Mental Health

  07-01-2020 05:57 via saultthisweek.com
  
  Anyone looking to learn the skills needed to help those struggling with mental illness might consider taking a mental health first aid (MHFA) course.
  Mental Health Commission of Canada worked up the course to ensure the public has the tools needed to provide help to a person developing a mental health disorder, experiencing a mental health crisis, or a worsening of their mental health.
  Shawna Varcoe, a certified MHFA facilitator, established Kickstart Mental Health locally to help bring awarenes
  
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• New museum curator brings wide experience

  07-01-2020 05:53 via saultthisweek.com
  
  A Sault Ste. Marie native has taken the helm at Sault Museum as its Executive Director/Chief Curator.
  William Hollingshead took on the top role as of New Year’s Day, making him responsible “for all facets of the day-to-day operations of the Sault Ste. Marie Museum with emphasis on curatorial duties and public relations, marketing and social media platform development,” says a media release by the museum
  Hollingshead held the role of programming and outreach co-ordinator with th
  
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• TORRANCE, Brian Edward

  07-01-2020 05:44
  
  April 14, 1942 to January 3, 2020 ~ Brian passed unexpectedly at the Sault Area Hospital after 77 years. He was a gracious and loving man, warmly elegant, with a profound sense of joy and spirit. Cherished husband of Peggy (Margaret) Wallace and of the late Winnie Campbell. Predeceased by his parents Tracey and Verna […]
  
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• ZAWACKI, Terry Sr.

  07-01-2020 05:39
  
  June 25, 1962 to January 1, 2020 ~ We are saddened to announce the loss of our father, brother, grandfather, uncle and friend. Forever remembered by his children Terry Jr., Leeann (Eric), Ryan and Sierrah, his sister Diana, his brother Howard (Colleen), his grandchildren Cody, Makayla, Jake, Riley, Joseph, Arianne, Faith and Shawn, his great […]
  
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• UPDATE: Highway 17 fully re-opened after fatal collision

  07-01-2020 05:34
  
  (SPANISH, ON) – On Sunday, January 5, 2020 at 11:45 p.m., members of the East Algoma Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), Algoma Emergency Medical Services (EMS) and Sables-Spanish River Fire Department responded to a motor vehicle collision on Highway 17 east of the Town of Spanish. The investigation has since revealed that an eastbound tractor trailer […]
  
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• Celebration of Life: BORGFORD, Michelle Florence

  07-01-2020 05:29
  
  Friends are invited to visit at Bethel Bible Chapel on Friday, January 10, 2020 from 1 pm until the Celebration of Life at 2:30 pm. Mr. Len Peake officiating. Memorial contributions to ARCH would be greatly appreciated. Arrangement entrusted to Arthur Funeral Home – Barton & Kiteley Chapel (492 Wellington St. E. 705-759-2522). Please visit […]
  
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• Algoma Power Outage Updates

  07-01-2020 05:22
  
  Update @ 12:00 a.m. Tuesday Algoma Power is advising that they now have restored power to 2,060 of the 3,004 customers north of Sault Ste. Marie. Restoration efforts are continuing for the remaining customers. Update @ 11:15 p.m. Algoma Power is advising that power restoration has begun. Power has now been restored to customers in […]
  
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• Algoma Power Outage Update

  07-01-2020 05:22
  
  Equipment failure early this morning caused an outage north of Sault Ste. Marie affecting over 3,000 Algoma Power customers in the Batchewana, Goulais, Searchmont and Heyden areas. Algoma Power continues to work with Hydro One on restoration plans. Multiple work groups and provincial authorities have been engaged to resolve the equipment issues. Our priority is […]
  
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• MacDonald Avenue development receives nod from council

  07-01-2020 03:00 via saultstar.com
  
  City council approved a hotly contested new apartment development slated for MacDonald Avenue.Read More
  
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• Teachers, classmates mourn loss of Osagie children

  07-01-2020 02:18 via saultstar.com
  
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