Sault Ste. Marie news

• A look at some of the victims of the Iran plane crash who had roots in Ontario

  15-01-2020 23:52
  
  Dozens of people with ties to Canada were among the 176 who were killed when Ukraine International Airlines Flight PS752 crashed after takeoff near Tehran, Iran. Here is a look at some of the victims with ties to Ontario: ONTARIO Mahdieh Haji-Ghassemi, Arsan Niazi and Arnica Niazi Mahdieh Haji-Ghassemi quickly moved up from her job as an architectural intern at […]
  
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• McDougall Marlies Crowned Champions in Bradford!

  15-01-2020 23:49
  
  On January 10, 2020, Coach T.J. O’Neil and his McDougall Energy Marlies traveled to Bradford Ontario to participate to the Bradford Blue & Gold tournament. In a very large division of 10 teams from all over Northern, Eastern and Southern Ontario, they faced a tough task of making it to Sunday’s playoff games. Game 1 […]
  
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• Dumanski remembered for wit, ability to light up a room

  15-01-2020 23:20 via saultstar.com
  
  Sault Ste. Marie’s legal community is mourning the sudden and unexpected death of one of their own. Read More
  
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• Blood clinics end in Sault Ste. Marie

  15-01-2020 23:14 via saultstar.com
  
  Jim Gaccione’s given the gift of life 103 times.
  The Algoma Steel ironworker rigger’s last donation was Tuesday.
  Canadian Blood Services is ending its blood donor clinics in Sault Ste. Marie and about a dozen other Northeastern Ontario communities.
  Gaccione started helping at a clinic held at the steel plant in 1987. He stepped up when he learned a co-worker was donating blood to help a family member.
  “I thought I was doing something good, helping people,” Gaccione told T
  
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• Batchawana Fire & Rescue Get big Cheque from Evolugen

  15-01-2020 22:33
  
  On January 8th, 2020, Fire Chief Jeremy Jones and (Acting) Deputy Chief Ian VanDerSwan of the Batchawana Fire & Rescue received a donation of $15,000.00 from Evolugen, the new identity for Brookfield Renewable in Canada. Evolugen would like to say thank you to the volunteer members of this fire department for their dedication and countless […]
  
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• Snowarama Rescheduled Due To Downed Trees

  15-01-2020 22:29
  
  Snowmobile rides in Sault Ste. Marie and Bruce Mines support children with physical disabilities Due to the number of trees downed by the snow storms earlier this month, the Bruce Mines Snowarama for Easter Seals Kids has been rescheduled to Saturday, February 22nd. The Bruce Mines Sno Glyder volunteers are working hard to clear the […]
  
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• Volunteers step up to keep symphony playing

  15-01-2020 21:01 via saultstar.com
  
  Sault Symphony Orchestra’s outgoing president sees “a great future” for the group after volunteers stepped up to serve on its board and a long-time member became its new leader.Read More
  
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• Peter MacKay confirms his intention to seek Conservative party leadership

  15-01-2020 20:37
  
  OTTAWA — Former Conservative cabinet minister Peter MacKay says he’s in the running for leadership of the federal Conservatives. He posted the message to his social media accounts Wednesday, his first on-the-record acknowledgment of his leadership aspirations. “I’m in. Stay tuned,” he wrote on Twitter, followed by a similar message in French. MacKay has been pegged […]
  
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• Bogus health inspector calls

  15-01-2020 20:08 via saultstar.com
  
  A restaurant was contacted by someone pretending to be an Algoma Public Health public health inspector. Read More
  
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• Sault’s First Cannabis Store To Open Early March

  15-01-2020 19:00
  
  Sault Ste. Marie’s first legal cannabis store is set to open in early March. Hello Cannabis! will open on Northern Avenue and employ 20 people. Company CEO Stephen Verbeek opened Hello Cannabis in Hamilton and was one of the first medical cannabis stores to open in Canada. The store will sell dried cannabis and oils, […]
  
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• Warning of inspection scam in the region

  15-01-2020 18:24
  
  Algoma Public Health (APH) is warning any business that is inspected by APH to be aware of a scam involving individuals posing as Public Health Inspectors from APH. Businesses inspected by APH include restaurants, salons/spas, tattoos, body piercing & other personal services. A local restaurant was contacted by phone by someone pretending to be a […]
  
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• “Don’t Tell Me How to Run This Hospital”: Hospital Bureaucrats Ignore Employee Suggestions

  15-01-2020 17:50
  
  Since my first Sault Area Hospital (SAH) story, dozens of employees and patients reached out. Only one patient and one hospital employee had anything positive to say about the SAH. The dozens of others shared horror stories of incompetence.   It’s too bad that frontline hospital employees have no way to make suggestions or complaints […]
  
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• McConnell was teacher, author

  15-01-2020 16:33 via saultstar.com
  
  Thessalon native G. Robert McConnell excelled in languages and wrote French-language instruction textbooks and titles for children.Read More
  
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• Cast Announced For Addam’s Family

  15-01-2020 16:20
  
  Based on the classic Addams’ cartoon characters and the vintage TV series, the Musical Comedy Guild presents The Addams Family: A New Musical Comedy, April 29 – May 2, 2020, directed by Timothy Murphy. Wednesday Addams, the ultimate princess of darkness, has grown up and fallen in love with a sweet, smart young man from […]
  
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• Burns Harbor closes shipping season

  15-01-2020 15:30 via saultstar.com
  
  Burns Harbor was the final cargo vessel to transit through Soo Locks for the 2019 shipping season. Read More
  
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• Infrastructure spending not an effective tool for fighting recession

  15-01-2020 15:08
  
  Infrastructure spending is not an effective policy for stimulating the economy during a recession, finds a new study by the Fraser Institute, an independent, non-partisan Canadian public policy think-tank. “Infrastructure projects have very long timelines, and by the time shovels hit the ground on a new bridge, highway or subway tunnel, the recession is usually […]
  
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• Police ID drivers involved in Hwy 401 collision captured on video

  15-01-2020 14:47
  
  TORONTO — Ontario Provincial Police say they have identified two drivers involved in a collision that was captured on video and posted online. The video showed a construction truck pushing a car sideways across lanes of traffic on Highway 401 in north-end Toronto. At the end of the video, the yellow truck squeezes the small sedan against the guardrail and […]
  
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• Ontario toddler reunited with mother after found wandering streets in just a diaper

  15-01-2020 14:28
  
  OSHAWA, Ont. — A two-year-old boy has been reunited with his mother after police say he was found wandering the streets in Oshawa, Ont., wearing only a diaper. Durham Regional Police say the toddler was spotted by a driver at around 3:45 a.m. this morning. They say the driver stopped to help and then called police. Investigators say paramedics checked to make […]
  
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• Wawa mine production expected to climb

  15-01-2020 13:42 via saultstar.com
  
  Wesdome expects to produce 90,000 to 100,000 ounces of gold in 2020 at its Eagle River Complex near Wawa.Read More
  
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• Public high school teachers hold job action today as contract talks stall

  15-01-2020 10:00
  
  TORONTO — Schools in 16 boards across Ontario will be closed today, as the union representing public high school teachers holds another one-day strike. It is the fifth job action in the Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation’s series of rotating strikes during a contentious round of bargaining with the province. The union, which represents 60,000 teachers and education workers, began […]
  
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• Tracy Beckerman: Riding the wave - Sault Ste. Marie Evening News

  15-01-2020 09:00
  Tracy Beckerman: Riding the wave  Sault Ste. Marie Evening News
  
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• Thanks a lot, Jill! - Sault Ste. Marie Evening News

  15-01-2020 09:00
  Thanks a lot, Jill!  Sault Ste. Marie Evening News
  
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• Sault High girls win third straight - Sault Ste. Marie Evening News

  15-01-2020 09:00
  Sault High girls win third straight  Sault Ste. Marie Evening News
  
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• Miller sets two new TR records in win - Sault Ste. Marie Evening News

  15-01-2020 09:00
  Miller sets two new TR records in win  Sault Ste. Marie Evening News
  
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• Main Street Program in SSM - Sault Ste. Marie Evening News

  15-01-2020 09:00
  Main Street Program in SSM  Sault Ste. Marie Evening News
  
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• Johnson new president for Tecumseh Public Schools board - Sault Ste. Marie Evening News

  15-01-2020 09:00
  Johnson new president for Tecumseh Public Schools board  Sault Ste. Marie Evening News
  
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• Hiawatha Skating Club makes donations to local charities - Sault Ste. Marie Evening News

  15-01-2020 09:00
  Hiawatha Skating Club makes donations to local charities  Sault Ste. Marie Evening News
  
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• Bulldogs carve out win over Raiders - Sports - Sault Ste. Marie Evening News

  15-01-2020 09:00
  Bulldogs carve out win over Raiders - Sports  Sault Ste. Marie Evening News
  
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• Blue Devils fall against Wildcats - Sault Ste. Marie Evening News

  15-01-2020 09:00
  Blue Devils fall against Wildcats  Sault Ste. Marie Evening News
  
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• Blood clinics end in Sault Ste. Marie - Sault Star

  15-01-2020 09:00
  
  Blood clinics end in Sault Ste. Marie  Sault Star
  
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• Bill Tinsley: Who is Jesus? - Sault Ste. Marie Evening News

  15-01-2020 09:00
  Bill Tinsley: Who is Jesus?  Sault Ste. Marie Evening News
  
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• BEHNKE, Brian Francis

  15-01-2020 04:39
  
  With his sister by his side at Sault Area Hospital on Saturday, January 11, 2020 in his 57th year. Beloved son of the late Edna and his father Clarence who passed away on the same day. Father of Melisa and Bridgette. Grandfather of 4 and great grandfather of 3. Loving brother to Ken (Marlene), Brent […]
  
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• BEHNKE, Clarence Orvel

  15-01-2020 04:36
  
  Peacefully at the Van Daele Manor on Saturday, January 11, 2020 in his 88th year. Beloved husband of the late Edna (August 17, 1985). Loving father of the late Glen (2014) and the late Brian who passed away on the same day as his father, Ken (Marlene), Brent (Susan), Wayne (Val) and Vicki-Lynn (John). Grandpa […]
  
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• MACKENZIE, Helena

  15-01-2020 04:33
  
  Peacefully, surrounded by her family at the Van Daele Manor on Saturday, January 11, 2020 at the age of 76. Beloved wife of Kenneth for over 57 years. Loving mother of Gail Lindsay (Jack). Cherished grandmother of Riley Lindsay (Zack) and Joshua Lindsay (Brittany). Adored great grandmother of Hayden, Jack and Callan Lindsay. Predeceased by […]
  
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• Heads up, Saultites; Wednesday is the Last Day You Can Donate Blood Here

  15-01-2020 01:01
  
  Attention, blood donors – tomorrow (Wed., Jan. 15) is the last day for donation in Sault Ste. Marie, as Canadian Blood Services closes its’ Sudbury whole blood centre – and discontinues any mobile blood donation events in surrounding Northern Ontario communities – in preparation to open of a proof-of-concept plasma donation centre in summer 2020. […]
  
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• $70 Million Dollar Winner Claims Prize

  15-01-2020 00:56
  
  TORONTO – “I’m overwhelmed, excited, happy and shocked but mostly, I feel very, very blessed,” shared Adlin Lewis of Brampton. Adlin won the record-breaking $70 million jackpot from the Tuesday, January 7, 2020 LOTTO MAX draw. The cheque for the biggest lottery prize in Canadian history was presented to the 49-year-old credit risk manager at […]
  
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