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• Sault College Athletic Department Issues Statement Surrounding COVID-19

  12-03-2020 22:16
  
  The Following Statement Was Release To SaultOnline.com Thursday Afternoon The ACHA has made the prudent decision this afternoon to cancel the 2020 National Championships in Dallas, Texas due to the risks posed by the COVID-19 Virus. Falling in line with other professional sports leagues in North America, the ACHA felt that the potential risks to […]
  
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• GROZELLE, Christopher

  12-03-2020 22:15
  
  It is with great sadness we announce the sudden passing of Christopher Grozelle on Friday, March 6, 2020 at the age of 55. The Son of Jean Grozelle (Springbett) and the late Calvin Grozelle. He leaves behind his fiancé Anglea Regero of the Philippines, his cat Calab, siblings Scott Grozelle (Tania), Karen Fill (Andrew), Lisa […]
  
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• Ontario Closing All Schools for COVID-19

  12-03-2020 22:10
  
  Two million Ontario elementary and high school students are getting an extended March Break. Schools close on Saturday, March 14th.  Stephen Lecce, Ontario Education Minister, announced a ministerial order to shut the schools. They reopen Monday, April 6th assuming the COVID-19 pandemic can be contained and we do not have wider outbreaks. In Ontario, March […]
  
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• UGH! Snow Squall Warning Now Issued !!

  12-03-2020 22:02
  
  We could look like blizzard conditions if an earlier wind warning hits as squalls line up off Lake Superior.  With Lake Superior’s open waters, this scenario could materialize all at the same time.  Locally we could see 15cm or more in drifting snow by Friday night 4:20 PM EDT Thursday 12 March 2020 Snow squall […]
  
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• Group Health Centre Implements Point of Entry COVID – 19 Screening

  12-03-2020 21:54
  
  Group Health Centre is limiting access points to its main building at 240 McNabb, as of Monday, March 16, and implementing Point of Entry COVID-19 Assessment Screening for everyone entering its facilities at 240 McNabb, 170 East Street, 773 Great Northern Road, and 83 Willow.  If you have an appointment, please observe and follow the […]
  
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• It’s “Crunch” time!

  12-03-2020 21:48
  
  Sault Ste. Marie, ON & Algoma District, March 12th, 2020: In recognition of March as Nutrition Month the Algoma Family Services’ Student Nutrition Program participated in the “Great Big Crunch” held on Thursday, March 12th at St Mary’s French Immersion Catholic School. Over 400 students and their teachers joined the Student Nutrition Team in crunching […]
  
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• March Madness: Conferences scrap tourneys; NCAAs in doubt - Sault Ste. Marie Evening News

  12-03-2020 21:41
  March Madness: Conferences scrap tourneys; NCAAs in doubt  Sault Ste. Marie Evening News
  
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• Civic Centre West Entrance Will Close For Four Months

  12-03-2020 21:35
  
  The City of Sault Ste. Marie is providing notice to all citizens that the west accessible entrance of the Civic Centre will be temporarily closed beginning Monday, March 16. This closure is due to exterior construction that will be moving overhead into that area. The closure will last for approximately four months, until June 30, […]
  
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• CRIME STOPPERS: Jeopardy 5

  12-03-2020 21:31
  
  Are there any times Crime Stoppers will refuse to take my information? Why are we not informed if a tip leads to an arrest? These questions are answered in today’s episode of Crime Stoppers Jeopardy. Returning champ, Crime Stoppers Coordinator Kendra Addison, is back to take your questions alongside Crime Stoppers Administrative Assistant, Lesia Obarymskyj. […]
  
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• Sault News office closed - News - Sault Ste. Marie Evening News

  12-03-2020 20:56
  Sault News office closed - News  Sault Ste. Marie Evening News
  
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• Calling artists for Sault Summer Arts Festival - Sault Ste. Marie Evening News

  12-03-2020 20:56
  Calling artists for Sault Summer Arts Festival  Sault Ste. Marie Evening News
  
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• Stags knock Blue Devils out of tourney - Sault Ste. Marie Evening News

  12-03-2020 20:41
  Stags knock Blue Devils out of tourney  Sault Ste. Marie Evening News
  
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• Bulldogs, Eagles advance to district final - Sports - Sault Ste. Marie Evening News

  12-03-2020 20:41
  Bulldogs, Eagles advance to district final - Sports  Sault Ste. Marie Evening News
  
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• Sault Ste. Marie remains COVID-19 free; some on self-monitoring symptom watch - Sault Star

  12-03-2020 20:31
  
  Sault Ste. Marie remains COVID-19 free; some on self-monitoring symptom watch  Sault Star
  
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• Sault Ste. Marie remains COVID-19 free; some on self-monitoring symptom watch

  12-03-2020 20:27 via saultstar.com
  
  Several Sault Ste. Marie residents are monitoring themselves for symptoms of the coronavirus after Northern Ontario’s first positive case was confirmed Wednesday in Sudbury. Read More
  
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• ABBOTT, Shari Angel

  12-03-2020 20:25
  
  Peacefully at the Algoma Residential Community Hospice, with her family by her side on Tuesday, March 10, 2020 at the age of 40. Beloved daughter of the late Mary and the late Donald Abbott. Cherished mother of Tyler Abbott (Kassandra) and Aidan Bond (Lily). Dear sister of Donald Abbott (Cristina). Beloved granddaughter of Marilyn and […]
  
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• Canadian Screen Awards set for March 29 are cancelled due to COVID-19

  12-03-2020 20:11
  
  TORONTO — The Canadian Screen Awards have been cancelled due to the COVID-19 outbreak. The Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television says the cancellation affects the broadcast gala scheduled for March 29 as well as all Canadian Screen Week events. More coming. The Canadian Press
  
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• Harpdog Brown teaches class

  12-03-2020 20:00 via saultstar.com
  
  Harpdog Brown shares tips about playing the blues harmonica on Tuesday.Read More
  
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• LSSU suspends in-person instruction

  12-03-2020 19:38 via saultstar.com
  
  Lake Superior State University is suspending class instruction starting Monday due to coronavirus concerns.Read More
  
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• Staff to determine with city's fleet will be cheaper with electric vehicles

  12-03-2020 19:18 via saultstar.com
  
  Could a fleet of electric vehicles save the City of Sault Ste. Marie money? Read More
  
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• Canada to continue immigration increases, Mendicino announces

  12-03-2020 19:07
  
  OTTAWA — The federal government is continuing with slight increases to the number of immigrants Canada will accept over the next three years. Federal Immigration Minister Marco Mendicino released the planned immigration levels from this year until 2022 today. He says Canada will admit 341,000 people in 2020, 351,000 next year and 361,000 in 2022. […]
  
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• Ensemble Caprice embraces 'very lively' Vivaldi

  12-03-2020 18:55 via saultstar.com
  
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• Ontario Strengthening Protections for Tenants and Landlords

  12-03-2020 18:27
  
  TORONTO ― Ontario is making life more affordable by introducing legislation that would make renting easier and fairer for both tenants and landlords. The proposed changes to Ontario’s rental rules would better protect tenants by preventing unlawful evictions and increasing tenant compensation for “no fault” and “bad faith” evictions by up to one month’s rent and […]
  
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• Businesses ramp up COVID-19n precautions amid workplace cases

  12-03-2020 18:17
  
  TORONTO — Businesses are significantly ramping up their efforts to stop the spread of a novel coronavirus, after a string of cases cropped up at Canadian workplaces in recent days. Thursday morning brought news that the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions was asking its approximately 360 employees to “telework” after a staff member in its Ottawa […]
  
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• Justin Trudeau Self-Isolating Because Wife Tested for COVID-19

  12-03-2020 17:54
  
  Sophie Gregoire Trudeau, the prime minister’s wife, was tested for the COVID-19 virus after experiencing symptoms. She is in self-isolation while waiting for the results.  Sophie returned from a London, U.K. trip with mild flu-like symptoms that have since subsided.  The Prime Minister’s Offices (PMO) said that Justin Trudeau is “opting to self-isolate and work […]
  
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• Trudeau goes into self-isolation over COVID-19

  12-03-2020 17:45
  
  OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his wife are in self-isolation over COVID-19 concerns, which has forced the cancellation of an in-person meeting of Canada’s first ministers. The Prime Minister’s Office says Sophie Gregoire Trudeau returned from a speaking engagement in the U.K. and began exhibiting mild flu-like symptoms, including a low fever late Wednesday […]
  
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• Scotiabank Helps Out United Way With Hefty Donation

  12-03-2020 17:32
  
  Scotiabank makes a $3,500.00 donation to the United Way Campaign. Left to right Melisa Watson Scotiabank Small Business advisor, Patrick McGuire Campaign Chair, Gary Vipond United Way CEO and Randy Schuran this years Finance Chair for United Way and Home Financing Advisor for Scotiabank. It’s not to late to donate, all funds stay local.
  
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• Chisholm plays hometown date

  12-03-2020 17:28 via saultstar.com
  
  Country musician Shane Chisholm is coming home to raise cash for Habitat for Humanity Sault Ste.Marie & Area.Read More
  
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• Driver Charged In Highway 17 East Crash

  12-03-2020 17:25
  
  On March 9, 2020, shortly after 3:00 p.m. members from the East Algoma Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), Algoma Paramedic Services and the Municipality of Huron Shores Fire Department responded to a motor vehicle collision on Highway 17 east of the Village of Iron Bridge. A car travelling westbound on Highway 17 crossed the centre line […]
  
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• ‘Social distancing’ ramps up as COVID-19 spreads and economic toll mounts

  12-03-2020 17:23
  
  TORONTO — Keeping distance from others as a way to prevent the further spread of COVID-19 ramped up across Canada on Thursday as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his wife went into self-isolation and stock markets continued their downward spiral amid growing concerns about the pandemic. Examples of social distancing, which experts say is one of […]
  
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• Canada grapples with Trump’s ban on travel from Europe amid border questions

  12-03-2020 17:13
  
  OTTAWA — The Trudeau government, provincial premiers and Canadian business leaders awoke Thursday morning to address the fallout for Canada of President Donald Trump’s decision to slam America’s door shut to most foreign nationals who were recently in Europe. Trump’s drastic step came in response to an accelerating global pandemic that could pose a serious threat […]
  
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• Wawa gold mine eyes 100,000 ounces for 2020

  12-03-2020 16:30 via saultstar.com
  
  Gold production jumped nearly 30 per cent at a Wawa-area gold mine in 2019.Read More
  
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• AP VoteCast: Electability boosts Biden, Sanders falls short - Sault Ste. Marie Evening News

  12-03-2020 16:03
  AP VoteCast: Electability boosts Biden, Sanders falls short  Sault Ste. Marie Evening News
  
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• Enjoy an Evening of World-Class Music with the SSO

  12-03-2020 15:49
  
  Join the Sault Symphony Orchestra in welcoming the award-winning Pierre Schryer home for an evening of exciting entertainment sure to captivate music lovers of all ages. A world-class fiddler born in Sault Ste. Marie, Schryer will be returning home on April 18 to play a unique selection of pieces from around the globe alongside the […]
  
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• 80 Percent of Survey Respondents Favour Raising the Speed Limit

  12-03-2020 15:35
  
  Today, the Ontario government announced that its pilot project to increase speed limits to 110km/h on three sections of 400-series highways in Southern Ontario is getting wide support. “People are telling us loud and clear that they support a safe and moderate increase to speed limits on these highways,” said Minister of Transportation Caroline Mulroney. […]
  
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• Stocks extend losses after being halted for trading - Sault Ste. Marie Evening News

  12-03-2020 15:14
  Stocks extend losses after being halted for trading  Sault Ste. Marie Evening News
  
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• Tampon Tuesday helps women

  12-03-2020 15:08 via saultstar.com
  
  Tampon Tuesday collected 531 boxes.Read More
  
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• 3rd Annual Carpentry Competition In Full Swing

  12-03-2020 15:00
  
  SAULT STE. MARIE: Wednesday, March 11, nine local students from Korah Collegiate and Vocational School, White Pines Collegiate and Vocational School, and Superior Heights Collegiate and Vocational School hammered it out in 3rd Annual Carpentry Competition at the old Sears building in the Station Mall. Students were instructed to build individual dog houses and were […]
  
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• Sports make memories for Thomson

  12-03-2020 14:48 via saultstar.com
  
  Sophie Thomson, a Grade 12 student at St. Mary’s College, shares the importance of sport in her life with Huron-Superior Catholic District School Board trustees at a meeting on Wednesday evening. She credits playing basketball and soccer for helping her develop friendships, time management skills and increased confidence. Thomson is also vice-president of student council at the Catholic high school. St. Mary’s College has won 15 city championships and 25 NOSSA championships since 201
  
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• Board wants strategic plan input

  12-03-2020 14:33 via saultstar.com
  
  Parents and community members can help shape Huron-Superior Catholic District School Board’s new multi-year strategic plan at several upcoming focus groups.Read More
  
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• Board picks supplier for school uniforms

  12-03-2020 13:39 via saultstar.com
  
  A Mississauga-based company will supply uniforms to St. Mary’s College for the next three years.Read More
  
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• Sault schools get roof, plumbing, accessibility improvements

  12-03-2020 13:23 via saultstar.com
  
  A final phase of improvements to St. Mary’s French Immersion is the biggest capital expenditure project planned for Huron-Superior Catholic District School Board sites.Read More
  
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• Sault Prepares for potential coronavirus outbreak - Sault Ste. Marie Evening News

  12-03-2020 13:22
  Sault Prepares for potential coronavirus outbreak  Sault Ste. Marie Evening News
  
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• Futures market points to another plunge for U.S. stocks, global markets down

  12-03-2020 11:38
  
  TORONTO — North American stock markets were set to plunge again when the trading day begins this morning as global markets sank overnight in the wake of the World Health Organization’s declaration of a coronavirus pandemic. The futures market pointed to a sharp decline on U.S. stock markets at the open. In European trading, France’s CAC 40 was down […]
  
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• Women With Heart making impact in Chippewa County - Sault Ste. Marie Evening News

  12-03-2020 08:00
  Women With Heart making impact in Chippewa County  Sault Ste. Marie Evening News
  
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• War Memorial awarded grant for Perinatal Opioid Program - Sault Ste. Marie Evening News

  12-03-2020 08:00
  War Memorial awarded grant for Perinatal Opioid Program  Sault Ste. Marie Evening News
  
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• POSTPONED ~The Sault Ste. Marie Museum is having an Admission by Donation Day! (2020-03-21) - SaultOnline.com

  12-03-2020 08:00
  
  POSTPONED ~The Sault Ste. Marie Museum is having an Admission by Donation Day! (2020-03-21)  SaultOnline.com
  
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• Sault Ste. Marie names civic centre after former mayor, Ron Irwin - CBC.ca

  12-03-2020 02:48
  
  Sault Ste. Marie names civic centre after former mayor, Ron Irwin  CBC.ca
  
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• Canadian soldiers safe after deadly rocket attack kills in Iraq: DND

  12-03-2020 00:11
  
  OTTAWA — The Department of National Defence reported all Canadian service members safe following a rocket attack on a military base in Iraq Wednesday. The attack killed at least two Americans and a British soldier and left another dozen military personnel wounded. The strike was on Camp Taji, one of the bases that have been home to […]
  
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