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• Ottawa County murderer loses appeal of conviction - Sault Ste. Marie Evening News

  03-05-2020 19:48
  Ottawa County murderer loses appeal of conviction  Sault Ste. Marie Evening News
  
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• Trudeau says legislation on municipal handgun bans coming

  03-05-2020 19:28
  
  OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says his government plans to move ahead with legislation letting municipalities ban handguns within their borders, though he isn’t giving a timeline. The Trudeau government on Friday outlawed a wide range of assault-style rifles, saying the guns were designed for the battlefield, not hunting or sport shooting. The move […]
  
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• Virtual offseason impacts rookies, teams preparing for 2020 - Sports - Sault Ste. Marie Evening News

  03-05-2020 18:41
  Virtual offseason impacts rookies, teams preparing for 2020 - Sports  Sault Ste. Marie Evening News
  
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• Feds investing in online health-care, Vancouver company studying COVID-19

  03-05-2020 17:40
  
  OTTAWA — The federal government is investing millions to boost online access to health services and to support a Vancouver biological company’s research into treatment and prevention of COVID-19. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced the new funding during his daily news conference in Ottawa this morning as provinces across the country prepare to start re-opening […]
  
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• Rapid test for COVID-19 recalled after Health Canada expresses concerns

  03-05-2020 17:38
  
  OTTAWA — A rapid test developed for COVID-19 has experienced a setback. Ottawa’s Spartan Bioscience says it is voluntarily recalling its COVID-19 product and performing additional studies after Health Canada expressed some concerns Friday. Spartan says Health Canada was concerned about the “efficacy of the proprietary swab” for the testing product. The company says Health […]
  
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• Lawsuits over COVID-19 handling in nursing homes raise questions about standard of care

  03-05-2020 17:04
  
  TORONTO — As the deadly toll of COVID-19 on Canada’s nursing homes gives rise to a growing number of proposed class-action lawsuits, some legal experts say the cases will turn on what’s considered reasonable care during a pandemic. The ongoing global health crisis that has disproportionately affected the elderly poses a unique and unprecedented backdrop for such civil […]
  
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• New apps emerge amid COVID-19 to tackle gripes with popular delivery services

  03-05-2020 16:00
  
  TORONTO — When the weekend rolls around, Torontonians won’t have to miss the White Lily Diner’s thick-cut bacon, organic corn grits and toast smeared in rhubarb hibiscus jam just because the country has plunged into a pandemic. The east-end diner is selling its brunch staples and offering to drop them at customers’ doors, but the process won’t involve any of the familiar […]
  
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• Thessalon Business helps bring priceless smiles to families

  03-05-2020 15:35
  
  Over the past several weeks we’ve all most likely seen, at one point or another, reports of families visiting loved ones outside of first floor windows of long term care facilities. But what do you do when a loved one resides on upper floors of those facilities? Well desperation quite often leads to inspiration. That […]
  
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• Civil service saw COVID-19 benefit programs as ‘Dunkirk’-style rescue effort

  03-05-2020 11:00
  
  OTTAWA — It was a sunny March 18 when Prime Minister Justin Trudeau presented the government’s first big attempt at containing the economic fallout from COVID-19 in the form of an $82-billion rescue package. The viral pandemic’s effect in Canada was already bad: Schools were closing, workplaces shutting down, employees being laid off or having their hours […]
  
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• Tecumseh expects drop in city revenues from pandemic - Sault Ste. Marie Evening News

  03-05-2020 10:40
  Tecumseh expects drop in city revenues from pandemic  Sault Ste. Marie Evening News
  
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• Business owners: More help is on the way - Sault Ste. Marie Evening News

  03-05-2020 10:40
  Business owners: More help is on the way  Sault Ste. Marie Evening News
  
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• Adrian College sets new commencement date - Sault Ste. Marie Evening News

  03-05-2020 10:40
  Adrian College sets new commencement date  Sault Ste. Marie Evening News
  
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• Man killed in ultralight plane crash into southern Georgian Bay

  03-05-2020 10:32
  
  GEORGIAN BAY TOWNSHIP, Ont. — Provincial police say a man is dead after his ultralight plane crashed into Georgian Bay on Saturday. Police say they got the call at 12:40 p.m. that the small aircraft had gone down in the area of Pinery Point in Georgian Bay Township. They say an OPP Marine Unit arrived on […]
  
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• Letter: Trump antics just plain dangerous - Opinion - Sault Ste. Marie Evening News

  03-05-2020 07:21
  Letter: Trump antics just plain dangerous - Opinion  Sault Ste. Marie Evening News
  
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• Sign points truckers to free meals

  03-05-2020 03:55 via saultstar.com
  
  Cathy Netherton just about has the right recipe to make sure truckers get fed when travelling the Trans-Canada Highway near Sault Ste. Marie.Read More
  
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• Contact North tutors Algoma U on online teaching

  03-05-2020 02:55 via saultstar.com
  
  Algoma University is teaming up with a long-time deliverer of distance education to develop online courses for its students for the spring and summer terms.Read More
  
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• BELISLE, Eileen Elizabeth

  03-05-2020 00:46
  
  May 29, 1935 to May 1, 2020 ~ It is with broken hearts and we are saddened to announce the passing of our beloved daughter, wife, mother, grandmother and great grandmother. Peacefully at the NSHN-Blind River on May 1, 2020, Eileen Belisle of Thessalon, Ontario in her 85th year. Beloved wife of the late William […]
  
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• DUMANSKI, Anne Mary (nee Roga)

  03-05-2020 00:40
  
  Passed peacefully in the kind, attentive care of the nurses at the Mauno Kaihla Koti Nursing Home on Friday, May 1, 2020 a few days past her 97th birthday. Born in Sault Ste. Marie in 1923. Predeceased by her loving husband Rudolph (Rudy). Anne is survived by her sons Gary (Joanne) and Randy both of […]
  
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• RAINONE, Sam

  03-05-2020 00:36
  
  With great sorrow we announce the passing of Sam Rainone on Friday, May 1, 2020 at the age of 89 after a life well lived. Despite being born during a depression and dying during a pandemic Sam viewed life as a wonderful gift mainly due to family and the people you find along the way. […]
  
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