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• ‘I can see why both approaches are done’

  05-06-2020 23:17 via saultstar.com
  
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• Man Charged with Mischief

  05-06-2020 21:32 via saultstar.com
  
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• Trudeau joins anti-racism protest

  05-06-2020 21:31
  
  OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has arrived at an anti-racism protest in Ottawa. It’s one of multiple events in Canada today, following days of demonstrations against racism and police brutality in numerous American cities. Trudeau declined to say Friday morning whether he would attend, but arrived on Parliament Hill in mid-afternoon with security guards, […]
  
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• Mayor addresses Class of 2020 in Facebook video post

  05-06-2020 21:27 via saultstar.com
  
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• Federal Government Announces Support For Those With Disabilities From COVID-19

  05-06-2020 20:16
  
  Canadians living with disabilities are facing significant challenges during this difficult time, with some experiencing job insecurity and others seeing increased costs for personal support workers, medication, and medical supplies. As we work together to restart the economy, we must continue to protect health and safety, and ensure the right supports are in place for […]
  
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• The Impact Of “Defunding” Police, Explained

  05-06-2020 20:12
  
  In an effort to help bring awareness towards the ever needed change in mental health and mental health services Dr. Paulette Steeves, Professor, Canada Research Chair in Healing and Reconciliation at Algoma University, provided a statement to local media at the Civic Centre on Thursday afternoon. This statement is in relation to “defunding” the police […]
  
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• Community should look towards 'how' it will reopen safely

  05-06-2020 20:11 via saultstar.com
  
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• Community should look toward 'how' it will reopen safely: Mayor

  05-06-2020 20:11 via saultstar.com
  
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• LSSU develops five-year strategic plan for students - Sault Ste. Marie Evening News

  05-06-2020 19:24
  LSSU develops five-year strategic plan for students  Sault Ste. Marie Evening News
  
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• Are you missing some property from your camp or cottage?

  05-06-2020 18:55
  
  (MUNICIPALITY OF HURON SHORES, ON) – On May 23, 2020, shortly after 10:00 p.m., members from the East Algoma Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a suspicious person complaint at Dominion Park Road west of the Town of Thessalon. Police arrived a short time later and interacted with a 49 year old […]
  
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• Hunger strike at Ottawa jail ends after deal reached on food, sanitation demands

  05-06-2020 18:35
  
  OTTAWA — A hunger strike by inmates at an Ottawa jail ended Thursday, just over a day after they began protesting conditions they say have worsened during the COVID-19 pandemic. Deepan Budlakoti said he and 13 others on a maximum security range at the Ottawa-Carleton Detention Centre have received assurances their food will improve, as […]
  
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• U.P. Sports Hall of Fame banquet postponed again - Sault Ste. Marie Evening News

  05-06-2020 18:27
  U.P. Sports Hall of Fame banquet postponed again  Sault Ste. Marie Evening News
  
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• Local Habitat Selects Next Homeowners

  05-06-2020 18:17
  
  Habitat for Humanity Sault Ste. Marie & Area (HFHSSMA) has selected a family to become the homeowners of their next build on Oakwood Drive. The non-profit organization is pleased to announce they will be working with Tracy Poliquin, her mother, Carol-Anne Grisdale, and her daughter, Riddley Proulx, on this new and exciting chapter in Habitat […]
  
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• Perry retires as Rudyard volleyball coach - Sault Ste. Marie Evening News

  05-06-2020 18:08
  Perry retires as Rudyard volleyball coach  Sault Ste. Marie Evening News
  
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• Cloverland announces director elections results - Sault Ste. Marie Evening News

  05-06-2020 18:03
  Cloverland announces director elections results  Sault Ste. Marie Evening News
  
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• Mangino column: The ongoing militarization of the police - Sault Ste. Marie Evening News

  05-06-2020 17:44
  Mangino column: The ongoing militarization of the police  Sault Ste. Marie Evening News
  
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• City of Sault Ste. Marie and Sault Ste. Marie Police Service remind citizens to obey pedestrian crossover facilities - SaultOnline.com

  05-06-2020 17:44
  
  City of Sault Ste. Marie and Sault Ste. Marie Police Service remind citizens to obey pedestrian crossover facilities  SaultOnline.com
  
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• City of Sault Ste. Marie and Sault Ste. Marie Police Service remind citizens to obey pedestrian crossover facilities

  05-06-2020 17:44
  
  With the warmer weather, and markings clearly identified, the City of Sault Ste. Marie and Sault Ste. Marie Police Service remind motorists, cyclists and pedestrians of the importance of obeying crossover treatments. The new crossovers utilize ladder pavement markings to identify the crossing area, outline a clear place for motorists and cyclists to stop and […]
  
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• United Way Sault Ste. Marie & Algoma District accepting funding applications for the Emergency Community Support Fund - SaultOnline.com

  05-06-2020 17:20
  
  United Way Sault Ste. Marie & Algoma District accepting funding applications for the Emergency Community Support Fund  SaultOnline.com
  
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• United Way Sault Ste. Marie & Algoma District accepting funding applications for the Emergency Community Support Fund

  05-06-2020 17:20
  
  Community Support Fund (ECSF). The fund provides financial support to charities and other qualified donees adapting their frontline services to support vulnerable Canadians during the COVID-19 pandemic. The ECSF was announced by the Government of Canada and is administered in collaboration with United Way Centraide Canada, Community Foundations of Canada and the Canadian Red Cross. […]
  
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• Looper column: Prejudice: Going after the root - Sault Ste. Marie Evening News

  05-06-2020 16:37
  Looper column: Prejudice: Going after the root  Sault Ste. Marie Evening News
  
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• Special Report AM Edition – June 5th

  05-06-2020 16:35
  
  On the Morning Show, Dani Dupuis and Christopher Oldcorn talk about Mr. Chicken chickening out of his court appearance, and will the protests lead to more COVID-19 cases? Chris continues his interview with Cllr Lisa Vezeau-Allen (SSM Ward 2). Join Colette Linden and Christopher Oldcorn on weekdays at 8AM and 1PM for continuing Special Reports […]
  
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• Minister says reckoning on police violence against Indigenous people needed

  05-06-2020 16:19
  
  OTTAWA — Indigenous Services Minister Marc Miller says he is outraged at police violence against Indigenous people in Canada. Miller says Canada needs a reckoning because there is a pattern of police violence against First Nations, Metis and Inuit people that continues to repeat itself. Miller says he “watched in disgust” a graphic video of an RCMP […]
  
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• North American stock markets surge higher, loonie also rises against U.S. dollar

  05-06-2020 15:44
  
  TORONTO — The financial sector led a broad rally on the Toronto Stock Exchange as Canada’s main stock index surged higher, while U.S. stock markets also soared after a positive jobs report. The S&P/TSX composite index was up 301.47 points at 15,829.34. In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average was up 732.39 points at […]
  
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• National employment numbers for May from Statistics Canada, at a glance

  05-06-2020 15:00
  
  OTTAWA — Canada’s national unemployment rate was 13.7 per cent in May. Here is a quick look at Canada’s May employment (numbers from the previous month in brackets): Unemployment rate: 13.7 per cent (13.0) Employment rate: 52.9 per cent (52.1) Participation rate: 61.4 per cent (59.8) Number unemployed: 2,619,200 (2,418,300) Number working: 16,474,500 (16,184,900) Youth […]
  
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• Restaurants Canada launches Rapid Recovery Series

  05-06-2020 14:52
  
  Restaurants Canada launches Rapid Recovery Series to help the foodservice industry reopen with confidence and rebuild their business (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The restaurant industry is slowly starting to reopen to the public, but it’s a whole new world out there. In order to help foodservice operators reopen their businesses safely, as well as manage and […]
  
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• Canadians personal financial optimism for the coming year improves

  05-06-2020 14:45
  
  Half confident in Trudeau to prevent worsening health crisis, fewer confident in economic stewardship The COVID-19 shutdown’s impact on Canada’s economy has been well chronicled: shrunk growth, lost jobs, stock market havoc, and unprecedented government spending to shore up the households hit hardest. In the face of what has been the most volatile few months […]
  
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• Trudeau to offer premiers billions to help reopen the economy safely

  05-06-2020 10:00
  
  OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is to offer premiers billions in federal funding to help them safely reopen provincial and territorial economies without triggering an explosive second wave of COVID-19 cases. Trudeau is expected to present the offer to premiers during their weekly conference call today — the twelfth such call since the pandemic sent the country […]
  
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• Statistics Canada to release May jobs numbers, expected to show more losses

  05-06-2020 10:00
  
  OTTAWA — Statistics Canada will provide a new snapshot today of the job market as it stood last month with expectations that figures will show a continued bleeding of jobs due to the COVID-19 pandemic. More than three million jobs were lost over March and April as restrictions to contain the spread of the novel coronavirus were […]
  
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• Ontario lifts restrictions, reopens short-term rentals starting today

  05-06-2020 10:00
  
  TORONTO — Ontario is lifting restrictions on short-term rentals today. Economic Development Minister Vic Fedeli says the facilities were able to resume operations as of 12:01 a.m. Lodges, cabins, cottages, homes, condominiums and bed-and-breakfast rentals are all included in the reopening. Ontario’s tourism minister said Thursday the sector had been hard hit by the COVID-19 […]
  
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• Marches in Ottawa, Toronto to honour black lives lost at hands of police

  05-06-2020 10:00
  
  OTTAWA — Demonstrators plan to march from Parliament Hill through Ottawa streets in mid-afternoon today to honour black lives lost at the hands of police. A similarly themed Toronto march is slated to proceed south in the early afternoon from the Bloor-Yonge subway station, circling back north to city hall. The demonstrations follow days of […]
  
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• Airport Schools, 5/25/2020 budget hearing - News - Sault Ste. Marie Evening News

  05-06-2020 07:50
  Airport Schools, 5/25/2020 budget hearing - News  Sault Ste. Marie Evening News
  
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• Two new cases of COVID-19 reported in North Bay area

  05-06-2020 01:21 via saultstar.com
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• BROUGH, Paul

  05-06-2020 00:46
  
  ~ 1977-2020 ~ – It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Paul on May 30th, 2020 at the age of 42. Paul passed in the comfort his home holding hands with his wife who stood lovingly by his side. Paul was the loving husband of Rhema and proud father of his […]
  
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• OPP expands crimes which can be reported online

  05-06-2020 00:14
  
  The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) encourages citizens to report even more crime online. From January 1 to May 20, 2020, there has been a 99 per cent increase in online reports, compared to the same period last year. As Online Reporting usage has grown, the OPP has expanded the system to include more options for […]
  
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• VMedia launches live, on-demand streaming TV service

  05-06-2020 00:08
  
  TORONTO — Independent internet service provider VMedia has launched its own live, on-demand streaming service. Unlike offerings from the national telecom companies such as Bell’s Alt TV, Rogers’ Ignite and Telus’ Pik TV, VMedia says subscriptions won’t be tied to a corresponding Internet package. RiverTV charges $16.99/month for more than 30 channels, largely drawn from Corus, Blue Ant […]
  
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