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• Study crisis teams impact: CHIEF

  26-06-2020 23:13 via saultstar.com
  
  Sault Ste. Marie’s top cop wants to know if expanding the police department’s community crisis response team results in fewer public complaints directed against his service and less use of force used by his officers.Read More
  
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• National data standards in the works after COVID-19 highlighted info gaps: Hajdu

  26-06-2020 22:56
  
  OTTAWA — As Canadians see COVID-19 restrictions lifting, federal Health Minister Patty Hajdu says she believes the country is better prepared for a second wave of the novel coronavirus thanks to some difficult lessons learned over the last four months. That includes efforts to improve the “fractured” way in which health data is collected by the […]
  
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• Congratulations to the 2020 Graduating Class of Elliot Lake Secondary School

  26-06-2020 22:55
  
  Despite the many challenges students and school boards have had to overcome during the current COVID-19 pandemic, faculty at the Elliot Lake Secondary School stepped up and partnered with the production team at Superior Media to find a way to celebrate this year’s graduating class of 2020. Although no comparison to a physical ceremony, the […]
  
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• GASPAROTTO, Steven

  26-06-2020 21:35
  
  Passed away at home in Barrie, Ontario on Monday, June 22, 2020 at the age of 35. Loving father of Nevaeh and Ava Allard. Cherished son of Steven Sr. (Lisa) and Cindy King. Dear brother of Dustin and step-brother of Thomas Jolly, Brad Daynard and Dillion and Tyler Gasparotto. Grandson of Bridgette Gasparotto (late Michael), […]
  
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• Pros best prepped to treat routine, chronic eye concerns: SAH

  26-06-2020 21:30 via saultstar.com
  
  Those seeking routine eye procedures or treatment for chronic eye conditions are not necessarily a welcome sight at Sault Area Hospital’s emergency department. Read More
  
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• BEITH, Barbara Anne (Berlangette)

  26-06-2020 20:54
  
  Peacefully passed away on Wednesday, June 24, 2020 at the Algoma Residential Community Hospice with family by her side at the age of 93. Beloved wife of the late George Beith. Loving mother of Debbie Fleming (Jim), late David Beith (Brenda), Wendy Cripps (John Halcrow), Fred Beith (late June), Cindy Bowser (Keith), Jim Beith and […]
  
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• TADH begins lifting some restrictions on visitors

  26-06-2020 20:49 via saultstar.com
  
  Timmins and District Hospital is opening the door a crack to visitors beginning this Sunday. Read More
  
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• Municipalities grappling with non-park camping

  26-06-2020 20:38 via saultstar.com
  
  Local municipalities aren’t planning to charge licensing fees to trailer owners who set their equipment up on rural or waterfront property. Read More
  
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• One case away from crisis’

  26-06-2020 20:31 via saultstar.com
  
  Christine Schmidt is very worried the first wave of COVID-19 that hit long-term care homes in southern Ontario hard this spring will be followed by a second wave that hits group homes across Ontario and the developmental services sector people who work in them equally as bad. Read More
  
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• Civic Centre reopens

  26-06-2020 20:21 via saultstar.com
  
  Limited services will be offered when Ronald A. Irwin Civic Centre reopens Monday.Read More
  
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• OPG pulls plug on plan to bury nuclear waste near the Lake Huron shoreline

  26-06-2020 20:20
  
  TORONTO — Ontario’s public generating company has pulled the plug on its plan to bury hazardous radioactive waste near the Lake Huron shoreline. The utility cites opposition from local Indigenous people. Ontario Power Generation has spent 15 years on the Deep Geologic Repository project — essentially a large underground bunker. The multibillion-dollar plan was to […]
  
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• Cocaine, cash seized

  26-06-2020 20:17 via saultstar.com
  
  Narcotics valued at more than $120,000 were allegedly found when police executed a search warrant at an Elliot Lake residence.Read More
  
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• Even more dining options now available on the Algoma Marketplace!

  26-06-2020 20:07
  
  It’s now even easier to support our local eateries through pickup and delivery options available on the Algoma Marketplace (AMP). Best of all, by ordering local you are helping to maximize our economy’s recovery with every dollar spent further impacting businesses another 8 times over. The Algoma Marketplace is excited to welcome Gliss Restaurant, Montana’s […]
  
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• Soo Legacies softball - Sault Ste. Marie Evening News

  26-06-2020 20:02
  Soo Legacies softball  Sault Ste. Marie Evening News
  
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• Wood Ducks open season - Sault Ste. Marie Evening News

  26-06-2020 19:57
  Wood Ducks open season  Sault Ste. Marie Evening News
  
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• Toronto Blue Jays still don’t know where they’ll play or train this season

  26-06-2020 19:27
  
  Toronto Blue Jays president Mark Shapiro says the club has not made a decision on where training camp will be held or where home games will be played this season. Shapiro says the team is looking at Toronto and Dunedin, Fla., as options. He adds that a decision must be made very soon but that there […]
  
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• Canadian Hockey League forms panel to deal with abuse after lawsuit

  26-06-2020 18:53
  
  TORONTO — The Canadian Hockey League says it is “deeply troubled” by abuse allegations in a class-action lawsuit filed by two of its former players and plans to form a panel to deal with any current issues. The CHL released a statement Friday, just over a week after former NHL player Daniel Carcillo and Garrett Taylor, who […]
  
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• Special Report – June 26

  26-06-2020 18:41
  
  On today’s Special Report, Daniel Laprade starts as the weather person. Alex Parr joins Chris Oldcorn as a guest co-host until Colette Linden returns. We discuss a woman left by her friend in the wilderness who needed to be rescued, Ontario Emergency Order extended to July 15th, Vancouver dropped as an NHL Hub city, and […]
  
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• Guidance for Conducting Safe Real Estate Transactions in Stage Two

  26-06-2020 18:39
  
  Guidance for conducting safe real estate transactions in Stage Two of Ontario’s Framework for Reopening the Province With Ontario moving into Stage Two of its Framework for Reopening the Province, many of the restrictions we have been living with since March are beginning to ease, and more businesses and services will be permitted to open, […]
  
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• Sault Police Launch Online Reporting

  26-06-2020 18:38
  
  Sault Ste. Marie Police Services are proud to announce the official launch of their online crime reporting system. This tool will allow the people that they  serve to easily file reports for some crimes online. This system is not only more convenient for the people of Sault Ste. Marie and Prince Township, but it also […]
  
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• The Ronald A. Irwin Civic Centre to re-open on Monday, June 29

  26-06-2020 18:33
  
  The Ronald A. Irwin Civic Centre will re-open to the public on Monday June 29, 2020 with limited services available. “We continue to monitor and respond to the COVID-19 situation while ensuring the delivery of City services that our residents count on,” says Malcolm White, CAO, City of Sault Ste. Marie. “We have had to […]
  
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• Sault art shows to be going live - Sault Ste. Marie Evening News

  26-06-2020 18:22
  Sault art shows to be going live  Sault Ste. Marie Evening News
  
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• HENDERSON, Marvin Robert

  26-06-2020 18:19
  
  Marvin (Hank) Henderson passed away quietly on Tuesday, June 23, 2020 at his home with family by his side. He was 86 years of age. Born in Sault Ste. Marie in 1934 to Robert and Sadie Henderson, Marvin married Arlene Mary Strand, they were together for 54 years. Father of the late Shelly Mae, that […]
  
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• Every Breakfast Counts launches 2020 programming

  26-06-2020 18:10
  
  The Every Breakfast Counts committee is pleased to announce that 2020 summer programming will begin on Monday, June 29 and run for eight weeks, with a target of delivering 3,300 meals weekly. Nutritious food boxes (including items such as fresh fruit/vegetables, milk, cheese and  bread) will be distributed free of charge through Algoma Family Services’ […]
  
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• College welcomes back small student numbers

  26-06-2020 17:54 via saultstar.com
  
  Sault College will reopen its campus to a limited number of students in early July.Read More
  
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• Ontario reports 111 new COVID-19 cases, 3 more deaths

  26-06-2020 16:58
  
  TORONTO — Ontario is reporting 111 new cases of COVID-19 today, and 3 more deaths. That brings the province to a total of 34,316 cases, including 2,644 deaths and 29,754 resolved cases. That’s an increase of 226 resolved cases over the previous day, continuing a trend of those growing more quickly than active cases. The number of […]
  
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• Meeting set to discuss 4th of July parade - Sault Ste. Marie Evening News

  26-06-2020 16:58
  Meeting set to discuss 4th of July parade  Sault Ste. Marie Evening News
  
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• International students get online options

  26-06-2020 16:52 via saultstar.com
  
  Sault College will offer more than a dozen of its programs online to international students who can’t come to Canada to study this fall because of travel restrictions prompted by the COVID-19 pandemic.Read More
  
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• County WiFi spots available - News - Sault Ste. Marie Evening News

  26-06-2020 16:15
  County WiFi spots available - News  Sault Ste. Marie Evening News
  
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• Most know little about prominent Indigenous, racialized Canadians, survey suggests

  26-06-2020 15:54
  
  TORONTO — Indigenous and other racialized Canadians have been shaping the country’s history and culture for centuries, but a new poll suggests most Canadians have a lot to learn about most of them. The survey commissioned by Historica Canada, creator of the popular Heritage Minutes, asked 1,000 respondents a series of 24 questions aimed at […]
  
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• North American stock markets down in early trading, loonie falls

  26-06-2020 15:47
  
  TORONTO — Canada’s main stock index was down in early trading, weighed down by losses in the financial sector, while U.S. stock markets also traded lower. The S&P/TSX composite index down 94.68 points at 15,351.46. In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average was down 252.93 points at 25,492.67. The S&P 500 index was down […]
  
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• Gas Spill At Walmart

  26-06-2020 15:15
  
  Sault Fire Services responded to a gas spill in the parking lot of the Walmart on Great Northern Road early Friday morning. According to a Fire Services at the scene, the driver of the vehicle was unaware of a gas tank leak from the vehicle.  Once parked, the fuel continued to leak from the vehicle […]
  
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• OFRA Celebrates Juhannus Festival By Parade

  26-06-2020 14:53
  
  On June 24, the Ontario Finnish Rest Home Association (OFRA) celebrated their annual Juhannus Festival but in a different way. Juhannus is a Midsummer Celebration that takes place in Finland and keeping with it’s Finnish Culture OFRA decided to celebrate with a parade. About 30 cars met at Superior Heights at 2 p.m. and the […]
  
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• One-time charges weigh on Corus Q3 results, revenue drops as advertising slows

  26-06-2020 13:45
  
  TORONTO — Television and radio broadcaster Corus Entertainment Inc. lost $752.3 million in its latest quarter as it took a one-time impairment charge related its to broadcast licenses and goodwill. The media company, which includes Global Television, says the loss amounted to $3.61 per diluted share for the quarter ended May 31 compared with a […]
  
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• Toronto police lay multiple murder charges in separate shooting investigations

  26-06-2020 13:38
  
  Toronto police say they’ve laid multiple murder charges against a man in two homicide investigations from 2018 and 2019. Police allege 19-year-old Jatorri Williams shot and killed a 19-year-old man in Toronto in an incident that took place in September 2018. They also allege Williams killed two men in a October 2019 shooting in the city’s north-end. […]
  
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• Ottawa Senators hoping for some good luck ahead of NHL Draft Lottery

  26-06-2020 13:05
  
  TORONTO — The Ottawa Senators are hoping for some good luck when the first phase of the 2020 NHL Draft Lottery goes on Friday. The lottery — used to determine the first 15 picks in the draft — will include the seven teams that did not make the Stanley Cup qualifiers, plus eight teams that will be eliminated in […]
  
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• Letter: COVID highlighted Trump's flaws - Opinion - Sault Ste. Marie Evening News

  26-06-2020 12:52
  Letter: COVID highlighted Trump's flaws - Opinion  Sault Ste. Marie Evening News
  
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• Q-and-A: Juno Awards head Allan Reid on celebrating Canadian music in a pandemic

  26-06-2020 12:00
  
  TORONTO — A stripped-back presentation of the 2020 Juno Awards on Monday will toast the Canadian music scene, and the show’s head organizer hopes it’ll mark a bright moment for an industry hit hard by COVID-19. With concert venues closed and most performers staying at home without gigs, Allan Reid said he’s focused on giving this year’s Juno nominees […]
  
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• Supreme Court to release ruling in Uber case, which may pave way for class-action

  26-06-2020 10:00
  
  OTTAWA — The Supreme Court of Canada is set to release a decision this morning that could advance the fight to have Uber Technologies Inc. drivers recognized as employees in Canada. The case stems from a $200-million class-action lawsuit that Uber Eats driver David Heller tried to launch in 2017. Heller was hoping to force the San […]
  
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• Canada almost self-sufficient in PPE as Canadian businesses step up: PM

  26-06-2020 10:00
  
  OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Canadian companies are now producing so much personal protective equipment needed in the fight against COVID-19 that Canada is almost at the point of being self-sufficient. He’ll underscore that contention today with a visit to a Kanata, Ont., brewery that has retooled to make hand sanitizer during the pandemic. The visit […]
  
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• Letter: Custer statue should remain in Monroe - Sault Ste. Marie Evening News

  26-06-2020 09:00
  Letter: Custer statue should remain in Monroe  Sault Ste. Marie Evening News
  
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• Sault Ste. Marie Community Members Continue Racial Injustice Protests - 9&10 News

  26-06-2020 05:13
  
  Sault Ste. Marie Community Members Continue Racial Injustice Protests  9&10 News
  
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• CBC News host Wendy Mesley disciplined for using racist slur twice in work meetings

  26-06-2020 03:32
  
  TORONTO — CBC News has taken disciplinary action against journalist Wendy Mesley in light of her admission that she used a racist slur on two separate occasions during editorial meetings in the past year. Chuck Thompson, CBC’s head of public affairs, said an internal review confirmed Mesley “used offensive language” last fall and again recently, but a statement from […]
  
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• Canadaland employees file for union certification, says CWA Canada

  26-06-2020 00:39
  
  TORONTO — Employees of independent podcast network and news organization Canadaland have filed for union certification. Media union CWA Canada said it filed an application with the Canada Industrial Relations Board after an undisclosed number of workers signed union cards. Canadaland employs 10 people, two vacancies and three freelancers. CWA Canada said Canadaland is part of a […]
  
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