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• Confident Chiarot helping Habs shut down high-flying Penguins offence

  06-08-2020 23:55
  TORONTO — Ben Chiarot says when his confidence goes up, the game slows down. It must be moving at a snail’s pace right now for the Montreal Canadiens defenceman. Chiarot played an instrumental role in Montreal’s come-from-behind 4-3 win over Pittsburgh on Wednesday that gave the surprising Canadiens a 2-1 lead in their best-of-five preliminary-round […]
  
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• Missing Person: Public Assistance Requested

  06-08-2020 23:34
  
  The Sault Ste. Marie Police Service is requesting the public’s assistance to locate 56-year-old Ken Catling Jr. Since July 27, 2020 police have been investigating the whereabouts of Mr. Catling Jr. His family and police are concerned for his well-being. He was last seen July 4 or 5, 2020 in the Carpenter Lake area, east […]
  
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• Special Report – August 6

  06-08-2020 23:18
  
  Here is today’s show for August 6th AM Edition. Join Christopher Oldcorn and Daniel Laprade on weekdays at 8 AM and 1 PM for Special Report. Follow Chris on Twitter and Instagram Follow Daniel on Twitter and Instagram Listen to the Chris Oldcorn Show on Spotify, Apple, and Google Podcasts For more info on Colette, please see the GoFundMe campaign: https://www.gofundme.com/f/colette-linden-home-burn-victim
  
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• ONNtv Weather Minute – August 6

  06-08-2020 23:14
  
  Make sure to subscribe to our Sault Online/ONNtv YouTube channel by clicking here. Watch Special Report Monday to Friday at 8am & 1pm with Chris Oldcorn and Weather with Daniel Laprade. You can also catch Daniel throughout the day with your ONNtv Weather Minute, as well as on the 5pm Evening News. Send in your Weather […]
  
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• Missing man last seen in early July

  06-08-2020 22:53 via saultstar.com
  
  Sault Ste. Marie Police Service is requesting the public’s assistance to locate Ken Catling Jr., 56. Read More
  
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• New tourism officer to assist northeast's recovery

  06-08-2020 22:14 via saultstar.com
  
  Northeastern Ontario Tourism (NeOnt) has hired Donna Maitland, a lifelong resident of the region, as its new executive director. Read More
  
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• NewsAlert: Trump slaps tariffs on Canadian raw aluminum

  06-08-2020 22:11
  
  OTTAWA — U.S. President Donald Trump says he’s reimposing tariffs on Canadian aluminum. In a speech at a Whirlpool factory in the battleground state of Ohio, Trump is touting his record of defending American workers by fighting China, replacing the North American Free Trade Agreement and putting tariffs on imports. He says he’s forced Canada […]
  
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• CORBETT, Ernest Earl Jr.

  06-08-2020 21:25
  
  Unexpectedly at the Sault Area Hospital on Monday, August 3, 2020 with family at his side. Loving husband of Amanda Corbett. Beloved father of Brianna, Micheal (Brooke), Ernie (Sarah) and David Corbett. Special father of Ashley Corbett and Emily Lapham. Dear brother of Andrew (Pia), Shelley Daoust, Cecile, Rose, Margaret McBain, Cathy Corbett-Richards, Samuel and […]
  
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• Elections Canada recalculates, says voter turnout last fall higher than 2015

  06-08-2020 21:16
  
  OTTAWA — Elections Canada says voter turnout in last fall’s federal election was actually slightly higher than the 2015 election. The independent agency initially reported a slight decline in turnout, to 67 per cent from 68.3 per cent in 2015. But it now says that turnout was actually up by 0.9 per cent. The new estimate comes from […]
  
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• Fraud Warning

  06-08-2020 21:00
  
  Recently, officers have received two complaints regarding frauds associated with a loved one involved in a motor vehicle collision. In the two complaints victims were contacted by an individual claiming to be a grandchild who was involved in a collision and they claim to need more than $3,000 to get out of trouble. The victims […]
  
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• 'Temporary' hospital at GFL dismantled

  06-08-2020 20:41 via saultstar.com
  
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• Delivering healthy breakfasts in Sault Ste. Marie - Sault Star

  06-08-2020 19:22
  
  Delivering healthy breakfasts in Sault Ste. Marie  Sault Star
  
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• St. Vincent Place changes food bank hours

  06-08-2020 19:18 via saultstar.com
  
  Food bank hours have changed at St. Vincent Place.Read More
  
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• Delivering healthy breakfasts in Sault Ste. Marie

  06-08-2020 19:13 via saultstar.com
  
  Providing a nutritious breakfast for young people is the key behind the Every Breakfast Counts program. Read More
  
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• Blue Jays move infielder Espinal and reliever Waguespack to taxi squad

  06-08-2020 18:54
  
  TORONTO — The Toronto Blue Jays optioned infielder Santiago Espinal and right-hander Jacob Waguespack on Thursday and added them to the team’s taxi squad. Major League Baseball teams had a noon Eastern Time deadline to trim 30-man active rosters to 28 players. Teams can now carry a maximum of five players on the taxi squad […]
  
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• Sault steps in to host National Walleye Tour - Sault Ste. Marie Evening News

  06-08-2020 18:42
  Sault steps in to host National Walleye Tour  Sault Ste. Marie Evening News
  
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• Record 2.5M voted in primary - News - Sault Ste. Marie Evening News

  06-08-2020 18:42
  Record 2.5M voted in primary - News  Sault Ste. Marie Evening News
  
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• Saudi Crown prince sent hit squad to Canada to kill former spy, lawsuit claims

  06-08-2020 18:31
  
  TORONTO — The crown prince of Saudi Arabia sent a hit squad to Canada in an effort to hunt down and kill a former top intelligence official who knows too much, a civil suit filed Thursday in court in the United States asserts. The 106-page unproven complaint, which reads like a spy thriller, accuses Mohammed bin […]
  
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• State employees to take implicit bias training - News - Sault Ste. Marie Evening News

  06-08-2020 18:26
  State employees to take implicit bias training - News  Sault Ste. Marie Evening News
  
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• Sault Ste. Marie Chamber of Commerce calls on local businesses to join Canada United - SaultOnline.com

  06-08-2020 18:17
  
  Sault Ste. Marie Chamber of Commerce calls on local businesses to join Canada United  SaultOnline.com
  
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• Sault Ste. Marie Chamber of Commerce calls on local businesses to join Canada United

  06-08-2020 18:17
  
  The Sault Ste. Marie Chamber of Commerce (SSMCOC) is proud to announce that it is joining Canada United, a national movement to support local businesses in communities across the country. As part of the movement, RBC has brought together more than 50 of Canada’s leading brands, business associations and the national Chamber network to rally […]
  
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• Promotional Opportunity for Local Artists – The Paul Mall Alley Display Panel Project

  06-08-2020 18:12
  
  A partnership between FutureSSM and the Sault Ste. Marie Downtown Association is revitalizing the downtown through public art. The City currently has six artwork display panels located in the Paul Mall Alley that are in need of redevelopment. As part of FutureSSM’s larger Community Art Project, the Paul Mall Alley display panels will provide an […]
  
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• NY attorney general seeks to dissolve NRA - Sault Ste. Marie Evening News

  06-08-2020 18:11
  NY attorney general seeks to dissolve NRA  Sault Ste. Marie Evening News
  
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• Takeout turkey offered at Moose Family Centre

  06-08-2020 17:52 via saultstar.com
  
  Turkey and all the trimmings are served during Moose Family Centre’s Christmas in July meal.Read More
  
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• Art Gallery of Algoma reopens

  06-08-2020 17:27 via saultstar.com
  
  Art Gallery of Algoma welcomes visitors back after being closed for several months due to the COVID-19 pandemic.Read More
  
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• As CERB winds down, labour group asks Liberals to rethink EI

  06-08-2020 17:23
  
  OTTAWA — A workers-rights group is calling on the federal government to rethink the employment insurance program as an emergency benefit for workers is set to run out. The government estimates four million people will be moved onto EI when the Canada Emergency Response Benefit starts winding down, and is promising a parallel benefit for […]
  
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• Lalande wins $50,000 playing lottery

  06-08-2020 17:13 via saultstar.com
  
  Rene Lalande’s wife isn’t giving him a hard time buying lottery tickets anymore after the Elliot Lake man won $50,000 playing Instant Sonic Multiplier (Game No. 2190).Read More
  
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• Cash collected for school supplies

  06-08-2020 16:47 via saultstar.com
  
  Kiwanis Club of Lakeshore and Staples are teaming up to raise cash for school supplies for students who need a hand to start the school year.Read More
  
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• Ontario’s new COVID-19 case load under 100 for fourth straight day

  06-08-2020 16:38
  
  TORONTO — Ontario is reporting 95 new cases of COVID-19 across the province today, along with one new death. It marks the fourth day in a row that the province’s new case load has come in under 100. The number of resolved cases continues to outpace new ones, with provincial data showing 159 more classified as recovered […]
  
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• In Good Faith column: Clashing symbols - Sault Ste. Marie Evening News

  06-08-2020 16:27
  In Good Faith column: Clashing symbols  Sault Ste. Marie Evening News
  
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• COVID-19 testing coming to Saranac - News - Sault Ste. Marie Evening News

  06-08-2020 15:37
  COVID-19 testing coming to Saranac - News  Sault Ste. Marie Evening News
  
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• Program helps struggling Algoma Power customers

  06-08-2020 15:28 via saultstar.com
  
  Help is available for Algoma Power customers struggling to pay their power bills because of the coronavirus pandemic.Read More
  
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• Sault loses its DAVIDsTEA store

  06-08-2020 15:17 via saultstar.com
  
  DAVIDsTEA won’t reopen its Sault Ste. Marie location at Station Mall.Read More
  
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• 'Pages and pages of concerns'

  06-08-2020 15:07 via saultstar.com
  
  A week after the Ontario government unveiled its return to school plan for September, stakeholders across the province are still grappling with a lot of unknowns. Read More
  
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• Tim Hortons sales fall by one-third as RBI feels the pain of pandemic

  06-08-2020 14:38
  
  TORONTO — Restaurant Brands International Inc. says the pandemic took a big bite out of earnings in the second quarter, with sales down 21 per cent. The parent of Tim Hortons and Burger King says net income fell to US$163 million in the quarter ended June 30, down 37 per cent from US$257 million a year earlier. RBI, […]
  
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• Provinces not moving fast enough to assess, mitigate flood risk: report

  06-08-2020 14:15
  
  OTTAWA — A new report says provincial governments are not moving fast enough to protect homes and other buildings from the ravages of flooding. The report from the Intact Centre on Climate Adaptation at the University of Waterloo says on average provincial governments get a grade of C for flood preparedness. Centre chair Blair Feltmate says that’s […]
  
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• Driver faces stunt driving, alcohol charges

  06-08-2020 14:10 via saultstar.com
  
  A Wawa man was charged following a single-vehicle crash on Highway 17 in Bailloquet Township last Saturday.Read More
  
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• Few vehicles crossing bridge

  06-08-2020 14:03 via saultstar.com
  
  International Bridge traffic continued to be slowed in July by Read More
  
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• Police investigate shooting that left 25-year-old man dead in Mississauga, Ont.

  06-08-2020 12:58
  
  MISSISSAUGA, Ont. — Police west of Toronto say they’re investigating Peel Region’s seventh homicide of the year after a shooting victim died in hospital. Peel Regional Police say the incident happened on Monday at around 9:30 p.m. Officers responded to a call for a shooting at a home in Mississauga, Ont. and found 25-year-old Abdifatah Salah suffering from a gunshot […]
  
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• Alan Thicke to be inducted into Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame

  06-08-2020 12:00
  
  TORONTO — Beloved TV sitcom dad Alan Thicke is being inducted into the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame on Friday for a trio of popular theme songs he helped create. The late actor, who grew up in Kirkland Lake, Ont., will be celebrated as co-writer of the catchy opening numbers for prime time classics “The Facts of Life,” “Diff’rent Strokes,” and game show “Wheel of Fortune.” His so
  
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• No summer slowdown in Toronto real estate as July shatters sales record

  06-08-2020 11:05
  
  TORONTO — July was a record-breaking month for Toronto real estate sales, as 11,081 homes changed hands. The Toronto Regional Real Estate Board says existing home sales in the Greater Toronto Area jumped 29.5 per cent compared with July 2019, hitting a new high for the month. Average home prices are also up 16.9 per […]
  
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• ‘The data is bad’: Black and racialized Canadians lacking on boards, study finds

  06-08-2020 10:05
  
  TORONTO Black and racialized people are under-represented and often sometimes non-existent on boards in eight major cities across Canada. A new study from Ryerson University’s Diversity Institute has found both groups lacking on the boards of large companies, agencies and commissions, hospitals, educational institutions and in the voluntary sector in Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver, Calgary, Halifax, Hamilton, London and Ottawa. […]
  
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• Opposition hoping for answers in government documents about WE Charity deal

  06-08-2020 10:00
  
  OTTAWA — Opposition parties are hoping the imminent release of government documents related to the We Charity affair will shed some light on how an organization with close ties to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was awarded a deal to administer a federal student grant program. The government has until Saturday to table with the House of Commons finance committee […]
  
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• Local voter turnout surges - Sault Ste. Marie Evening News

  06-08-2020 07:37
  Local voter turnout surges  Sault Ste. Marie Evening News
  
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• Bevier succeeds in Republican primary for sheriff - Sault Ste. Marie Evening News

  06-08-2020 07:37
  Bevier succeeds in Republican primary for sheriff  Sault Ste. Marie Evening News
  
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• 10 brain boosting foods - Sault Ste. Marie Evening News

  06-08-2020 06:42
  10 brain boosting foods  Sault Ste. Marie Evening News
  
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• Petry gets tiebreaking goal in 3rd, Canadiens beat Penguins

  06-08-2020 05:52
  
  TORONTO — Jeff Petry scored 5:33 into the third period as the Montreal Canadiens rallied from two goals down and beat Pittsburgh 4-3 in Game 3 on Wednesday night, pushing the Penguins to the brink of elimination in the best-of-five series. Shea Weber had a goal and two assists for Montreal, Paul Byron added a […]
  
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• Sault Police Officer Charged In Collision

  06-08-2020 05:39
  
  On August 4, 2020 a police vehicle was involved in a collision in the intersection of Pine Street and Wellington Street East. As a result of the investigation into the collision a member of the Sault Ste. Marie Police Service has been charged with fail to stop for a red light under the Highway Traffic […]
  
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