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• Newsweek apologizes for op-ed questioning Harris eligibility - Sault Ste. Marie Evening News

  15-08-2020 23:03
  Newsweek apologizes for op-ed questioning Harris eligibility  Sault Ste. Marie Evening News
  
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• Zeeland hospital opens new pediatric observation unit - Sault Ste. Marie Evening News

  15-08-2020 22:52
  Zeeland hospital opens new pediatric observation unit  Sault Ste. Marie Evening News
  
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• Tips sought in animal cruelty case - Sault Ste. Marie Evening News

  15-08-2020 22:52
  Tips sought in animal cruelty case  Sault Ste. Marie Evening News
  
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• Thirty percent of voters turn out in Erie - Sault Ste. Marie Evening News

  15-08-2020 22:52
  Thirty percent of voters turn out in Erie  Sault Ste. Marie Evening News
  
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• Leaders assess student agriculture farm at college - Sault Ste. Marie Evening News

  15-08-2020 22:52
  Leaders assess student agriculture farm at college  Sault Ste. Marie Evening News
  
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• Holland Rescue Mission 2020 Thanksgiving dinner canceled - Sault Ste. Marie Evening News

  15-08-2020 22:52
  Holland Rescue Mission 2020 Thanksgiving dinner canceled  Sault Ste. Marie Evening News
  
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• Second robbery suspect nabbed

  15-08-2020 22:12 via saultstar.com
  
  A second suspect wanted for a July 1 robbery was arrested last Friday.Read More
  
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• Don't bite the hand that feeds you ….

  15-08-2020 22:04 via saultstar.com
  
  Holly Brodhagen and her daughter, Elsie, 2, from Bonfield, Ont., find out how aggressive Canada geese can be when a free meal is offered at Bellevue Park on Saturday. Brodhagen’s husband, Trevor Muir, is originally from the Sault. BRIAN KELLYRead More
  
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• Water wary

  15-08-2020 21:56 via saultstar.com
  
  Cydney Thibodeau introduces her 22-month-old son, Lucas Thibodeau, to the splash pad at Bellevue Park on Saturday. Lucas likes water, Cydney says, just not when it comes and goes like it does at the downtown park’s attraction. BRIAN KELLYRead More
  
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• Wary of water

  15-08-2020 21:56 via saultstar.com
  
  Cydney Thibodeau introduces her 22-month-old son, Lucas Thibodeau, to the splash pad at Bellevue Park on Saturday. Lucas likes water, Cydney says, just not when it comes and goes like it does at the downtown park’s attraction. BRIAN KELLYRead More
  
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• Rask-less Bruins top Hurricanes 3-1, take 2-1 lead in series

  15-08-2020 21:48
  
  TORONTO — Jaroslav Halak stopped 29 shots after goaltender Tuukka Rask opted out of the NHL playoffs and Charlie Coyle provided plenty of offence, scoring once and setting up another goal to help the Boston Bruins beat the Carolina Hurricanes 3-1 and take a 2-1 lead in their first-round series. Rask’s absence was announced Saturday […]
  
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• Quebec reports 80 new COVID-19 infections, one additional death linked to virus

  15-08-2020 20:35
  
  MONTREAL — Quebec is reporting 80 new cases of COVID-19 and one additional death linked to the novel coronavirus. The Health Department did not register a death in the past 24 hours, but did add one that occurred between Aug. 8 and Aug. 13. The province has registered 61,084 people infected and 5,719 deaths since […]
  
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• Underpass 'should be good for awhile'

  15-08-2020 19:58 via saultstar.com
  
  Additional street and sewer work was done when remedial structural improvements were completed at the Wellington Street underpass in July. Read More
  
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• ‘Why not us?’: Asylum seekers on COVID-19 front lines demand permanent residency

  15-08-2020 19:38
  
  MONTREAL — Doll Jean Frejus Nguessan Bi says he couldn’t sleep at all last night. The asylum seeker from Ivory Coast works as a security guard in hospitals and long-term care homes in the Montreal area, where he watched many of his colleagues stop coming in as deaths linked to COVID-19 began to mount this […]
  
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• Transit pact costs city a buck

  15-08-2020 19:14 via saultstar.com
  
  City of Sault Ste. Marie will have a 50-year lease with Sault College to base Sault Ste. Marie Transit’s Northern Transfer Point at the post-secondary institution.Read More
  
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• Firefighters say rain helped regain control over wildfire in northwest Ontario

  15-08-2020 18:30
  
  RED LAKE, Ont. — Persistent heavy rain has helped firefighters regain control over a wildfire that forced the evacuation of a northwestern Ontario town. The Ministry of Natural Resources says nearly 50 millimetres of rain fell on the fire, which is three kilometres from Red Lake and designated as Red Lake 49, since Friday morning. Fire information officer Chris Marchand […]
  
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• Council considers pop-up units

  15-08-2020 17:57 via saultstar.com
  
  Pop-up retail units could offer young entrepreneurs a chance to try their business ideas downtown.Read More
  
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• NWT Sault Ste Marie Final Results: Schaefer Wins and Kemos Takes Second - IceFishingFIRST

  15-08-2020 17:10
  
  NWT Sault Ste Marie Final Results: Schaefer Wins and Kemos Takes Second  IceFishingFIRST
  
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• Pilot sought to boost Ward 5 Internet service

  15-08-2020 17:08 via saultstar.com
  
  Ward 5 residents lacking access to broadband infrastructure could get a boost to their Internet service.Read More
  
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• Ontario reports 106 new cases of COVID-19, one new death related to virus

  15-08-2020 16:55
  
  TORONTO — Ontario is reporting 106 new cases of COVID-19 and one new death related to the virus. The total number of cases now stands at 40,565, which includes 2,789 deaths and 36,783 cases marked as resolved. The number of new cases narrowly outpaced the number of cases newly marked as resolved in Saturday’s report. Health […]
  
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• Bushplane museum features 3D films

  15-08-2020 15:14 via saultstar.com
  
  Three short 3D films will be screened at Canadian Bushplane Heritage Centre until early September.Read More
  
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• Duathlon gets new date

  15-08-2020 14:57 via saultstar.com
  
  A new date is set for DU283 duathlon to help Algoma Family Services Foundation. Read More
  
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• Feds help domestic violence victims

  15-08-2020 14:46 via saultstar.com
  
  Algoma Family Services and Phoenix Rising will each get $25,000 from the federal government to help victims of domestic violence during the COVID-19 pandemic.Read More
  
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• Pandemic forces Monster Madness cancellation

  15-08-2020 14:35 via saultstar.com
  
  Monster Madness, delayed by the COVID-19 pandemic, is now cancelled because of the public health crisis.Read More
  
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• Rotary draws help THRIVE

  15-08-2020 14:24 via saultstar.com
  
  THRIVE Child Development Centre will benefit from dollars raised from several upcoming 50/50 draws held by Rotary Club of Sault Ste.Marie. Read More
  
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• Library's main branch reopens

  15-08-2020 14:07 via saultstar.com
  
  James L.McIntyre Centennial Library will reopen to the public on Monday.Read More
  
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• Crash prompts trafficking charges

  15-08-2020 13:53 via saultstar.com
  
  A Sault Ste. Marie man faces drug trafficking charges following a single-vehicle crash in Gravenhurst last Friday.Read More
  
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• Ventilator supply starts to increase as Tam warns of possible surge of COVID-19

  15-08-2020 12:15
  
  OTTAWA — Only a small fraction of the 40,000 new ventilators Canada ordered for hospitals last spring have already been delivered but several companies involved say their production lines will start delivering the products faster in the next few weeks. The promise of new arrivals comes as Canada’s chief public health officer, Dr. Theresa Tam, warned […]
  
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• ‘Don’t let this happen to anyone else’: families seek change to border rules

  15-08-2020 12:10
  
  OTTAWA — “Please don’t let this happen to anyone else.” That’s what John McCall has to say after COVID-19 restrictions on who can come to Canada meant his children were unable to be with their mother when she died last week near Peterborough, Ont. The federal government announced Friday that Canada and the U.S. agreed to […]
  
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• Carson Gulker leads Dux with poise, experience - Sault Ste. Marie Evening News

  15-08-2020 10:02
  Carson Gulker leads Dux with poise, experience  Sault Ste. Marie Evening News
  
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• Carleton gets grant to upgrade Kent St. - Sault Ste. Marie Evening News

  15-08-2020 09:00
  Carleton gets grant to upgrade Kent St.  Sault Ste. Marie Evening News
  
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• OAISD approves return plan, school chief search - Sault Ste. Marie Evening News

  15-08-2020 08:49
  OAISD approves return plan, school chief search  Sault Ste. Marie Evening News
  
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• Letter: Use your power to vote - Opinion - Sault Ste. Marie Evening News

  15-08-2020 08:49
  Letter: Use your power to vote - Opinion  Sault Ste. Marie Evening News
  
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• Church leadership - Sault Ste. Marie Evening News

  15-08-2020 08:49
  Church leadership  Sault Ste. Marie Evening News
  
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• Multiple Charges for Sault Man After Collision In Gravenhurst

  15-08-2020 05:48
  
  Bracebridge OPP were called to a single vehicle collision that occurred on Highway 11 Northbound just north of Doe Lake Road in Gravenhurst on Friday August 14, 2020 at 5:00 a.m. The vehicle left the roadway, crashed -and witnesses reported seeing the driver trying to walk away from the scene. Police arrived and located the […]
  
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• Islanders play Trotz hockey, take 2-0 series lead on Caps

  15-08-2020 05:46
  
  TORONTO — Long after Brock Nelson scored on a breakaway to restore the New York Islanders’ lead, he and his teammates hemmed the Washington Capitals in their zone for a long shift that can wear an opponent down. Then Cal Clutterbuck tipped Jean-Gabriel Pageau’s shot past Braden Holtby to break the Capitals’ will. It was […]
  
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• Thursday’s Highway 17 Closure Caused By Chemical Spill

  15-08-2020 05:39
  
  Media Release – Superior East OPP   On August 13, 2020, at approximately 4:40 p.m., members of the Superior East Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a chemical spill on Highway 17 near Rabbit Blanket Lake. A commercial motor vehicle was forced to take evasive action in order to avoid a collision […]
  
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• Peel police officers save boy hanging from balcony in Mississauga

  15-08-2020 05:19
  
  MISSISSAUGA, Ont. — Police west of Toronto say officers rescued a seven-year-old boy who was hanging from a sixth floor balcony. Peel police say the boy was playing near the window in the apartment building in Mississauga, Ont., when he slipped Friday. They say his mother was able to grab his hand but was losing […]
  
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• PM confirms two Canadians among those killed by deadly Aug. 4 Beirut explosion

  15-08-2020 03:10
  
  OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has confirmed that two Canadians are among those killed in last week’s deadly explosion in Beirut. In a written statement, Trudeau offers his “deepest condolences” to the family and friends of the two Canadians. He says his thoughts remain with other Canadians injured or missing as a result of the tragedy. […]
  
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• Military says still ‘minor’ problems in some Ontario long-term care homes

  15-08-2020 01:58
  
  TORONTO — The Canadian Armed Forces says minor problems remain in some Ontario long-term care homes they were deployed to earlier in the COVID-19 pandemic. The military’s concerns outlined in a report dated Aug. 4 include worker skills and standards of practice in the seven nursing homes. The reports attributes many of the problems to inexperienced staff who […]
  
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• 'Cold case hunters' seeking missing Sudbury teen eye tips on escort website

  15-08-2020 01:03 via saultstar.com
  
  A non-profit organization has taken to a website offering escort advertisements in an effort to gather tips about the disappearance of a Sudbury teen and a London, Ont., woman. Read More
  
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• With Tories set to reveal new leader Aug. 23, here’s how the votes are counted

  15-08-2020 00:43
  
  OTTAWA — The federal Conservative party will announce the winner of its leadership contest on Aug. 23. Nearly 269,500 people are eligible to vote for the new leader, which is roughly 10,000 more than the last time the party held a leadership vote in 2017. Here are five things to know about the vote for Conservative leadership. Candidates […]
  
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