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• Demonstrators gather to protest treatment of migrant workers amid pandemic

  23-08-2020 23:20
  
  TORONTO — Activists staged a demonstration in front of a government immigration office in Toronto on Sunday to protest what they say is unjust treatment of migrant workers during the COVID-19 pandemic. The event was organized by the Migrant Workers Alliance of Canada, which for months has been advocating for migrant workers to receive the same status […]
  
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• Compensation talks for victims of downed jetliner to start in October: Iran

  23-08-2020 20:50
  
  OTTAWA — The head of Iran’s civil aviation organization says his government will launch compensation talks in October with Canada and other countries that lost citizens when the Iranian military shot down a civilian jetliner earlier this year. Touraj Dehqani Zangeneh made the comments to Iran’s official news agency over the weekend amid new Iranian […]
  
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• A quick look at the four federal Conservative leadership candidates

  23-08-2020 19:56
  
  OTTAWA — Four candidates are in the running for leadership of the federal Conservative party, and a winner will be announced Sunday night. Here’s a quick look at who they are, in alphabetical order: Leslyn Lewis Age: 49 Professional/political background: Lawyer, ran and lost in the 2015 election in the riding of Scarborough-Rouge Park after the original […]
  
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• Foreign minister to tour Beirut aid efforts on first overseas trip since COVID

  23-08-2020 19:50
  
  OTTAWA — Foreign Affairs Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne is heading to Lebanon this week to get a firsthand look at the devastation caused by this month’s deadly explosions in Beirut. The visit will mark Champagne’s first overseas travel since March, when countries around the world, including Canada, closed their borders to slow the spread of COVID-19. […]
  
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• Canadian intelligence assessments of Saddam’s Iraq got it right, new paper says

  23-08-2020 19:35
  
  OTTAWA — A new research paper says Canadian intelligence assessments on Iraq were generally accurate in the run-up to the U.S.-led invasion of 2003 — unlike reports produced in Washington and London that were used to justify war. Almost nothing has been said outside government circles about Canadian judgments that Saddam Hussein had no active weapons of mass destruction program, the […]
  
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• Lucky dog

  23-08-2020 19:17 via saultstar.com
  
  Firefighters help a dog when responding to a house fire at 132 McFadden Ave., early Sunday afternoon. Sault Ste. Marie Fire Service was called to a blaze at a brick bungalow at about 12:15 p.m. Read More
  
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• Canine gets help

  23-08-2020 19:17 via saultstar.com
  
  Firefighters help a dog when responding to a house fire at 132 McFadden Ave., early Sunday afternoon. Read More
  
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• House Fire on McFadden Avenue in West End of City

  23-08-2020 18:41
  
  Sault Online/ONNtv has received reports of a house fire in the 100 block of McFadden Avenue in the city’s west end. Sault Ste. Marie Fire Services and PUC are on scene at this time. Motorists are asked to avoid the area to allow the crews room to work safely. Sault Online/ONNtv will bring you more […]
  
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• Granlund cartoon: Putin’s political foes - Sault Ste. Marie Evening News

  23-08-2020 18:07
  Granlund cartoon: Putin’s political foes  Sault Ste. Marie Evening News
  
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• Ontario reports 115 new cases of COVID-19, no new deaths related to virus

  23-08-2020 17:54
  
  TORONTO — Ontario is reporting 115 new cases of COVID-19 and no new deaths related to the novel coronavirus. The province is also reporting 106 newly resolved cases today. The total number of cases now stands at 41,402, which includes 2,797 deaths and 37,595 cases marked as resolved. Health Minister Christine Elliott says 29 of the province’s 34 public health units are […]
  
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• Quebec reports 74 new COVID-19 cases, 1 death linked to virus

  23-08-2020 17:31
  
  MONTREAL — Quebec is reporting 74 new COVID-19 cases today while patients in hospital and intensive care declined. Health authorities say the latest confirmed infections brings the total to 61,673 since the beginning of the pandemic. The Health Department has also added one more death for which the date in unknown, bringing the total to 5,740. […]
  
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• As Freeland takes finance job, crisis will dictate spending plans, experts say

  23-08-2020 17:10
  
  OTTAWA — Perrin Beatty was on his way home from the office when his phone rang. It was Chrystia Freeland, who 24 hours earlier had become Canada’s finance minister. For the president of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce, the call signalled how Freeland will approach her new portfolio — reaching out to multiple stakeholders and […]
  
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• Bank earnings preview: Focus remains on bad loan provisions in Q3

  23-08-2020 17:07
  
  TORONTO — Canadian banks will continue putting aside massive amounts of cash to cover unpaid or “bad” loans in their second quarters, but the totals won’t be nearly as high as they were in the previous quarter, analysts say. “The greatest amount of investor focus is going to be on credit, even though we are […]
  
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• Freeland’s ‘Plutocrats’ book showcases her views on taxes, deficits, joblessness

  23-08-2020 17:00
  
  OTTAWA — Justin Trudeau first met Chrystia Freeland at a 2012 Toronto signing for her award-winning book, Plutocrats: The Rise of the New Global Super-Rich and the Fall of Everyone Else. The tome chronicled how globalization and the technology revolution has created a new class of uber-wealthy people, “a nation unto themselves” who wield outsized political clout that has produced economic policies […]
  
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• Free COVID-19 testing day announced for Monroe - Sault Ste. Marie Evening News

  23-08-2020 16:06
  Free COVID-19 testing day announced for Monroe  Sault Ste. Marie Evening News
  
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• Most area students set to return in person - Sault Ste. Marie Evening News

  23-08-2020 15:07
  Most area students set to return in person  Sault Ste. Marie Evening News
  
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• Lenawee County artist, educator chosen for national exhibit - Sault Ste. Marie Evening News

  23-08-2020 15:07
  Lenawee County artist, educator chosen for national exhibit  Sault Ste. Marie Evening News
  
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• Honoring Father Rooney - Sault Ste. Marie Evening News

  23-08-2020 14:25
  Honoring Father Rooney  Sault Ste. Marie Evening News
  
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• No Shortage of School Bus Drivers

  23-08-2020 13:20
  
  Parents are being reassured that there will not be a bus driver shortage when students return to school for the 2020-2021 school year. Joe Santa Maria told Algoma District School Board trustees that the Huron Superior Transportation Services Consortium works with seven busing companies. He adds there have been no concerns about a driver shortage […]
  
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• Pandemic turns Toronto rental market upside down, hands power to tenants

  23-08-2020 13:00
  
  TORONTO — Landlords are lining up to sign Rees Nam and their partner as tenants, even though the two have already found an apartment in Toronto — a far cry from when Nam was last on the hunt, two years ago. Back then, it took a personal connection for Nam to secure a lease, but this time […]
  
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• Ontario ticket holder wins Saturday night’s $6 million Lotto 649 jackpot

  23-08-2020 10:52
  
  TORONTO — A ticket holder in Ontario won the $6 million jackpot in Saturday night’s Lotto 649 draw. The draw’s $1 million guaranteed prize went to a lottery player in British Columbia. The jackpot for the next draw on Aug. 26 will be approximately $5 million.
  
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• Winner of Conservative leadership race set to be revealed tonight

  23-08-2020 10:05
  
  OTTAWA — The federal Conservative party elects a new leader tonight and whomever wins faces two major challenges right out of the gate. One: the party is the Official Opposition in the House of Commons, and in exactly a month’s time, the minority Liberal government will deliver a throne speech laying out a post-pandemic recovery plan. […]
  
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• COVID-19: Sault Ste. Marie chef earns recognition for her pandemic feed the children program - CTV Toronto

  23-08-2020 09:00
  
  COVID-19: Sault Ste. Marie chef earns recognition for her pandemic feed the children program  CTV Toronto
  
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• Peaches imported from California recalled due to possible Salmonella

  23-08-2020 06:37
  
  OTTAWA — The Canadian Food Inspection Agency says some imported peaches are being recalled due to possible Salmonella contamination. The agency says Prima Wawona, based out of Fresno, Calif., has recalled fresh peaches with various brand names because of the potential contamination. The peaches were sold in packages and individually, between June 1 and Aug. […]
  
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• Dog struck, driver flees

  23-08-2020 03:14 via saultstar.com
  
  A driver fled after striking a dog being walked near the Esten Lake boat launch in Elliot Loake last Thursday, police say.Read More
  
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