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Do you know someone with a great story? We want to share it!

Everyone knows a great person with a great story. So, our concept is simple. Find amazing people in our community with great stories to tell and share those stories with everyone else.

We are looking for heroes, philanthropists, innovators, volunteers, good neighbours, visionaries, donors, adventurers, veterans or anyone you think is a great person with a unique story.

Submit a short summary that includes the name of the person and the story you think we should highlight. Give us your name and contact info as well as the contact for the person you want us to write about (or the best person to contact that can tell their story).

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IN FOCUS: Sault's newest eye doctors are also a couple

IN FOCUS: Sault's newest eye doctors are also a couple

One of them will now be working alongside her childhood optometrist, Dr. Alison Hayes-Sheen
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UPDATE: Sault Area Hospital computer systems restored after outage

UPDATE: Sault Area Hospital computer systems restored after outage

No patient information was breached
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In sport of adjustments, Harnden fine-tuning his game

In sport of adjustments, Harnden fine-tuning his game

Spending the past two curling seasons with a new team, EJ Harnden looked to adjust his game to fit in with his new teammates and the adjustments are paying off
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'Such a beautiful thing': White Pines students earn two silvers at Special Olympics

'Such a beautiful thing': White Pines students earn two silvers at Special Olympics

High school’s DARE Program, which works with teenagers living with intellectual and physical disabilities, is all 'about supporting each other' to succeed
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Local construction workers 'step up to the plate' to drive cancer patients to Sudbury

Local construction workers 'step up to the plate' to drive cancer patients to Sudbury

'The joy you get from doing it, it’s hard to describe': Since April, employees at Mike Moore Construction have volunteered for Canadian Cancer Society's 'Wheels of Hope' program
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Cemetery stone wall rammed by van will cost $14K to repair

Cemetery stone wall rammed by van will cost $14K to repair

City workers have started to repair an old stone wall at Greenwood Cemetery that was badly damaged last month by an alleged drunk driver behind the wheel of a white van
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Cheering him on from the Sault, Paul Maurice’s family ‘always believed’ he'd hoist the Cup

Cheering him on from the Sault, Paul Maurice’s family ‘always believed’ he'd hoist the Cup

After winning Game 7, the Florida Panthers head coach gave a heartfelt shoutout to his family in the Sault on national TV — then phoned his childhood home from the ice
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These lucky students spent most of the school year outside

These lucky students spent most of the school year outside

‘Much better learning environment’: The first year of the Outdoor Learning Program at White Pines allowed Grade 7/8 students to get accustomed to nature, attend more field trips, and foster an understanding of the Indigenous Ways of Knowing
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Upgrades to Algoma Steel’s plate mill finally complete

Upgrades to Algoma Steel’s plate mill finally complete

After nearly two years of delays, the steelmaker’s Plate Mill Modernization Project has come to fruition; facility promises to pump out more product at a higher quality
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Lunching seniors shocked by mystery stranger's act of kindness

Lunching seniors shocked by mystery stranger's act of kindness

Before leaving the restaurant, an anonymous stranger left enough to take a big bite out of the bill of a group of seniors on an outing at the Husky House Restaurant
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