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Great Stories

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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Donation garden flourishing again after alleged chemical attack

Donation garden flourishing again after alleged chemical attack

‘For as much bad that happened, it’s okay because I learned lots and met new people,’ says Trista Pino, who is harvesting produce just weeks after suspected attack
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Korah footballer captures gold at national women's championship

Korah footballer captures gold at national women's championship

‘Being the only one from the Sault, I felt like I was there to represent my city’: Lilliana Sawchyn, Korah’s only senior female football player, wins gold with Team Ontario Black at Women’s U18 Tackle National Championship in Ottawa
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Business in the front, party in the back: Get your Goulais mullet calendar

Business in the front, party in the back: Get your Goulais mullet calendar

Hairstylist Kayla Matthews and photographer Cheryl Proulx will produce and sell calendars that features Goulais residents with mullet cuts in support of ARCH Hospice
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Sault gymnast to appear on American Ninja Warrior tonight

Sault gymnast to appear on American Ninja Warrior tonight

Rebel Gym coach and Superior Heights grad Sylas Snider qualified for the hit show American Ninja Warrior earlier this year; his appearance will air tonight at 8 p.m.
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Ten years later, Sault arm wrestler finally gets his rematch

Ten years later, Sault arm wrestler finally gets his rematch

Marty Dimma lost to Nova Scotia’s Will Sarty at 2013 Nationals. For the next ten years, Dimma waited patiently for the chance to face his friend and rival again
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‘It drives me’: Dwarfism no barrier for inspiring Sault athlete

‘It drives me’: Dwarfism no barrier for inspiring Sault athlete

‘No matter what your differences are, or the outcome of who you are, anything can be accomplished,’ says the Sault's Logan Hunter, the only athlete from northern Ontario gearing up for the World Dwarf Games in Germany
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'She amazes me': Korah football star ready to tackle competition for Team Ontario

'She amazes me': Korah football star ready to tackle competition for Team Ontario

Unfazed by playing on a team full of boys, Lilliana Sawchyn is looking forward to representing her city and province at the Women’s U18 Tackle National Championship
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Sault cyclist finishes grueling 4,400 km race within 20-day goal

Sault cyclist finishes grueling 4,400 km race within 20-day goal

‘I’ve definitely been called crazy many times,’ says Joel Wenham, the Velorution bike shop manager who averaged 220 km of riding every day for 20 straight days
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One man’s cycling journey sparks post-foster care conversation

One man’s cycling journey sparks post-foster care conversation

“A lot of people cycle across Canada, but not a lot of guys over 300 pounds do it,” says Chris Aubichon, a Moncton, N.B. man who pedalled through the Sault this week to raise awareness for wards of the court who age out of the group home system
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Korah football star ready to tackle her competition at nationals

Korah football star ready to tackle her competition at nationals

Unfazed by competing on a football team full of boys, Korah’s Lilliana Sawchyn is looking forward to representing her city and her province at the Women’s U18 Tackle National Championship in Ottawa next month
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