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City grabs unspent $6.3 million for mad money (14 council briefs)

City grabs unspent $6.3 million for mad money (14 council briefs)

Windfall cash will be set aside as nest egg for unspecified projects, possibly including a housing action plan
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Eight new wildfires in northeast region confirmed today

Eight new wildfires in northeast region confirmed today

Sault Ste. Marie 3 is 5 hectares and not yet under control about 2.5 km west of Highway 108 and 3.5 km south of Mississagi Provincial Park
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EXCLUSIVE: New family clinic will take on 3,000 de-rostered Group Health patients

EXCLUSIVE: New family clinic will take on 3,000 de-rostered Group Health patients

Great Lakes Clinic will also offer walk-in services to anyone in the city without a family doctor, and hopes to eventually absorb all 10K patients de-rostered by Group Health
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Northern med school, OPSEU ratify new four-year deal

Northern med school, OPSEU ratify new four-year deal

OPSEU Local 677 represents office, clerical, administrative, technical and service workers at the Northern Ontario School of Medicine University
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Canadian steelmakers urge feds to get tough on Chinese dumps

Canadian steelmakers urge feds to get tough on Chinese dumps

Biden administration to hike tariffs by 25 per cent on Chinese imported steel into U.S.
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Golfers celebrate 20 years of hacking and slashing at country club

Golfers celebrate 20 years of hacking and slashing at country club

‘It’s just so much fun’: Members of Hack and Slash Golf League recognized their milestone with special scramble and banquet at Sault Golf Club on Saturday
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Teacher charged with child porn in B.C. lands job at Ontario high school

Teacher charged with child porn in B.C. lands job at Ontario high school

York Region District School Board confirms Darrell Gilkes, charged by the RCMP in 2022, is no longer teaching in Newmarket after an arrest warrant was issued May 13
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Turning fish waste to profit on Manitoulin Island

Turning fish waste to profit on Manitoulin Island

Purvis Fisheries has signed Great Lakes pledge to use 100% of fish by 2025
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One last laugh from longtime SooToday cartoonist Ron Moffatt

One last laugh from longtime SooToday cartoonist Ron Moffatt

Known for his kindness and humility — and a high-profile wrongful conviction as a teenager — the retired school janitor and SooToday cartoonist died on May 13
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Singer-songwriter comes ashore for Sault debut

Singer-songwriter comes ashore for Sault debut

Cleveland's Jerry Popiel best known for song paying tribute to El Faro sinking in 2015
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