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Hey Balsillie! You can't buy the Coyotes!

Hey Balsillie! You can't buy the Coyotes!

A Phoenix bankruptcy judge has rejected Jim Balsillie's bid to buy the Phoenix Coyotes and move the NHL team to Canada. The league has been fighting the Canadian billionaire's attempts to move the team away from Arizona.
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Forest fire hazard high around Sault Ste. Marie

Forest fire hazard high around Sault Ste. Marie

NEWS RELEASE MINISTRY OF NATURAL RESOURCES *************************** Forest fire situation update - East Fire Region Ontario is responding to another request for forest fire fighter support to British Colombia.
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Sault Hospitals experience power outage

Sault Hospitals experience power outage

PUC POWER OUTAGE ADVISORY *************************** Past outages This is a description of an unplanned power interruption(s) that recently affected PUC Distribution customers in Sault Ste. Marie.
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Stephen Harper responds to Ignatieff's demands

Stephen Harper responds to Ignatieff's demands

Prime Minister Stephen Harper said today that he's willing to open discussions with Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff in order to avoid a summer election.
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End of the line for Huron Central Railway

End of the line for Huron Central Railway

Hard hit by the current economic downturn, Huron Central Railway will cease all rail operations by October 31, parent company Genesee and Wyoming Inc. announced today. Forty-five non-union jobs will be lost, about 20 of them in Sault Ste.
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Coast Guard halts Ambassador Bridge twinning project

Coast Guard halts Ambassador Bridge twinning project

The U.S. Coast Guard has today ordered Michigan billionaire Matty Moroun, owner of the Ambassador Bridge, to stop work on a planned second span linking Windsor and Detroit at Canada's busiest border crossing.
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Denis Turcotte takes a part-time job. At the Innovation Centre

Denis Turcotte takes a part-time job. At the Innovation Centre

NEWS RELEASE SAULT STE. MARIE INNOVATION CENTRE ************************* Denis Turcotte to support CEO in Residence program at the Sault Ste.
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Full-day learning for 4- and 5-year-olds starts next year

Full-day learning for 4- and 5-year-olds starts next year

NEWS RELEASES GOVERNMENT OF ONTARIO ONTARIO ENGLISH CATHOLIC TEACHERS' ASSOCIATION ************************** Ontario gets roadmap for early learning Report gives strategy to introduce full-day learning for four- and five-year-olds Ontario has receiv
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Essar's cogeneration plant up and running

Essar's cogeneration plant up and running

NEWS RELEASES ESSAR STEEL ALGOMA DAVID ORAZIETTI, MPP ************************** Essar Steel Algoma confirms start-up of cogeneration facility SAULT STE.
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Ignatieff spells out what Harper must do to avert election

Ignatieff spells out what Harper must do to avert election

Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff has laid out his conditions for Prime Minister Stephen Harper to get Liberal support in a confidence vote expected later this week.
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