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Queen Street Cruise responds to criticism over burnouts, smoke
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66Now that's a response. Congrats to the organizing committee. It's been much better since Mr. Coccimiglio stopped "organizing" it.
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PHOTOS: Elbows Up rally in the Sault celebrates all things Canadian
SooToday 27Gordie Howe was the person that made "ELBOWS UP" famous. Ironically, he was a supporter of the Conservative Party and his wife ran as a Republican in the states. I know they call this bipartisanship, but this is blatantly a bunch of liberals gathering for a rally. Note Sheehan in one of the photos, not to mention our Liberal leaning Mayor and Frank O'Connor who is also a hardcore Liberal. Good to see people getting out, however, this term is now linked to the Liberals and is definitely not bipartisan.
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Union files welfare room grievance against Algoma Steel
SooToday 22If I still worked there I'd be so happy to still have my job. This is so petty. Quit your whining and walk a little extra. There are 1000 plus people that wish they had to walk a little further to get to their break room right now. Absolutely absurd. I'd be voting to break the union at this point.
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PUC ordered to disclose energy contracts and internal emails
SooToday 63How many companies does the PUC own stake in that ratepayers are on the hook for? We have a watermain relining company, an arborist company, and apparently they bought stake in a line company. Why are the ratepayers and majority owner not notified of the financials of all of these supposed revenue generating subsidiaries? When neighborhoods have lights flickering because there is not enough power or a lack of good power, why are we on the hook to fix it? How is evolutionary Smart Grid helping us? Has the EAF pulled more power than the PUC can supply them and now neighborhoods have flickering lights? Why are the higher ups driving unmarked electric vehicles home and why is the PUC paying to put charging stations in their homes? One employee lives approx 1km away and has an office job and a Lighting pickup truck paid for by PUC. It's unbelievable that us ratepayers are on the hook. It's hard to believe that the current president and CEO bankrupted the previous company he worked for.
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'They're going to get smoked' — Parent sounds alarm over back-to-school roadwork
SooToday 27Photo 2&3 literally show a pedestrian crosswalk not being used by students. It's everyone else's fault when stupidity takes precedence.
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How Coun. Caputo proposes to fix our roads
SooToday 56Chat GPT: how do I convince constituents that I care about roads leading up to an election....
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Is this now the Sault’s favourite Instagram spot?
SooToday 41100% over budget, another great job by city staff! Yes, the stairs needed attention, but did we need to build a new elevator outside when there’s literally an elevator on the ground level at the west entrance of the building that has worked for years. They could have reconfigured the hallways inside the building to deny access to the remainder of the building for the public who used the elevators rather than building the new one outside. They could have also restricted access to other floors with key fobs given to city staff for access. There were much more affordable way to do this. The new elevator was definitely a decision that designers and city staff should be on the hook for. Let’s start holding our engineers and architects accountable when projects go over budget due to poor planning or budgeting. They have insurance for a reason. Also, give the contractor bonuses for finding cost savings rather than rewarding them for going over budget.
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Solicitor general praises Sault Police, blocks OPP takeover request
SooToday 43Mr. Spina seems to have made himself look incompetent again. Failed businessman, failed police officer, failed politician in 2 levels of government. Let's hope we have some better options in the next municipal election. This is a great signal that maybe we need to increase the city policing budget. Maybe the 15+ million we've spent on repaving Queen Street and the building the Downtown Plaza are good examples of how not to spend money. Get the vagrants out of downtown and maybe people will actually visit.
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MTO defends daytime-only construction for Highway
SooToday 23"Commuters" lol. You live in Goulais River. Plan to leave earlier and get home later. Same people that complain about the condition of the highway are now complaining that they're fixing it. Get over it. You pay dismal taxes in Goulais River (or anywhere north of the city for that matter). You should thank the remainder of the province for paying for a new road for you. There are only 2 seasons here- Construction and winter. Get used to it. It keeps people working and the economy moving.
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How the city's planning to rejigger Lyons Ave. and Wellington West
SooToday 40I think city council is on a common sense diet.
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Former councillor's son signs up to run in fall civic election
SooToday 41Gary Sr. was an alderman when alderman did their actual job. They called out the inefficiencies at city hall, represented their constituents on actual municipal issues, and respected the ratepayers' dime. Councillors of the day are more worried about pumping funds into their vanity projects while they let the basic city services and infrastructure literally crumble. Councillors of today are afraid to call out city staff and have no regard for respect to the taxpayers. I wish we could go back to the old fashioned way of doing things. I hope to see more everyday average joes running with more common sense than the "highly educated" folk that claim to work for us now.
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Last call: Station Mall LCBO closing its doors for good this Sunday
SooToday 41The neighborhood folk downtown are the exact reason why this location is moving. If it were your business, I think you would be tired of the shoplifting too. Better to be in a neighborhood where crime is lower. Maybe this will help their shoplifting stats.
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Game on? Hockey team booted from playoffs over messy locker room not done yet
SooToday 20Let's reward kids for having no responsibility, no respect, and no accountability for their actions. A true testament to parenting today. I can't wait to see all of these kids prosper in the NHL. Their parents sure think they're going to make it.
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Tax hike on Sault hotel rooms proposed to help pay for urban beach
SooToday 39This will cost millions. I am on board when we are in a financially stable position. The boardwalk link is nice, but for an extra 2-3 minutes, I don't think spending millions on this would make any sense. Architects, engineers, and politicians love spending our money. Hopefully they can do this one responsibly.
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More housing under construction on West Side
SooToday 31There's a 200 person waiting list. I'm sure it'll be full.
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'Big things planned': Preregister now for Queen Street Cruise
SooToday 30@Nick NackI'm really hoping you're a troll because this is the most idiotic and ridiculous comment I've seen in a while. Private businesses support an event that actually draws people to the downtown core, locals and visitors drive their beautiful cars to visit this dump of a town, support our restaurants, hotels, and small businesses while taking their lives into their own hands driving down our roads and dodging potholes and vagrants, and you're worried about losing sleep. Get bent. I can't wait to step back in time for a couple nights and actually enjoy something downtown for once instead of watching people pee in bus shelters and j walk because they don't know what planet they're on.
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Last call: Station Mall LCBO closing its doors for good this Sunday
SooToday 7I heard Costco is building it's first floating location on the St. Mary's River. That way they can float it to Toronto when the steel plant closes and this city is nothing but a ghost town. Got any styrofoam? Maybe we can float the mall down the river too.
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Weather plays a factor for painting lines on roads: traffic manager
SooToday 29The city sold an almost brand new line painting machine that was used for 1 season for about 40% of what they paid for it. All because the guy in charge didn't want to do his job. Our "competent" city workers also thought it was a good idea to clean the paint tanks into a catch basin at PWT on Sackville, causing an environmental investigation when Fort Creek was running bright yellow. Utter incompetence at the city as per usual.
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Portion of Peoples Road closing for six months
SooToday 22Did you maybe consider that it's not possible or not economical for them to leave a lane open? We will be just fine with the extra drive to the store or work for 6 months.
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Hollingsworth calls for mayor’s resignation from police board
SooToday 25Ponytail,The police board, association, and chiefs have told council that if their budget was increased to allow for more officers, we wouldn't need to pay our existing cops double time to come in for overtime. This would greatly reduce the cost overruns. Look at what they paid in overtime last year. The former chief has called for reform so we aren't arresting the same people daily, weekly, or monthly. This is also causing huge cost overruns. The police needed to install bodycams on all officers then hire civilians to oversee the systems. This caused and will continue to cause cost overruns. I don't know the exact figure, but ask a cop how many calls 100 specific people have caused in the last year. I think you might change your mind.
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