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Health officials prescribed brandy as 1957 flu closed all local schools

Health officials prescribed brandy as 1957 flu closed all local schools

This edition of Remember This, looks back on the effect of the H2N2 flu
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Thousands of children infected during the great ringworm epidemic of 1950

Thousands of children infected during the great ringworm epidemic of 1950

In this edition of Remember This we look back on an outbreak so bad that it caught the attention of Time Magazine
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How the Spanish Flu affected Sault Ste. Marie

How the Spanish Flu affected Sault Ste. Marie

In this edition of Remember This, we look back on a story we told you back in 2017 about an earlier pandemic that saw gatherings curtailed and schools and businesses closed
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The Theresa DeCourcy murder: Decades later, an arrest is made

The Theresa DeCourcy murder: Decades later, an arrest is made

In this edition of Remember This, we conclude the story of the 1945 murder of a teenaged girl that caused panic in the city
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'A city of dread': The murder of Theresa DeCourcy

'A city of dread': The murder of Theresa DeCourcy

In this edition of Remember This, we look back at one of the most notorious murders in Sault Ste. Marie history
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Maud Gillespie: The story of a missing girl and a detective accused of telling tall tales

Maud Gillespie: The story of a missing girl and a detective accused of telling tall tales

When a 12-year-old girl went missing in the late 1890s, a celebrity detective was called in. But his early attitude and eventual retelling of the case drew criticism. Read more in this edition of Remember This
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How a cruise bound for the Sault almost killed Sir John A. Macdonald

How a cruise bound for the Sault almost killed Sir John A. Macdonald

In this edition of Remember This, we look back at a five-day cruise that didn't make it past Manitoulin Island
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The adventures of a steamer named Francis

The adventures of a steamer named Francis

In this edition of Remember This, we learn the checkered history of a ship that seemed to run into trouble in the Sault. It currently lies underneath a Collingwood subdivision
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Women in the mill: How a persistent summer student spurred a societal shift at Algoma Steel

Women in the mill: How a persistent summer student spurred a societal shift at Algoma Steel

In this edition of Remember This, we go back to 1974 and the first lasting influx of female labourers at the steel plant
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The story of T.S. Durham

The story of T.S. Durham

The area around Queen Street East and March Street is known as the Durham Block because of this man. Learn more about him in this week's edition of Remember This
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