Sault Ste. Marie news

• Algoma University Student Hopes for New Lungs (Again)

  08-04-2018 23:30
  Less than two years after her lung transplant, Lindsay Wonnacott’s lung function has hit a new low at 16%. She should be studying for her final exams, and dreaming about hiking trips with her boyfriend, but instead Wonnacott is waiting to hear if she will be put back on the transplant list. She is only […]
  
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• 2018 annual Kiwanis All-You-Can-Eat Pancake Breakfast sizzles Sunday morning

  08-04-2018 23:12 via saultstar.com
  
  Jim St. Jules fries up sausages for Kiwanis Club of Sault Ste. Marie’s 2018 annual Kiwanis All-You-Can-Eat Pancake Breakfast Sunday morning at the Sault Ste. Marie Region Conservation Authority Sugar Shack on Fifth Line. St. Jules, a 20-year Kiwanis member, was assisted by his grandson, Joey St. Jules. Next weekend is the final weekend for the Kiwa
  
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• Group seeks photos of yellow-banded bumblebees

  08-04-2018 22:35 via saultstar.com
  
  Bumblebee queens are northern girls. “Canada is a great place for bumblebees … They are furry and adapted to be out in the cold,” says Sarah Johnson, lead biologist in the pollinator program with Wildlife Preservation Canada. Which is why the group started visiting Northern Ontario, specifically Nipigon, last summer and it plans to be back this yea
  
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• Site of deadly Saskatchewan hockey bus crash also scene of crash that killed six

  08-04-2018 22:25
  CARROT RIVER, Sask. — A remote Saskatchewan intersection where a junior hockey team bus crashed on Friday was already a scene of tragedy for a family that lost six of its members in a collision two decades ago. Dylan Fiddler, who was just six at the time, lost his mother, aunt, uncle and three young cousins […]
  
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• Doug Millroy: Spruce Haven In Jeopardy Again

  08-04-2018 22:19
  The future of Spruce Haven Nature Park, which seemed to be secure after council passed an amendment Feb. 20 grandfathering it into the proposed new animal care and control bylaw, is in jeopardy again. Because a wolf recently escaped from the zoo operated by Ken and Helen Marshall, Councillors Steve Butland and Susan Myers, the […]
  
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• Last day of hearings for missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls inquiry

  08-04-2018 22:15
  VANCOUVER — A longtime advocate for missing and murdered Indigenous women told her own story of abuse on the last scheduled day of public hearings for the national inquiry Sunday. Bernie Williams, who has fought for women on Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside for 30 years, said her abuse began at age three and continued through foster homes […]
  
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• OLIPHANT, Muriel Joyce Frost

  08-04-2018 21:42
  Died unexpectedly but peacefully in her home in Sault Ste. Marie, on Saturday, April 7, 2018 in the company of family. Born in Niagara Falls, February 24, 1923, daughter of the late Ethel and Stanley Frost. Beloved companion of the late Len for 71 years and wife for over 66 years. Loving mother of Leslie, […]
  
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• Athletes, teams honour victims of Humboldt Broncos deadly bus crash

  08-04-2018 19:48
  Some wrote “Broncos” on their caps or shoes, others sported the word across their backs. Athletes and teams across North America have been paying tribute to the Humboldt Broncos after Friday’s deadly collision between a truck and a bus that was carrying the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League team to a playoff game in the province. The Winnpeg Jets and Chicago Blackhawks honoured […]
  
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• DOROODIAN, Lana Jay

  08-04-2018 19:09
  After a long battle with cancer, it is with great sadness that the family of Lana Jay Doroodian announce her sudden passing, at home surrounded by her family on Friday, April 6, 2018 at the age of 52. Beloved wife of Mostafa (Moe). Loving mother of her two beautiful daughters Keyana and Natasha. Precious daughter […]
  
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• PITCHER, Fredrick Gordon

  08-04-2018 16:20
  (January 22, 1925-April 3, 2018) -With heavy hearts we announce the peaceful passing of Fred in the presence of loving family at Sault Area Hospital on Tuesday, April 3, 2018 after a brief illness. Beloved husband of Amelia (Prokop) for over 61 years.Loving and much loved father of Elaine Pitcher (Dave Galotta). Son of the […]
  
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• ROY, Noella

  08-04-2018 16:13
  (December 24, 1930 – April 6, 2018) It is with heavy hearts our family regrets to announce the unexpected passing of our beloved wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. Born in Mont Laurier, Quebec to Arthur and Anntoinette Lauzon (Nee Pruhomme). There she met the man of her dreams Armand Roy and they have been married […]
  
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• Small Saves by J.DeMarco

  08-04-2018 15:07
  Welcome to Small Saves “Behind the Mask” Newszine.This week I’d like to showcase the Small Saves books. The first book, “Goalie on Vacation”, was published in 2014. It features many of the earlier Small Saves cartoons, including some that appeared on NHL.com in 2001, and Goalies’ World Magazine throughout it’s run. I’ll never forget getting […]
  
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• I Choose… Gratitude

  08-04-2018 14:32
  For the last several years, I became vividly aware that on the moment I began to wake up in the morning, my mind began to race. All of the things I had to do, all of my responsibilities, all of the things I didn’t get done from the day before and all of the reasons […]
  
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• Residential school history centre to share survivors’ accounts, educate public

  08-04-2018 13:00
  VANCOUVER — Many university students don’t know the history of Indigenous people in Canada, let alone the implications of the residential school system, but a director at the University of British Columbia says a new history centre will help bridge that knowledge gap. The Indian Residential School History and Dialogue Centre opening Monday at the university will house archival photos, […]
  
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• CNIB celebrates 100 years of service with ‘Wine in the Dark’ (15 photos)

  08-04-2018 12:56
  Delectable wine. Scrumptious hors d’oeuvres. Classy smooth music. Good company. Sounds like a great Saturday night, right? Too simple. Add blind folds to every guest. That is the type of unique fundraiser event that CNIB (the Canadian National Institute for the Blind) hosted this weekend, with wine expert, Vinnie Greco. Tickets were $50 a piece […]
  
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• CNIB celebrates 100 years of service with ‘Wine in the Dark’

  08-04-2018 12:56
  Delectable wine. Scrumptious hors d’oeuvres. Classy smooth music. Good company. Sounds like a great Saturday night, right? Too simple. Add blind folds to every guest. That is the type of unique fundraiser event that CNIB (the Canadian National Institute for the Blind) hosted this weekend, with wine expert, Vinnie Greco. Tickets were $50 a piece […]
  
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• In Other Years: Sault Star Archive

  08-04-2018 07:42 via saultstar.com
  
  Ross Jobe's fur-bearing trout has left a few people shaking their heads.
  
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• Mobile art

  08-04-2018 06:49 via saultstar.com
  
  Andrew Toni gets a tattoo featuring Marvel Comics characters including Thor, The Incredible Hulk and Surtur
  
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• 'Lucky' Hibberts celebrate 70 years

  08-04-2018 06:29 via saultstar.com
  
  Lucky in life. Lucky in love.
  
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• Marathon powers Pedals for Possibilities

  08-04-2018 05:06 via saultstar.com
  
  Sonny Spina now knows what it's like to cycle nearly 300 kilometres in a matter of hours.
  
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• Contractor named for city hall face lift

  08-04-2018 02:16
  The tender for replacement of the exterior cladding and windows at the Civic Centre was awarded to Cy Rheault Construction Ltd. at their low tendered price, meeting specifications, of $6,895,000 plus HST. This is contingent upon Cy Rheault Construction Ltd.’s agreement to using sub-contractors (labourers) bound to Labourers’ International Union of North America 1036 LIUNA. […]
  
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