Sault Ste. Marie news

• Broncos captain Logan Schatz remembered as a hard-working leader at funeral

  15-04-2018 23:57
  ALLAN, Sask. — Humboldt Broncos captain Logan Schatz was remembered as a kind, hard-working leader at his funeral on Sunday at a curling rink in his hometown of Allan, Sask. Schatz was among the 16 people killed on April 6 when the junior hockey team’s bus collided with a semi-trailer at a rural Saskatchewan intersection […]
  
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• Weather Closes LSSU

  15-04-2018 23:44
  LSSU’s Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., campus will be closed Mon, Apr 16, due to inclement weather. Only essential personnel should report to work; employees may consult supervisors for further clarification. Classes resume and offices will reopen Tues., Apr. 17. Monitor LSSU’s Facebook page for latest updates.
  
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• Seeks council’s OK for firefighter training — again

  15-04-2018 22:56 via saultstar.com
  
  For the second time this year, Ed Haley, Prince Township’s fire chief, asked council to endorse the use of naloxone kits by the township’s volunteer firefighters to combat the effects of opioid drugs at medical emergency scenes.At the April council meeting, Haley gave councillors copies of a naloxone training program developed by Algoma Public Heal
  
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• Pipeline meeting done, Trudeau heads to Paris

  15-04-2018 21:24
  OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is off to France as he continues more than a week of globetrotting following a brief stop in Ottawa Sunday to discuss the Trans Mountain pipeline crisis with the premiers of Alberta and British Columbia. Trudeau was supposed to fly directly to Paris from Peru, where he attended the […]
  
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• Ice pellets and freezing rain hammer southern Ontario for second day in a row

  15-04-2018 18:57
  TORONTO — More than 35,000 people were without power in southern and central Ontario Sunday as the region was hit by another round of freezing rain and ice pellets. Environment Canada issued weather warnings for the entirety of the region for the second day in a row, advising that strong winds could exacerbate already dangerous conditions. […]
  
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• Old Man Winter Spotted Near Pancake Bay

  15-04-2018 18:43
  Local photographer, Paul Conway may have stumbled across the reason why we haven’t seen any Spring weather yet. Old Man Winter seems to have taken residence just north of Sault Ste. Marie at Sawpit Bay north of Pancake. What appears to be an eerie face is actually just a rock face along the shores, but […]
  
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• 106 years later, Nova Scotia capital remembers the Titanic disaster

  15-04-2018 17:48
  HALIFAX — More than a century after the Titanic was swallowed by frigid waters, Nova Scotians gathered in Halifax to remember the lives lost during the ship’s fateful maiden voyage. Some 1,500 passengers and crew members died on April 15, 1912, when the so-called “unsinkable ship” struck an iceberg and went down in the North Atlantic, south of the Grand […]
  
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• Syrian Canadians express mixed reaction to U.S.-led airstrikes

  15-04-2018 16:10
  MONTREAL — Syrian Canadians expressed a range of reactions to the recent U.S.-led airstrikes against Syria’s government, with some denouncing foreign aggression and others calling for even stronger action to end the conflict that has devastated the country. Toronto resident Bayan Khatib was at a community fundraiser with other Syrian Canadians on Friday night when she learned the U.S., Britain […]
  
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• ‘It’s all about the Broncos:’ Kindness everywhere after bus crash kills 16

  15-04-2018 16:00
  HUMBOLDT, Sask. — A tragic bus crash that has sunk a Saskatchewan community into deep sorrow has also released an incredible display of human kindness as residents struggle to deal with their grief. Sixteen people died, including 10 players, and another 13 were injured after a transport truck and the bus taking the Humboldt Broncos to a Saskatchewan Junior Hockey […]
  
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• Winter wallop on its way

  15-04-2018 15:25 via saultstar.com
  
  Major winter storm expected to bring a variety of winter weather conditions beginning today.
  
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• I Choose… Visualization (by Julie Hryniewicz)

  15-04-2018 14:19
  When I prepared for my first big speech at university, I remember thinking that I was going to mess up and forget the words. I imagined the feeling of being incompetent, nervous, worried and forgetful. I wanted to be confident about a university level toastmasters speaking contest about Canada Day, but my mind only went […]
  
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• The big pipeline predicament: how far will Trudeau go to get it built

  15-04-2018 10:00
  OTTAWA — When Prime Minister Justin Trudeau sits down in Ottawa this morning with the premiers of British Columbia and Alberta it will be the first time the three biggest political players in the Trans Mountain pipeline predicament are in the same room at the same time. There may be attempts to figure out if […]
  
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• Trivia night helps AlgomaTrad

  15-04-2018 06:30 via saultstar.com
  
  A trivia night on Friday will help AlgomaTrad get a permanent home on St. Joseph Island.
  
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• 'We have no one to lean on'

  15-04-2018 05:52 via saultstar.com
  
  Faith Hackney is “sick with worry” as the deadline nears for Algoma Public Health to start legal action to close River Valley Park
  
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• Moment of silence held to honour Humboldt Broncos as SJHL playoffs resume

  15-04-2018 04:16
  NIPAWIN, Sask. — A moment of silence was held before Game 1 of the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League final on Saturday to honour members of the Humboldt Broncos who were killed in a bus crash. Players from both the Nipawin Hawks and Estevan Bruins formed a circle around centre ice to honour the 16 who died […]
  
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• Canada notified in advance but not asked to help with Syria airstrikes: Trudeau

  15-04-2018 03:22
  LIMA, Peru — Canada was told in advance that the U.S., Britain and France were planning to launch airstrikes against Syria, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Saturday — but was not asked to participate. “We were apprised in advance of the operation,” Trudeau told reporters at the end of a three-day visit to Peru. “We were […]
  
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• Broncos hockey player called a hero for saving other lives with organ donation

  15-04-2018 02:08
  LETHBRIDGE, Alta. — Humboldt Bronco defenceman Logan Boulet was called a hero and given a standing ovation during his funeral Saturday in a southern Alberta arena after a few chants of “Logan” and “Boulet.” His godfather, Neil Langevin, told thousands of people at the service in Lethbridge that everyone should get a standing ovation at least […]
  
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