Sault Ste. Marie news

• MASSE Joan Lillian

  21-05-2018 21:07
  Passed away peacefully and Sault Area Hospital on Friday, May 18, 2018 at the age of 91. Beloved wife of the late Leo Masse. Cherished Mother of Leo Masse Jr. (Barbara), Brenda Masse, Linda Mullin (Bill), Lynne Reid (Bill), Jeanette Fogal (Wayne). Proud Grandmother of Andrew (Elina), Teresa “Terri”, late James, Anndrea (Jeremy), Mark (Jacqueline […]
  
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• Ontario Liberals target ‘fiscal mistakes’ made by NDP as campaign heats up

  21-05-2018 16:39
  TORONTO — Ontario’s Liberal leader is highlighting the differences between her party and the New Democrats as she attacks the latter for faulty arithmetic. At a news conference on Monday, Kathleen Wynne called the NDP’s $1.4 billion miscalculation a “big mistake” that failed to demonstrate responsible governance. NDP leader Andrea Horwath addressed the issue on […]
  
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• ONNtv Launches Tuesday!

  21-05-2018 16:10
  Local television is returning to Sault Ste. Marie  May 22 at 8am with a new live morning program, Mornings with..Lou-Anne & Tim. ONNtv is set to launch to all streaming devices including smart tv’s, Internet equipped  televisions, smart phones , pc’s and tablets. The free streaming service will feature non-stop local and national news coverage,  […]
  
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• ‘So grateful:’ Injured Bronco hockey player glad he’s alive, works on recovery

  21-05-2018 16:00
  CALGARY — Ryan Straschnitzki is involved in the toughest game of his life. Seven weeks after being paralyzed from the chest down when a bus carrying the Humboldt Broncos junior hockey team crashed, he has embarked on the thing a lot of athletes dread — two-a-day workouts. It was his choice to undertake twice daily physiotherapy sessions at the Foothills […]
  
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• Developer pushes back construction of Nova Scotia rocket launch site

  21-05-2018 15:41
  HALIFAX — The start date for the construction of Canada’s only commercial spaceport has been pushed back, a developer said following meetings at the proposed rocket launch site near a small fishing community on Nova Scotia’s eastern shore. Stephen Matier, president and CEO of Maritime Launch Services Ltd., said his firm had hoped to break ground this month […]
  
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• Experts concerned about global rise of facial recognition technology

  21-05-2018 15:25
  TORONTO — Based on recent announcements by the likes of Facebook, Live Nation and a U.K. police force, Canadians may need to get used to the idea of facial recognition technology permeating their everyday lives. Many smartphone users are already used to having their devices unlocked with facial recognition and no longer think twice about it. […]
  
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• I Choose… Faith (by Julie Hryniewicz)

  21-05-2018 14:18
  The other night I couldn’t sleep. I decided to get in my car and drive. I was feeling super anxious about something. As soon as I got into the car, I decided to pray. Since it was pitch black and most of the city was sleeping, I prayed out loud. I said all of the […]
  
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• Oregon’s flooded recreational pot market a cautionary tale: economists

  21-05-2018 13:00
  VANCOUVER — As marijuana farmers in Oregon say a flood of supply is killing their businesses less than three years after recreational cannabis was legalized, economists say it’s a warning to Canada. Stephen Easton, professor of economics at Simon Fraser University and senior fellow at the Fraser Institute, says large fluctuations in price and supply are bound to […]
  
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• Sports Letter: Mark Shapiro Must Go

  21-05-2018 11:27
  By Mike Caruso I must admit that I’ve been a Tiger fan since forever.  That forever started in 1954 when I discovered baseball at the north end of James St.  That’s where the James St. ball field was located.  We played ball every chance we got, after mass on Sunday, after school Monday to Friday, […]
  
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• Frost added to Phantoms roster

  21-05-2018 01:12
  He’s still eligible to return to the OHL for at least one more season, but after completing his third season with the Soo Greyhounds, Aurora, Ontario native Morgan Frost will now get another chance at another title. After leading the Soo Greyhounds to the OHL Finals for the first time in 25 years and losing […]
  
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