Sault Ste. Marie news

• Ted Johnston Talks Campaign, Municipal Issue, and Hopes for the Sault

  12-09-2018 23:22
  Riley Smith sat down today with mayoral candidate Ted Johnston to talk about a couple different issues. Primarily, the LIUNA labour dispute and garbage collection. With no hesitation, Johnston shared his thoughts and platform regarding these issues. Johnston also sent this release into SaultOnline earlier today, commenting on the nature of the mayoral campaign so […]
  
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• Feds focused on targeted competitiveness plan over corporate tax cuts: sources

  12-09-2018 23:12
  OTTAWA — Finance Minister Bill Morneau is looking at targeted measures to enhance Canada’s competitiveness rather than broad-based corporate tax cuts, sources say. For months, the federal Liberals have been under pressure from business leaders to respond to a U.S. tax overhaul that many warn has put Canada at a disadvantage. Morneau told reporters this week that he hadn’t ruled anything out […]
  
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• GFL Memorial Gardens Signage Unveiled

  12-09-2018 22:45
  A crowd gathered to watch as the tarp came off the new signage for the GFL Memorial Gardens late Wednesday morning. As well as a new look outside, the branding throughout the interior of the building has been updated, including the GFL name and logo featured at Centre Ice, the GFL name on Soo Greyhound […]
  
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• BARKER, Isabelle

  12-09-2018 22:45
  Peacefully at the F. J. Davey Home on Tuesday, September 11, 2018 in her 95th year.  Beloved wife of the late Elwood Barker.  Dear mother of Peggy Elwgren (late Mike) (Arnie West), Bill and Anne McCarthy (Dan).  Special grandma to Luke (Patti), Matthew (Laura), Jeff (Myriam) and Gregory (Ana), great grandmother of Julia, Mya, Kayla, […]
  
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• LAFORGE, Melvin Henry

  12-09-2018 22:36
  Passed away peacefully on Tuesday, September 11, 2018 at home,  surrounded by his loved ones, in his 80th year, after a courageous battle with cancer. Loving husband and dear companion of Donna LaForge (nee Davieaux). Cherished father of Ellen LaForge, Melissa LaForge, Danny LaForge (Barbara), the late Carol Parniak (nee LaForge), and Janice LaForge (late […]
  
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• The Ace is Still in Play, Boomer Braido Speaks with ONNtv

  12-09-2018 22:11
  Boomer Braido, owner of the Esquire Club stopped the ONNTV studio Wednesday morning to talk Catch the Ace with Lou Anne Young. To get in touch with the Esquire Club for more information on Catch the Ace, click here. Don’t forget to get your tickets tomorrow. You may just be the lucky winner!
  
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• We have two part-time job opportunities available: Head Kitchen - ECNHS and Advance Course Instructor - First Aid/C… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  12-09-2018 22:06 via twitter.com
  We have two part-time job opportunities available: Head Kitchen - ECNHS and Advance Course Instructor - First Aid/C… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Reminder - The Hubtrail gates will be closed form 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on September 15 and 16 for #BushplaneDays at the @BushplaneCentre.

  12-09-2018 21:53 via twitter.com
  Reminder - The Hubtrail gates will be closed form 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on September 15 and 16 for #BushplaneDays at the @BushplaneCentre.
  
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• Check out @stayactivessm Drumfit Days at the Ermatinger-Clergue National Historic Site this Saturday, September 15.… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  12-09-2018 21:48 via twitter.com
  Check out @stayactivessm Drumfit Days at the Ermatinger-Clergue National Historic Site this Saturday, September 15.… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Road Closure - Wellington Street between John Street and Carmen's Way will be closed for one day beginning at 7 am… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  12-09-2018 21:03 via twitter.com
  Road Closure - Wellington Street between John Street and Carmen's Way will be closed for one day beginning at 7 am… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Police Chief keeps on the H.E.A.T.

  12-09-2018 21:03 via saultstar.com
  A change in policing focus for Sault Ste. Marie is netting results, said Chief Hugh Stevenson.
  Stevenson, just on the job for the past three months as the city’s top cop, told city council earlier this week that a proactive, traditionalist approach to deal with drugs and crime is working.
  Project H.E.A.T. was designed to increase police presence in the city’s downtown core and arrest and charge people involved in the use, abuse and trafficking of drugs.
  The project has also integrate
  
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• TRAVERSE, Guy Vernon

  12-09-2018 20:53
  At Extendicare Van Dele on Tuesday September 4, 2018 at the age of 88. Guy will be remembered by the loving staff at Van Daele and his long time friend Jim MacDonald. A huge thank you to the caring staff at Van Daele for looking after Guy for the past 5 years. A private burial […]
  
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• Construction Closes Wellington St. West

  12-09-2018 20:49
  The City’s Public Works and Engineering Services Department would like to inform motorists that Wellington Street between John Street and Carmen’s Way will be closed to throughway traffic beginning at 7:00 a.m. on Thursday, September 13 and reopening at 5pm Friday, September 14. The closure is necessary to facilitate a Union Gas relocation associated with […]
  
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• And the Winners are – The OFRA Residents!

  12-09-2018 19:59
  The Ontario Finnish Resthome Association and Foundation were once again overwhelmed and touched with the amount of support from the community for both the Harvest Fest Draw and Event held on September 7 2018. This year OFRA and the Foundation increased its prize package again. We had almost 140 businesses, staff members and volunteers working […]
  
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• Plummer road closure

  12-09-2018 19:48 via saultstar.com
  Chapman Road, from Cloudslee Road to Braniff Road, in Plummer Additional Township, will be closed Thursday for a cross-road culvert replacement from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.
  
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• Official new GFL Memorial Gardens logo unveiled

  12-09-2018 19:45 via saultstar.com
  Patrick Dovigi has fond memories of the Memorial Gardens.
  As a youngster, hockey was a passion for him and he always enjoyed playing in front of a crowd.
  Fast forward a few years later as a teenager and he was playing in the OHL for three years as a netminder with the Erie Otters, against his beloved Soo Greyhounds but before his hometown crowd at the Memorial Gardens.
  And now as a founder, president and CEO of Green For Life, Dovigi had the opportunity to return home and put his own stamp on th
  
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• Indigenous producers on using non-Indigenous directors for films at TIFF

  12-09-2018 19:43
  TORONTO — When it came to choosing a director for her new Indigenous-focused drama “Through Black Spruce,” Cree producer-actor Tina Keeper says she felt fortunate to land Toronto filmmaker Don McKellar. Keeper says she’s known McKellar since she was young in the industry, is a great admirer of his work, and considered him a “brilliant” choice […]
  
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• Federal Tories say Ford’s move to override judge’s decision is ‘within the law’

  12-09-2018 19:38
  OTTAWA — The federal Conservatives say Ontario Premier Doug Ford has the legal right to use of the Constitution’s notwithstanding clause to move ahead with plans to cut the size of Toronto city council. Brock Harrison, a spokesman for Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer says the constitution places municipal administration under provincial authority. Harrison says that Ford made a […]
  
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• And then there were two

  12-09-2018 19:31 via saultstar.com
  In The Din, Tammy Hill was surrounded by dudes.
  This dynamic has changed somewhat since the Sault-Ste. Marie-based trio, also consisting of Mike Haggith and Brandan Glew, disbanded a while back and Hill joined long-time musical collaborator Morgan Steele to form the country, pop duo Steeletown Girls.
  “I get a lot of time now to do my hair and makeup,” laughed lead guitarist Hill this week during an interview with The Sault Star.
  On this day, the pair was at Pretoria Hill Product
  
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• Three students left with serious injuries after school bus crash in Ontario

  12-09-2018 18:55
  INNISFIL, Ont. — A school bus crash in central Ontario left three high school students with serious injuries on Wednesday as police tried to piece together the cause of the incident. South Simcoe Police Service spokeswoman Sue Sgambati said all 14 of the students on board the bus bound for a high school near Innisfil, […]
  
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• Wettlaufer murders difficult to detect, expert tells public inquiry

  12-09-2018 18:42
  TORONTO — A professor who studies serial killers in the health-care profession has told a public inquiry that murders carried out by an Ontario nurse over several years were nearly impossible to detect. Beatrice Crofts Yorker, with California State University Los Angeles, is testifying at the inquiry examining the conduct of Elizabeth Wettlaufer, who confessed to killing […]
  
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• Parking tickets could cost Catch the Ace players

  12-09-2018 18:12 via saultstar.com
  Trying to win Esquire Club’s Catch the Ace draw is costing some folks a little more cash than expected.Sault Ste. Marie Police Service handed out about a dozen tickets to vehicles parked on Moody Street, north of Laura Street, in the hours leading up to the Sept. 6 draw.No parking signs were posted on either side of the street.The fine is $15 and is payable at the provincial offences office at Civic Centre.
  “If officers notice (parking violations), they’re going to address it,&
  
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• Introducing the GFL Memorial Gardens! https://t.co/QIpOoPhY4i

  12-09-2018 18:09 via twitter.com
  
  Introducing the GFL Memorial Gardens! https://t.co/QIpOoPhY4i
  
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• Excited to unveil @GFLGardens! https://t.co/879AZ8CiVx

  12-09-2018 18:09 via twitter.com
  
  Excited to unveil @GFLGardens! https://t.co/879AZ8CiVx
  
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• Canadian airfares tracking up more than 10 per cent in third quarter: survey

  12-09-2018 18:09
  TORONTO — An RBC survey says airfares rose by more than 10 per cent in the first two months of the third quarter as Air Canada and WestJet passed along higher crude oil prices. Despite slipping a bit in August, fares rose 12.5 per cent at Air Canada for July and August and were 11.3 per cent higher than […]
  
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• Case of Hedley frontman Jacob Hoggard put over to next month in Toronto

  12-09-2018 18:08
  TORONTO — The case of Hedley frontman Jacob Hoggard, who faces three sex-related charges, was put over to next month after a brief hearing in Toronto on Wednesday. Hoggard’s lawyer Ian Smith says his client’s case will next be in court on Oct. 10. The 34-year-old musician was arrested in July and charged with one count of […]
  
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• LeBlanc in conflict over surf clam licence, ethics commissioner says

  12-09-2018 17:41
  OTTAWA — The federal ethics watchdog says Intergovernmental Affairs Minister Dominic LeBlanc was in a conflict of interest when he approved an Arctic surf clam licence to a company employing a family member. Ethics Commissioner Mario Dion says in a report today that LeBlanc knew his wife’s first cousin was involved in the Five Nations Clam Co. when […]
  
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• Collision at Second Line and Goulais Ave

  12-09-2018 17:35
  A collision occurred this morning at the corner of Second Line and Goulais Avenue. As you can see by the pictures, it appears someone was lying on the ground.  At this point, we don’t have any information on any injuries or any further details. Police and ambulance officials were on the scene. Saultonline.com will have […]
  
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• Steeletown Girls Invite You to their Album Launch Party!

  12-09-2018 17:21
  Morgan Steele and Tammy Hill, otherwise known as Steeletown Girls, are officially launching their debut album, Mud and Mascara, on Saturday. They came into the ONNtv Studios yesterday to talk about the work they’ve put in and how they plan on celebrating their success. They want you to join them at the Canadian this coming […]
  
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• Lukenda's Extendicare successor named

  12-09-2018 17:13 via saultstar.com
  An Extendicare board member will succeed Sault Ste. Marie native Tim Lukenda as head of the Canadian provider of long-term care services.Lukenda announced he would step down as president and chief executive officer of Extendicare in late July.Dr. Michael Guerriere is his successor. He is currently chief medical officer, vice president and chief strategy officer of TELUS Health, a release says.“We are confident that his background, skills and experience make him ideally suited to lead the c
  
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• O'Neill begins honorary post

  12-09-2018 16:46 via saultstar.com
  Veteran Sault Ste. Marie lawyer Michael O’Neill is 49th Field Artillery Regiment’s new honorary lieutenant colonel.His appointment was announced on Tuesday during a parade celebrating the renaming of part of Ontario Avenue to Garrison Way.O’Neill, a Sault Ste. Marie native, was district legal officer for Canadian Armed Forces for Northern Ontario Militia District between 1986 and 1997.The Sir James Dunn Collegiate and Vocational School graduate also completed military law legal
  
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• Provenzano: Strong Local Employment a Good Sign but There’s Still Work to Do

  12-09-2018 16:40
  Incumbent Mayoralty candidate Christian Provenzano is encouraged by recent employment figures that point to strength in the Sault Ste Marie economy, but he remains mindful that efforts to develop the local workforce and economy need to continue. As reported in the media, the most recent figures from Statistics Canada show that Sault Ste Marie’s unemployment […]
  
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• Public Call For PUC Board of Director Applications

  12-09-2018 15:46
  PUC Services Inc. is a multi-utility services company operating as a wholly owned private company of the Corporation of the City of Sault Ste. Marie and is incorporated under the Ontario Business Corporations Act. PUC Services manages the assets and business of PUC Distribution Inc. (the local electricity distribution company), manages and operates the city’s […]
  
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• Downtown Association Seeks Directors

  12-09-2018 15:34
  The Sault Ste Marie Downtown Association (DTA) continues to make progress in improving our city core. From throwing Street Parties and other events that attract people to the downtown, to seeking meaningful feedback and insights from business owners and tenants, the Downtown Association works hard to improve an essential part of our city. If you […]
  
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• Soo Film Festival Begins Today

  12-09-2018 14:47
  The 2018 Soo Film Festival kicks off its fifth year at 6:30 at the Bayliss Public Library, a  Superior District Library. Festival programming continues at the library on Thursday  before moving to Soo Theatre for the weekend. Screenings at Bayliss are free. Tickets  for Soo Theatre screenings are available online now and will be sold […]
  
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• saultstemarie.ca/ProjectASAP . Make senior's fire safety a priority in your community. #SeniorSafety @CitySSM @WinmarSSM… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  12-09-2018 14:35 via twitter.com
  saultstemarie.ca/ProjectASAP . Make senior's fire safety a priority in your community. #SeniorSafety @CitySSM @WinmarSSM… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Wanted Wednesday: Charleen Faith Cooper

  12-09-2018 14:30
  Crime Stoppers in partnership with the Sault Ste. Marie Police Service are seeking tips regarding the whereabouts of Charleen Faith Cooper, 32, who is wanted for: CC 334 (B) Theft under $5000                                                    &n
  
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• Mary Ng, new federal minister, tasked with getting companies to look beyond U.S.

  12-09-2018 13:47
  OTTAWA — One of Canada’s newest cabinet ministers is tasked with making progress on a long-running challenge: encouraging more businesses to chase opportunities beyond the comforts of North America. Adding to the pressure, Mary Ng, named to the Trudeau cabinet in July, is taking on the role as minister of small business and export promotion at a deeply uncertain time for the critical Canada-U.S. trading relationshi
  
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• Garrison Way celebrates military presence

  12-09-2018 04:43 via saultstar.com
  The municipality is saluting two military reserve units and affiliated cadet corps based at Sautl Ste. Marie Armoury by naming part of a nearby street Garrison Way.The changing of the name of part of Ontario Avenue, running from Pine Street to Upton Road, was officially recognized at a parade on Monday night that featured members from 49th Field Regiment, 33 Service Battalion and cadet corps including Navy League Cadets and 155 Borden Gray GC Squadron Royal Canadian Air Cadets.Garrison Way, just
  
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• Labour minister calls on post office, union, to keep talking as strike threat looms

  12-09-2018 04:23
  OTTAWA — Canada’s labour minister called on Canada Post and its biggest union Tuesday to continue bargaining with the help of a third party after postal workers across the country voted in favour of strike action that could see them off the job before month’s end. Members of the Canadian Union of Postal Workers voted […]
  
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• Greenpeace takes Ontario to court for unlawfully cancelling cap and trade program

  12-09-2018 04:09
  (TORONTO) – Environmental groups have launched a lawsuit against the Ford government for denying the rights of Ontarians to be consulted on its wholesale revision of Ontario’s laws for combatting climate change. Ecojustice lawyers, in partnership with the Ottawa-Ecojustice Environmental Law Clinic, have filed the case on behalf of Greenpeace Canada. The case alleges that […]
  
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• Senators owner tells fans team will remain in Ottawa

  12-09-2018 02:51
  The Ottawa Senators will not be leaving the city, owner Eugene Melnyk said Tuesday. Melnyk, who has owned the Senators for the past 16 years, said in an open letter published in the Ottawa Citizen and Ottawa Sun that neither he nor the team is going anywhere. His focus is delivering a better hockey experience […]
  
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• Cougars Men’s Hockey Announce Roster

  12-09-2018 02:37
  (Sault Ste. Marie, ON, September 2018) – We are proud to announce our roster for the 2018-2019 American Collegiate Hockey Association (ACHA) division III season. Leading scorer and team captain Ryan Vendramin returns to this year’s Sault College Cougars. After a summer of strong recruiting, along with an experienced group of returning athletes, this year’s […]
  
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• Flag Raised at City Hall for Childhood Cancer Awareness Month

  12-09-2018 00:47
  Saultites watched as Mayor Christian Provenzano, 10-year-old Terrance Boston, a local child currently in remission after battling cancer, and Dominic Campioni, whose daughter Angela passed away from childhood cancer, raised the Northern Ontario Families of Children with Cancer (NOFCC) flag on Monday. This came before a council meeting whereby September was deemed Childhood Cancer Awareness […]
  
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• Ryan Gosling visits coffee shop that pursued the star on social media

  12-09-2018 00:30
  TORONTO — Ryan Gosling plays astronaut Neil Armstrong in his new film “First Man,” but he proved he’s pretty down to earth at the Toronto International Film Festival on Tuesday. Coffee shop owner Joelle Murray said the London, Ont.-born movie star turned up mid-afternoon to say hello and greet patrons, despite the fact her east-end shop […]
  
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• Northern Stars Invitational Race Weekend at Superior International Motorplex

  12-09-2018 00:13
  Laird Township— Sept 11, 2018 — Superior International Motorplex (formerly known as Laird International Raceway) will be holding the Northern Stars Invitational this coming weekend, Friday Sept. 14th and Saturday Sept. 15th, 2018.  The weather forecast for the weekend looks fantastic, but if needed, Sunday Sept 16th will be our raindate.  This will be the […]
  
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