Sault Ste. Marie news

• Albert Jones was Sault TV veteran

  15-09-2018 23:35 via saultstar.com
  Albert Jones was part of television in Sault Ste. Marie for nearly 40 years.He died on Sept. 11 at Sault Area Hospital, three days after he turned 80.Jones worked in television for 37 years with Hyland Radio TV Ltd., Huron Broadcasting and MCTV.He was local host of Mickey Mouse Club and Uncle Albert’s Movie Club. Off camera, he was a master switcher and editor, says former broadcaster in a tribute on his website.“Genuine, sincere, memorable and much more, Albert brought smiles and ha
  
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• Women’s Thunderbirds get blanked in Guelph

  15-09-2018 23:26
  After battling to a 0-0 tie against the Windsor Lancers last Sunday at Superior Heights and picking up their first point in their five years of being in the OUA, the Algoma University Thunderbirds women’s soccer team was in Guelph on Saturday afternoon as they took on the Guelph Gryphons at the Guelph Soccer Complex. […]
  
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• Animal lover boosts shelter's coffers

  15-09-2018 22:09 via saultstar.com
  Diane Matthews-Nelson is Sault Ste. Marie Humane Society’s best friend.The long-time animal lover has raised thousands of dollars to help the animal shelter during its annual Cause for Paws dog walk.Matthews-Nelson chipped in $5,100 for Saturday’s fundraiser at Roberta Bondar Pavilion.She starts approaching family and friends in July for donations.“They come through every single year,” said Matthews-Nelson before the start of the 22nd annual event. Supporters who’ve
  
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• The Weather was Perfect for Day One of Bushplane Days Festival (Gallery)

  15-09-2018 21:46
  Excited Saultities gathered at the Canadian Bush Plane Heritage Centre for the 23rd annual Bushplane Days Festival on Saturday. This festival runs from 9-5 both Saturday and Sunday and offers model train rides, Tree-Top Adventure, games, crafts, and more. General admission is $5 for adults, $2 for children 5-12, and children 4 and under can […]
  
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• Girl power

  15-09-2018 21:32 via saultstar.com
  Maria Kahtava prepares for Torch Ride Sault Ste. Marie at Husky on Trunk Road on Saturday morning. The motorcycle ride was a fundraiser for Special Olympics Ontario 2019 Provincial Winter Games to be held in the Sault. Kahtava wore a cheetah-inspired helmet and jacket for the ride on her Yamaha V Star 950. “I figure if I’m going to be a chick on a bike, I’m going to look like a chick on a bike,” said Kahtava. This is her 10th year motorcycling. Kahtava and friend Karen Za
  
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• Flight school

  15-09-2018 21:18 via saultstar.com
  George Federley, a member of Soo Modellers RC Model Airplane Club, speaks with Khushru Umrigar, Perzan Umrigar, Minaz Umrigar and Simon Umrigar, during Bushplane Days at Canadian Bushplane Heritage Centre on Saturday. Federley has belonged to the club for more than a decade. He started to get interested in drones about eight years ago. Federley brought three drones he made to Bushplane Days, including a 250 Racing Drone. Each drone has a computer chip and USB connector. Federley can attach his d
  
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• Saultites Walk Their Best Friends for a Cause (Gallery)

  15-09-2018 20:36
  Saultites and their four-legged friends pawed the pavement today at the Roberta Bondar Pavilion for the 22nd annual Cause for Paws  on Saturday afternoon. All proceeds raised go towards the Sault Ste. Marie Humane Society. For more information on the Humane Society or to volunteer, go to their website here or check them out on […]
  
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• New lock gets House of Representatives support

  15-09-2018 16:08 via saultstar.com
  U.S. House of Representatives supports funding for a new freighter-sized lock in Michigan Sault.A bipartisan agreement was passed last Thursday.The legislation, approving $922 million for the 1,200-foot lock’s creation, now seeks Senate approval.“After 50 years of harsh winters and extraordinary maintenance, we need to build a second lock to be ready in case the one lock we have fails,” said U.S. Rep. John Moolenaar, R-Midland, in a statement. “We cannot afford a disrupti
  
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• Postal workers table counter demands as strike looms at Canada Post

  15-09-2018 16:00
  OTTAWA — Canada Post and the union representing Canadian mail carriers remain miles apart in contract talks as a strike deadline looms less than two weeks away. The Canadian Union of Postal Workers posted its contract proposals on its website Friday, showing a demand for 3.5 per cent annual wage increases over the life of an […]
  
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• #TorchRideSSM is set up and taking registrations now!!! Kickstands up at 11am with a great day of riding ahead😎… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  15-09-2018 15:52 via twitter.com
  #TorchRideSSM is set up and taking registrations now!!!Kickstands up at 11am with a great day of riding ahead😎… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Come on out and support the Athletes of @SOOntario 2019 Winter Games coming to @CitySSM January 2019👍👍 twitter.com/letr_ssm/statu…

  15-09-2018 12:07 via twitter.com
  Come on out and support the Athletes of @SOOntario 2019 Winter Games coming to @CitySSM January 2019👍👍 twitter.com/letr_ssm/statu…
  
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• Come on out and support the Athletes of Special Olympics Ontario 2019 Winter Games coming to The City of Sault Ste.… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  15-09-2018 12:05 via twitter.com
  Come on out and support the Athletes of Special Olympics Ontario 2019 Winter Games coming to The City of Sault Ste.… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Canada’s dairy sector vital to food sovereignty and consumers, says national union leader

  15-09-2018 04:13
  OTTAWA – If ultra-conservative politicians and pundits had their way, we’d all be cheesed off at Canada’s supply management system says union leader Paul Meinema, UFCW  Canada’s National President.  They would have Canadians believe that milk in the Great White North is a rip-off, and the only way to “fix” our dairy supply system is […]
  
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• Ontario police warn of recent cyberattacks targeting local governments

  15-09-2018 03:46
  A rash of cyberattacks on Ontario municipal governments in which hackers demand a ransom to unlock compromised systems has prompted the provincial police force to warn about what it describes as a recent trend. Ontario Provincial Police didn’t disclose how many municipalities had been temporarily crippled by the incidents known as ransomware attacks, but at […]
  
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• Government of Canada announces support for acquisition and repair of Churchill rail line by Arctic Gateway Group

  15-09-2018 03:31
  WINNIPEG, MB. Sept. 14, 2018 Today, the Honourable Jim Carr, Minister of International Trade Diversification, on behalf of the Honourable Navdeep Bains, Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development and Minister responsible for Western Economic Diversification Canada, announced an investment of $117 million to the Arctic Gateway Group through the Western Diversification Program.  It allows […]
  
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• The future HMCS Harry DeWolf transitioned to barge for launch tomorrow

  15-09-2018 02:40
  HALIFAX, Nova Scotia, Sept. 14, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — This morning, the shipbuilders at Halifax Shipyard successfully transitioned Canada’s first Arctic and Offshore Patrol Ship (AOPS), the future HMCS Harry DeWolf, from land-level onto a submersible barge for the vessels planned launch tomorrow, Saturday, September 15, 2018. The 103 metre, 6,615 tonne AOPS is the […]
  
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• The future HMCS Harry DeWolf transitioned to barge for launch Saturday.

  15-09-2018 02:40
  HALIFAX, Nova Scotia, Sept. 14, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Friday morning, the shipbuilders at Halifax Shipyard successfully transitioned Canada’s first Arctic and Offshore Patrol Ship (AOPS), the future HMCS Harry DeWolf, from land-level onto a submersible barge for the vessels planned launch tomorrow, Saturday, September 15, 2018. The 103 metre, 6,615 tonne AOPS is the […]
  
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• Jarrett joins the Bulldogs

  15-09-2018 01:45
  It sure seems like the Hamilton Bulldogs love Soo connections! First, they named former Soo Greyhounds forward and 1993 Memorial Cup champion Dave Matsos as their new head coach. And now, they have hired a Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario native to work alongside Matsos for the upcoming season. The defending J. Ross Robertson Cup champion […]
  
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• Doug Ford “seeking revenge on a handful of his former municipal opponents” MPP Michael Mantha

  15-09-2018 01:45
  As a northern MPP I freely admit to readers that my northern NDP colleagues and I have a natural tendency when in Queen’s Park to primarily focus upon how matters affect the people living in northern regions of this province. Of course we care deeply about what is going on all across the province as […]
  
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• Military appeal court orders retrial in sexual assault case

  15-09-2018 01:08
  OTTAWA — A retrial has been ordered in the case of a Canadian Forces member who was acquitted last year of sexually assaulting a female colleague while the two were deployed on a training exercise in Jamaica in 2015. A military judge found Cpl. Simon Cadieux not guilty of sexual assault and drunkenness following a […]
  
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• Chretien, Romanow, McMurtry condemn Ford’s use of notwithstanding clause

  15-09-2018 00:57
  TORONTO — Three prominent former politicians who negotiated the inclusion of the notwithstanding clause in the Charter of Rights and Freedoms are condemning the Ontario government’s use of the rare provision to push through legislation that was deemed unconstitutional by the courts. Former prime minister Jean Chretien, former Saskatchewan premier Roy Romanow and former Ontario […]
  
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• Rare coastal wetlands protected on the north shore of Lake Superior

  15-09-2018 00:27
  The Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC) and its partners today announced the creation of a new 3,170-hectare (7,835-acre) protected area in northwestern Ontario. Black Bay is NCC’s largest conservation project on the north shore of Lake Superior. The protected area includes more than 1,300 hectares (approximately 3,200 acres) of coastal wetlands and almost 1,900 hectares […]
  
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