Sault Ste. Marie news

• MPs debate climate change after UN report warns of dire consequences

  15-10-2018 23:14
  OTTAWA — MPs are spending their first day back after Thanksgiving break debating the perils of climate change. The emergency debate, to take place this evening, was granted by House of Commons Speaker Geoffrey Regan just a week after the United Nations climate change arm dropped an explosive warning. It bluntly said the world is on the precipice of major […]
  
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• Women’s Thunderbirds lose final road game of the season

  15-10-2018 23:11
  After dropping a 2-1 decision to the Brock Badgers on Saturday afternoon in St. Catherine’s, the Algoma University Thunderbirds women’s soccer team played their final road game of the regular season on Sunday afternoon in a rematch against the Badgers. The women’s Thunderbirds record fell to 0 wins, 13 losses and 1 tie on Sunday […]
  
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• Bay St. and East St. intersection access restricted tonight

  15-10-2018 23:07
  The PUC would like to advise the public of a planned traffic restriction this evening at the intersection of Bay Street and East Street. The traffic restriction will begin at 7:00 PM and is necessary to facilitate repairs on the watermain. During this process, access to East Street will be closed to through traffic from […]
  
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• ‘Fit for Duty’. OPP policy remains paramount to an officer’s ability to provide service

  15-10-2018 22:53
  (ORILLIA, ON) – The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) is committed to the health, safety and wellness of our members and the communities we serve. Maintaining a drug and alcohol-free workplace is a crucial step to fulfilling that commitment. As a safety-sensitive workplace, all OPP members must report to work fit for duty. A member is […]
  
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• Pavilion needs a little more PR: Councillor

  15-10-2018 22:08 via saultstar.com
  Mayor Ken Lamming told October’s council meeting that the Prince Women’s Institute would no longer operate the Sunday afternoon vendors’ market in the township’s events pavilion.
  The WI recommended instead that the Prince recreation committee take over the market.
  “We were glad to support the township by way of running a vendors’ market this year … but have found that our members are not able to run it to its full potential,” WI treasurer Sandy Ma
  
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• Rail advocates call on Ford to keep election promises

  15-10-2018 21:45 via saultstar.com
  A regional group wants Premier Doug Ford to make good on his election promise to restore passenger rail services in Northern Ontario.
  And Sault Ste. Marie’s HCR task force is putting the Ontario government’s feet to the fire to save Huron Central Railway.
  NEORN, Northeastern Ontario Rail Network, has provided Ford and Northern Ontario MPPs with copies of resolutions passed by virtually every community on the Toronto-Cochrane rail line from Washago north as well as the Algoma Central
  
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• Suspended vice-admiral’s lawyers demand government produce secret documents

  15-10-2018 21:05
  OTTAWA — Vice-Admiral Mark Norman’s legal team is demanding the federal government release dozens of documents that officials have deemed cabinet secrets, but which Norman’s lawyers say they need to properly defend their client in court. The request is detailed in a court filing from Norman’s lawyers obtained by The Canadian Press, and represents the latest […]
  
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• ***Male Arrested for Impaired Driving*** On October 13th, 2018 officers with the Patrol Services Division of The S… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  15-10-2018 20:38 via twitter.com
  ***Male Arrested for Impaired Driving***On October 13th, 2018 officers with the Patrol Services Division of The S… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Provenzano talks tariffs in Sterling Heights, Mich at Trade Tariff Forum

  15-10-2018 20:08 via saultstar.com
  Mayor Christian Provenzano sent a clear message to businesses who attended a Trade Tariff Forum in Sterling Heights, Mich. Monday.
  It’s important that Canada and the United States maintain an integrated and balance trade structure and the tariff poses an unnecessary and harmful threat to that relationship.
  Provenzano was a participant in the event hosted by the Sterling Heights Regional Chamber of Commerce.  There were about 60 businessmen in attendance.
  Other guest speakers included
  
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• JOHNSON, Starr (nee Masson)

  15-10-2018 19:47
  Unexpectedly but peacefully at the Sault Area Hospital on Saturday October 13, 2018 at the age of 72. Loving wife of Harvey. Remembered by her children Tammy, Pamala (Kevin) and Billy John. Grandmother of Dale (Elizabeth), Shealee, Tyler, Monique (Josh), Bradley (Shelbey) and Tristen. Great grandmother of Farrah, Miayah and JC. Daughter of the late […]
  
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• Missed Council and Mayoral Candidate Debates? Highlights Here

  15-10-2018 19:40
  ONNtv hosted a series of debates for those running for city council, in partnership with the Sault Ste. Marie Association of Ratepayers. If you missed it – no worries. Here are the highlights. Those not in attendance were Kemal Martinovic, Sandra Hollingsworth, Lou Turco, Sam Cistaro and Judy Hupponen. Key election issues that candidates talked […]
  
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• Another great way to support the Athletes of Special Olympics Ontario 2019 Winter Games. SSM2019Games.com twitter.com/letr_ssm/statu…

  15-10-2018 19:08 via twitter.com
  Another great way to support the Athletes of Special Olympics Ontario 2019 Winter Games.SSM2019Games.com twitter.com/letr_ssm/statu…
  
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• Another great way to support the Athletes of Special Olympics Ontario 2019 Winter Games. SSM2019Games.com facebook.com/story.php?stor…

  15-10-2018 19:08 via twitter.com
  Another great way to support the Athletes of Special Olympics Ontario 2019 Winter Games.SSM2019Games.com facebook.com/story.php?stor…
  
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• Crime of the Week: Theft from Bentley’s

  15-10-2018 19:00
  Crime Stoppers and the Sault Ste. Marie Police Service are asking for your assistance in identifying a suspect in a theft. On the 22nd of September 2018 an unidentified male attended at the Station Mall. The suspect went into Bentley’s where he took a backpack off the rack and left the store without paying for […]
  
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• Brookfield Renewable Donates $45,000 to 3 Algoma District Women’s Shelters

  15-10-2018 18:54
  Brookfield Renewable is happy to announce that it donated a total of $45,000 to support three Algoma District Women’s Shelters: CHADWIC Home of Wawa, Women In Crisis (Algoma) Inc. of Sault Ste. Marie, and Mississaugi Women’s Shelter of Blind River. As an owner, operator and developer of renewable power facilities, Brookfield Renewable recognizes its role […]
  
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• Online cannabis portals bracing for surge of orders as legalization looms

  15-10-2018 18:27
  TORONTO — As many as 100 locations across the country may be ready to sell cannabis on Wednesday when recreational pot is legalized across the country, but most Canadians’ first purchase of legal pot will likely be at the click of a button. Provincial and territorial governments and private retailers say they believe they’re ready for the surge […]
  
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• Ring Fact Checks Millroy -Letter to the Editor

  15-10-2018 17:25
  I am somewhat surprised by Mr. Doug Millroy’s recent column as I had expected someone with his experience to grasp the issues I have been raising. In his most recent column titled “Rory Ring In attack-dog mode”, he is unhappy with me running a campaign to hold the Mayor to account for his dismal record […]
  
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• Ontario schools prepare for legalization of recreational cannabis

  15-10-2018 17:05
  TORONTO — As the arrival of legal cannabis looms, school boards across Ontario are grappling with how to discuss the drug with underage students barred from consuming it while ensuring rules and policies reflect the province’s new legal and social reality. Like alcohol, recreational cannabis will be off-limits to those under 19 and banned from school property when […]
  
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• Luxton, Randall Joseph “Randy”

  15-10-2018 15:54
  Passed away at the Sault Area Hospital on October 11, 2018 at the age of 61. Son of Bill and the late Anne Luxton. Brother of Dan (Karen), Jeff (Shelley), Steve (Patricia), Ron (Penny), Cathy and Patty (Paul) Desjardins. Father of Leah (Kelly) Davidson and special friend of Julia. Uncle to many nieces and nephews. […]
  
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• Mayor Provenzano Voices Steel Tariff Concerns at US Trade Tariffs Forum

  15-10-2018 15:50
  On behalf of the City of Sault Ste. Marie, Mayor Christian Provenzano participated in a Trade Tariffs Forum in Sterling Heights, Michigan on Monday. The forum was hosted by the Sterling Heights Regional Chamber of Commerce and guest speakers included Mayor Provenzano, Sterling Heights Mayor Michael Taylor, Congressman Paul Mitchell and Bernard Swiecki, the Director […]
  
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• Nolan, Marny (nee Snow)

  15-10-2018 15:45
  Passed away peacefully on Thursday October 11, 2018 at the age of 74. Survived by her loving husband, Gary of 54 years. Lovingly remembered by her children, Heather (Carl) and Aaron (Krista). Forever remembered by her grandchildren, Sydney (Jarrett), Beau and Dalton. Cherished great grandmother of Leo. Predeceased by her parents, Hazel & Chester Snow and […]
  
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• CAPLE, Michael Andrew

  15-10-2018 15:16
  After a brief and valiant battle with cancer, it is with deep sadness that we announce the passing of Michael Caple at the Algoma Residential Community Hospice on Saturday, October 13, 2018 at the age of 47. Mike is survived by his best friend and loving wife of 16 years, Tanya (nee Latta). Proud father […]
  
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• Provenzano Addresses “Steel Town Down” Allegations

  15-10-2018 14:11
  ONN TV’s Lou-Anne Young spoke to Mayor Christian Provenzano on ‘Top Story’  and asked him about everything from the ‘Steel Town Down’ documentary to the latest healthcare services offered here in the Sault to how we, as a city, need to acknowledge our indigenous history and heritage.
  
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• Canopy Growth buying U.S. hemp research firm Ebbu in deal worth more than $425M

  15-10-2018 13:51
  SMITH FALLS, Ont. — Canopy Growth Corp. has signed a deal to buy Ebbu Inc., a Colorado-based hemp researcher, in a stock-and-cash deal worth more than $425 million. Under the agreement, Canopy will pay $25 million in cash and issue 6,221,210 shares to Ebbu. The company will also pay up to an additional $100 million if […]
  
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• Cannabis and exercise go hand-in-hand for some fitness buffs

  15-10-2018 10:00
  TORONTO — As an avid runner with some two dozen marathons under his belt, Adrian Landini is thoroughly familiar with the runner’s high. He’s also quite experienced running while high. Yes, the longtime pot smoker says he routinely lights up during a run, and sometimes before — a recent habit that he says has become inextricably […]
  
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• Canadians widely unaware of accomplishments of famous women, poll suggests

  15-10-2018 10:00
  TORONTO — The organization behind Canada’s Heritage Minutes says provincial education systems need to do a better job of teaching students about the country’s most historically significant women, pointing to a new poll that suggests the majority of Canadians have a lot to learn. An Ipsos poll conducted on behalf of Historica Canada posed a dozen true or false […]
  
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• Hounds pick up a point vs Battalion

  15-10-2018 04:26
  After defeating the Kitchener Rangers by a score of 4-1 on Friday night at GFL Memorial Gardens and extending their winning streak to two games, the Soo Greyhounds were back in action on Sunday afternoon for game three of their six game homestand as they took on the North Bay Battalion. This was also the […]
  
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• Thunderbirds lose second straight game

  15-10-2018 02:39
  After kicking off their two game homestand with a 3-2 loss to the Rayside Balfour Canadians on Saturday night, the Soo Thunderbirds were back in action less than twenty four hours later as they took on the defending NOJHL champions, the Cochrane Crunch on Sunday afternoon (5:00 p.m.) at the John Rhodes Community Centre. The […]
  
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• Micks, Shirley Lorraine ( nee Mason )

  15-10-2018 00:13
  Micks, Shirley Lorraine ( nee Mason ) Now safe in the arms of her Lord. Our hearts are heavy as we announce the passing of a wonderful woman. Shirley Lorraine Micks ( nee Mason ) after a brave battle with cancer on Thursday October 11, 2018. Beloved wife of the late Jim Micks. Loving mother […]
  
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• BERLINGIERI, Clorinda (Florence) (nee Pirillo)

  15-10-2018 00:07
  (May 3, 1930- October 12, 2018) It is with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of our mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother, Clorinda (Florence) at the Sault Area Hospital, on Friday, October 12, 2018. Wife and soulmate of the late Dominic of 53 years. Dearest mother of Rose Mammarella (Alex), and Nick Berlingieri (Anita). Grandmother […]
  
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• BELLEAU, June Mary

  15-10-2018 00:02
  Peacefully at the Thessalon Hospital on Thursday, October 11, 2018 in her 80th year. Daughter of the late Ida (nee Whalen) and Peter Belleau. Sister of Luella Belleau Danz (Vanny) and Gordon Belleau. Loving aunt of James (Minola), Richard and the late Ronald. Great aunt of Lisa (Art), Luella (Mark) and Derek (Cheryl). Great Great […]
  
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