Sault Ste. Marie news

• FAMILY LIFE: Loads of Family Fun in November!

  06-11-2018 23:06
  FAMILY LIFE is a convenient listing of Family Friendly and Fun events filtered directly from the Community Events Calendar. There are loads of upcoming children, youth and family events happening throughout the year with new ones added pretty much on a daily basis. Don’t forget to check back here frequently to keep up to date […]
  
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• Ford’s office refuses to address reported allegation against Jim Wilson

  06-11-2018 22:50
  TORONTO — Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s office refused for a second day to address media reports that an allegation of inappropriate sexual behaviour was behind the abrupt resignation of a prominent cabinet minister last week, prompting opposition parties to call for answers on the matter. Jim Wilson, who was minister of economic development, left cabinet and the […]
  
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• McCRACKEN, Barbara Ann (nee Bone)

  06-11-2018 22:35
  With overwhelming sadness, the family of Barbara Ann McCracken announce her peaceful passing at the Algoma Residential Community Hospice on Tuesday, November 6, 2018. Beloved wife and best friend of Kenneth James McCracken, much loved and amazing mother of Deborah (Patrick Gasparelli), Allen (Tanya), Charles, Kenneth James Jr. (Rebecca) and Cragg (Andrea). Loved and respected […]
  
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• 4 Ontario Postmedia newspapers to publish one less day of the week

  06-11-2018 22:33
  TORONTO — Postmedia Network Inc. says four Ontario newspapers will publish printed or digital editions one less day of the week with no reduction in the subscription price. The Kingston Whig-Standard and Belleville Intelligencer will cease Monday papers effective Nov. 19. The Brockville Recorder and Times, and Chatham Daily News will end Wednesday editions as of the […]
  
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• Parliament to unveil plaque for MP and WW1 veteran who died by suicide

  06-11-2018 22:31
  OTTAWA — Lt.-Col. Samuel Sharpe is poised to finally return to the foyer outside the House of Commons, more than a century after the former member of Parliament and First World War veteran returned traumatized from the killing fields of Europe and took his own life. A bronze plaque bearing Sharpe’s likeness is to be […]
  
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• LATENDRESSE, Marlene

  06-11-2018 22:27
  At the age of 66, of Sault Ste. Marie Ontario, passed away quietly and unexpectedly on the afternoon of Saturday November 3, 2018. Marlene was born in Kirkland Lake Ontario on October 17, 1952. She later move to Elliot Lake, Ontario, where she met her loving husband of 42 years. Marlene was married to Tim […]
  
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• Theodore Syrette recipient of 2018 YMCA Peace Medal

  06-11-2018 22:23 via saultstar.com
  Ontario Regional Chief RoseAnne Archibald, of Taykwa Tagamou Nation, will be keynote speaker for Breakfast for Peace, hosted by Sault Ste. Marie YMCA and Kiwanis Club of Lakeshore.
  The event, Nov. 30 from 7:30 to 9:30 a.m. at the Marconi Cultural Centre and Banquet Hall, is part of YMCA Peace Week, Nov. 17-24.
  “RoseAnne has dedicated all of her adult life to serving and striving to create a better quality of life and future for First Nations people,” says a YMCA release. “She r
  
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• Labour council, interest group takes aim at Bill 47

  06-11-2018 22:10 via saultstar.com
  Mike McCleary wants to make sure Sault Ste. Marie’s politicians are accountable, not only during election campaigns, but throughout the term.
  At this stage of the game, he’s giving Sault MPP Ross Romano low grades.
  McCleary said he sent an email to Romano on Oct. 24, asking him for his position on Bill 47, Making Ontario Open for Business Act.
  The proposed legislation cancels the former Liberal government’s Bill 148, which will see minimum wage rise to $15.
  Instead, Bill 47 bac
  
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• QUENNEVILLE, Sylvio

  06-11-2018 21:54
  Passed away on Saturday, November 3, 2018 at the age of 78 where he resided in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. Sylvio was born in Field, Ontario to Ovila Quenneville and Jeannette Rancourt they had 8 boys and 8 girls. He is survived by his wife Rose Frost. Daughter Jeanie, Sons David (Michelle), Sidney (Melanie), Daughter […]
  
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• Enter to win a pair of tickets to the 3rd Annual Builders Bash!

  06-11-2018 20:53
  3RD ANNUAL BUILDER’S BASH Hosted by: Habitat for Humanity Sault Ste. Marie & Area Enjoy a great night out and be a builder! Friday, November 30, 2018 6 PM – 1 AM The Grand Gardens Building a Strong Community • Building Homes • Building Hope Enjoy a Delicious Meal, Participate in a Live Silent Auction, Show […]
  
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• Early Christmas Present?

  06-11-2018 20:29
  That’s the hope, but Alan Coutts of Noront wouldn’t bite. Yes, the news of the new ferrochrome plant being built in the Soo sure would be music to the ears. We will have to wait for the official announcement which is still set anytime before the end of the year. Saultonline / ONNtv spoke with […]
  
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• Rick Mercer has new book; says he’s ‘less interested in politics’ these days

  06-11-2018 20:13
  TORONTO — Political satirist Rick Mercer has a new book and “a bunch” of projects in the works, but a run for office doesn’t seem likely. “I’m less interested in politics now than I ever have been in my entire life,” the St. John’s native, who lives in Toronto, said in an interview for the newly published book […]
  
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• Liberals unveil new anti-poverty law with targets to reduce poverty rates in Canada

  06-11-2018 20:13
  OTTAWA — The federal Liberals have unveiled their long-promised anti-poverty law, saying it will force future governments to meet ambitious targets to lift more than two million people above the poverty line in the coming years. These targets would see poverty rates lowered by 20 per cent from 2015 levels by the end of the current […]
  
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• Celebrate Peace Week with the YMCA

  06-11-2018 20:01
  From November 17 – 24, the Sault Ste. Marie YMCA together with YMCAs across Canada, celebrate the presence of peace in our communities, and reflect on the peace-building work that happens all year both inside and outside the YMCA. As a continuation of our YMCA Peace Week initiatives, the Kiwanis Club of Lakeshore and the […]
  
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• Legal cannabis holds no special attraction for organized crime: memos

  06-11-2018 19:55
  OTTAWA — An internal government memo says federal officials see no “strong pull factors” for organized crime to invest in legal cannabis over any other industry — despite allegations shady money is already tainting the business. The government notes say public-safety and health officials do not see criminal infiltration of the booming business as a major threat. The […]
  
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• KING (nee Roberts), Penny

  06-11-2018 19:20
  Our family is devastated. Unexpectedly, at Sault Area Hospital, in the early hours of Sunday November 4, two souls were reunited once again surrounded by loving family. Too soon mom… too soon. There was no one more devoted to her family than Penny. She was our mother, grandmother, sister, friend. Best friend and caring wife […]
  
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• Johnston pledges to release public report on expenses incurred since retirement

  06-11-2018 19:05
  OTTAWA — Former governor general David Johnston says he’ll present the public with a report on expenses he’s incurred since he left Rideau Hall a year ago. Johnston, who was governor general from October 2010 until October 2017, says the office is an important democratic institution and its responsibilities continue into retirement. He also says […]
  
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• Celebrity chef Jamie Oliver in defence of the family-friendly mall restaurant

  06-11-2018 18:39
  TORONTO — The old adage is that you can’t please everyone, but Jamie Oliver insists on trying. The British celebrity chef says his life would probably be easier if he had launched a chain of exclusive, high-end eateries. Instead, the TV star chose a tough route in pursuing an empire of family-friendly restaurants that feature […]
  
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• Male Charged with Impaired Driving by Drugs

  06-11-2018 18:30
  On Saturday, November 3, 2018, officers from the Manitoulin-Espanola detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were conducting traffic enforcement on Highway 17 in Nairn-Hyman Township, Ontario. At approximately 4:10 a.m., officers observed a passenger vehicle being operated in an erratic manner. Police conducted a traffic stop and subsequently arrested the male driver. As a result […]
  
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• Postmedia invests in media platform for ‘modern cannabis enthusiasts’

  06-11-2018 17:41
  TORONTO — Postmedia Network Inc. invested in a company that runs a lifestyle website for “modern cannabis enthusiasts” in an effort to help the media company be at the forefront of cannabis content and solutions in Canada, the media conglomerate said Tuesday. The company, which owns the National Post among other newspapers and digital publications, says […]
  
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• Police wait for toxicology results in OD deaths

  06-11-2018 16:28 via saultstar.com
  Toxicology reports for four Sault Ste. Marie residents who died of overdoses in four days will take some time to complete.Sault Ste. Marie Police Service, in a release last Thursday, said the deaths are suspected to be tied to opioid overdoses.Autopsies of the four deceased are done but toxicology results will require “quite some time” to complete, Const. Sonny Spina told The Sault Star.“At least” one of the four died at their residence.No other suspected overdose deaths
  
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• Harvest Algoma gets 1,000 pumpkins

  06-11-2018 15:34 via saultstar.com
  Sault Ste. Marie residents and businesses donated more than 1,000 pumpkins to Harvest Algoma.The United Way agency appealed for contributions to help feed the hungry.The appeal brought in about 1,060 pumpkins, food resource centre co-ordinator Jessica Laidley told The Sault Star.
  “It was overwhelming,” she said of the response. “The community was very generous.”About 30 per cent of the pumpkins were donated by Metro’s Churchill Plaza location and RJ’s Market.M
  
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• Gay conversion therapy drama ‘Boy Erased’ gives voice to survivors

  06-11-2018 15:00
  TORONTO — Joel Edgerton’s film “Boy Erased” was always meant to draw attention to the soul-crushing practice of gay conversion therapy — but the director says it also seems to be coaxing survivors out of the shadows. A number of times at recent film festivals grown men have approached Edgerton to share their own terrifying experiences. Many of them said when they were […]
  
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• Lowe's closing two Sault stores

  06-11-2018 14:44 via saultstar.com
  Lowe’s Canada is closing two Sault Ste. Marie stores by early 2019.RONA Sault Ste. Marie, on Black Road, and Lowe’s Sault Ste. Marie, on Northern Avenue East, are among 27 “underperforming corporate stores” in several Canadian provinces
  Lowe’s just opened its roughly 91,500-square-foot business in a shopping plaza on Northern Avenue in 2015. The site was the former location of Zellers and Kmart.Lowe’s was expected to employ 120 to 140, with 30 to 40 seasonal j
  
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• Robertson started Pathways Retirement Residence

  06-11-2018 14:01 via saultstar.com
  Elaine Robertson, former president of Pathways Retirement Residence, has died.Robertson died last Friday. She was 88.Robertson purchased the Commodore Inn on Trunk Road in 1986 and built a 54-unit retirement residence. Seventy-nine more units were added in 1990.Robertson sold Pathways in 2009.She formerly operated Lakeshore Lodge retirement home on St. Joseph Island.A memorial service will be held Wednesday at 11 a.m. at Arthur Funeral Home and Cremation Centre.Another Sault Ste. Marie entrepren
  
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• Big Storm Could Dump 10cm On Friday

  06-11-2018 13:43
  It is November afterall, and around these parts that means a transition from Autumn to Winter, and that appears to be in the cards for this coming weekend. A series of low pressure systems will move into the area starting today with rain mixing with wet snow tonight along with some gusty winds. Temperatures will […]
  
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• Spy service says federal pipeline purchase seen as ‘betrayal’ by many opponents

  06-11-2018 10:00
  OTTAWA — Canada’s spy agency says many members of the environmental and Indigenous communities see the federal purchase of the Trans Mountain pipeline as a betrayal, and suggests that could intensify opposition to expanding the project. A Canadian Security Intelligence Service assessment highlights a renewed sense of indignation among protesters and clearly indicates the spy service’s ongoing interest in anti-petroleum activism. The […]
  
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• Canadians to watch U.S. midterms unfold at viewing parties across the country

  06-11-2018 10:00
  TORONTO — People are expected to gather at viewing parties across Canada tonight to watch the American midterm elections unfold. The U.S. Consulate General in Toronto is hosting one event, which will be attended by representatives of both Democrats Abroad and Republicans Overseas. In the nation’s capital, the Harvard Club of Ottawa and Democrats Abroad are both […]
  
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• Office manager sentenced in embezzling case - News - Sault Ste. Marie Evening News

  06-11-2018 09:00
  Office manager sentenced in embezzling case - News  Sault Ste. Marie Evening NewsA large embezzling case came to a close last month in the 50th Circuit Court resulting in nine month jail sentence and the ordered payment of more than ...
  
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• Matthew’s Sidekicks to hold taco fundraiser - Sault Ste. Marie Evening News

  06-11-2018 09:00
  Matthew’s Sidekicks to hold taco fundraiser  Sault Ste. Marie Evening NewsA tasty fundraiser is on tap to benefit cerebral palsy awareness Saturday from noon until 5 p.m. at the Sault Tribe Cultural Center off Shunk Road. Matthew's ...
  
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• Sault Baha’i invites all to celebration

  06-11-2018 06:25 via saultthisweek.com
  The Spiritual Assemblty of the Baha’is of Sault Ste. Marie invites all to a celebration of the Holy Days.
  Services will take place at the Ermatinger/Clergue National Historic Site, 800 Bay St., on Friday, Nov. 9, at 7 p.m.
  The assembly will celebrate the Birth of Baha’u’llah.
  Baha’i teaches that all the great religions of the world are divine in origin and one in their essential message of love. Each of the revealed religions provides fundamental spiritual and moral guida
  
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• Turn up the volume on voices of love

  06-11-2018 06:12 via saultthisweek.com
  After a rather long hiatus I’m happy to be back to writing my weekly column, but so much has happened over the last couple months that I struggled to pick a topic. With so much to choose from, I’ve opted to write about something that’s been on my mind a lot lately, and especially this last week.
  I have no doubt that you’ve heard about the mass shooting at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh on Saturday, Oct. 27. A shooter entered the building and, yelling antisemitic
  
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• Foster families in short supply

  06-11-2018 06:06 via saultthisweek.com
  The Children’s Aid Society of Algoma seeks more foster parents to make sure they can provide the best match possible for children and youth who come into care.
  Michael Barbeau, CAS resource supervisor, said 153 children and youth are in the society’s care within Algoma.
  The society tries to support families to keep their children in their own home, and will also explore kinship placements to keep a child with identified family, friends, or people known to the family child, but these
  
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• Ottawa brings Veterans Monument past 25% of goal

  06-11-2018 06:00 via saultthisweek.com
  Sault Ste. Marie’s Member of Parliament Terry Sheehan presented the Veterans Commemorative Monument Committee with a cheque for $25,000 from the Veterans Affairs Commemorative Partnership Program.
  He made the presentation last week on behalf of Seamus O’Regan, Minister of Veterans Affairs.
  VCM Committee chairman Clyde Healey told Sault This Week this contribution is the largest single funding amount the group has received to date.
  Previously the committee received a $15,000 donation
  
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• City councillors bid adieu

  06-11-2018 01:47 via saultstar.com
  Another council term has come to an end and the moment is called bitter-sweet by those affected the most.
  The four-year term was considered “a challenging period” in Sault Ste. Marie and one in which council was hit by a number of external factors that created economic uncertainty in the community.
  High oil prices created a massive downturn and layoff for Tenaris Tubes, the city’s largest employer ,then called Essar Steel Algoma, went into receivership and has been in Companies
  
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• City budget could see $1M surplus

  06-11-2018 01:41 via saultstar.com
  If Ol’ Man Winter doesn’t arrive too early, and other financial trends stay on track for the last quarter of the fiscal year, the City of Sault Ste. Marie could see itself with a budget surplus of at least $1 million at year end.
  A third-quarter financial report presented to city council Monday indicates that winter control budget is trending under budget and, if that trend continues, could result in a positive variance of about $350,000.
  Council has been warned that if winter arrive
  
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• Enter to win a pair of tickets to see Mamma Mia!

  06-11-2018 01:28
  The world loves Mamma Mia, over 60 million people worldwide have fallen in love with the characters, the story and the music that make Mamma Mia! the ultimate feel-good show. From November 21 through November 24, 2018 the story-telling magic of ABBA’s timeless songs will fill the Sault Community Theatre as the Musical Comedy Guild […]
  
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• HANSSON, Vello

  06-11-2018 00:06
  April 1, 1927 to November 11, 2018 ~ Vello passed away peacefully surrounded by family and friends at Lions Gate Hospital, North Vancouver, Canada, on November 1, 2018 in his 92nd year. Beloved father to his daughter Wendy Hansson (Kim Hubbs) and proud Papa to Hayley and Jessica Hubbs of North Vancouver; and his son […]
  
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• BELANGER, Audrey

  06-11-2018 00:03
  Passed away peacefully at Cedarwood Lodge on Sunday, November 4th, 2018 at the age of 77. Loving wife of Ronald.  Mother of Michelle Belanger (Pat), Susan Belanger and Michael Belanger (Cherie).  Special gramma of Damon.  Predeceased by her parents Earl and Edith Dunn.  Sister of Calvin (Cathy), Marvin, Phyllis D’Orazio (Glen) and predeceased by Lorne, […]
  
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• INFANTI, Ronald Wayne

  06-11-2018 00:02
  Passed away at the Sault Area Hospital on Thursday, November 1, 2018 at the age of 87. Soul mate and best friend of Dana Stadden. Loving Father of Debbie, Randy (Gayle), Rhonda. Step-father of Dwayne Dewar and Danny Dewar. Proud Grandpa of many. Brother of Phyllis, Page Caputo and Dale Scott. Predeceased by his parents […]
  
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