Sault Ste. Marie news

• ‘The chill is real,’ Canada’s ambassador to China says of fraught relationship

  05-02-2020 23:58
  
  OTTAWA — Canada’s ambassador to China says there is a chill in relations between the two countries since the People’s Republic imprisoned two Canadians, but his top priority is winning their release and resetting the relationship. Dominic Barton is offering that assessment in testimony this evening before the special House of Commons committee studying the […]
  
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• Granlund cartoon: No need to meddle - Sault Ste. Marie Evening News

  05-02-2020 23:46
  Granlund cartoon: No need to meddle  Sault Ste. Marie Evening News
  
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• GODARD, Richard

  05-02-2020 23:44
  
  Passed away peacefully at Health Sciences North, Sudbury, Ontario on Saturday, February 1, 2020 at the age of 57. Beloved husband of Kimberly (nee Geroux). Loving father to Ronald Geroux. Proud grandfather of Lexi, Gerard, and Piper. Dear son of Orla and the late Richard Godard Sr., brother of Rhonda Godard-Courchesne (Corky), Karen Penny (Ray) […]
  
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• Discrimination alleged in two 2018 deaths

  05-02-2020 23:38 via saultstar.com
  
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• Trojans outlast Bulldogs in EUPC clash - Sault Ste. Marie Evening News

  05-02-2020 22:14
  Trojans outlast Bulldogs in EUPC clash  Sault Ste. Marie Evening News
  
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• Huron Shores book club tackles tough topics

  05-02-2020 21:50 via saultstar.com
  
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• February shows sure to warm up Old Town Hall

  05-02-2020 21:32 via saultstar.com
  
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• Sheehan: Trans Mountain Pipeline appeal decision benefits Sault

  05-02-2020 21:21 via saultstar.com
  
  Sault MP Terry Sheehan is pleased that the Federal Court of Appeal ruled that Ottawa met its consultation obligations before it reapproved the Trans Mountain pipeline extension last year. Read More
  
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• More teachers' strikes planned

  05-02-2020 20:37 via saultstar.com
  
  The Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario will be holding a province-wide strike and a rotating strike that will affect Algoma District School Board students. Read More
  
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• Almost $150 million in vaunted oceans-protection funding not spent

  05-02-2020 20:34
  
  OTTAWA — Almost $150 million allocated to help protect Canada’s oceans has gone unspent by the Trudeau government over the past two years. The Liberals have touted their $1.5-billion oceans protection plan as “the largest investment ever made to protect Canada’s coasts and waterways” — including efforts to mitigate the potential environmental damage from the expansion of […]
  
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• DESAUTEL, Donald Roland

  05-02-2020 19:45
  
  January 3, 1948 to February 4, 2020 – Passed away peacefully at Great Northern Retirement Home on Tuesday, February 4, 2020 at the age of 72. Loving husband of the late Velma Desautel. Cherished father of John Desautel (Christina), Melinda Desautel, Rhonda Caron (Kevin), Buddy Graves (Sarah) and Darren Graves (Lori). Proud Papa of Michaela, […]
  
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• Algoma Leadership Table charged with developing safety plan

  05-02-2020 19:33 via saultstar.com
  
  Municipalities across Ontario have been legislated to complete a Community Safety and Well-Being Plan and the Algoma Leadership Table has been authorized by council to lead that process. Read More
  
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• Send black boxes from Iran plane crash to France, Champagne demands

  05-02-2020 18:52
  
  OTTAWA — Canada has asked for international help to pressure Iran to give up the black boxes recovered from the wreckage of Ukraine International Airlines Flight PS752, says Foreign Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne. He and Transport Minister Marc Garneau have met the leaders of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), which is based in Montreal, to try to break a […]
  
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• NDP urges pause to public health funding cuts as province deals with coronavirus

  05-02-2020 18:46
  
  TORONTO — Ontario’s opposition NDP says Premier Doug Ford must pause cuts to public health funding as health-care workers grapple with the novel coronavirus outbreak. NDP Leader Andrea Horwath says today the Progressive Conservatives must restore provincial public health funding to 2019 levels to maintain services. The Tory government announced in the 2019 budget changes to cost-sharing arrangements […]
  
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• Two Anne Shirley stars coming together on new Canadian film ‘Maternal’

  05-02-2020 18:33
  
  TORONTO — “Anne with an E” fans, rejoice. Just over two months after the series was cancelled, star Amybeth McNulty has already found a new project — one that’s directed by another famous face from the “Anne of Green Gables” franchise, Megan Follows. Producers say McNulty, the Irish-Canadian actress who played the title character in […]
  
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• Omar Khadr told to answer Utah plaintiffs’ questions about his confession

  05-02-2020 18:18
  
  TORONTO — Relatives of a slain American soldier have won a skirmish in their attempt to collect on a US$134-million wrongful-death award against former Guantanamo Bay detainee Omar Khadr. In a pre-trial decision this week, an Ontario Superior Court ordered Khadr to answer several questions from the plaintiffs about a 50-point agreed statement of facts he […]
  
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• Gallery/Video: Local Scouts Shave Their Heads for Cancer

  05-02-2020 18:15
  
  Over 20 Scouts, Cubs and Beavers, their friends and families shaved their heads for cancer during the sixth annual Head Shave for Cancer Awareness Challenge, held at St. Paul’s Presbyterian Church. This event was started six years ago to honour a leader and a scout who both passed away from cancer, and has grown from […]
  
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• Sheehan Announces Support for Bushplane Museum Renovation

  05-02-2020 18:07
  
  Government of Canada supports improving heritage spaces in Sault Ste. Marie with funding for renovation of the Canadian Bushplane Heritage Centre Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario The Government of Canada is committed to supporting the creation and renovation of cultural spaces to give everyone better access to the arts and heritage. Terry Sheehan, Parliamentary Secretary (FedNor) […]
  
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• ADSB Warns of More Strikes Next Week

  05-02-2020 18:01
  
  The Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario (ETFO) announced yesterday that it is again engaging in province-wide and rotating (local) strikes next week. There will be a province-wide strike on Tuesday, February 11thand for the Algoma district, another one-day strike(as part of the rotating strikes) on Wednesday, February 12th. Both days are a full withdrawal of […]
  
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• Waste Management wants to renegotiate deal with Monroe - Sault Ste. Marie Evening News

  05-02-2020 17:32
  Waste Management wants to renegotiate deal with Monroe  Sault Ste. Marie Evening News
  
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• Weatherford cartoon: Surging Bernie - Sault Ste. Marie Evening News

  05-02-2020 17:31
  Weatherford cartoon: Surging Bernie  Sault Ste. Marie Evening News
  
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• Weather delays chartered flight evacuating Canadians stranded in Wuhan

  05-02-2020 17:31
  
  OTTAWA — Canadians stranded in a quarantined Chinese city were told Wednesday that a flight set to bring them home was delayed, leaving them stranded in the epicentre of the new coronavirus for another day. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said weather events forced the delay. “There is a narrow window given by the Chinese for flights into Wuhan […]
  
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• North American stock markets surge again, loonie slips against U.S. dollar

  05-02-2020 17:30
  
  TORONTO — North American stock markets surged higher for another day as investors shook off worries caused by the new coronavirus and its impact on the global economy. The S&P/TSX composite index was up 140.13 points at 17,652.86. In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average was up 312.50 points at 29,120.13. The S&P 500 […]
  
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• Thursday night showdown - Sault Ste. Marie Evening News

  05-02-2020 17:01
  Thursday night showdown  Sault Ste. Marie Evening News
  
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• Mackinac Bridge painting project wins second award

  05-02-2020 16:29
  
  The Mackinac Bridge tower painting project, now entering its fourth and final year, has won a second national award. Representatives of Seaway Painting of Livonia, the contractor performing the work on the bridge, accepted the E. Crone Knoy Award this week from the Society for Protective Coatings, an industry group focused on protecting and preserving […]
  
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• Tracy Beckerman: A long line of turkey necks - Sault Ste. Marie Evening News

  05-02-2020 16:25
  Tracy Beckerman: A long line of turkey necks  Sault Ste. Marie Evening News
  
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• Souping for a Cure - Sault Ste. Marie Evening News

  05-02-2020 16:13
  Souping for a Cure  Sault Ste. Marie Evening News
  
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• Robinson Huron Chiefs object to Treaty Territory Infringement

  05-02-2020 15:35
  
  At a meeting of Chiefs from the Robinson Huron Treaty territory, the Robinson Huron Waawiindaamaagewin (RHW) issued letters of objection to the governments of Ontario and Canada regarding treaty territory infringement. “Canada and Ontario know that our treaty-protected rights have been, and continue to be eroded by colonial settler governments stepping outside of the spirit […]
  
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• The SaultStream Serials … ‘A Brass Cross, and an Iron Hand’

  05-02-2020 15:14
  
  We are very pleased to introduce our second SaultStream Serial (and forthcoming UFE Tagona Press publication), ‘A Brass Cross, and an Iron Hand’. This compelling story is rooted in late 17th century New France, when what is now Sault Ste. Marie and the Algoma region became part of a fast-moving, complex geopolitical dynamic. You can […]
  
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• Rudyard Bulldogs compete at High School Bowl - Sault Ste. Marie Evening News

  05-02-2020 14:05
  Rudyard Bulldogs compete at High School Bowl  Sault Ste. Marie Evening News
  
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• Viola Ucci trust - News - Sault Ste. Marie Evening News

  05-02-2020 12:21
  Viola Ucci trust - News  Sault Ste. Marie Evening News
  
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• Vicksburg tops Constantine boys, 51-35 - Sault Ste. Marie Evening News

  05-02-2020 12:21
  Vicksburg tops Constantine boys, 51-35  Sault Ste. Marie Evening News
  
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• Lady Falcons fall to Vicksburg - Sault Ste. Marie Evening News

  05-02-2020 12:21
  Lady Falcons fall to Vicksburg  Sault Ste. Marie Evening News
  
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• Guest Editorial: Pave now, pay later - Opinion - Sault Ste. Marie Evening News

  05-02-2020 12:21
  Guest Editorial: Pave now, pay later - Opinion  Sault Ste. Marie Evening News
  
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• Coldwater rolls on Three Rivers - Sault Ste. Marie Evening News

  05-02-2020 12:21
  Coldwater rolls on Three Rivers  Sault Ste. Marie Evening News
  
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• City council approves Tecumseh Park bathroom bids - News - Sault Ste. Marie Evening News

  05-02-2020 12:21
  City council approves Tecumseh Park bathroom bids - News  Sault Ste. Marie Evening News
  
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• Bobbie Keith Mack notice to creditors - News - Sault Ste. Marie Evening News

  05-02-2020 12:21
  Bobbie Keith Mack notice to creditors - News  Sault Ste. Marie Evening News
  
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• MTM On The Road: Jose's Mexican Restaurant in Sault Ste. Marie - 9&10 News

  05-02-2020 12:00
  
  MTM On The Road: Jose's Mexican Restaurant in Sault Ste. Marie  9&10 News
  
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• Cyberspies mistakenly eyed Canadian for five years, watchdog report says

  05-02-2020 10:15
  
  OTTAWA — The national cyberspying agency monitored a Canadian citizen, contrary to policy, for several years due to a series of internal mistakes, a newly released watchdog report says. The Ottawa-based Communications Security Establishment collects a wide array of foreign communications, including phone calls and emails, in search of information of interest to Canada. The CSE is forbidden by law from directing […]
  
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• Michigan hoops edged by OSU in final seconds - Sault Ste. Marie Evening News

  05-02-2020 05:03
  Michigan hoops edged by OSU in final seconds  Sault Ste. Marie Evening News
  
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• Bunke Racing Wins I-500 Again at Sault Ste. Marie - St. Ignace News

  05-02-2020 02:15
  Bunke Racing Wins I-500 Again at Sault Ste. Marie  St. Ignace News
  
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• Buttigieg, Sanders take lead with incomplete Iowa caucus results; no timeline to declare winner - Sault Ste. Marie Evening News

  05-02-2020 00:21
  Buttigieg, Sanders take lead with incomplete Iowa caucus results; no timeline to declare winner  Sault Ste. Marie Evening News
  
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