Sault Ste. Marie news

• Buyer interested in Sault's Metro Plaza

  11-07-2026 19:32 via saultstar.com
  
  An asset manager focused on grocery-anchored and last-mile industrial properties wants to buy the owner of the north-end shopping plaza that’s home to Metro and Princess Auto. Axia Real Assets is offering $5.28 per unit of Plaza Retail REIT. “ Axia believes the proposed transaction remains compelling – delivering a significant premium and immediate liquidity to holders of units,” the Toronto-based company said in a release. Axia noted Plaza Retail REIT has not increased
  
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• Stop using enclosed mobility scooters on Sault streets, sidewalks: POLICE

  11-07-2026 17:50 via saultstar.com
  
  Mobility scooters are not allowed on Sault Ste. Marie sidewalks, streets or John Rowswell Hub Trail, police warn. The enclosed, low-speed electric vehicles can only be used on private property with the owner’s permission. The devices usually have features such as lights, mirrors, speedometers and can reach speeds of 30 kilometres an hour or higher. Operating an enclosed electric vehicle on streets, bike lanes or sidewalks could lead to provincial charges under the Compulsory Automobile In
  
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• Security guard punched at McNabb Street business

  11-07-2026 17:35 via saultstar.com
  
  A security guard was punched in the face at a business in the 200 block of McNabb Street last Thursday. Minor injuries resulted, police say.Andrew MacDonald, 48, was charged with assault.His court date is Sept. 28.
  
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• No bids delay planned work at Elliot Lake school

  11-07-2026 15:29 via saultstar.com
  
  Planned work at an Elliot Lake school is on hold because no firms bid on the project.Huron-Superior Catholic District School Board earmarked $1.5 million for site upgrades, including a bus bay, at Our Lady of Fatima. The board will re-tender the contract in the fall with hopes of attracting bidders to do the work in 2027, said communications officer Kenzie Vandenberg in an email to The Sault Stasr. Cash earmarked for the project will be carried over to the 2026-27 budget “to complete the
  
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• Outdoor education program expands in Elliot Lake

  11-07-2026 15:16 via saultstar.com
  
  An outdoor education program is being expanded for Huron-Superior Catholic District School students in Elliot Lake. Twelve Grade 5 and 6 students at Our Lady of Lourdes participated in the program’s first year in 2025-26. The outdoor education option will be expanded to Grade 7 students for the 2026-27 school year. “ We are looking at more than double the number of students enrolled,” said communications officer Kenzie Vandenberg in an email to The Sault Star. “We are ex
  
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• Sault soldier Pim confirmed dead in 1916: IN OTHER YEARS

  11-07-2026 06:01 via saultstar.com
  
  July 11, 2001Mary Kosiba, who opened Mary’s Lunch on Queen Street East in 1948, died July 9. She was 96. “(The restaurant) was her whole life,” said her son, Eddie. “It was her home. It was her place of work. She had a lot of friends she met through there.” Mary lived in an apartment above the restaurant for 54 years and, up until last year, continued to help with the operation of the business. July 11, 1951Miss Kay Climie was appointed head librarian of the two Sa
  
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