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• 'It has been heartbreaking': Son frustrated after elderly dad spends more than 3 days in Sault Area Hospital ER hallway

  23-07-2026 23:02 via saultstar.com
  
  Hallway medicine is driving Michael Chikoski up the wall. Since about 6 a.m. Monday, his father, Walter, 94, remained in a Sault Area Hospital emergency department hallway for more than three days. The retired Algoma Steel worker, 94, has prostate cancer and was brought to hospital with an infection.Despite the “seriousness” of his condition, Chikoski says his dad had not been provided with the level of “care, comfort, dignity and respect, that I believe every patient deserves
  
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• Man jailed for offences involving partner in Sault

  23-07-2026 22:14 via saultstar.com
  
  A man’s repeated breaches of his probation and release orders nixed his chances of getting house arrest for offences involving his partner.Watson Desmoulin damaged a television and front door at the woman’s central-area residence last November and in late February. He pleaded guilty to eight charges, including two counts mischief under $5,000 and three counts each breach of probation and breach of release order, on Thursday. Assistant Crown attorney Blair Hagan sought seven months o
  
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• Chariot parade, Festival of Colours set for Saturday in Sault

  23-07-2026 21:24 via saultstar.com
  
  A chariot parade and Festival of Colours run downtown Saturday.The parade, or Jagannath Rath Yatra, begins at 1:30 p.m. at Russ Ramsay Way. The destination is Roberta Bondar Pavilion, a release says. Parade participants are admitted free to Festival of Colours. That event, featuring music, yoga, reiki and food, runs from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. Rajat Marwah, chief executive officer of Algoma Steel, is guest of honour. Ticket and event information are available at festivalofcolours.ca. The activities a
  
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• Permit values down, but major developments expected to boost year-end totals

  23-07-2026 21:14 via saultstar.com
  
  The City of Sault Ste. Marie has issued a few less building permits this year than during the same time in 2025, but the value of construction work across the city appears lower.City statistics for the first six months of the year show 499 permits have been issued, with a construction value of $74.3 million. That’s down from the same time last year when 537 permits were issued with a value of $136.4 million.The difference lies mostly with the value of the building permits.In the residenti
  
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• Victim threatened twice in Sault's downtown

  23-07-2026 21:03 via saultstar.com
  
  A man allegedly threatened to hurt someone he knew twice on the same day.The incidents happened in the 0 to 100 block of Hynes Street on Thursday morning and evening. An object was thrown at the victim during the first episode, police say. Darrin Barber-Addison, 24, was charged with assault with a weapon, fail to comply with an undertaking, two counts each uttering threats to cause death or bodily harm and fail to comply with probation order.He was held in custody pending a bail hearing.
  
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• Man walks with stolen shotgun in Sault's downtown

  23-07-2026 18:17 via saultstar.com
  
  A man walked downtown with a stolen shotgun and 23 rounds of ammunition stashed in a shopping bag last fall. Shawn Seymour was seen by police walking on Hynes Street on Sept. 5, assistant Crown attorney Blair Hagan told court on Thursday.Seymour was wanted by police at the time. He was stopped on lower East Street.Defence lawyer Leah Policchio said Seymour did not plan to use the weapon and understands he shouldn’t have had the firearm. Seymour pleaded guilty to five offences related to t
  
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• Man jailed 5 years for role in death of Aweres man

  23-07-2026 16:32 via saultstar.com
  
  A Batchewana First Nation man brought a baseball bat to the scene of a fatal stabbing in which a co-accused stabbed the victim with a spear in that community in 2024, Sault Ste. Marie court heard Wednesday.Adrian Blackbird also chased witnesses and offered a change of clothes to two co-accused, the court was told.For his actions, Blackbird, 22, pleaded guilty to manslaughter and failing to comply with a release order. He was on a release order when Brandan Pellow was stabbed. Blackbird was suppo
  
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• Man jailed 5 years for death of Aweres man

  23-07-2026 16:32 via saultstar.com
  
  A Batchewana First Nation man brought a baseball bat to the scene of a fatal stabbing in which a co-accused stabbed the victim with a spear in that community in 2024, Sault Ste. Marie court heard Wednesday.Adrian Blackbird also chased witnesses and offered a change of clothes to two co-accused, the court was told.For his actions, Blackbird, 22, pleaded guilty to manslaughter and failing to comply with a release order. He was on a release order when Brandan Pellow was stabbed. Blackbird was suppo
  
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• Breathat wanted by Sault police

  23-07-2026 16:16 via saultstar.com
  
  Jacob Andrew Breathat is wanted by police.,Breathat, 33, is sought on 17 charges including three counts fail to comply with release order and 12 counts fail to comply with probation order. Anyone with information about Breathat can call Sault Ste. Marie Police Service at 705-949-6300 or Crime Stoppers at 705-942-7867 or go to saultcrimestoppers.com.
  
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• Bradford showcases Northern Ontario in solo show

  23-07-2026 15:29 via saultstar.com
  
  There was plenty of choices for Doug Bradford’s new solo exhibition. The veteran Sault Ste. Marie painter could draw from “hundreds and hundreds” of watercolour works, said his daughter Cindy.“ He paints all the time,” she said. “He’s prolific. I wish I was as prolific as he was.” A three-week show that’s underway at The Art Hub at Spring features 50 paintings – some created 10 to 15 years ago and others of more recent vintage. The wor
  
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• St. Jacques writes tribute to Trudeau in 1976: IN OTHER YEARS

  23-07-2026 15:25 via saultstar.com
  
  July 23, 2001Rotary Community Day Parade featured 95 floats. Al Smith has judged floats for 39 years. July 23, 1976Elizabeth St. Jacques has written a tribute to Canada’s First Lady, Margaret Trudeau, called Our Own Light. St. Jacques has published both articles and poetry in newspapers, magazines and anthologies. The mother of two lives on Elizabeth Street. July 23, 1951Lance-Cpl. William Derry, 27, is one of 92 students in training for a junior non-commissioned officer rank in Korea. He
  
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