Sault Ste. Marie news

• Canadian army convoy to travel through Sault Ste. Marie

  17-08-2026 19:11 via saultstar.com
  
  August 17, 2025 – Ottawa, Ont. – Canadian Army Reserve personnel from 33 Canadian Brigade Group will conduct transport and supply convoys on roads and highways between Sault Ste Marie, Sudbury, North Bay, Peterborough, Kingston, Ottawa, Petawawa and surrounding areas on August 20-21, 2026. Similar, return traffic can be expected from August 29-30, 2025, on the same routes.Members of the public may see increased military traffic with Canadian Army vehicles operating on various area r
  
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• 'Unplanned outage' shuts down Algoma Steel's EAF 

  17-08-2026 17:41 via saultstar.com
  
  Algoma Steel is investigating an unplanned outage at its Lake Superior Power generating facility and has suspended production at its electric arc furnace. A company press release says one of the Lake Superior Power turbine units detected an abnormal condition and was automatically taken offline. The remaining units were not affected. Algoma’s technical teams, together with external specialists, are onsite assessing the condition of the affected equipment and evaluating various alternative
  
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• Sault targets 70 new physicians as recruitment efforts expand

  17-08-2026 16:52 via saultstar.com
  
  New workforce planning data show Sault Ste. Marie will need 70 additional physicians over the next two or three years.The physician and recruitment committee has received an additional $55,000 from Sault Area Hospital to help with that task, bringing the committee’s funding up to $335,000, city council heard at a recent meeting.The City of Sault Ste. Marie provides the committee with $205,000, SAH $150,000 and the Algoma West Academy of Medicine provides in-kind support for various recrui
  
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• Tunnel for oil pipeline in Straits of Mackinac approved

  17-08-2026 04:59 via saultstar.com
  
  Following a recent setback, plans to build a tunnel for Enbridge’s Line 5 oil pipeline under the Straits of Mackinac in Michigan have received approval from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.The permit issued last Wednesday is required for a plan to replace the pipeline crossing in the straits with a tunnel. The approval comes after Michigan’s supreme court recently ordered state regulators to reconsider another permit for the project.The 73-year-old pipeline carries oil and natural
  
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• Transits up, cargo volume static on St. Lawrence Seaway

  17-08-2026 04:44 via saultstar.com
  
  Traffic on the St. Lawrence Seaway, including the Soo Locks in Sault Ste. Marie, Mich. was up in July. Transits totalled 1,839, up 4.7 per cent from 1,757 transits in July 2025, St. Lawrence Seaway Management Corp. said. Total cargo shipped nudged down .13 per cent from 16.52 to 16.50 tonnes.All grain fell 4.2 per cent from 5.25 million tonnes to 5.03 million tonnes. Iron ore dipped 5.8 per cent from 2.57 million tonnes to 2.42 million tonnes. Coal dropped 5.7 per cent from 612,000 tonnes to 57
  
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