Sault Ste. Marie news

• Bicycle, electric scooter stolen in Sault

  19-08-2026 22:23 via saultstar.com
  A man is accused of stealing a bicycle and electric scooter. The thefts happened Aug. 13 in the 100 block of Churchill Boulevard and 200 block of Bay Street, police say.A suspect was found Tuesday in the 200 block of Queen Street East. He allegedly had a bank card that did not belong to him and break-in instruments. Brandon Zimmerman, 23, was charged with possession of a credit card, possession of break-in instruments, two counts each mischief under $5,000 and theft under $5,000 and four counts
  
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• Hache wanted by Sault police

  19-08-2026 22:02 via saultstar.com
  
  Crystal Deborah Hache is wanted by police. Hache, 42, is sought on nine charges including possession of a controlled substance and four counts drive while under suspension, a release says.Anyone with information about Hache can call Sault Ste. Marie Police Service at 705-949-6300 or Crime Stoppers at 705-942-7867.
  
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• First take a keeper for Lightfoot's Fitzgerald song

  19-08-2026 21:53 via saultstar.com
  
  Gordon Lightfoot’s iconic song about a shipwreck on Lake Superior was a one-take wonder that was recorded at the last minute 50 years ago. The folk singer had wrapped up recording the songs that would appear on Summertime Dream at Eastern Sound Studios in Toronto. Engineer Ken Friesen suggested Lightfoot get at lest some his song based on the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald in November 1975 down on tape. The Orillia native still had the studio booked for another day and his band –
  
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• City urged to provide 24/7 washrooms for unhoused residents 

  19-08-2026 18:39 via saultstar.com
  
  The United Steelworkers of America, Local 2251 is calling on city council to provide around-the-clock washroom facilities for the city’s homeless. In an open email to council dated July 29, Local 2251 President Mike DaPrat says its offices are “in the epicentre of the drug and unhoused problem in our city.” As such, office staff are experiencing a high level of loitering and police have been called regularly, sometimes multiple times a day.“There used to be refuse contai
  
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• Sault man steals booze to fuel cocaine addiction

  19-08-2026 14:40 via saultstar.com
  
  A man will do more jail time for repeatedly stealing booze from LCBO outlets, assaulting a woman and taking cash from a relative’s bank account. Shawn Leblanc pleaded guilty Tuesday to 16 offences, including eight counts theft under $5,000, assaulting and threatening an intimate partner and missing court.He stole alcohol, including vodka and whiskey, from LCBO locations on Great Northern Road, Second Line West and Churchill Plaza, said assistant Crown attorney Stuart Woods. The total valu
  
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