Sault Ste. Marie news

• Sault College Cougars host home opener on Saturday

  20-08-2026 21:31 via saultstar.com
  
  Sault College Cougars host their home opener football game on Saturday.Superior Heights Collegiate and Vocational School hosts the 1 p.m. tilt against Quinte Riptides, a release said.Single-game admission is $15. A season pass, good for admission to four games, is $40. Buy online at EventBrite or at the gate. Cash, credit and debit will be accepted. The game can be viewed online on TruHous Media. The Cougars, powered by three touchdowns by running back Sam Mustapha, downed Hamilton Hurricanes 4
  
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• Sault Ste. Marie mayor wary of proposed U.S. trade deal

  20-08-2026 21:16 via saultstar.com
  
  The ink is not yet dry on the final paperwork, but a tentative trade agreement between Canada and the United States is already raising questions about what it could mean for Sault Ste. Marie and its steel industry.The full details of that tentative agreement have not been made public, but the deal is believed to include some relief for Canada’s steel, aluminum, auto and lumber sectors – a development with direct implications for Sault Ste. Marie and Algoma Steel.Sault-Algoma MP Terr
  
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• Shareholders back takeover of gold company active north of Sault

  20-08-2026 20:57 via saultstar.com
  
  Shareholders of a gold exploration company active north of Sault Ste. Marie have agreed to a takeover sought by a mineral exploration company that’s searching for copper in the Batchawana area. Sterling Metals expects to close the arrangement by Tuesday, a release said. Each share of QcX Gold Corp. will receive 0.20789 of a Sterling share as part of the deal. Voting results were not announced by Toronto-based Sterling, but the deal needed the support of about 67 per cent of votes cast by
  
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• Ready to launch at Sault street party

  20-08-2026 19:30 via saultstar.com
  
  Johnathan Case, 11, launches a big bubble during Game On! Street Party presented by District of Sault Ste. Marie Social Services Administration Board and community partners on Albion Street on Thursday.
  
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• Councillors host town hall meeting to discuss large-scale data centres

  20-08-2026 18:43 via saultstar.com
  
  Two city councillors are hosting a non-partisan town hall to hear the thoughts and concerns about large-scale data centres from community members.Ward 2 Coun. Lisa Vezeau Allen and Ward 3 Coun. Angela Caputo wants to record possible concerns, support and questions the broader community has to assist in better understanding the complexity of the subject of large-scale data centres.“There was a large contingency of folks in council chambers who wanted their voices heard,” Vezeau-Allen
  
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• New Algoma U president prepares to start role

  20-08-2026 17:07 via saultstar.com
  
  An academic noted for his work in equity, diversity, inclusion and decolonization is Algoma University’s new president. Kofi Campbell starts his leadership role Sept. 1. Campbell joins Algoma after serving as provost and vice-president academic at Brandon University for five years. He was recently interim president at the Manitoba post-secondary institution for six months. Campbell also held academic leadership roles at Renison University College at the University of Waterloo and Wilfrid
  
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• Loaded gun, ammo seized from Sault home

  20-08-2026 14:48 via saultstar.com
  
  A loaded gun and ammunition were allegedly found when police executed a search warrant at a residence in the 800 block of Allen’s Side Road on Wednesday.The ammunition was improperly stored, police say.Austyn Taylor, 20, was charged with knowledge of unauthorized possession of firearm, possession of prohibited device or ammunition, possession of prohibited or restricted firearm with ammunition, possession of weapons for dangerous purpose, unauthorized possession of a firearm, two counts c
  
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• Underwater survey done on Fitzgerald wreck in 1976: IN OTHER YEARS

  20-08-2026 06:01 via saultstar.com
  
  August 20, 2001A love of motorcycling was the drawing card of the first annual Let It Ride Harley-Davidson rally. “For a first-time event it was more successful then we hoped,” said Kim Zettler, manager of the Downtown Association. August 20, 1976U.S. Coast Guard specialists have completed their technical report on an underwater survey of the wreck of the ore carrier Edmund Fitzgerald which sank in a raging Lake Superior storm last November. Aug. 20, 1951Rev. Adelore Houde, formerly
  
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