Sault Ste. Marie news

• Eatery break-in bandit gets jail

  12-09-2026 19:20 via saultstar.com
  
  A man who broke into a string of Sault Ste. Marie and area eateries and other businesses over a four-month span was served up a five-year jail term. Gino’s Fired Up Kitchen & Bar, Misty’s Fifties Bar and Grill, R.J.’s Market, Subway on Great Northern Road near Oryme Avenue and The Zone Roadhouse in Goulais River were among the establishments entered between December 2025 and April, court heard last Thursday. Michael Currie pleaded guilty to 19 offences including three coun
  
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• Palumbo is new principal at St. Mary's College

  12-09-2026 17:31 via saultstar.com
  
  Tiziana Palumbo is the new principal at St. Mary’s College. She previously taught at St. Mary’s French Immersion and St. Basil Catholic School. Palumbo was a vice-principal at St. Mary’s before beginning her new role. “ My focus has always been on establishing clear priorities that remove barriers and create opportunities for every student to flourish,” Palumbo told Huron-Superior Catholic School Board trustees last WednesdayShe earned her teaching degree at Univer
  
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• Sault's Big Blue Food Drive needs volunteers

  12-09-2026 16:35 via saultstar.com
  
  Volunteers are needed for St. Vincent Place’s 16th annual Big Blue Food Drive. Sault Ste. Marie residents are asked to put donations of non-perishable food items curbside by 10 a.m. on Sept. 26. Drivers and runners are needed to collect contributions, a release said. Help is also sought to sort donations at St. Vincent Place. Volunteers are needed to put event flyers in mailboxes leading up to Big Blue Food Drive. Call Sara McCleary at 705-253-2770, ext. 202 or [email protected] to
  
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• Sault library branch offers LEGO fun

  12-09-2026 16:19 via saultstar.com
  
  Weekly LEGO challenges and free play are offered at James L. McIntyre Centennial Library.LEGO My Library runs Sundays between 2 p.m. and 4 p.m., a release said. Fall sessions run until Nov. 29. Winter activities resume Jan. 10. Kiwanis of Lakeshore and Kiwanis Aktion Club of Lakeshore are partnering with Sault Ste. Marie Public Library to offer the activity. Call 705-759-5241 for more information.
  
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• Free exercise classes offered at Sault College

  12-09-2026 16:11 via saultstar.com
  
  Free drop-in group fitness classes are now being offered at Sault College. Hour-long instruction by professors Heather Pusch and Lisa Maidra, with help from occupational therapist assistant and physiotherapist assistant students, runs Mondays to Thursdays until Dec. 10. Participants can go to Room A1080 in the college’s A wing, a release said. Start time is noon. Instructors have a different exercise focus each day. Attendees must complete a questionnaire before attending their first clas
  
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• Come From Away cast announced

  12-09-2026 16:00 via saultstar.com
  
  More than 20 actors will be featured in Shot in the Dark’s upcoming production of Come From Away.The musical runs Nov. 4-7 at Sault Community Theatre Centre, a release said. Anthony Aceti directs.AJ Aniceto, Jennifer Archibald, Matt Archibald, Jennifer Avery, John Barban, Pedro Barros, Tim Bass, Melanny Burrios, Eric Haapala, Tracey Hilderley, Donna Hilsinger, Jeannine Jefferson, James MacGlashan, Louisa MacGlashan, Karl Matibag, Anthony Orazietti, Darla Pirillo, Nicolette Rebello, David
  
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• National Day for Truth and Reconciliation events planned by Algoma University

  12-09-2026 15:38 via saultstar.com
  
  Algoma University plans four events to mark National Day for Truth and Reconciliation on Sept. 30. A sacred fire and sunrise ceremony will be held at the arbour on the Queen Street East campus at 7 a.m. A gathering at the sacred memorial at Snowdon Park follows at 9 a.m., a release said. Canadian Bushplane Heritage Centre hosts an afternoon event starting at noon. The fourth annual Children of Shingwauk Alumni Association hosts a candlelight vigil at the Wawanosh Memorial near Royal Canadian Le
  
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• Former Hound 'just shocked' at terrorist attack in 2001: IN OTHER YEARS

  12-09-2026 06:01 via saultstar.com
  
  Sept. 12, 2001Coast guard vessels with armed personnel patrolled the St. Mary’s River, local airports were shut down and security was heightened at the International Bridge following a series of shocking terrorist attacks in the United States. Two Canadian passenger planes were diverted to the Sault Airport after all commercial flights on both sides of the U.S.-Canada border were grounded. Const. Dave Scott and Sgt. Levis Vallee, of Sault Ste. Marie Police Service, joined a contingent of
  
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