Sault Ste. Marie news

• Sault businesses feel the squeeze as tariff uncertainty grows: Officials

  16-09-2026 21:48 via saultstar.com
  
  The latest round of U.S. tariffs will, no doubt, have impact on local businesses, says the head of the city’s economic development department.Rick Van Staveren said while it is still too early to determine how the latest rounds of tariffs, and Canada’s retaliatory measures factor into Sault Ste. Marie and the region’s economic picture, “we know there will be impacts on local businesses and industries.” Van Staveren said steel, forestry and forest products, have bee
  
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• Sault businesses feel the squeeze as tariff uncertainty grows

  16-09-2026 21:48 via saultstar.com
  
  The latest round of U.S. tariffs will no doubt have impact on local businesses, says the head of the city’s economic development department.Rick Van Staveren said while it is still too early to determine how the latest rounds of tariffs, and Canada’s retaliatory measures factor into Sault Ste. Marie and the region’s economic picture “we know there will be impacts on local businesses and industries.” Van Staveren said steel, forestry and forest products have been, a
  
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• Sylvan Circle Tour makes room for more promising talent

  16-09-2026 21:23 via saultstar.com
  
  A little extra room was made for up-and-coming talent at this year’s Sylvan Circle Tour. Six emerging artists will join more experienced talent such as Lucy Boston, Susan Coventry, Mary Stevenson and Konrad Wojcik at eight venues between Echo Bay and Bruce Mines on Saturday. The sale runs from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sale locations include Bruce Station Hall, Echo Bay Elks Lodge and Bruce Mines Hall. Organizers were impressed with the number of artists who haven’t previously participated i
  
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• Environmental coalition surveys election candidates on sustainability

  16-09-2026 21:16 via saultstar.com
  
  Municipal election candidates in Sault Ste. Marie and across the district are being asked where they stand on environmental sustainability issues.A coalition of six Algoma District environmental and conservation groups has released a survey that has been distributed to 140 council candidates in 15 municipalities across Algoma. The coalition includes Sault Climate Hub, Central Algoma Land Trust, Harvest Algoma, Sault Naturalists, Clean North and Lake Superior Watershed Conservancy. The all-encom
  
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• Bradford delivers relative's stories to young readers

  16-09-2026 18:25 via saultstar.com
  
  Rain and snow weren’t the only headaches Raymond Miron battled when delivering the mail. The Sault Ste. Marie native, who carried correspondence to points east in the 1870s, also had to contend with falling through the ice, blinding blizzards and bitter temperatures during his winter treks to Killarney. Wolves could constantly be heard, too.Born in 1848, Miron started delivering the mail circa 1870. He earned a dollar a day, minus expenses. Miron would typically need 10 to 12 days to make
  
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