Sault Ste. Marie news

• Data centre draft framework to be presented to Sault council

  18-09-2026 19:45 via saultstar.com
  
  City council will get its first look at a new draft framework Monday. Council is also expected to pass an interim bylaw that will put a moratorium on data centres over 50 MW for up to one year.The report follows a council resolution passed at the last meeting to develop a draft framework for data centres and in interim bylaw. The report recommends that the city take a “conservative approach” to its planning principles.In essence, that would mean any proposed data centre over 5 MW wo
  
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• Metro saluted for feeding Sault's hungry

  18-09-2026 18:14 via saultstar.com
  
  Fast Eddie slows down for Salvation Army when he’s hungry. Food donated by Metro to the Army’s Elgin Street site makes a big difference for Edward Evans. A health issue landed the former Roller Skating Elvis on the Ontario Disability Support Program. The Orillia native turns to several food banks, including those operated by St. Vincent Place and Save Our Young Adults, to have enough to eat each month. But it’s the Salvation Army, with the lion’s share of the food it dis
  
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• Power, jobs and the future: Mayoral candidates weigh in on data centres

  18-09-2026 17:04 via saultstar.com
  
  The debate over large-scale data centres is shaping up as a key issue in the 2026 municipal election.The City of Sault Ste. Marie is developing a framework to regulate data centres and potential projects are raising questions about electricity demand, water use, environmental impacts, noise and economic benefits. Until that framework is passed, an interim control bylaw imposes a temporary moratorium on proposed data centres larger than 50 MW. Mayoral candidates were asked where they stand, and
  
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• ‘We're trying to keep him going’: Sault senior who endured hallway medicine gears up for big birthday

  18-09-2026 00:11 via saultstar.com
  
  Walter Chikoski is set to turn 95 in November. And his son, Michael, is stoked about seeing his dad reach that milestone.The wheels are already turning for a birthday bash at Windsor Place Retirement Residence, where Walter resides via the transitional support program established there with Sault Area Hospital earlier this year for patients awaiting long-term care. “I want to see him get there,” Michael says. “We want to have a big party for him.” The outlook was not so
  
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• ‘We're trying to keep him going’: Family of Sault senior who suffered hallway medicine retains concerns

  18-09-2026 00:11 via saultstar.com
  
  Walter Chikoski is set to turn 95 in November. And his son, Michael, is stoked about seeing his dad reach that milestone.The wheels are already turning for a birthday bash at Windsor Place Retirement Residence, where Walter resides via the transitional support program established there with Sault Area Hospital earlier this year for patients awaiting long-term care. “I want to see him get there,” Michael says. “We want to have a big party for him.” The outlook was not so
  
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