Sault Ste. Marie news

• 'Looked like a bomb went off' at Gore Street explosion

  24-09-2026 22:41 via saultstar.com
  
  A late-morning explosion Thursday at a downtown laundromat caused extensive damage to the building and spewed shards of glass on to the roadway. Firefighters went to Sunshine Laundromat & Internet Cafe, at 164 Gore St., at about 11:45 a.m. Eric, who declined to give his last name, was standing on the southeast corner of Albert Street East and Gore Street when he felt a shock wave from the building.“ It was a deep thump and then a big whoof,” he told The Sault Star. “You co
  
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• 'It’s really scary': Algoma Public Health echoes call for healthier Northern Ontario highways

  24-09-2026 20:35 via saultstar.com
  
  Algoma Public Health is joining other regional units in calling for healthier highways.The Board of Health has agreed to send a letter of endorsement for Northeastern Public Health ’s request to both Prime Minister Mark Carney and Ontario Premier Doug Ford to support “continued and further actions” to improve the safety of Northern Ontario highways.“It so wonderful that public health is endorsing it,” board member Sally Hagman, who also serves as Blind River mayor,
  
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• Algoma Public Health joins call for healthier Northern Ontario highways

  24-09-2026 20:35 via saultstar.com
  
  Algoma Public Health is joining other regional units in calling for healthier highways.The Board of Health has agreed to send a letter of endorsement for Northeastern Public Health ’s request to both Prime Minister Mark Carney and Ontario Premier Doug Ford to support “continued and further actions” to improve the safety of Northern Ontario highways.“It so wonderful that public health is endorsing it,” board member Sally Hagman, who also serves as Blind River mayor,
  
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• Algoma Public Health echoes call for healthier Northern Ontario highways

  24-09-2026 20:35 via saultstar.com
  
  Algoma Public Health is joining other regional units in calling for healthier highways.The Board of Health has agreed to send a letter of endorsement for Northeastern Public Health ’s request to both Prime Minister Mark Carney and Ontario Premier Doug Ford to support “continued and further actions” to improve the safety of Northern Ontario highways.“It so wonderful that public health is endorsing it,” board member Sally Hagman, who also serves as Blind River mayor,
  
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• Explosion on Gore Street reported

  24-09-2026 18:16 via saultstar.com
  
  Press release:There is currently an increased presence of first responders on Gore Street as police, fire, and EMS respond to reports of an explosion at a building on Gore Street.Gore Street and the surrounding area may be experiencing road closures.Community members are urged to take alternate routes if they are travelling in the area. Further details will be released as they become available.
  
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• Grenade hits Sault solider in mouth in 1951: IN OTHER YEARS

  24-09-2026 06:01 via saultstar.com
  
  Sept. 24, 2001Federal funding helped three students document the history of the G. Marconi Society, Sault Ste. Marie’s largest cultural group, A buyer is still needed for Searchmont Ski Resort. Sept. 24, 1976The Versatones and The Fascination will perform at the 10th annual Harvest Festival Ball at Sault Ste. Marie Armoury. Sept. 24, 1951The king was reported in good spirits today and confident of recovery from a major lung operation. A grenade struck Pte. A. Antoine, of Sault Ste. Marie,
  
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