Sault Ste. Marie news

• Bird Count Participants Needed

  26-12-2018 14:27
  The Desbarats Christmas Bird Count is a back for a third year! On December 29, 2018, you can help count birds within a 12km radius of Desbarats. In the first two years, 57 participants recorded 44 species and almost 4000 individual birds. Can you help us add to that this year? The Kensington Conservancy is […]
  
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• Runs, marathon planned for Sault's Community Strong Race Weekend

  09-06-2026 16:11 via saultstar.com
  
  Five runs for kids and adults are part of Algoma Family Services Foundation’s fifth annual Community Strong Race Weekend. A one-kilometre run for children, five-kilometre colour run and 10-kilometre race are slated for June 20. A half-marathon and marathon that is a qualifier for the Boston Marathon follow on June 21, a release says.Registration and volunteering information are available at saultstrong.ca. Proceeds help support mental health programming for children, youth and families.
  
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• Algoma U. celebrates book launch

  09-06-2026 07:40 via saultthisweek.com
  
  Algoma University welcomed community members, alumni, faculty, staff, and students to the official book launch celebration of Algoma University: Our Story – Honouring the Past, Celebrating the Present, Welcoming the Future last Thursdayat the Arthur Wishart Library.Independently researched and written by Algoma University Chancellor Mario Turco, the book captures the institution’s rich and complex history, from its origins connected to the Shingwauk Indian Residential School to its
  
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• Disbarred lawyer redeems himself by dedication to just cause

  09-06-2026 07:30 via saultthisweek.com
  
  I recently received the following email from Gary Botting, chair of Miscarriage of Justice Canada (MJC).“Having read your June 2024 opinion piece on Myles McLellan (which was influential in my agreeing to act as Chair of Miscarriage of Justice Canada (MJC) a year ago), I thought you might be interested in the attached press release, which describes how Myles passed his first annual review as Executive Director of MJC with flying colours. Your logical, balanced approach was reflected in ou
  
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• Sign of summer in the Sault barbecue beef steak sale

  09-06-2026 07:26 via saultthisweek.com
  
  Some would say the greatest signs of summer in the Sault are the melted snowbanks, flowering tulips, or trees blossoming, which I agree with wholeheartedly. However, the greatest summer sign, in my opinion, was the $4.99 steak sale sign by our national grocers on Great Northern Road, 2nd Line, or Trunk Road.I am of the belief that every Canadian should have the inherent right to a big Canadian beef-steak barbecue every Saturday afternoon/evening in their backyard, enjoying a Canadian beer to ma
  
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• Algoma U. to bestow two honorary doctorates at convocations

  09-06-2026 07:09 via saultthisweek.com
  
  Two extraordinary leaders will receive honorary doctorates from Algoma University this spring during its convocation ceremonies in Sault Ste. Marie and Brampton, says a university media release.This is the first time that the University has granted an honorary doctorate at its Brampton convocation. The 2026 recipients are Barbara Ann Nolan and Patricia M. Ningewance Nadeau.Algoma University recognizes these distinguished individuals for their outstanding achievements, community leadership, and
  
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• AWIC launches youth survey to help shape Algoma's future

  09-06-2026 06:35 via saultthisweek.com
  
  Algoma Workforce Investment Corp. seeks youth aged 15 to 29 to participate in a regional survey to help AWIC better understand the experiences, aspirations, and needs of young people across Algoma District.As Algoma employers face workforce shortages, an aging workforce, and increasing competition for talent, understanding the perspectives of youth has never been more important, says a media release. The survey will explore topics including employment experiences, career interests, education an
  
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• Paused undergraduate programs reopened

  09-06-2026 06:17 via saultthisweek.com
  
  After a year of fierce criticism, Algoma University has finally reopened its first-year admissions to five previously-paused undergraduate programs – geography, history, music, sociology, and visual arts.The university was one among many Ontario post-secondary institutions to suffer financial stress and program closures following the government caps to international students in 2024. CBC reported that the caps have cost Ontario colleges and universities over $1 billion annually. The pause
  
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• Algoma Steel protests tariffs in 1916: IN OTHER YEARS

  09-06-2026 06:01 via saultstar.com
  
  June 9, 2001Ward 1 Coun. James Caicco said he’s invited Premier Mike Harris to meet with himself, Mayor John Rowswell and other community partners to discuss the situation at Algoma Steel. June 9, 1976Old age caught up on the Harry Pearse Bandshell at Bellevue Park. Community Service Board workers were attempting to make repairs to the structure,when it collapsed. City council has approved a proposed subdivision in the Wellington Gardens area. Hearley Homes (Sault) Ltd., plans to build on
  
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• Troy’s Trail, this coming weekend, marks 15th anniversary

  09-06-2026 05:37 via saultthisweek.com
  
  What started as a life-altering diagnosis of hydrocephalus for Troy Chandler turned into a way of giving back to others.Hydrocephalus is an excessive accumulation of fluid in the brain.“It may be present at birth or may develop at any stage later in life,” explained Chandler.The most common treatment for hydrocephalus is a shunt implant to help drain the fluid.“A shunt is not a cure, and there are often complications of shunt failures leading to multiple brain surgeries over a
  
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• Sault briefs: Brass knuckles, fentanyl seized; driver flees crash

  08-06-2026 22:13 via saultstar.com
  
  Man charged with 8 thefts from local businessesA 38-year-old Sault Ste. Marie man is facing multiple charges after police allege he stole merchandise from local businesses on eight occasions earlier this year.According to Sault Ste. Marie Police Service, investigations by patrol services officers determined the accused stole from three businesses between Jan. 19 and March 18.Police said officers arrested Shawn Leblanc on June 5. During the arrest, police allege the accused initially provided of
  
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• Highway 17 rehabilitation project brings $53M to Algoma

  08-06-2026 20:52 via saultstar.com
  
  Nearly 17 kilometres of Highway 17 from Echo Bay to Highway 548 are being rehabilitated at the cost of $53 million.In addition to resurfacing the highway, three bridges – Bar River, Stobie Creek and Richardson Creek bridges – are also being repaired and replaced as part of the Ontario government’s $600 million being spent on Northern Ontario highways this year.That money is from a $31 billion funding envelope being divvied across Ontario, said Ontario Transport Minister Prabme
  
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• Highway 17 rehabilitation project brings $53 million investment to Algoma

  08-06-2026 20:52 via saultstar.com
  
  Nearly 17 kilometres of Highway 17 from Echo Bay to Highway 548 are being rehabilitated at the cost of $53 million.In addition to resurfacing the highway, three bridges – Bar River, Stobie Creek and Richardson Creek bridges – are also being repaired and replaced as part of the Ontario government’s $600 million being spent on Northern Ontario highways this year.That money is from a $31 billion funding envelope being divvied across Ontario, said Ontario Transport Minister Prabme
  
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• Song inspired by WWII letter honours experiences of Garden River's code talkers

  07-06-2026 01:06 via saultstar.com
  
  The letter George Minisino Pine sent home from France during the Second World War didn’t reveal much about his experience on the warfront.Addressed to his sister Hilda, he shared simple thoughts on the weather and asked after the family dog in Garden River First Nation.More than 80 years later, that silence became the foundation of a song.In March, Joel Syrette of Batchewana First Nation and Peter White of Sault Ste. Marie released Ogichidaa, which translates to Warrior. Written, recorded
  
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• Song inspired by WWII letter honours experiences of Garden River code talkers

  07-06-2026 01:06 via saultstar.com
  
  The letter George Minisino Pine sent home from France during the Second World War didn’t reveal much about his experience on the warfront.Addressed to his sister Hilda, he shared simple thoughts on the weather and asked after the family dog in Garden River First Nation.More than 80 years later, that silence became the foundation of a song.In March, Joel Syrette of Batchewana First Nation and Peter White of Sault Ste. Marie released Ogichidaa, which translates to Warrior. Written, recorded
  
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• Woman keeps refusing hug at Sault home

  06-06-2026 20:32 via saultstar.com
  
  A man kept trying to hug his partner who did not want to be embraced at a Steelton home.Sault Ste. Marie Police Service went to the residence on May 5.Allan Smythe-Lance was not supposed to harass the female, said assistant Crown attorney Marie-Eve Talbot last Thursday.He pleaded guilty to mischief under $5,000, breaching his undertaking and two counts breaching his probation. Smythe-Lance did damage at the woman’s house on April 1. He was on a probation order to keep the peace. Smythe-La
  
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• Fallen Sault soldier 'did his best' in 1915: IN OTHER YEARS

  06-06-2026 06:01 via saultstar.com
  
  June 6, 2001Gary Vipond begins his new duties as executive director of the United Way of Sault Ste. Marie this month. He was selected from more than 45 applicants. Vipond succeeds Carmen Borghese. An open house of the Collegiate Heights Retirement Home is planned at Watertower Inn Pavilion on June 7. Eighty-five studio, one- and two-bedroom suites are planned. Occupancy is expected in early 2002. June 6, 1951The iron mining centres of the Michipicoten area will be connected with the Trans-Canad
  
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• 2 charged with manslaughter in death of 23-year-old Desbarats man

  05-06-2026 21:03 via saultstar.com
  
  Nearly two months after a 23-year-old Desbarats man died following an altercation at a Bruce Mines restaurant, Ontario Provincial Police have laid manslaughter charges against two people.In a news release issued Wednesday, East Algoma OPP announced that Benjamin Ryan Jones, 21, of Bruce Mines, has been charged with manslaughter and assault. Corey Malcolm Jones, 55, also of Bruce Mines, has been charged with manslaughter.According to police, the two men were acquainted but were neither friends n
  
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• Council orders traffic review; Church Street reconstruction on hold 

  05-06-2026 19:40 via saultstar.com
  
  City council wants to see an environmental assessment completed on traffic flow and one-way versus two-way traffic flow would impact some major arteries that connect to the downtown.Moved by Ward 2 Coun. Lisa Vezeau-Allen and Ward 1 Coun. Sonny Spina, the resolution calls for an EA on traffic flow, including a review on the one-way traffic flow between Queen Street and Ontario Avenue on both Pim and Church streets, and the intersections of Wellington/Pim and Wellington/Church and others be unde
  
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• City council orders traffic review; Church Street reconstruction on hold 

  05-06-2026 19:40 via saultstar.com
  
  City council wants to see an environmental assessment completed on traffic flow and one-way versus two-way traffic flow would impact some major arteries that connect to the downtown.Moved by Ward 2 Coun. Lisa Vezeau-Allen and Ward 1 Coun. Sonny Spina, the resolution calls for an EA on traffic flow, including a review on the one-way traffic flow between Queen Street and Ontario Avenue on both Pim Street and Church Street, and the intersections of Wellington/Pim and Wellington/Church and others b
  
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• Algoma Steel highlights EAF, diversification in annual sustainability report

  05-06-2026 17:58 via saultstar.com
  
  Algoma Steel has released its 2025 sustainability report that reflects on the changing steel market, its transformation to electric arc furnace making and pivoting for domestic defence steel needs.The steelmaker reports its sustainability performance on a calendar-year basis.The newest report is based on 2025 sustainability practices.Rajat Marwah, Algoma’s CEO, said in a press release “this report reflects a pivotal year in Algoma’s nearly 125-year history. With the successful
  
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• Stitches From the Heart judged quilt show this weekend

  05-06-2026 00:34 via saultstar.com
  
  Stitches From the Heart Quilt Guild presents its bi-annual judged quilt show this weekend.The show is Saturday and Sunday at YNCU Soo Pee Wee Arena from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. each day.Tickets are $10 each, cash only. Each visitor will receive a hand-made gift and achance to win a door prize. Visit Stitches From the Heart (SSM) on Facebook or www.saultquilts.com to get more information.
  
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• Algoma Public Health ponders plan to get Indigenous take on board participation

  04-06-2026 22:05 via saultstar.com
  
  Algoma Public Health’s Governance Committee will join heads with APH staff to develop an “engagement” plan with Indigenous communities as to their preferred approaches to governance level representation. The effort is geared to align with Ontario Public Health Standards, Health Equity Requirements and Relationships with Indigenous Communities Guidelines, as well as with APH’s ongoing Truth and Reconciliation efforts. Referring to the latest governance meeting, committee
  
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• Algoma Public Health mapping plan to get Indigenous take on board participation

  04-06-2026 22:05 via saultstar.com
  
  Algoma Public Health’s Governance Committee will join heads with APH staff to develop an “engagement” plan with Indigenous communities as to their preferred approaches to governance level representation. The effort is geared to align with Ontario Public Health Standards, Health Equity Requirements and Relationships with Indigenous Communities Guidelines as well as with APH’s ongoing Truth and Reconciliation efforts. Referring to the latest governance meeting, committee c
  
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• Sault maps plan to grow agri-food economy in Sault, Algoma

  04-06-2026 21:39 via saultstar.com
  
  Sault Ste. Marie and the Algoma District are growing the agri-food sector and are mapping out a plan to continue that growth. City council recently received a report from its economic development division that the sector is showing “measurable growth and diversification.” The report is in response to a resolution passed last year asking the economic development division to map existing programs, identify opportunities and suggest recommendations to accelerate value-added processing,
  
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• Soccer team reunites in 2001: IN OTHER YEARS

  04-06-2026 06:01 via saultstar.com
  
  June 4, 2001Clyde Bridge captured gold in the junior boys 800-metre race at the Ontario Federation of School Athletic Associations track and field meet in Etobicoke. Fifteen member of the 1983 Soo Civic under-18 boys soccer team gathered in Sault Ste. Marie for a pair of exhibition games, followed by a social. Three new bocce courts will open at the Marconi Club. “It’s one way of keeping the culture – the atmosphere of Italy in Canada,” said Electra Marconi society presi
  
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• Dry conditions spark forest fires across Northern Ontario

  03-06-2026 20:54 via saultstar.com
  
  Just two months after the official start of forest fire season, six active wildland are burning in Ontario’s northeast region.Close to home, extremely dry conditions across the Algoma District have already been noted by the Ministry of Natural Resources, prompting some fire departments to issue Extreme Fire Hazard Warnings.The Bruce Mines Fire department reports on social media that based on MNR tracking, an extreme fire warning exists. The lack of rain has pushed the region into critical
  
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• Man drives truck into Sault animal hospital

  03-06-2026 18:34 via saultstar.com
  
  A man yelled and banged on the front door of an animal hospital before driving his truck into the east-end business nearly two years ago.Christopher Dupuis called Sault Ste. Marie Police Service in the early afternoon of June 24, 2025, said assistant Crown attorney Stuart Woods on Tuesday. He said he was not being given entry to Northland Animal Hospital on Trunk Road. Clinic staff reported his behaviour to police at about the same time. .Minutes later, Dupuis drive his truck through the front
  
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• Arkells postpone sold-out Sault concert to August after travel disruption

  03-06-2026 18:06 via saultstar.com
  
  Fans hoping to see Arkells at The Machine Shop on Wednesday will have to wait a little longer.The Canadian rock band announced Wednesday morning that its sold-out Sault Ste. Marie show has been postponed to Aug. 13 after travel complications prevented the band and crew from reaching the city in time to safely stage the performance.In a video posted to social media , frontman Max Kerman said the decision came after extensive efforts to salvage the show.“Nobody is more disappointed than we
  
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• Richards Landing ER shutters for 24 hours

  03-06-2026 17:32 via saultstar.com
  
  The emergency department at Matthews Memorial Hospital will be closed for 24 hours, beginning Thursday morning. North Shore Health Network announced Wednesday morning that the site, east of Sault Ste. Marie in Richards Landing, will shutter from 8 a.m. Thursday to 8 a.m. Friday.Unlike with some previous closures, NSHN did not indicate this time around if a nurse practitioner would be on duty during any portion of down time.“The North Shore Health Network continues to investigate all possi
  
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