Sault Ste. Marie news

• COMEAU, Ethel Pamela

  27-12-2020 15:26
  
  Passed away peacefully at Extendicare Maple View on Thursday, December 24, 2020 at the age of 82. Beloved wife of 61 years to Edgar. Loving mother of Larry (Betty). Proud grandmother and great-grandmother. Predeceased by her parents Genevieve and George Pountney. Sister of the late Ronald Pountney (late Joan), Robert Pountney (Margaret), late Terry Pountney […]
  
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• Jail woman's killer for life, judge told

  05-08-2026 21:42 via saultstar.com
  
  The man who repeatedly stabbed a Sault Ste. Marie woman to death and tried to kill another male in an unprovoked attack on the boardwalk near Station Mall nearly three years ago should be jailed for life, a judge heard Wednesday. Taylor Marshall, 22, was killed by Steven Jones in her John Street apartment in September 2023. Jones later repeatedly stabbed Liam Frenette as he sat on the boardwalk on St. Mary’s River Drive. The grocery store worker would have died if not for medical interven
  
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• Meals on Wheels ramps up traction in Blind River

  05-08-2026 20:55 via saultstar.com
  
  Blind River’s Meals on Wheels is gaining ground.Residents in the town east of Sault Ste. Marie, who rely on the service, now have greater access to support thanks to an expansion of the program, offered through North Shore Health Network ‘s (NSHN) Community Support Services. In partnership with NSHN Food Services and with support from Ontario Health , the program has doubled its capacity from 25 to 50 clients, enabling more Blind River area residents to access healthy, home-delivere
  
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• Meals on Wheels ramps up service in Blind River

  05-08-2026 20:55 via saultstar.com
  
  Blind River’s Meals on Wheels is gaining ground.Residents in the town east of Sault Ste. Marie, who rely on the service, now have greater access to support thanks to an expansion of the program, offered through North Shore Health Network ‘s (NSHN) Community Support Services. In partnership with NSHN Food Services and with support from Ontario Health , the program has doubled its capacity from 25 to 50 clients, enabling more Blind River area residents to access healthy, home-delivere
  
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• Meals on Wheels ramps up Blind River service

  05-08-2026 20:55 via saultstar.com
  
  Blind River’s Meals on Wheels is gaining ground.Residents in the town east of Sault Ste. Marie, who rely on the service, now have greater access to support thanks to an expansion of the program, offered through North Shore Health Network ‘s (NSHN) Community Support Services. In partnership with NSHN Food Services and with support from Ontario Health , the program has doubled its capacity from 25 to 50 clients, enabling more Blind River area residents to access healthy, home-delivere
  
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• Meals on Wheels gains more ground in Blind River

  05-08-2026 20:55 via saultstar.com
  
  Blind River’s Meals on Wheels program is getting added traction.Residents in the town east of Sault Ste. Marie, who rely on the service, now have greater access to support thanks to an expansion of the program, offered through North Shore Health Network ‘s (NSHN) Community Support Services. In partnership with NSHN Food Services and with support from Ontario Health , the program has doubled its capacity from 25 to 50 clients, enabling more Blind River area residents to access health
  
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• Concerns raised as fewer candidates, lower turnout raises concerns for municipal elections

  05-08-2026 18:59 via saultstar.com
  
  Ontario voters head to the polls on Oct 26 to elect their municipal government, but they may not have as many candidates to choose from.The Association of Municipalities of Ontario raised the red flag four years ago during the last municipal elections. They launched a Turn Up the Turnout campaign which provided resources to help inspire more people to run for office. Those workshops garnered interest from more than 6,000, including sessions targeting women, racialized communities and Indigenous
  
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• Concerns raised as fewer candidates, lower turnout expected for municipal elections

  05-08-2026 18:59 via saultstar.com
  
  Ontario voters head to the polls on Oct 26 to elect their municipal government, but they may not have as many candidates to choose from.The Association of Municipalities of Ontario raised the red flag four years ago during the last municipal elections. They launched a Turn Up the Turnout campaign which provided resources to help inspire more people to run for office. Those workshops garnered interest from more than 6,000, including sessions targeting women, racialized communities and Indigenous
  
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• WestFest sings new tune for Jamestown neighbourhood

  05-08-2026 14:44 via saultstar.com
  
  Organizers of a weekend music festival want to change the tune of public perception of Jamestown.West Village is touted as the new moniker for the James Street area.“ We’re just trying to restore it to its former glory and really bring back some pride and culture and being neighbourly,” said WestFest 2026 co-organizer Ronan Provenzano. Event presenter West Village Revitalization Project was launched two years ago by president Claudia Daniels. The not-for-profit group is based
  
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• Forest fires continue to rage across Northern Ontario

  04-08-2026 20:57 via saultstar.com
  
  Northeastern Ontario continues to battle with forest fires.Five new wildland fires were confirmed Monday, all in the Cochrane area.There are currently 46 active fires in the Northeast region. Of those, one is being held, six are under control and 39 others remain under observation.Northwestern Ontario is feeling the brunt of active wildland fires. There are currently 119 active wildfires in that region of the province.Of those, 24 fires are not under control, six are being held, seven are under
  
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• Youth held knife to victim, police charge

  04-08-2026 17:16 via saultstar.com
  
  A youth faces assault and assault with a weapon charges after Sault Ste. Marie Police Service received a report Sunday of an assault involving the accused around 1 a.m. the previous day.Police say the accused kicked and punched the victim, held a knife to them, and verbally threatened harm. The victim, also a youth, sustained minor physical injuries. The victim and accused are known to one another, police say.Around 1:10 a.m. Monday, officers located and arrested the accused, who is charged wit
  
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• Murphy uses ventriloquist skills in 1976: IN OTHER YEARS

  04-08-2026 06:01 via saultstar.com
  
  Aug. 4, 2001Kelly Raymond, of Sault Ste. Marie, is the only Canadian in a group of seven who are climbing Mount Everest from the technically trickier north face. The Sault Teen Centre, housed at the landmark Sault Collegiate Institute since December 1997, has relocated to the former Catholic Information Centre on Albert Street East. Aug. 4, 1976Susan Moser, 12, uses a canoe or bicycle to help deliver The Sault Star to subscribers at Island Lake. Her three younger sisters, Carolyn, Christine and
  
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• 'Tradition is important’: Prince Township tractor cruise motors on

  03-08-2026 21:54 via saultstar.com
  
  There’s something irresistible about Prince Township’s annual tractor cruise, which completed its 15th tour Saturday. For many rural families, the 20-kilometrre jaunt along the back roads and down to Gros Cap is the highlight of the August Civic Holiday weekend, and they’re keen to come back each year.And the 23 drivers who lined up at the township’s pavilion, some with hay wagons in tow, seemed not at all troubled by the moody skies overhead. Among the stalwarts were Ch
  
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• Sault Area Hospital not 'immune' to broader emergency medicine challenges

  03-08-2026 17:24 via saultstar.com
  
  Sault Area Hospital says it is not “immune” to health-care system challenges – including those plaguing Canadian emergency departments – but insists its ER is staying strong.This is in light of a recent survey of Canadian emergency physicians suggesting doctors are feeling demoralized and defeated by a “broken” health system, with one in 10 are exiting the profession.Problems hammering emergency departments, the study says, are numerous and decades old, inclu
  
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• Sault man causes relatives 'tremendous stress'

  02-08-2026 04:52 via saultstar.com
  
  In 2024, a former Sudbury man made 41 harassing phone calls and sent many emails to his aunt and uncle in the Nickel City.At one point, Kenneth Watts called Greater Sudbury Police claiming his aunt and another family member were going to kill him.In Sudbury court, Watts was given a suspended sentence for his behaviour.“I’m just very regretful for my actions,” Watts, appearing via Zoom, told Ontario Court Justice Tanya Farkouh Martin. “It was an isolated incident. There w
  
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• Sault soldier McSorley can hear the guns in 1916: IN OTHER YEARS

  01-08-2026 15:26 via saultstar.com
  
  Aug. 1, 2001The Sault Star is one of 29 Ontario daily and weekly community newspapers purchased by Osprey Media Group from the Hollinger Group. Aug. 1, 1951Foundation Group of Canada is returning the $75 in prize money for its Community Night float to the Sault Rotary Club to help its work assisting crippled children. Root River Drive-In’s grand opening is today at 6 p.m. The eatery is opposite the Root River Golf Club on Northern Road. Aug. 1, 1916T.G. McSorley is with the 5th Battalion
  
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• Police recover Elliot Lake man’s body from Spruce Beach

  31-07-2026 21:47 via saultstar.com
  
  The OPP’s Underwater Search and Recovery Unit has recovered the body of an Elliot Lake man who went missing in the waters east of Spruce Beach in Elliot Lake.Brian McLean, 68, was located at roughly 5:15 p.m. on July 27, police said in a release.On July 26, at approximately 4:30 p.m., police and the Elliot Lake Fire Department responded to a 911 call reporting a swimmer in distress at Spruce Beach in the City of Elliot Lake.The swimmer was last seen after going underwater while swimming t
  
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• Natalie MacMaster, Susan Aglukark among those gracing 54th Algoma Fall Festival

  30-07-2026 20:31 via saultstar.com
  
  Award-winning artists coupled with free performances highlight the 54th Algoma Fall Festival. Presented by OLG, from Oct. 8 to Oct. 27, the festival features Canadian artists Susan Aglukark, William Prince, Natalie MacMaster & Donnell Leahy & Family, Terra Lightfoot with Logan Staats, celebrated chef Shahir Massoud, family theatre, visual arts and “extraordinary” musical experiences from across Canada. This year’s festival also features Maada’ookiidaa – Gmi
  
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• Some city facilities to close for Sir William H. Hearst Day

  30-07-2026 19:35 via saultstar.com
  
  Many city facilities and services will be closed Monday to recognize Sir William Hearst Day. Closed on Monday Aug. 3 are the city landfill and household hazardous waste depot, the Civic Centre, Fire Services Administration office, the GFL Memorial Gardens office and box office, the Main transit office and Senior Services (Bay Street Active Living Centre and the Northern Community Centre Active 55+), the cemetery office and the city’s landfill and household hazardous waste dept.Also closed
  
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• City eyes funding program to expand Sault tree canopy

  30-07-2026 19:10 via saultstar.com
  
  City council has given the nod to staff to apply for funding that would increase the city’s tree canopy over the next five years.The application will be inked to the Federation of Canadian Municipalities Fund Growing Canada’s Community Canopies Tree Planting stream.If successful, the city could receive up to $250,000 in grants, which would be matched by the city’s annual $50,000 contribution over five years.Staff have identified the funding “as a strong opportunity to bu
  
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• Youth points imitation firearm at adult, police say

  30-07-2026 19:06 via saultstar.com
  
  Sault Ste. Marie Police Service charged a 14-year-old with assault with a weapon and possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose Wednesday after receiving a report of an incident involving the accused approximately 12 hours earlier in the 200 block of Northern Avenue East.Police say the accused pointed an imitation firearm at an adult in the parking lot of a multi-unit residential building. The two are known to one another. Around 10:15 p.m., officers located and arrested the accused. The ac
  
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• Algoma Steel posts second-quarter loss

  30-07-2026 16:10 via saultstar.com
  
  Algoma Steel has posted another quarterly loss.The three-month period ending June 30 has resulted in a $96 million loss, its report states.That loss is slightly less than the previous year’s quarterly loss during the same period which wash posted at $110.6 million.A company release states that comparisons between Q2 2026 and Q2 2025 were significantly impacted by the transition from blast furnace operations to electric arc furnace steel production.“In the prior-year quarter, the Com
  
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• Old Tyme Bazaar returns to G. Verdi Lodge in 1976: IN OTHER YEARS

  30-07-2026 06:01 via saultstar.com
  
  July 30, 2001Sault Collegiate Institute, the alma mater of thousands of Sault Ste. Marie residents, opened its doors to former students to give alumni a chance to say goodbye to the venerable, but dilapidated, landmark. The final graduating class was in 1981. July 30, 1976For the fourth time in as many years, the G. Verdi Lodge has opened its hall and grounds for its Old Tyme Bazaar. Games of chance include crown and anchor, over and under and bingo. Tickets are being sold for a colour televisi
  
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• Sheehan announces funding for Indigenous food security and forest stewardship in Algoma

  29-07-2026 19:40 via saultstar.com
  
  The federal government is providing $612,000 to fund Indigenous-led projects that will strengthen food security, advance sustainable forest management and support wildfire resilience in Mississauga First Nation and across the North Shore.Sault-Algoma MP Terry Sheehan said the funding is provided through Natural Resources Canada and Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada which will help communities build on Indigenous knowledge while creating lasting environmental, cultural and economic benefits.Missi
  
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• Another brick off the wall – PHOTO GALLERY

  29-07-2026 18:33 via saultstar.com
  
  East-side portions of the former General Hospital on Queen Street East are dismantled Wednesday morning. Demolition, which began on the Lucy Street side of the building, is expected to continue until October. And all is going as planned, officials confirmed to The Sault Star this week. Two time capsules have been discovered within the former health-care facility, the first from 1963, found by demolition crews in early July, containing a Sault Daily Star newspaper, hospital pamphlets, meeting mi
  
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• Sault MPP's charges adjourned for 3 months

  29-07-2026 15:53 via saultstar.com
  
  Domestic-related charges faced by Sault Ste. Marie MPP Chris Scott are adjourned for three months as talks continue between the Crown and defence.Lawyer Marcela Ahumada, speaking on behalf of defence counsel Michael Lacy, told Ontario Court Justice Elaine Burton on Wednesday discussions between the lawyers “continue to be productive” and more talks are expected. “ It is going down a certain track and it is not a trial track,” said Ahumada. She said the adjournment was so
  
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• 'Casual and fun' show helps Sault Area Hospital

  28-07-2026 21:13 via saultstar.com
  
  Emma Dingle found the time for a fitting title for Northern Arts Academy’s third annual Celebration of Song fundraiser. Through the Decades, slated for Friday at at Paint and Decor Studios, features selections spanning not just years, but centuries. “ It felt like a fitting theme, especially because we’re dabbling in so many genres,” said Dingle, who is coordinating the show. The roster of talent, including recent graduates, alumni and faculty, have chosen works stretchi
  
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• Complaints spur council review of Strathclair soccer fields

  28-07-2026 19:31 via saultstar.com
  
  City staff have been asked to develop a plan that will improve the Strathclair soccer fields.Council passed a resolution at its last council meeting, moved by Ward 3 Coun. Angela Caputo and seconded by Ward 5 Coun. Corey Gardi, to work with local service clubs and soccer club stakeholders to identify key deficiencies of the fields and develop a short, medium and long-term improvement plan for the fields, complete with cost estimates and potential funding opportunities.Soccer is one of the most
  
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• ‘We have a liability’: Shaky shed must go but contents saved

  28-07-2026 18:17 via saultstar.com
  
  For several months, the Prince Township Museum’s farm equipment shed behind the community centre has been off limits to visitors. The structure, which nearly collapsed from the weight of last winter’s snow, is now being held upright by ratchet straps attached to nearby trees. Council took the initial steps at its July meeting to have the shed’s contents removed and the building demolished. “We definitely need to take the shed down, because we have a liability,” May
  
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• ‘We have a liability’: Shaky shed must go but contents salvaged

  28-07-2026 18:17 via saultstar.com
  
  For several months, the Prince Township Museum’s farm equipment shed behind the community centre has been off limits to visitors. The structure, which nearly collapsed from the weight of last winter’s snow, is now being held upright by ratchet straps attached to nearby trees. Council took the initial steps at its July meeting to have the shed’s contents removed and the building demolished. “We definitely need to take the shed down, because we have a liability,” May
  
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