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• Councillors host town hall meeting to discuss large-scale data centres

  20-08-2026 18:43 via saultstar.com
  
  Two city councillors are hosting a non-partisan town hall to hear the thoughts and concerns about large-scale data centres from community members.Ward 2 Coun. Lisa Vezeau Allen and Ward 3 Coun. Angela Caputo wants to record possible concerns, support and questions the broader community has to assist in better understanding the complexity of the subject of large-scale data centres.“There was a large contingency of folks in council chambers who wanted their voices heard,” Vezeau-Allen
  
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• Ready to launch at Sault street party

  20-08-2026 19:30 via saultstar.com
  
  Johnathan Case, 11, launches a big bubble during Game On! Street Party presented by District of Sault Ste. Marie Social Services Administration Board and community partners on Albion Street on Thursday.
  
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• New Algoma U president prepares to start role

  20-08-2026 17:07 via saultstar.com
  
  An academic noted for his work in equity, diversity, inclusion and decolonization is Algoma University’s new president. Kofi Campbell starts his leadership role Sept. 1. Campbell joins Algoma after serving as provost and vice-president academic at Brandon University for five years. He was recently interim president at the Manitoba post-secondary institution for six months. Campbell also held academic leadership roles at Renison University College at the University of Waterloo and Wilfrid
  
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• Loaded gun, ammo seized from Sault home

  20-08-2026 14:48 via saultstar.com
  
  A loaded gun and ammunition were allegedly found when police executed a search warrant at a residence in the 800 block of Allen’s Side Road on Wednesday.The ammunition was improperly stored, police say.Austyn Taylor, 20, was charged with knowledge of unauthorized possession of firearm, possession of prohibited device or ammunition, possession of prohibited or restricted firearm with ammunition, possession of weapons for dangerous purpose, unauthorized possession of a firearm, two counts c
  
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• Underwater survey done on Fitzgerald wreck in 1976: IN OTHER YEARS

  20-08-2026 06:01 via saultstar.com
  
  August 20, 2001A love of motorcycling was the drawing card of the first annual Let It Ride Harley-Davidson rally. “For a first-time event it was more successful then we hoped,” said Kim Zettler, manager of the Downtown Association. August 20, 1976U.S. Coast Guard specialists have completed their technical report on an underwater survey of the wreck of the ore carrier Edmund Fitzgerald which sank in a raging Lake Superior storm last November. Aug. 20, 1951Rev. Adelore Houde, formerly
  
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• Bicycle, electric scooter stolen in Sault

  19-08-2026 22:23 via saultstar.com
  A man is accused of stealing a bicycle and electric scooter. The thefts happened Aug. 13 in the 100 block of Churchill Boulevard and 200 block of Bay Street, police say.A suspect was found Tuesday in the 200 block of Queen Street East. He allegedly had a bank card that did not belong to him and break-in instruments. Brandon Zimmerman, 23, was charged with possession of a credit card, possession of break-in instruments, two counts each mischief under $5,000 and theft under $5,000 and four counts
  
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• Hache wanted by Sault police

  19-08-2026 22:02 via saultstar.com
  
  Crystal Deborah Hache is wanted by police. Hache, 42, is sought on nine charges including possession of a controlled substance and four counts drive while under suspension, a release says.Anyone with information about Hache can call Sault Ste. Marie Police Service at 705-949-6300 or Crime Stoppers at 705-942-7867.
  
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• First take a keeper for Lightfoot's Fitzgerald song

  19-08-2026 21:53 via saultstar.com
  
  Gordon Lightfoot’s iconic song about a shipwreck on Lake Superior was a one-take wonder that was recorded at the last minute 50 years ago. The folk singer had wrapped up recording the songs that would appear on Summertime Dream at Eastern Sound Studios in Toronto. Engineer Ken Friesen suggested Lightfoot get at lest some his song based on the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald in November 1975 down on tape. The Orillia native still had the studio booked for another day and his band –
  
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• City urged to provide 24/7 washrooms for unhoused residents 

  19-08-2026 18:39 via saultstar.com
  
  The United Steelworkers of America, Local 2251 is calling on city council to provide around-the-clock washroom facilities for the city’s homeless. In an open email to council dated July 29, Local 2251 President Mike DaPrat says its offices are “in the epicentre of the drug and unhoused problem in our city.” As such, office staff are experiencing a high level of loitering and police have been called regularly, sometimes multiple times a day.“There used to be refuse contai
  
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• Sault man steals booze to fuel cocaine addiction

  19-08-2026 14:40 via saultstar.com
  
  A man will do more jail time for repeatedly stealing booze from LCBO outlets, assaulting a woman and taking cash from a relative’s bank account. Shawn Leblanc pleaded guilty Tuesday to 16 offences, including eight counts theft under $5,000, assaulting and threatening an intimate partner and missing court.He stole alcohol, including vodka and whiskey, from LCBO locations on Great Northern Road, Second Line West and Churchill Plaza, said assistant Crown attorney Stuart Woods. The total valu
  
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• Shoemaker says province ready to work with Sault on key priorities

  18-08-2026 21:52 via saultstar.com
  
  As tariff uncertainties loomed, the Ontario government is showing that it will work with communities to get through the tariff war, no matter how prolonged it may be.That’s the message Mayor Matthew Shoemaker took away from the annual Association of Municipalities of Ontario conference in Ottawa. Shoemaker told The Sault Star that he believes there is a willingness by the provincial ministries to work together on a number of issues that will help Sault Ste. Marie.“Obviously there wa
  
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• House arrest best for man who rammed Sault animal hospital: DEFENCE

  18-08-2026 21:01 via saultstar.com
  
  Putting a man who rammed his truck – twice – into an east-end veterinarian clinic during office hours more than two years ago would undermine the effort he made to better himself, his lawyer argued Tuesday.Twelve months of house arrest, said Courtney Cameron, would still meet the principles of deterrence and denunciation. Twelve months of probation, with terms including taking counselling as directed and reporting to a probation officer, would follow, she said in her sentencing subm
  
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• Central Algoma explores single-site hospital to replace aging facilities

  18-08-2026 20:00 via saultstar.com
  
  A single, modest, modern new hospital that would serve Central Algoma residents for decades to come is a shared vision by area health care professionals and the North Shore Health Network.“This is not a new idea. It’s been around for many, many years,” said David Murray, interim chair of the NSHN.A formal planning process is being established to explore the possibility of developing a single-site hospital for Central Algoma that could provide fully equipped emergency services
  
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• Wawa driver backs away from RIDE check

  18-08-2026 18:40 via saultstar.com
  
  A vehicle that backed away from a line of automobiles at a RIDE check in Hawk Junction this spring drew police attention. Ontario Provincial Police were checking motorists for alcohol and drug consumption on Highway 547 on May 26, said assistant Crown attorney Stuart Woods on Tuesday.David Matte told police he thought the vehicles were stopped for a collision. The Wawa man’s eyes were glassy and speech slurred, said Woods. Alcohol could be smelled on Matte’s breath. He refused five
  
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• Items taken from shed of McNabb Street business: POLICE

  18-08-2026 15:24 via saultstar.com
  
  A man who was found behind a business in the 200 block of Northern Avenue East early Saturday morning allegedly took items from a shed of a business in the 400 block of McNabb Street earlier that day.He had a short baseball bat and several break-in instruments in his possession, police say.Jason Hampleman, 33, was charged with break, enter, commit indictable offence, possession of weapon for dangerous purpose, theft under $5,000, two counts each fail to comply with appearance notice and possess
  
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• Motorist punched at Sault intersection

  18-08-2026 15:10 via saultstar.com
  
  A driver got out of his vehicle and punched another motorist he knew at a red light, police say.The assault happened in the 200 block of Queen Street West on Aug. 12. The victim suffered minor injuries. Cody Triplett, 34, was charged with assault and deface plate. His court date is Nov. 2.
  
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• Man found with fentanyl, coyote spray

  18-08-2026 15:02 via saultstar.com
  
  A man wanted on a warrant was allegedly found with suspected fentanyl and a canister of coyote spray.He was found on Albert Street East on last Friday afternoon, police say.Joseph Fabiano, 32, was charged with carry concealed weapon, fail to attend for court, as per undertaking, failure to attend court after having appeared, failure to comply with undertaking, possession of a controlled substance, possession of weapon for dangerous purpose and four counts each fail to comply with probation orde
  
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• Air raid sirens sought for Sault in 1951: IN OTHER YEARS

  18-08-2026 06:01 via saultstar.com
  
  Aug. 18, 2001Sault Ste. Marie Innovation Centre plans a press conference on Aug. 20 to announce “a major development for the city economy.” A new venture is expected to be based at the former Golden Mile Valu-Mart/Loeb at Pim and McNabb streets. Aug. 18, 1976Christine Cloutier, 11, was a full-time student at the National Ballet School this summer. She is a student at Notre Dame des Ecoles. Peter Jurenovskis is the first Sault Ste. Marie high school student to spend a year in Finland
  
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• Canadian army convoy to travel through Sault Ste. Marie

  17-08-2026 19:11 via saultstar.com
  
  August 17, 2025 – Ottawa, Ont. – Canadian Army Reserve personnel from 33 Canadian Brigade Group will conduct transport and supply convoys on roads and highways between Sault Ste Marie, Sudbury, North Bay, Peterborough, Kingston, Ottawa, Petawawa and surrounding areas on August 20-21, 2026. Similar, return traffic can be expected from August 29-30, 2025, on the same routes.Members of the public may see increased military traffic with Canadian Army vehicles operating on various area r
  
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• 'Unplanned outage' shuts down Algoma Steel's EAF 

  17-08-2026 17:41 via saultstar.com
  
  Algoma Steel is investigating an unplanned outage at its Lake Superior Power generating facility and has suspended production at its electric arc furnace. A company press release says one of the Lake Superior Power turbine units detected an abnormal condition and was automatically taken offline. The remaining units were not affected. Algoma’s technical teams, together with external specialists, are onsite assessing the condition of the affected equipment and evaluating various alternative
  
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• Sault targets 70 new physicians as recruitment efforts expand

  17-08-2026 16:52 via saultstar.com
  
  New workforce planning data show Sault Ste. Marie will need 70 additional physicians over the next two or three years.The physician and recruitment committee has received an additional $55,000 from Sault Area Hospital to help with that task, bringing the committee’s funding up to $335,000, city council heard at a recent meeting.The City of Sault Ste. Marie provides the committee with $205,000, SAH $150,000 and the Algoma West Academy of Medicine provides in-kind support for various recrui
  
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• Tunnel for oil pipeline in Straits of Mackinac approved

  17-08-2026 04:59 via saultstar.com
  
  Following a recent setback, plans to build a tunnel for Enbridge’s Line 5 oil pipeline under the Straits of Mackinac in Michigan have received approval from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.The permit issued last Wednesday is required for a plan to replace the pipeline crossing in the straits with a tunnel. The approval comes after Michigan’s supreme court recently ordered state regulators to reconsider another permit for the project.The 73-year-old pipeline carries oil and natural
  
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• Transits up, cargo volume static on St. Lawrence Seaway

  17-08-2026 04:44 via saultstar.com
  
  Traffic on the St. Lawrence Seaway, including the Soo Locks in Sault Ste. Marie, Mich. was up in July. Transits totalled 1,839, up 4.7 per cent from 1,757 transits in July 2025, St. Lawrence Seaway Management Corp. said. Total cargo shipped nudged down .13 per cent from 16.52 to 16.50 tonnes.All grain fell 4.2 per cent from 5.25 million tonnes to 5.03 million tonnes. Iron ore dipped 5.8 per cent from 2.57 million tonnes to 2.42 million tonnes. Coal dropped 5.7 per cent from 612,000 tonnes to 57
  
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• Dad steals LEGO, perfume in Amazon packages

  16-08-2026 05:52 via saultstar.com
  
  A father of four pinched Amazon packages containing perfume and LEGO from an east-end apartment building last fall. The goods meant for two Manitou Drive residents had a value of about $200, Ontario Court Justice Stacey Nichols heard Friday. The packages were taken Nov. 30. Matteo Greganti pleaded guilty to possession of property obtained by crime over $5,000 and two counts theft under $5,000He was found with a stolen four-wheeler on June 30, 2025. Nichols accepted a joint position from assista
  
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• Sault film hub encourages networking

  15-08-2026 21:12 via saultstar.com
  
  Sault Film Festival is stepping up its efforts to get filmmakers together in the city. Its recently launched SFF Creative Hub at 40 Queen St. E. follows earlier efforts since 2023 to gather actors, production talent and film fans in the same room. The festival plans to base its original celebration of works by Northern and international talent in late November at the downtown site. A film screening is planned for Sept. 10. Public support determines what movie will be shown. Rob Reiner’s T
  
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• Abstract artist featured at Sault museum

  15-08-2026 17:47 via saultstar.com
  
  Abstract artist Chrissy Yendell is featured in a solo exhibition at Sault Ste. Marie Museum. Time in Colour runs from Tuesday to Sept. 4, a release said. “ I believe creativity has the power to foster curiosity, connection, and new ways of seeing the world,” said Yendell. The Algoma University graduate’s works are inspired by Northern Ontario’s natural beauty. An opening reception runs Saturday from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.
  
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• Home, garage, vehicle burn on Prentice Avenue

  15-08-2026 17:27 via saultstar.com
  
  A home, garage and vehicle were badly damaged in a fire in the west end last Thursday.Sault Se. Marie Fire Services went to the 0 to 100 block of Prentice Avenue at about 5:30 p.m., a release says.The fire started in a detached garage. The fire’s cause is undetermined because of the amount of damage to the structure. There was fire and heat exposure damage to two neighbouring homes. No one was hurt.
  
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• Cement truck gets stuck under bridge in Algoma Mills

  15-08-2026 16:46 via saultstar.com
  
  A highway in Township of the North Shore was closed for more than 10 hours after a cement truck became stuck beneath a railway bridge on Thursday.The bridge was on Highway 538, near Channelview Road, in Algoma Mills, Ontario Provincial Police say. A train stop went into effect. The roadway was closed for more than 11 hours.The driver, 67, from Elliot Lake, was charged with careless driving.Police do not release names of persons charged under the Highway Traffic Act.
  
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• Man drinks, breaches undertaking in Blind River: OPP

  15-08-2026 16:38 via saultstar.com
  
  A man who wasn’t supposed to drink alcohol was allegedly found intoxicated at a business in Blind River.The male was sleeping at a picnic table at a motel on Martin Street early Friday, Ontario Provincial Police say.Lowell Linekar, 41, of Blind River, was charged with failure to comply with undertaking and being intoxicated in a public place. His court date is Oct. 1 in Elliot Lake.
  
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• Sault church remembers Mother of God

  15-08-2026 16:20 via saultstar.com
  
  Rev. Michael Omojola, Franceline Burton, Domenic Lombardo, Tony Fera and Claudette Breton during procession marking Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary at Our Lady of Good Counsel Catholic Church on Saturday, Aug. 15, 2026 in Sault Ste. Marie, Ont. (BRIAN KELLY/THE SAULT STAR/POSTMEDIA NETWORK)
  
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