Sault Ste. Marie news

• Halloween doesn’t have to be cancelled even if trick-or-treating is, experts say

  14-09-2020 22:36
  
  TORONTO — Fears that an invisible virus may be lurking among trick-or-treaters will keep Melanie Vicente’s two children home this Halloween, but the Toronto mom says she’s determined to make sure her beloved holiday is still spooktacular. She’s watching COVID-19 case counts while weighing reasonable risk, and expects the whole family can still dress up, […]
  
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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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• Sault's hazardous waste depot to open in 2001: IN OTHER YEARS

  15-08-2026 15:50 via saultstar.com
  
  Aug. 15, 2001Officials hope the city’s household hazardous waste depot can open in early September. Aura Health Food store is closing after 31 years. The business started at Lake and Wellington streets in 1970 and is currently based at Station Mall. Aug. 15, 1951Ernie Kelly, manager of Sault Structural Steel, described Dominion Bridge Company’s plans for a new plant to be built this year during a meeting of the Rotary Club. The July and August birthdays of club members Gino Nori, Bo
  
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• Victim threatened online by Sault man: POLICE

  14-08-2026 23:26 via saultstar.com
  A man allegedly made threats directed at someone online. He’s also accused of going to a location frequented by the victim to intimidate them. A complaint was made to police July 24. A suspect was arrested Thursday.Tylker Kennedy, 39, was charged with breach of recognizance, indecent communications, intimidation of a justice system participant and uttering threats to cause death or bodily harm. He was held in custody pending a bail hearing.
  
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• Man flees into home on Charles Street

  14-08-2026 23:22 via saultstar.com
  
  A stranger was in a home in the 500 block of Parliament Avenue on Aug. 11, police say.The male suspect is also accused of refusing to return property to its owner on Aug. 7. He also fled inside a residence in the 500 block of Charles Street and refused to exit when police found him on Aug. 13. A warrant was obtained. The male was arrested. Christian Breathat, 31, was charged with unlawfully in a dwelling house, possession of property obtained by crime under $5,000, fail to comply with probation
  
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• Council readies rules for data centres

  14-08-2026 21:50 via saultstar.com
  The Ontario government has launched a long-awaited draft framework for its Data Centre Playbook, just days after Sault Ste. Marie’s city council debated the need for a local equivalent. Ontario Premier Doug Ford announced Thursday that the framework will help the province attract the best data centre investments that drive economic growth, ensure Canadians’ data remains in the country and deliver significant and meaningful benefits to communities. “ This framework will also en
  
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• Sault neighbourhood party celebrates 10 years on Thursday

  14-08-2026 19:01 via saultstar.com
  
  Game On! Street Party celebrates its 10th anniversary on Thursday.The free family event runs from11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Albion Street and Chapple Avenue, a release says.Events include games, crafts, barbecue and displays by service providers.District of Sault Ste. Marie Social Services Administration Board and Sault Ste. Marie Police Service teamed up to launch what was originally known as Game On! Neighbourhood Street Party in 2016. Bringing neighbours together and creating a sense of the commun
  
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• Sault delegation heads to AMO with port, health care and OLG jobs on agenda

  14-08-2026 18:35 via saultstar.com
  
  Mayor Matthew Shoemaker and a Sault Ste. Marie delegation are heading to the annual Association of Municipality of Ontario conference to lobby for several local priorities.The Port of Sault Ste. Marie, health care and more OLG jobs top the list for Shoemaker and councillors Luke Dufour and Lisa Vezeau-Allen. Shoemaker told The Sault Star that the group will be meeting with the Minister of Finance Peter Bethenfalvy, the Minister of Economic Development Job Creation and Trade Vic Fedeli and the M
  
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• White River gets economic development help

  14-08-2026 18:01 via saultstar.com
  
  An economic development officer funded by the federal government will help encourage tourism and investment in the White River area. Sault Ste. Marie-Algoma MP Terry Sheehan announced $241,695 in FedNor support for the position on Friday.The officer will create tourism plans, prepare materials to attract investors, work with businesses to identify challenges and opportunities and assist with other community needs including housing and labour force challenges. Mayor Tara Anderson Hart said White
  
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• White Pines starts tryouts for sports teams

  14-08-2026 17:40 via saultstar.com
  
  Tryouts for sports teams at White Pines Collegiate and Vocational School start Monday.Sault Ste. Marie Golf Club hosts hopefuls for the school’s golf team at 4 p.m. Tryout fee is $10 for students who are not club members, a release says.Junior and senior football team tryouts run Aug. 24 to Sept. 4 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. daily. Junior and senior girls’ basketball tryouts are scheduled from Aug. 31 to Sept. 3 Hous are 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. for seniors and 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. for juniors in
  
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• McGuire brought 'impactful projects' to Sault College

  14-08-2026 17:05 via saultstar.com
  
  When finances were tight at Sault College, Gerry McGuire still got things done at the Sault Ste. Marie post-secondary institution. McGuire, who died Aug. 10 at age 82, advanced Indigenous education at the Northern Avenue campus and pushed for the opening of a student life centre in 1993. That same year, the 157-bed Ray Lawson Hall started housing students. Aan Indigenous student centre, Enji Maawnjiding, or Where We Gather, opened in 1994. “ He managed to accomplish a lot despite, and it&
  
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• Driver's inexperience, not impairment caused fatal 2025 crash: DEFENCE

  13-08-2026 23:29 via saultstar.com
  
  The impaired novice driver who fatally hit a teen driving an ebike on Easter Sunday in 2025 should be jailed for seven years, the Crown argued Thursday.Prosecutor David Parke said Gregory Parise decided to get behind the wheel of a pickup truck after drinking at a time he was supposed to be off the road. Parise was northbound on Goulais Avenue on April 20, 2025. He struck a southbound ebike driven by Connor Dunn, 15 when he tried to turn left on to Third Line West at about 1 a.m. The crash kill
  
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• Ontario’s data centre framework announced as Sault prepares its rules

  13-08-2026 21:36 via saultstar.com
  
  The Ontario government has launched a long-awaited draft framework for its Data Centre Playbook, just days after Sault Ste. Marie’s city council debated the need for a local framework. Ontario Premier Doug Ford announced Thursday that the framework will help the province attract the best data centre investments that drive economic growth, ensure Canadians’ data remains in Canada and deliver significant and meaningful benefits to communities. “This framework will also ensure da
  
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• CUPE sounds alarm over Ontario hospital funding crisis

  13-08-2026 17:43 via saultstar.com
  
  Ontario’s hospital crisis has hit a boiling point and Sault Ste. Marie is not exempt.A new report released by CUPE’s Ontario Council of Hospital Unions (OCHU/CUPE), called Pushed over the brink: the escalating assault on Ontario’s hospitals highlights the dire conditions that hospitals are facing in the wake of Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s austerity agenda, a press release reads. The report concludes that over the past six years, Ontario hospitals have seen a massive drop
  
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• New date set for John Street slaying

  13-08-2026 14:53 via saultstar.com
  
  Sentencing is delayed for a man who murdered a woman in her John Street apartment nearly three years ago.Steven Jones was expected to be sentenced on Wednesday afternoon. But his mater was adjourned until Aug. 25 at 2 p.m. due to a scheduling issue, assistant Crown attorney Trent Wilson told The Sault Star in an email. Jones killed Taylor Marshall after she returned to her main-floor unit in September 2023. He tried to kill Liam Frenette on the boardwalk on St. Mary’s River Drive, near St
  
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• Butland heads to South Pacific in 1975: IN OTHER YEARS

  13-08-2026 06:01 via saultstar.com
  
  Aug. 13, 2001More than 100 of Michelle Joseph’s relatives, friends and neighbours met the German woman who donated her bone marrow and saved the Sault Ste. Marie woman’s life in 1996. “She did it for a stranger,” said Joseph of Silvia Neu. “She did not know who she was saving.” Aug. 13, 1976Steve Butland is the first Sault Ste. Marie Separate School Board teacher to apply and be accepted for a sabbatical leave. The principal at Holy Angels leaves for Ponape I
  
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• OLG pledges 150 new jobs in Sault Ste. Marie

  12-08-2026 22:34 via saultstar.com
  
  Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp. will hire 150 workers in Sault Ste. Marie over three years. The hirings by the Crown agency follow a commitment by Premier Doug Ford to assist the community following Algoma Steel announcing about 1,000 job cuts late last year. Mayor Matthew Shoemaker asked for OLG jobs to part of that effort. “ It was critical that we find a way to support the community,” Attorney General Doug Downey told reporters following the job announcement Wednesday at OLG&rsq
  
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• OLG to add to Sault Ste. Marie workforce over next three years

  12-08-2026 19:18 via saultstar.com
  
  The Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation (OLG) is creating about 150 new jobs in Sault Ste. Marie over the next three years. This initiative will create new career opportunities for local workers and deliver lasting economic benefits for Sault Ste. Marie and the surrounding region, a press release says.“On behalf of the Ontario government, I want to thank Mayor (Matthew) Shoemaker and OLG for their incredible work to strengthen the local economy and support good-paying jobs right here i
  
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• Team Brad Jacobs headlines Henderson Metal Fall Classic

  12-08-2026 19:02 via saultstar.com
  
  Two-time Olympic gold medalist, Brad Jacobs brings his Olympic championship team to Sault Ste. Marie October 21-24, 2026 for the annual Henderson Metal Fall Classic Curling event, at the YNCU curling centre.This year the event will be used as a qualifier for the Grand Slam competition in Thunder Bay in December. “This is a major development for the Fall Classic,” said event organizer Al Harnden in a press release. “We have been chosen by the Grand Slam curling organization to
  
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• New federal program aims to boost domestic market for steel

  12-08-2026 17:34 via saultstar.com
  
  The federal government has launched a $100 million rebate program for the interprovincial transportation of eligible steel products by rail and marine.The Commodities Sectoral Support Program, launched August 10, will rebate 50 per cent of eligible rail or marine transportation costs for Canadian steel moving between provinces and territories for up to one year, or until funds are exhausted.Transportation Minister Steven MacKinnon announced the new program in Hamilton. “Canadians want to
  
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• Breault wanted by Sault police

  12-08-2026 16:56 via saultstar.com
  
  Isaac Larry Breault is wanted by police. Breault, 23, is sought on seven charges including pointing a firearm and assault with a weapon, a release says. Anyone with information about Breault can call Sault Ste. Marie Police Service at 705-949-6300 or Crime Stoppers at 705-942-7867.
  
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• Man causes water damage at Terry Fox Place building: POLICE

  12-08-2026 14:49 via saultstar.com
  
  Damage was deliberately done due to water pipe at a multi-unit residential building in the east end in early July.The mischief oj July 2 caused damage to belongings of tenants at an address in the 0 to 100 block of Terry Fox Place, police say. A suspect was arrested Aug. 6.Tyler Giuliano, 27, was charged with mischief over $5,000 and mischief under $5,000.His court date is Oct. 26.
  
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• Harvest Algoma gets financial support from city council

  11-08-2026 20:04 via saultstar.com
  
  Harvest Algoma is getting some financial support from city council as it stabilizes its finances.Council approved a three-year financial commitment totalling $135,000 to the food recovery and food security operation.Harvest Algoma is continuing its organizational development and expansion of regional food security programming.The funding will see Harvest Algoma receive $50,000 in 2027, $45,000 in 2028, and $40,000 in 2029 to assist Harvest Algoma as it transitions to an independent charitable o
  
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• Sault council backs Algoma-Roshel partnership for federal defence contract

  11-08-2026 17:43 via saultstar.com
  
  Sault Ste. Marie city council is urging the federal government to consider an Algoma Steel – Roshel partnership when considering awarding defence procurement contracts.A resolution, moved by Ward 2 Coun. Luke Dufour and Ward 5 Coun. Corey Gardi, lobbies the Government of Canada to consider proposals that “maximize Canadian content, Canadian steel production, domestic manufacturing capacity, sovereign industrial capability and long-term economic benefits to Canadian communities&rdquo
  
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• New Northern land under conservation protection by Nature Conservancy of Canada

  11-08-2026 17:37 via saultstar.com
  
  More than 8,100 hectares of land will be protected with a new conservation area secured by the Nature Conservancy of Canada.The property, near Pukaskwa National Park, is helping protect the landscapes and natural systems that communities and wildlife depend on across Northern Ontario. By conserving more than 8,100 hectares of boreal forest, wetlands and shoreline, NCC’s Kabenung Lakes and Forests conservation project strengthens water quality downstream, supports wildlife movement and hel
  
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