Sault Ste. Marie news

• MITCHELL, Mary Grace - SooToday.com

  27-12-2025 17:50
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• Cheers! Tracy’s Dream bottle drive is Saturday

  06-01-2026 22:00 via saultstar.com
  Looking for a perfect place to park your empties?
    A charity that 
  assists Sault Area Hospital cancer patients with parking costswill gladly accept them. Tracy’s Dream is holding a bottle drive this weekend, drumming up dollars to assist its mission, which, recently became costlier when SAH parking fees increased.
    Beer, wine and liquor bottles and cans, will be collected Saturday, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., at the 
  Team Essentials building,
  
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• Cheers! Tracey’s Dream bottle drive is Saturday

  06-01-2026 22:00 via saultstar.com
  Looking for a perfect place to park your empties?
    A charity that 
  assists Sault Area Hospital cancer patients with parking costs
   will gladly accept them. Tracey’s Dream is holding a bottle drive this weekend, drumming up dollars to assist its mission, which, recently became costlier when SAH parking fees increased.
    Beer, wine and liquor bottles and cans, will be collected Saturday, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., at the 
  Team Essentials b
  
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• Educator with Sault ties heads Northern board

  06-01-2026 21:41 via saultstar.com
  Jay MacJanet has been appointed the Director of Education  for the Near North District School Board, effective today. Originally from Sault Ste. Marie, MacJanet brings more than 26 years of experience in public education. He began his career as a teacher and later served for thirteen years as a principal with the District School Board of Niagara. Over the past five years, he held the role of Superintendent of Education with the Trillium Lakelands District School Board, according to a media
  
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• Sault Ste. Marie operations near normal after holiday storm

  06-01-2026 21:19 via saultstar.com
  There is an end in sight for the winter clean up that left Sault Ste. Marie covered in snow and ice over the holiday season.  Public Works and Transportation Deputy CAO Susan Hamilton-Beach said as of mid-day Tuesday, street plowing is caught up, and the sidewalk network plowing is nearing completion.  “There’s a few spots on our sidewalks where the equipment had difficulty getting through and that is our primary target right now,” she told The Sault Star.  Snow
  
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• Officer arrests suspect, sees murdered woman, court hears

  06-01-2026 21:09 via saultstar.com
  A police officer who helped arrest the man accused of trying to kill a grocery store worker on the boardwalk in September 2023 later went to the John Street residence where a young woman was murdered earlier the same day. Const. Mark Prophet arrived at Station Mall when Steven Jones was being arrested following a stabbing across the street on Sept. 7. Prophet was one of four officers to take Jones into custody at a loading dock at the former Walmart near St. Mary’s River Drive, Superior Co
  
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• Officer arrests suspect, sees murdered woman

  06-01-2026 21:09 via saultstar.com
  A police officer who helped arrest the man accused of trying to kill a grocery store worker on the boardwalk in September 2023 later went to the John Street residence where a young woman was murdered earlier the same day. Const. Mark Prophet arrived at Station Mall when Steven Jones was being arrested following a stabbing across the street on Sept. 7. Prophet was one of four officers to take Jones into custody at a loading dock at the former Walmart near St. Mary’s River Drive, Superior Co
  
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• Sault Area Hospital reports swelling occupancy - TO BE UPDATED

  06-01-2026 17:44 via saultstar.com
  There appears lesser room at the inn than ever.
    Sault Area Hospital said Tuesday “extremely” high patient volumes are forcing some patients to be cared for in “unconventional” spaces, such as alcoves, hallways, and dining rooms.
    As of Tuesday, the region’s principal health-care facility is shouldering 119 per cent occupancy, with 18 patients admitted in the emergency department waiting for an inpat
  
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• Sault Area Hospital patient occupancy swells - TO BE UPDATED

  06-01-2026 17:44 via saultstar.com
  There appears lesser room at the inn than ever.
    Sault Area Hospital said Tuesday “extremely” high patient volumes are forcing some patients to be cared for in “unconventional” spaces, such as alcoves, hallways, and dining rooms.
    As of Tuesday, the region’s principal health-care facility is shouldering 119 per cent occupancy, with 18 patients admitted in the emergency department waiting for an inpat
  
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• Sault Area Hospital patient occupancy swells; no plans to transfer patients

  06-01-2026 17:44 via saultstar.com
  There appears lesser room at the inn than ever.
    Sault Area Hospital said Tuesday “extremely” high patient volumes are forcing some patients to be cared for in “unconventional” spaces, such as alcoves, hallways, and dining rooms.
    As of Tuesday, the region’s principal health-care facility is shouldering 119 per cent occupancy, with 18 patients admitted in the emergency department waiting for an inpat
  
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• Sault Area Hospital occupancy swells - TO BE UPDATED

  06-01-2026 17:44 via saultstar.com
  There appears lesser room at the inn than ever.
    Sault Area Hospital said Tuesday “extremely” high patient volumes are forcing some patients to be cared for in “unconventional” spaces, such as alcoves, hallways, and dining rooms.
    As of Tuesday, the region’s principal health-care facility is shouldering 119 per cent occupancy, with 18 patients admitted in the emergency department waiting for an inpat
  
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• Thessalon emergency department faces another 24-hour closure

  06-01-2026 17:20 via saultstar.com
  North Shore Health Network’s Thessalon site will, again, face a disruption in its emergency department.
    It is slated to be closed from 8 a.m. Wednesday to 8 a.m. Thursday, this after being shuttered for 24 hours starting Monday morning. The service, east of Sault Ste. Marie was also closed New Year’s Eve and Boxing Day.
    Physician shortages have hit emergency departments within the North Shore Health N
  
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• Two punched in business altercation

  06-01-2026 16:54 via saultstar.com
  City police have charged a 31-year-old male in connection with an altercation at a Queen Street West business.  Police say the investigation revealed a man had punched two people multiple times, causing serious injuries to one and minor injuries to the other.  The accused and victims do not know each other.  Joshua Nights, 31, faces charges of aggravated assault and assault.He was to appear in bail court.     
  
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• Woman charged with obstructing peace officer, identity fraud

  06-01-2026 16:51 via saultstar.com
  City police have charged a 33-year-old woman with obstructing a peace officer and identity fraud.  A press release states that on Jan. 4, officers arrested an accused on outstanding warrants of failing to attend court and failing to comply with a release court.  While in custody, a further investigation revealed the suspect fraudulently used someone else’s identity when they were issued a provincial offence notice in 2025.  Reyanna Senecal, 33, faces charges of obstruct peac
  
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• Arson charges laid after fire started in vehicle

  06-01-2026 15:54 via saultstar.com
  A woman who started a fire in a vehicle to stay warm has been charged with arson.  Police say on Jan. 1 patrol officers saw a snow-covered, parked vehicle with its door adjar and a fire inside in the 200 block of Wellington Street West.
    They spoke to the woman and gave her options for staying warm. She was released unconditionally, and fire services extinguished the fire.  The following day officers saw fresh footprints in the snow leading to the same vehicle and an investigatio
  
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• Retirement planning talk planned at Sault library

  06-01-2026 14:46 via saultstar.com
  Funding retirement will be highlighted at an upcoming information session at James L. McIntyre Centennial Library. Jared Theriault, an advisor with Sun Life, speaks Jan. 14 at 6:30 p.m. in the Program Room, a release says. He’ll also share tips about protecting retirement savings and legacy planning.Call 705-759-5236 for more information.
  
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• Registration nears for Sault library program for babies

  06-01-2026 14:39 via saultstar.com
  Registration starts Monday at 9 a.m. for a program that introduces young children six to 12 months old to music, art, literacy and sensory stimulation. Baby Picasso runs Mondays from Feb. 2 to March 2 at James L. McIntyre Centennial Library. Sessions start at 10 a.m. and run 45 minutes, a release says. A library card is needed for registration on the library’s website at ssmpl.ca. A caregiver must attend with each child participating.
  
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• Fire set in vehicle

  06-01-2026 14:27 via saultstar.com
  A woman allegedly started a fire inside a vehicle last Friday. The automobile was in the 200 block of Wellington Street West, police say. Lucille Gingras, 46, was charged with arson. Her court date is March 2.
  
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• Mayor warns of difficult year in 1976

  06-01-2026 06:01 via saultstar.com
  Jan. 6, 2001Mayor John Rowswell wants council to approve spending $5,000 to hear a presentation about a SMARTpark.Jan. 6, 1976 Mayor Nick Trbovich called on city council to cut deeply into its spending proposals for 1976 even if it means creating hardships and asking for sacrifices. The mayor’s inaugural address contained warnings that the city faces a difficult year and that council must approach it with caution and restraint.Hints that dropping enrolments and spending cutbacks could forc
  
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• Good plan — that council order driveway windrow clearance

  06-01-2026 04:52 via saultthisweek.com
  Windrows, the strips of snow, and often ice, city plows leave across the opening of driveways, have already been an unwelcome presence too often in the ugly winter we are experiencing. In some areas of the city they have risen more than two feet and on at least one instance plows, digging deep on second passes, have deposited in driveways icy chunks that defy the use of snowblowers. The blades on tractors or pickup trucks were the fastest way to clear them and those residents with contracts were
  
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• 2025 Sault Ste. Marie Medal of Merit recipients

  06-01-2026 04:45 via saultthisweek.com
  The 2025 recipients of the Sault Ste. Marie Medal of Merit are Clyde Healey, Morley Torgov, and Gary Trembinski (posthumously), selected by the mayor’s Medal of Merit committee. Clyde Healey Whether modernizing the local utility sector, serving Canada in uniform, supporting veterans and military families, or preserving the City’s history, Clyde Healey’s contributions to Sault Ste. Marie span more than five decades, says a media release from City of Sault Ste. Marie. Throughout
  
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• Sault's hellstrips under snow siege

  06-01-2026 04:21 via saultthisweek.com
  Another massive snowfall year is nothing new to the city of Sault Ste. Marie, a “winter-city” that experiences yearly snowfall accumulations of 12 feet or more. Last year’s 14, yes, 14 feet total snowfall accumulation was an unbelievable amount of snowfall, which many Saultites dubbed the snowmageddon year. Last year’s snowmageddon 2024-2025 was an unrelenting month after month of snowfall that tried even the most hardened Saultite to offload the fundamental Canadian life
  
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• Impaired, dangerous operation charges laid in Go-kart crash

  06-01-2026 04:07 via saultthisweek.com
  A Go-kart collision last week drew a raft of charges against its operator, Logan MacGillivray, 20. Sault Ste. Marie Police Service says in a media release the collision with a motor vehicle occurred shortly before 5:15 p.m. Dec. 27 in the area of Doncaster Road and Farwell Terrace. Upon speaking with the driver of the go-kart, officers developed grounds to believe their ability to operate a motor vehicle was impaired by alcohol. They were arrested. No physical injuries were reported. Multiple br
  
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• East Algoma OPP makes arrests in Peshu Lake area thefts

  06-01-2026 03:35 via saultthisweek.com
  Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) have arrested two people and recovered stolen property from multiple break and enters during the fall in the Peshu Lake, Aubrey Falls, and Ranger Lake areas. Sault Ste. Marie OPP officers conducting proactive patrols Dec. 27 located an encampment with a large amount of stolen property in a bush area near the intersection of Highway 556 and Highway 129, says an OPP media release. These members were assisted by the North East Region Emergency Response Team and Sault
  
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• It’s for-sure — the list of recyclables has expanded

  06-01-2026 02:41 via saultthisweek.com
  A full week into a new recycling program, many local residents remain unsure about the changes. Ontario’s new extended producer responsibility recycling program came into effect on Jan. 1 and with it, unified recycling programs across the province. Sault Ste. Marie residents can now recycle far more than they could in the past, including foam, beverage cartons, flexible plastic packaging, and toothpaste tubes. As a result of the legislation creating these changes, the municipality no longe
  
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• Congregation Beth Jacob plays a starring role in new exhibit

  06-01-2026 02:37 via saultthisweek.com
  Sault Ste. Marie Museum will present an exhibition that recognizes and celebrates more than a century of Jewish life in the community and its contributions. Titled Rooted: 125+ Years of Jewish History in Sault Ste. Marie, the exhibit will open Wednesday, Jan. 14, closing on Saturday, Jan. 31. The exhibit will focus on the role played by Congregation Beth Jacob in the community, the congregation’s vibrancy throughout the years, and the contributions of local Jewish citizens. Developed in pa
  
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• Stabbing victim feared death during Sault boardwalk assault: WILL UPDATE

  05-01-2026 23:00 via saultstar.com
  A grocery store worker thought he was going to die when he was attacked by a stranger on the boardwalk, near Station Mall, in late summer 2023.Liam Frenette was having a snack on a bench near the downtown shopping centre when someone grabbed him from behind, court heard Monday on the first day of the trial of his alleged attacker.He said he told his assailant, “I don’t know you,” thinking the assault in the early afternoon of Sept. 7, 2023 was prompted by mistaken identity. &ld
  
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• Stabbing victim feared death during Sault boardwalk assault

  05-01-2026 23:00 via saultstar.com
  A grocery store worker thought he was going to die when he was attacked by a stranger on the boardwalk, near Station Mall, in late summer 2023.Liam Frenette was having a snack on a bench near the downtown shopping centre when someone grabbed him from behind, court heard Monday on the first day of the trial of his alleged attacker.He said he told his assailant, “I don’t know you,” thinking the assault in the early afternoon of Sept. 7, 2023 was prompted by mistaken identity. &ld
  
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• Sault security officer injured in business altercation

  05-01-2026 20:43 via saultstar.com
  City police have charged a 43-year-old man in connection with an altercation at a Queen Street business that resulted in a serious injury to a security officer.  Police say 911 operators received reports of an altercation in the 600 block of Queen Street at about 1 a.m. At that time, the accused was identified.
    On Jan. 3, a further investigation revealed the accused had assaulted the security officer, cause serious physical injury, a press release states.  Albert Lariviere, 43,
  
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• Two arrested, stolen property recovered from multiple B&E’s

  05-01-2026 19:46 via saultstar.com
  Ontario Provincial Police say they’ve arrested two people in connection with a number of break and enters in the Peshu Lake area.  Stolen property has also been recovered.Police say on Dec. 27, proactive patrols located an encampment with a large amount of stolen property in a bush area near Highway 556 and Highway 129.  With assistance from the North East Region Emergency Response Team (ERT) and Sault Ste. Marie Police Service Canine Unit,  two  People were arrested.&n
  
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