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• Northern border agents seized something unusual this year - SooToday.com

  30-12-2025 04:15
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• Country comfort? Not if you’re banking on North Shore emergency services always being open

  09-01-2026 20:05 via saultstar.com
  Maintaining healthy staffing at emergency departments in Sault Ste. Marie’s hinterland is no minor operation.
    There is hardly a week that goes by that North Shore Health Network doesn’t issue a statement indicating the ED at one of its three sites – Blind River, Thessalon, or Richards Landing – will be shuttered for a spell, usually a 24-hour stretch. 
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• Sault Ste. Marie gets new fire chief Feb. 1

  09-01-2026 18:47 via saultstar.com
  Sault Ste. Marie will appoint its first female fire chief effective Feb. 1.  Naomi Thibault, currently the deputy chief, will be promoted to chief upon Peter Johnson’s retirement.  A report to council states the recruitment and selection committee unanimously agreed the position should be offered to Thibault following an internal and external search.  Thibault has more than a decade of experience with the fire department and has held various roles within it, including fire p
  
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• Turn the Sault Blue during Alzheimer’s Awareness month

  09-01-2026 17:56 via saultstar.com
  No need to be shy. This year’s Forget No One campaign, led by Alzheimer societies across Canada, encourages open conversations about dementia so individuals and families can access support earlier. New national polling with Leger shows that many Canadians are concerned about dementia yet hesitate to seek information or talk about it, Alzheimer Society of Sault Ste. Marie and Algoma District said in a release. More than half of Canadians report worrying about Alzheimer’
  
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• Open conversations about dementia a must, Alzheimer societies say

  09-01-2026 17:56 via saultstar.com
  No need to be shy. This year’s Forget No One campaign, led by Alzheimer societies across Canada, encourages open conversations about dementia so individuals and families can access support earlier. New national polling with Leger shows that many Canadians are concerned about dementia yet hesitate to seek information or talk about it, Alzheimer Society of Sault Ste. Marie and Algoma District said in a release. More than half of Canadians report worrying about Alzheimer’
  
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• Port of Algoma will require $200 million of infrastructure

  09-01-2026 16:44 via saultstar.com
  Mayor Matthew Shoemaker has penned a letter to the federal transport minister inviting him to Sault Ste. Marie to discuss the Port of Algoma Project and the completed business plan.
    The plan shows the creation of the port will require $70 million in port infrastructure and $130 million in critical rail upgrades.  The letter, included in Monday’s city council agenda, reminds Steve MacKinnon “the urgency of advancing this project” with Algoma Steel’s pending lay
  
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• Veteran Sault officer makes connection between random attacks

  08-01-2026 21:29 via saultstar.com
  The boyfriend of a slain Sault Ste. Marie woman went to the scene of an alleged related stabbing shortly before finding his girlfriend dead at their John Street apartment.Dawson Mattila, travelling with his mother and stepfather, drove by St. Mary’s River Drive in the late afternoon of Sept. 7, 2023. His mother, Nicole Mattila, testified Thursday she worked downtown and had heard about an assault on the boardwalk across from Station Mall. She told assistant Crown attorney Andrew Allen she
  
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• Veteran Sault officer makes connection between murdered woman, stabbing victim: WILL UPDATE

  08-01-2026 21:29 via saultstar.com
  The boyfriend of a slain Sault Ste. Marie woman went to the scene of an alleged related stabbing shortly before finding his girlfriend dead at their John Street apartment.Dawson Mattila, travelling with his mother and stepfather, drove by St. Mary’s River Drive in the late afternoon of Sept. 7, 2023. His mother, Nicole Mattila, testified she worked downtown and had heard about an assault on the boardwalk across from Station Mall. She told assistant Crown attorney Andrew Allen she was curio
  
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• Slain Sault woman's boyfriend visited related stabbing scene: WILL UPDATE

  08-01-2026 21:29 via saultstar.com
  The boyfriend of a slain Sault Ste. Marie woman went to the scene of an alleged related stabbing shortly before finding his girlfriend dead at their John Street apartment.Dawson Mattila, travelling with his mother and stepfather, drove by St. Mary’s River Drive in the late afternoon of Sept. 7, 2023. His mother, Nicole Mattila, testified she worked downtown and had heard about an assault on the boardwalk across from Station Mall. She told assistant Crown attorney Andrew Allen she was curio
  
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• Expanded recycling launches in Sault Ste. Marie under new Ontario legislation

  08-01-2026 21:20 via saultstar.com
  Sorting glass and cans from papers in Sault Ste. Marie recycling bins has been an easy job for decades, but it could get a bit more complicated. 
    Ontario is overhauling its recycling system, and that means establishing new provincewide guidelines on what is dropped in the recycling bins, and what is dropped into waste bins. 
    It’s all part of the new process, effective Jan. 1, that shifts responsibility to producers and changes how households sort their waste. 
  
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• Sault man facing arson charges

  08-01-2026 21:07 via saultstar.com
  City police have charged a 24-year-old man with arson.
    It’s alleged he started a fire on Jan. 7 at 8:30 p.m. in his own residence on Blutcher Street and made no attempts to help control it.  Dylan Taylor has been charged with arson – damage to property.
    He was to appear in bail court. 
  
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• Head-on crash in Sault's east end yields life-threatening injuries

  08-01-2026 18:51 via saultstar.com
  Four people – including a child and infant – were taken to hospital Wednesday evening with 
  life-threatening injuries following a head-on collision near Black Road and Second Line East. 
    Police say the collision, which took place around 7:10 p.m., involved three vehicles, which had collided with one another on the road. Three other vehicles, which had avoided the collision, landed in nearby snowbanks.
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• Head-on crash in Sault Ste. Marie's east end yields life-threatening injuries

  08-01-2026 18:51 via saultstar.com
  Four people – including a child and infant – were taken to hospital Wednesday evening with 
  life-threatening injuries following a head-on collision near Black Road and Second Line East. 
    Police say the collision, which took place around 7:10 p.m., involved three vehicles, which had collided with one another on the road. Three other vehicles, which had avoided the collision, landed in nearby snowbanks.
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• Head-on crash in Sault Ste. Marie east end yields life-threatening injuries

  08-01-2026 18:51 via saultstar.com
  Four people – including a child and infant – were taken to hospital Wednesday evening with 
  life-threatening injuries following a head-on collision near Black Road and Second Line East. 
    Police say the collision, which took place around 7:10 p.m., involved three vehicles, which had collided with one another on the road. Three other vehicles, which had avoided the collision, landed in nearby snowbanks.
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• MPP's charges proceeding out of court

  08-01-2026 14:49 via saultstar.com
  Domestic violence charges faced by Sault Ste. Marie MPP Chris Scott are being dealt with out of court, his lawyer said Wednesday. Scott faces charges of assault and assault causing bodily harm. He’s accused of using a high chair to assault his wife.“This is a matter that is being with by way of out of court,” Michael Lacy told Ontario Court Justice Esther Rosenberg.He said the Crown for Scott’s case, who is outside Sault Ste. Marie, asked for the matter to be adjourned fo
  
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• Film festival moves to Galaxy Cinemas in 2001

  08-01-2026 06:01 via saultstar.com
  Jan. 8, 2001 Any new Sault Ste. Marie hospital should be built at the existing Queen Street site, and not adjacent to Sault College nor the F.J. Davey Home as recommended by Sault Area Hospitals, says longtime city physician Dr. Anthony Deluco.Shadows of the Mind Film Festival attracted some 1,800 patrons to Kiwanis Community Theatre Centre in 2000. The festival moves to Galaxy Cinemas Feb. 21-25 for its second year.Jan. 8, 1976Housing starts were up to 891 in 1975. That compares to 802 in 1974.
  
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• Police probe multi-vehicle collision at Black Road, Second Line East

  08-01-2026 03:34 via saultstar.com
  Press release: Sault Ste Marie Police Service are asking the public to avoid the area Black Rd and Second Line East due to a multiple motor vehicle collision. Currently the area is closed to traffic. Please avoid the area and take alternate routes.
  
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• Woman found dead, doors blocked: WILL UPDATE

  08-01-2026 01:20 via saultstar.com
  Taylor Marshall was found dead in her John Street residence with both doors of her main-floor unit blocked. Her boyfriend, Dawson Mattila, returned to the main-floor residence he’d shared with the CIBC worker for six to eight months in the late afternoon of Sept. 7, 2023. Mattila had been working in the Echo Bay area. He left the residence at about 6:45 a.m., Superior Court Justice Michael Varpio heard Wednesday.The couple had been sharing messages via Snapchat and text messages since his
  
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• Woman found dead, doors blocked

  08-01-2026 01:20 via saultstar.com
  A Sault Ste. Marie woman was found dead in her John Street residence with both doors of her main-floor unit blocked. Taylor Marshall’s boyfriend, Dawson Mattila, returned to the main-floor residence he’d shared with the CIBC worker for six to eight months in the late afternoon of Sept. 7, 2023. Mattila had been working in the Echo Bay area. He left the residence at about 6:45 a.m., Superior Court Justice Michael Varpio heard Wednesday.The couple had been sharing messages via Snapchat
  
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• Shed fire extinguished

  07-01-2026 20:46 via saultstar.com
  Sault firefighters extinguished a shed fire in the 100 block of Trelawne Avenue on Jan. 6.  It’s believed a propane leak in close proximity to a heating unit was the cause of the fire.  Significant fire and smoke damage was done to the exterior of the shed.  No injuries were reported.   
  
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• Festive RIDE campaign results nets eight impaired charges

  07-01-2026 19:04 via saultstar.com
  Eight drivers were charged with impaired driving as a combined result of the RIDE campaign and regular patrols during the month of December.  Police say that between Dec. 1, 2025, and Jan. 1, 2026, about 700 vehicles were checked, 20 road and side breath tests administered during the campaign. That resulted in three provincial offence notices and one impaired driving charge. A further seven impaired driving charges were issued on regular patrols. 
  
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• Man charged with two counts of robbery

  07-01-2026 19:01 via saultstar.com
  City police have charged a 50-year-old man with two counts of robbary in connection to a December incident.  Police say that on Dec. 14, officers responded to reports of a robbery in the area of Albert Street East near Abbott Street.  It is alleged a man assaulted a victim and stole property from the victim on two separate occasions – by punching the victim to the ground on Dec. 12 and punching the same person on Dec. 14.  The victim and accused are known to each other.
  
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• MVA under investigation

  07-01-2026 15:43 via saultstar.com
  City police are investigating a collision that took place Tuesday evening.
    Police say a blue SUV and a black pickup truck collided at the Wellington Street West and Carmen’s Way intersection.  No serious injuries were reported.  Police are looking for any witnesses or dash cam footage of the incident. Anyone with information can call Const. Spencer Guild at 705-949-6300 ext 383.
   
  
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• Jones, Park reunite for second show

  07-01-2026 14:25 via saultstar.com
  There’s no room for solo efforts when Victoria Jones and Angela Park take the stage.The violinist and pianist will team up on all works performed Jan. 31 at The Loft. Start time is 7:30 p.m.Jones, a two-time Kiwanis Music Festival Shield winner, and Park teamed up for a concert at the Huron Street venue in January 2025. Guy Traficante, principal of Algoma Conservatory of Music, quickly asked the pair to play together again. “We worked really well together, so we thought it’d be
  
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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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