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• Pasta dinner served Monday at Sault hall

  22-09-2026 20:18 via saultstar.com
  
  A pasta dinner will be served Monday at Moose Family Lodge.Hours are 4:30 p.m. to 6 p.m., a release said. Cost is $15. A container of meatballs costs $12. Call 705-542-1288 between 9 a.m. and 6 p.m. to pre-order or make reservations.The lodge is at 543 Trunk Rd.
  
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• New head of steel association named

  22-09-2026 21:21 via saultstar.com
  
  The new head of Canadian Steel Producers Association previously held leadership roles in the mining and forestry sectors. Blair Dickerson, who bean her role as president and chief executive officer Sept. 17, held positions with Rio Tinto, Vale Base Metals and Domtar, a release said. “ At a time when Canada is focused on building major projects and strengthening our economy, there is a tremendous opportunity for Canadian steel,” said Dickerson. “I look forward to working with o
  
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• 911 dispatchers can't call Rogers customers

  22-09-2026 20:58 via saultstar.com
  
  Press release: Technical Issue Affecting Rogers Customers The Sault Ste. Marie Police Service is advising community members of minor technical difficulties affecting Rogers customers.911 Communicators are still able to receive calls from Rogers customers; however, they are currently unable to make outgoing calls to Rogers customers.As a result, 911 Communicators may ask callers who use Rogers services to provide an alternate callback number, if available, in case the call is disconnected.We are
  
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• Cast for Sault staging of Blithe Spirit announced

  22-09-2026 20:30 via saultstar.com
  
  Seven actors are featured in Algoma Repertory Theatre’s upcoming production of Noel Coward’s Blithe Spirit. Marc Beaudette, Sandra Forsell, Isabella Buratti, Carol McLean, Steve Ancic, Penny Gribbon and Ada Crowder appear in the comedy that runs Nov. 18-21 at Quattro Hotel and Conference Centre. Megan Wigmore directs. Dinner is at 6:15 p.m. The show follows at 8 p.m. Tickets for dinner and show, or show only, are on sale at ART’s website or call Beaudette at 705-943-9519.
  
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• Authors talk about historic Algoma District murder Saturday

  22-09-2026 20:15 via saultstar.com
  
  The authors of a book about a woman’s murder at a camp north of Sault Ste. Marie nearly a century ago speak Saturday at James L.McIntyre Centennial Library.A Fatal Affair: The Murder of Helen Grier is written by Amanda Capper and Judy Penz Sheluk. They speak at 10 a.m. as part of Doors Open.Grier was killed in October 1937. Tours highlighting the library’s files related to true crime research follows at 11 a.m., 11:45 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. Registration is required. Tours of the North
  
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• Sault aims to put its firefighting assets on the national radar

  22-09-2026 19:42 via saultstar.com
  
  Sault Ste. Marie is exploring the feasibility of positioning itself as the home of a national emergency firefighting agency or a broader national emergency management agency.City council received a report Monday that followed a 2025 resolution asking city staff to prepare a report on the advantages and feasibility of the city becoming home to such a centre.Brent Lamming, the city’s deputy CAO of community development and enterprise services, said staff toured local Ministry of Natural Res
  
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• Elderly person accused of attempted murder in Sault's east end

  22-09-2026 19:02 via saultstar.com
  
  An elderly person faces an attempted murder charge following an assault at an east-end apartment building on Monday morning. The victim, known to the accused, suffered life-threatening injuries, police say.The 82-year-old suspect allegedly assaulted the victim before doing self-harm at a unit in the 0 to 100 block of Terry Fox Place. No names were released by police.The suspect appeared in bail court via video from a hospital bed on Tuesday morning. The matter returns to bail court on Friday.
  
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• Pair accused of kidnapping teen

  22-09-2026 16:31 via saultstar.com
  
  Two men are accused of kidnapping a teenager.The pair was detained at the International Bridge last Saturday.“ Neither accused is well know to the victim,” police say.Sahan Alam, 40, of Sault Ste. Marie, and Hasan Al-Mamum, 40, of Sudbury, were charged with kidnapping. They were held in custody pending a bail hearing.
  
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• Sault city councillor, trustee Tom Austin dies in 2001: IN OTHER YEARS

  22-09-2026 06:01 via saultstar.com
  
  Sept. 22, 2001A not-for-profit organization will run Searchmont Ski Resort this winter. Ward 6 Coun. Tom Austin died. He was 64. Austin was a Sault Ste. Marie Board of Education trustee for 12 years. The public can comment on waste diversion options at an upcoming open house. The Fifth Line landfill site is expected to have a lifespan of 10 more years.Sept. 22, 1976Dr. Ian Brown, Dr. Robert Ewing, chairman Dr. D.G. Howell, Fred Griffith and Arthur A. Wishart are the Algoma University College go
  
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• Council nixes plan for 18-unit Queen Street rooming house

  22-09-2026 03:57 via saultstar.com
  
  City council has nixed plans that could have seen a former Queen Street group home converted into an 18-unit rooming house. Council unanimously opposed the rezoning application recommendation after a 90-minute public hearing that saw neighbourhood residents oppose the plan that they feared would put their community at risk.Property owner Biosphere Labs Inc. Nikolai Cepecawer told city council that 16 of the units would be rented out to students while he and his brother would also reside at the
  
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• Building Ward 1’s future: Candidates discuss housing, growth

  21-09-2026 17:59 via saultstar.com
  
  Sault Ste. Marie’s easterly neighbourhoods are experiencing new residential and commercial growth, a trend that is expected to continue for the next few years.The change includes new builds and rehabilitating existing spaces, some of which municipal government weighs in on. Sault Ste. Marie Ward 1 candidates were asked to share their thoughts on development, housing and infrastructure, and what they would do if they earned a seat around the council table.There are four candidates seeking
  
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• One sustains life-threatening injuries following incident at east-end apartment

  21-09-2026 16:48 via saultstar.com
  
  One person was taken to hospital with life-threatening injuries and another other with serious injuries Monday morning after police responded to a report of an injured person inside a unit at a multi-unit residential building in the 0-100 block of Terry Fox Place. One of the two people transported to hospital has been arrested and remains in police custody. This is believed to be an isolated incident. There is no threat to public safety, Sault Ste. Marie Police Service says. Police did not disc
  
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• Climate action fair coming to Clergue Park

  20-09-2026 15:23 via saultstar.com
  
  A climate action fair runs Friday at Clergue Park.Hours are 4:30 p.m. to 6 p.m., a release said.Little forest projects, heat pumps advocating politicians about climate change and compost are among tips shared. The event is planned by Sault Climate Hub. Email [email protected] for more information.
  
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• Big Bandemic's Sault show postponed

  20-09-2026 15:20 via saultstar.com
  
  A planned show by Big Bandemic is postponed.The group was expected to perform Saturday at Sault Community Theatre Centre. Lagging ticket sales and rising production and travel costs contributed to the show being put on hiatus, a release said. The show may be rescheduled for early 2027. Community Theatre Box Office will contact ticket holders about refunds or credits towards other productions.
  
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• Climate action fair planned at Sault park

  20-09-2026 15:16 via saultstar.com
  A climate action fair runs Friday at Clergue Park.Hours are 4:30 p.m. to 6 p.m., a release said.Little forest projects, heat pumps advocating politicians about climate change and compost are among tips shared. The event is planned by Sault Climate Hub. Email [email protected] for more information.
  
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• Rotary talks student exchange program Tuesday

  20-09-2026 15:07 via saultstar.com
  
  Details about Rotary Youth Exchange Program are shared Tuesday at Ronald A. Irwin Civic Centre.The information centre for high school students and their families starts at 7 p.m. in the Biggings Room, a release said. Participants spend an academic year living and studying abroad. All four of Robert and Donna Carricato’s children took part in the long-running program. “ They’ve grown into mature young adults, and we all still have lifelong relationships around the world, stayin
  
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• 'Catalyst' from Sault helps Ukraine

  20-09-2026 06:45 via saultstar.com
  
  A former Sault Ste. Marie resident who wanted to share “vodka with purpose” has helped raise more than $7.5 million to back humanitarian efforts in the Ukraine. Zirklova Vodka, co-owned by Katherine Vellinga, helped Canada-Ukraine Foundation’s fundraising efforts and social media campaigns. Zirkova product sales also contributed more than $25,000 to help the Ukrainian population in 2022 – the first year of the Russian invasion of the country. “ What began with prod
  
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• Prop talk at Bushplane Days

  20-09-2026 05:25 via saultstar.com
  
  Jerry Loan, a retired professional pilot who flew with Austin Airways and owned Air Lindsay, speaks with Andy Turcotte, a pilot with Ministry of Natural Resources, at Bushplane Days at Canadian Bushplane Heritage Centre on Saturday. BRIAN KELLY
  
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• That's the ticket for Sault's Alzheimer Society

  20-09-2026 05:00 via saultstar.com
  
  Michelle Doucet, a personal support worker with the adult day program, sells tickets for Alzheimer Society of Sault Ste. Marie’s Forget Me Not Draw on Saturday. The draw is Thursday at 4:30 p.m. Tickets cost $10 and are on sale at the society office at 61 Great Northern Rd. BRIAN KELLY
  
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• Auditions planned for two Sault shows

  19-09-2026 15:24 via saultstar.com
  
  Sault Theatre Workshop and Algoma Repertory Theatre are teaming up for their first production.It’s a Wonderful Life, A Live Radio Play will be staged Dec. 19-22 at the Studio Theatre on Pittsburg Avenue, a release said. Auditions will be held Sept. 26 at 2 p.m. at the theatre. Actors and anyone who can recreate sounds ranging from doors shutting to phones ringing are welcome. Tryouts for ART’s production of One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest follow at 4 p.m. The play runs Feb. 17
  
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• Mr. Dressup dies in 2001: IN OTHER YEARS

  19-09-2026 06:01 via saultstar.com
  
  Sept. 19, 2001A special council meeting will be held today to discuss the impact on Sault Ste. Marie if Searchmont Ski Resort does not open this winter. Ernie Coombs, Mr. Dressup to generations of Canadian children, died Sept. 18. He was 73. Economic development officials are continuing to pursue Hyundai Motors one year after the city made its initial pitch to have the South Korean auto giant establish a plant in Sault Ste. Marie. Sept. 19, 1951Worried Britons speculated today on the King&rsquo
  
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• Data centre draft framework to be presented to Sault council

  18-09-2026 19:45 via saultstar.com
  
  City council will get its first look at a new draft framework Monday. Council is also expected to pass an interim bylaw that will put a moratorium on data centres over 50 MW for up to one year.The report follows a council resolution passed at the last meeting to develop a draft framework for data centres and in interim bylaw. The report recommends that the city take a “conservative approach” to its planning principles.In essence, that would mean any proposed data centre over 5 MW wo
  
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• Metro saluted for feeding Sault's hungry

  18-09-2026 18:14 via saultstar.com
  
  Fast Eddie slows down for Salvation Army when he’s hungry. Food donated by Metro to the Army’s Elgin Street site makes a big difference for Edward Evans. A health issue landed the former Roller Skating Elvis on the Ontario Disability Support Program. The Orillia native turns to several food banks, including those operated by St. Vincent Place and Save Our Young Adults, to have enough to eat each month. But it’s the Salvation Army, with the lion’s share of the food it dis
  
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• Power, jobs and the future: Mayoral candidates weigh in on data centres

  18-09-2026 17:04 via saultstar.com
  
  The debate over large-scale data centres is shaping up as a key issue in the 2026 municipal election.The City of Sault Ste. Marie is developing a framework to regulate data centres and potential projects are raising questions about electricity demand, water use, environmental impacts, noise and economic benefits. Until that framework is passed, an interim control bylaw imposes a temporary moratorium on proposed data centres larger than 50 MW. Mayoral candidates were asked where they stand, and
  
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• ‘We're trying to keep him going’: Sault senior who endured hallway medicine gears up for big birthday

  18-09-2026 00:11 via saultstar.com
  
  Walter Chikoski is set to turn 95 in November. And his son, Michael, is stoked about seeing his dad reach that milestone.The wheels are already turning for a birthday bash at Windsor Place Retirement Residence, where Walter resides via the transitional support program established there with Sault Area Hospital earlier this year for patients awaiting long-term care. “I want to see him get there,” Michael says. “We want to have a big party for him.” The outlook was not so
  
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• ‘We're trying to keep him going’: Family of Sault senior who suffered hallway medicine retains concerns

  18-09-2026 00:11 via saultstar.com
  
  Walter Chikoski is set to turn 95 in November. And his son, Michael, is stoked about seeing his dad reach that milestone.The wheels are already turning for a birthday bash at Windsor Place Retirement Residence, where Walter resides via the transitional support program established there with Sault Area Hospital earlier this year for patients awaiting long-term care. “I want to see him get there,” Michael says. “We want to have a big party for him.” The outlook was not so
  
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• OPP resumes getting 911 calls

  17-09-2026 14:12 via saultstar.com
  
  Press release:The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) is aware that the 9-1-1 system has largely stabilized. All OPP Provincial Communications Centres across the province are once again receiving and processing 9-1-1 calls.At about 4:00 a.m. today, the OPP started receiving reports of intermittent 9-1-1 outages across the province. Members of the public requiring emergency police response were directed to call the OPP non-emergency line at 1-888-310-1122, which remains fully operational.Throughout
  
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• Ontario-wide 911 outage reported

  17-09-2026 14:12 via saultstar.com
  
  Press release:The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) has received reports of intermittent 9-1-1 outages across the province.Members of the public requiring emergency police response are urged to call the OPP non-emergency line at 1-888-310-1122, which remains fully operational.OPP members continue to respond to calls for service despite the temporary outage.Members of the public should not call 9-1-1 for information, updates, or to test the phone line if they are not in an emergency situation.The
  
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• Sault girl writes God after 9/11 attacks: IN OTHER YEARS

  17-09-2026 06:01 via saultstar.com
  Sept. 17, 2001Tianna Gregorchuk wrote a letter to God asking Him to prevent a major war following a series of terrorist attacks in the United States. “Please make all this fighting stop,” said the Grade 3 student at Tarentorus Public School in her correspondence. “If it goes on the whole world will be gone.” Cathy Shunock, Rose Medaglia, Bob Sproule, Barbara Rajnovich and Sharon Sproule are featured in Pull-Chain Theatre’s production of The Cemetery Club. Richard H
  
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• Sault businesses feel the squeeze as tariff uncertainty grows: Officials

  16-09-2026 21:48 via saultstar.com
  
  The latest round of U.S. tariffs will, no doubt, have impact on local businesses, says the head of the city’s economic development department.Rick Van Staveren said while it is still too early to determine how the latest rounds of tariffs, and Canada’s retaliatory measures factor into Sault Ste. Marie and the region’s economic picture, “we know there will be impacts on local businesses and industries.” Van Staveren said steel, forestry and forest products, have bee
  
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