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• Sault Transit Implements New Schedule and Routes

  17-08-2018 21:15
  Beginning Sunday August 26, 2018, the City of Sault Ste. Marie Transit Services will implement its school year schedule. The new bus routes and schedules have been designed to meet the needs of the community and respond to rider’s feedback. “We heard the needs of our riders and are looking forward to implementing their feedback […]
  
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• Fiscal squeeze won't compromise quality care: Sault Area Hospital

  29-09-2026 19:54 via saultstar.com
  
  Maintaining quality care in the face of fierce financial pressures continues to be a Sault Area Hospital mantra.The approved 2026/27 deficit budget, calling for a $23.9-million shortfall, maintains current hospital services and quality of care while SAH works with the Ministry of Health on longer-term financial sustainability, Greg Zambusi, vice-president of Corporate Service and Chief Financial Officer, told Monday evening’s regular board meeting.And the current forecast of a $25.7-milli
  
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• 'Champion' of Algoma U's students ends role as chancellor

  29-09-2026 17:25 via saultstar.com
  
  Algoma University’s outgoing second chancellor is being lauded as a “passionate ambassador” and “champion for our students.” Mario Turco is stepping down from his leadership role at the post-secondary institution on Oct. 15. “ He reminded us of the importance of knowing our history, understanding our purpose and sharing it with others,” said chair Robert Battisti during a meeting of Algoma’s board of governors on Monday. “We are better becau
  
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• Land donated for Sault hospice in 2001: IN OTHER YEARS

  29-09-2026 06:01 via saultstar.com
  
  Oct. 1, 2001Algoma Central Corp. has donated 3.2 acres of land for a hospice to be built in the area of Fourth Line and Brule Road. Oct. 1, 1976California Gov. Edmund Brown Jr. has signed into law legislation giving the terminally ill the right to die without medical treatment – the first such law in the United States. City council will be presented soon with a proposed course of action for the redevelopment of Sault Ste. Marie’s old city hall site. The property has stood vacant sin
  
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• Auxiliary prepares Christmas boxes for Sault soldiers in 1916: IN OTHER YEARS

  29-09-2026 06:01 via saultstar.com
  
  Sept. 29, 2001Barry Bonds’ bid for the home run record is generating far less enthusiasm around the United States than Mark McGwire’s similar quest just three years ago. Sept. 29, 1976Marianne Lien, a Grade 12 student at Bawating, and Pam Swamson, of Sir James Dunn, are among participants in the High School Art Exhibition that’s presented by Algoma Fall Festival. More than 75 works are exhibited at Station Mall. Sept. 29, 1951This morning’s medical bulletin of the king s
  
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• A downtown in transition: Ward 2 candidates tackle Queen Street’s challenges

  28-09-2026 21:05 via saultstar.com
  
  Sault Ste. Marie’s Ward 2 is viewed as the heart of downtown, a place where businesses are plentiful, and residents and visitors frequent.The health and vitality of downtown often reflects on the community it serves and can make or break it for both residents and tourists.There are nine candidates seeking the two Ward 2 councillor spots in this month’s municipal election.Candidates include incumbent Luke Dufour and challengers Stephanie Pagnucco, Mike Doan, Dennis Murphy, Cynthia Mc
  
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• Brush with history at Ermatinger-Clergue National Historic Site

  28-09-2026 19:24 via saultstar.com
  Lydia Boileau, and Sylvie Boileau paint with voyageur interpreter Cheryl Widdifield at the fall rendezvous at Ermatinger-Clergue National Historic Site on Saturday. BRIAN KELLY
  
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• Capturing a Kidney Walk moment: PHOTO GALLERY

  27-09-2026 17:10 via saultstar.com
  
  Tannis McMillan, community and fund development officer for the Kidney Foundation Sault Ste. Marie chapter, snaps a photograph of Kidney Walk participants prior to the walk taking off Sunday morning from Roberta Bondar Pavilion.Revenue helps the Kidney Foundation advance research and deliver peer support while also providing information through educational materials, webinars and websites, such as the Kidney Community Kitchen. Over the past three years, Kidney Walk participants across Ontario h
  
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• Brush with history at Sault's fall rendezvous

  27-09-2026 15:23 via saultstar.com
  
  Lydia Boileau, and Sylvie Boileau paint with voyageur interpreter Cheryl Widdifield at the fall rendezvous at Ermatinger-Clergue National Historic Site on Saturday. BRIAN KELLY
  
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• Rosary rally to be held at Sault church

  27-09-2026 15:08 via saultstar.com
  
  A Sault Ste. Marie church will participate in a national rosary rally.Our Lady of Good Counsel Catholic Church participates in the Oct. 10 event.Start time is at noon in the rectory driveway at MacDonald Ave., a release said. Canada Needs Our Lady, a special campaign of the Canadian Society for the Defence of Christian Civilization, hopes to organize more than 1,500 rallies on that day.Our Lady of Good Counsel has held the event since at least 2017.
  
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• Abortion opposed at upcoming Sault demonstration

  27-09-2026 15:03 via saultstar.com
  
  A public demonstration against abortion will be held Oct. 4.Life Chain participants will gather for the hour-long event at 2 p.m. at Great Northern Road and Willoughby Street, a release said. The event website is lifechain.ca Life Chain was first held in Sault Ste. Marie in 1991.
  
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• Wings, pizza fundraiser helps Sault church group

  27-09-2026 14:59 via saultstar.com
  
  An all-you-can-eat pizza, wings, fries and pastries fundraiser is planned for Thursday at Icebreakers.The event runs from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the John Rhodes Community Centre venue, a release said.Cost is $30. The event benefits St. Luke’s Cathedral’s GATEHRING Anglican Church Women. Call 705-254-7144 or email [email protected].
  
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• Theatre groups team up for Bayview base

  27-09-2026 06:34 via saultstar.com
  
  Sault Theatre Workshop was out of money.Algoma Repertory Theatre needed a permanent rehearsal space. ‘The two community theatre groups teamed up for a partnership to meet both their needs. Algoma Repertory Theatre paid Sault Ste. Marie’s oldest community theatre group $60,000 for a 50 per cent ownership of its Studio Theatre on Pittsburg Avenue. The deal became effective May 15 after several months of talks and legal consultations. “ We were a theatre company with money and no
  
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• Canned laughter at Big Blue Food Drive

  26-09-2026 20:11 via saultstar.com
  
  St. Vincent Place thrift store manager Elizabeth Failes and cashier Michelle DeVoni help at Big Blue Food Drive on Saturday. About 160 volunteers collected and sorted donations to help St. Vincent’s food bank, said assistant executive director Sara McLeary. BRIAN KELLY
  
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• School board suspends international trips in 2001: IN OTHER YEARS

  26-09-2026 06:01 via saultstar.com
  
  Sept. 26, 2001The last remaining portion of Sault Collegiate Institute still standing was knocked down. Alert Care plans to build a retirement home for seniors at the Fauquier Avenue site. Algoma District School Board is suspending international school trips following recent terrorist attacks in the U.S. Sept. 26, 1951The king’s doctors reported today the monarch spent a less-restful night, but still keeps on gaining strength after his recent dangerous lung operation. Northern Miner descr
  
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• Police building to be assessed

  25-09-2026 19:47 via saultstar.com
  
  A needs assessment will be done to help lay the groundwork for a new Sault Ste. Marie Police Service building.The current main headquarters, at 580 Second Line E., opened in 1969. An addition followed in 1991. The study is expected to identify what work is needed and the site’s life expectancy, Chief Brent Duguay told Sault Ste. Marie Police Service Board during a meeting on Thursday.Chair Nuala Kenny identified “some real concerns” with the building including the preservation
  
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• Victim of Terry Fox Place assault dies

  25-09-2026 16:43 via saultstar.com
  
  The victim of an assault at an east-end apartment building on Monday has died of their injuries. Sault Ste. Marie Police Service went to the 0 to 100 block of Terry Fox Place at about 8:30 a.m. A person who cried for help was found with life-threatening injuries. Assistant Crown attorney Caden Munro, speaking Friday in bail court, said the victim has since died. Publication bans prevent The Sault Star from publishing any information that would identify the deceased or any evidence shared in cou
  
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• Port of Sault Ste. Marie project charts a course through mayoral campaign

  25-09-2026 16:14 via saultstar.com
  
  The has been pegged as the city’s priority project, one designed to diversify the economy and replace jobs lost to Algoma Steel’s transition to electric arc furnaces.City council has allocated for the estimated $250-million project and funding application rests with the federal government.Mayoral candidates don’t all agree that a port should be a priority project for Sault Ste. Marie.There are five certified mayoral candidates for the Oct. 26 election. Incumbent Matthew Shoema
  
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• Searchmont-shot film screens at Cinefest

  25-09-2026 15:28 via saultstar.com
  
  A filmmaker who shot his first feature in Sault Ste. Marie returned to the area for the production of his latest movie that will be screened today at Cinefest. Director Sergio Navarretta’s What We Have Left was shot entirely in Searchmont, including Searchmont Ski Resort, a release said. Former hippies reunite when they inherit a property where they lived communally 50 years earlier. Navarretta filmed Looking for Angelina, based on the true story of a Sault woman who murdered her abusive
  
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• 'Looked like a bomb went off' at Gore Street explosion

  24-09-2026 22:41 via saultstar.com
  
  A late-morning explosion Thursday at a downtown laundromat caused extensive damage to the building and spewed shards of glass on to the roadway. Firefighters went to Sunshine Laundromat & Internet Cafe, at 164 Gore St., at about 11:45 a.m. Eric, who declined to give his last name, was standing on the southeast corner of Albert Street East and Gore Street when he felt a shock wave from the building.“ It was a deep thump and then a big whoof,” he told The Sault Star. “You co
  
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• 'Looked like a bomb went off'

  24-09-2026 22:41 via saultstar.com
  
  A late-morning explosion Thursday at a downtown laundromat caused extensive damage to the building and spewed shards of glass on to the roadway. Firefighters went to Sunshine Laundromat & Internet Cafe, at 164 Gore St., at about 11:45 a.m. Eric, who declined to give his last name, was standing on the southeast corner of Albert Street East and Gore Street when he felt a shock wave from the building.“ It was a deep thump and then a big whoof,” he told The Sault Star. “You co
  
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• 'It’s really scary': Algoma Public Health echoes call for healthier Northern Ontario highways

  24-09-2026 20:35 via saultstar.com
  
  Algoma Public Health is joining other regional units in calling for healthier highways.The Board of Health has agreed to send a letter of endorsement for Northeastern Public Health ’s request to both Prime Minister Mark Carney and Ontario Premier Doug Ford to support “continued and further actions” to improve the safety of Northern Ontario highways.“It so wonderful that public health is endorsing it,” board member Sally Hagman, who also serves as Blind River mayor,
  
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• Algoma Public Health joins call for healthier Northern Ontario highways

  24-09-2026 20:35 via saultstar.com
  
  Algoma Public Health is joining other regional units in calling for healthier highways.The Board of Health has agreed to send a letter of endorsement for Northeastern Public Health ’s request to both Prime Minister Mark Carney and Ontario Premier Doug Ford to support “continued and further actions” to improve the safety of Northern Ontario highways.“It so wonderful that public health is endorsing it,” board member Sally Hagman, who also serves as Blind River mayor,
  
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• Algoma Public Health echoes call for healthier Northern Ontario highways

  24-09-2026 20:35 via saultstar.com
  
  Algoma Public Health is joining other regional units in calling for healthier highways.The Board of Health has agreed to send a letter of endorsement for Northeastern Public Health ’s request to both Prime Minister Mark Carney and Ontario Premier Doug Ford to support “continued and further actions” to improve the safety of Northern Ontario highways.“It so wonderful that public health is endorsing it,” board member Sally Hagman, who also serves as Blind River mayor,
  
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• Explosion on Gore Street reported

  24-09-2026 18:16 via saultstar.com
  
  Press release:There is currently an increased presence of first responders on Gore Street as police, fire, and EMS respond to reports of an explosion at a building on Gore Street.Gore Street and the surrounding area may be experiencing road closures.Community members are urged to take alternate routes if they are travelling in the area. Further details will be released as they become available.
  
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• Grenade hits Sault solider in mouth in 1951: IN OTHER YEARS

  24-09-2026 06:01 via saultstar.com
  
  Sept. 24, 2001Federal funding helped three students document the history of the G. Marconi Society, Sault Ste. Marie’s largest cultural group, A buyer is still needed for Searchmont Ski Resort. Sept. 24, 1976The Versatones and The Fascination will perform at the 10th annual Harvest Festival Ball at Sault Ste. Marie Armoury. Sept. 24, 1951The king was reported in good spirits today and confident of recovery from a major lung operation. A grenade struck Pte. A. Antoine, of Sault Ste. Marie,
  
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• Enrolment tops ADSB projections

  23-09-2026 22:28 via saultstar.com
  
  Nearly 300 more students than expected are in Algoma District School Board classrooms to start the new academic year. The English public board forecast enrolment of 6,556 elementary and 3,440 secondary students in September. As of last week, ADSB actually saw 6,683 elementary and 3,598 high school students, said superintendent of education Joe Maurice. That’s an increase of 285 learners. The board expects secondary student numbers to “rise slightly” before Sept. 31, a release
  
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• Sault to fine-tune advocacy as port funding decision expected soon

  23-09-2026 21:25 via saultstar.com
  
  City staff will ensure that key terminology used in federal and provincial government’s strategic economic planning is optimized in the city’s advocacy for the Port of Sault Ste. Marie. Council passed a resolution earlier this week directing staff to ensure the port business plan includes midstream mineral and biomass handling infrastructure, a ‘green’ port design and ensure that the port is promoted as a supply chain engine to complement the federal government’s &
  
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• New nurse practitioners healthy news for orphaned patients

  23-09-2026 20:49 via saultstar.com
  
  Group Health Centre says its “commitment” to connect 6,000 Access Care Clinic patients with ongoing primary care by mid-2027 has been beefed up.Four new nurse practitioners, Grow Your Own Nurse Practitioner (GYONP) program graduates, join NP Kylie Connolly, who graduated from the program last year , on the GHC roster; another nurse expected to graduate later this year. Emilie Iacoe, Lee-Anne Jarrett, Brandon Miller and Kelsey West join GHC’s primary care staff.Launched in 2024
  
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• Man jailed 54 months for fatal stabbing in Sault in 2020: WILL UPDATE

  23-09-2026 18:24 via saultstar.com
  
  A man who fatally stabbed his twin sister’s boyfriend after being bested in an earlier physical confrontation with the beau will serve more than four years in jail. Montana Lewis was found guilty of manslaughter in the death of Sam Graham, Jr., in January. He was originally charged with first-degree murder following the deadly confrontation in the driveway of his family’s Muriel Drive home in November 2020. Graham, 19, died due to massive blood loss after being stabbed in the abdome
  
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