July 21-23, 2022 Marconi Meets World is thrilled to announce its lineup featuring an incredible group of Canadian talent. Friday headliners include JUNO award winners Tom Wilson & Digging Roots and Indigenous Music Award winner Mimi O’Bonsawin. Thursday and Saturday welcomes locals Brendan Hodgson, Dynowaves, Unorganized Township, Wyld Stallyns, All […]
North Of The Border
Sault College to offer human trafficking course
SAULT STE MARIE, ON (CTV) — Sault College is offering an online course aimed at educating people about human trafficking. This comes as a local victim services agency says human trafficking continues to be a big problem in Sault Ste. Marie, especially among young people. The two-part course is aimed […]
Sault, ON police say sextortion complaints persist in community, issue warning
The Sault Ste. Marie Police Service said Thursday it keeps receiving complaints from the public related to sextortion. “Sextortion happens when a person sends an intimate image and/or video to someone and is then threatened with the public release of the image or video unless the victim pays a demanded […]
It’s official: Vaccinated travelers won’t need test to enter Canada as of April 1
OTTAWA — Vaccinated travellers will no longer need to show a COVID-19 test to enter Canada beginning April 1, Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos officially announced Thursday. The change is being made at the tail end of the Omicron wave in Canada, as new reported cases of COVID-19 have declined since […]
Police Search for Armed and Dangerous Suspect Following Collision
On February 23, 2022, around 7:23 p.m. officers with Patrol Services responded to a call of a single motor vehicle collision at the intersection of Wellington Street East and Tancred Street. The driver had fled the scene prior to police arrival. The investigation revealed the vehicle was reported stolen from […]
Sault, ON Police Service seizes almost half million in drugs, women charged
On January 29, 2022, officers with the Crime Suppression Unit and the Drug Enforcement Unit charged 25-year-old Destiny Nieminen with three counts of possession of a controlled substance for the purpose of trafficking. On Saturday, January 29, 2022, officers executed a search warrant at a residence in the 200 block […]
Sault man facing charges after accidentally shooting himself in leg with sawed-off shotgun
SAULT STE MARIE, ON (CTV News) – A 65-year-old man from Sault Ste. Marie is facing more than a dozen charges after he accidentally shot himself in the leg earlier this month. It turns out the man was under an order not to possess firearms, and the gun had been […]
Sault Area Hospital fires 13 unvaccinated staff
Sault Area Hospital (SAH) has terminated the employment of 13 of its workers – including four registered nurses, four registered practical nurses and five support services workers – as a result of the hospital’s mandatory vaccination policy for staff. Active SAH employees had until Monday, Nov. 22 to receive their […]
Fire at retirement home in Sault Ste. Marie’s east end
SAULT STE MARIE, ON — Sault firefighters responded to a blaze in the 300-block of Trunk Road early Monday morning. The call came in around 5 a.m. Nov. 15 from the city’s east end about a fire at Pathways Retirement Residence. Officials said the fire was on the second floor […]
‘We have to talk about it no matter how uncomfortable it is’: emotional ceremony in the Sault
SAULT STE. MARIE, ONTARIO – A number of events took place across Sault Ste. Marie as Indigenous and non-Indigenous alike marked the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. At city hall, local dignitaries gathered for a flag-raising ceremony during which an orange flag bearing the words “Every Child Matters” was raised […]