Emergency crews are responding to reports of an explosion on Gore Street in downtown Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., that occurred shortly before noon on Thursday. Police, fire and paramedics are on the scene of a building that had smoke billowing from its windows. In an email to CBC News, Sault […]

A wrong turn onto a bridge in Sault Ste. Marie has led to two men being arrested and charged with kidnapping. The two men, a 40-year-old from Sault Ste. Marie and a 29-year-old from Sudbury, picked up a 15-year-old on Sept. 19 who was allegedly not allowed to leave the […]

President Donald Trump’s tariffs on Canadian steel exports are crippling an Ontario mill and threatening to devastate the local economy in Sault Ste. Marie, where Algoma Steel has been the “bedrock” of the hometown for over a century. In an interview this month, Mayor Matthew Shoemaker, 37, said, “The tariffs are […]

Yesterday Sault police officers arrested a 65-year-old man from Lansing, Michigan, who is listed on the state’s sex offender registry, for impaired driving. Police said the man was intercepted by officers with Canada Border Services. His breath sample into an approved screening device registered above the legal limit. Sault Police […]

Another week, another Ontario Provincial Police officer facing serious sexual-related charges. Const. Damien Morin, a 23-year veteran of the Sault Ste. Marie detachment, was already facing sexual assault, sexual assault causing bodily harm, and indecent exposure charges stemming from alleged incidents on Valentine’s Day involving two victims — one of […]

On October 9, 2025, detectives with Investigation Services charged 40-year-old Derek Morgan with sexual assault and forcible confinement. On July 9, 2025, Sault Police received reports of an employee at the Algoma Treatment and Remand Centre (ATRC) having sexually assaulted inmates at the facility. An investigation revealed the accused, while […]

TORONTO (AP) — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced his resignation Monday after nearly a decade in power, bowing to rising discontent over his leadership and growing turmoil within his government signaled by the abrupt departure of his finance minister. Trudeau, the latest incumbent to be driven out by rising voter dissatisfaction worldwide, said it had […]

The community of Sault Ste Marie, Ontario is reeling after a murder-suicide that took the lives of three children — a 6-year-old, a 7-year-old and a 12-year-old — in a series of shootings that took place at two homes last night, say police. An adult victim, 41, also died, as […]