Catherine Sophie (nee Cottle) Paquin, 79, passed away Saturday, August 13, 2022, at the hospital in Sault Ste. Marie, where she was being treated for complications of kidney disease. Her family was by her side in her final days. Mrs. Paquin enjoyed visiting with family and friends for hours over […]
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NOJHL announces Showcase schedule
SUDBURY, Ont. – The Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League announced Saturday the game schedule for its upcoming Showcase, which goes October 4-5 at the Gerry McCrory Countryside Sports Complex in Sudbury. The two-day event will feature all 12 NOJHL member clubs taking part, with all dozen match-ups counting towards the regular […]
City revises timeline and adds night-time schedule to W Portage reconstruction
Sault Ste. Marie, MI — Effective Tuesday, September 6th, Payne & Dolan will begin the WestPortage Avenue reconstruction project. The project area will be from Easterday Avenue to Osborn Blvd. and will consist of therehabilitation of 1.548 miles of West Portage Avenue. The rehabilitation will consist of coldmilling the existing […]
Edward Francis LaPoint
Edward “Ed” Francis LaPoint Jr of DeTour Village, Michigan, passed away on August 20, 2022, at the age of 66 in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan. He was born on November 25, 1955, in Sault Ste. Marie to parents Edward Sr. and Victoria (Polaczyk) LaPoint. Ed grew up on DeTour and […]
Betty Mae Fenlon
Betty Mae (France) Fenlon, of St. Ignace, Michigan, passed away at the age of 87 in Petoskey, Michigan. She was born May 30, 1935, to parents Leonard Francis and Stella (LaPlaunte) France in St. Ignace. Betty grew up in her hometown of St. Ignace where she attended high school and […]
Two ringleaders convicted in Gretchen Whitmer kidnapping plot
GRAND RAPIDS — Two men who plotted to kidnap Gov. Gretchen Whitmer in 2020 over her COVID-19 pandemic policies are guilty of the conspiracy, jurors decided in a verdict Tuesday after a weeks-long retrial of the high-profile domestic terrorism case. Adam Fox, 38, of Potterville, Michigan, and Barry Croft, 46, […]
Top U.S. Republican urges Canada to scrap ArriveCAN app
A top U.S. Republican has weighed in on the debate swirling around ArriveCAN, the travel app the Canadian government introduced for cross-border travel during the pandemic. She wants it gone. Elise Stefanik, a part of the U.S. House Republican leadership team, a border-district representative from New York State, and die-hard […]
Ginger Zwolinski
Ginger Lee Zwolinski, age 75, of Sault Ste. Marie, MI passed away on Thursday, August 11, 2022, at the Cedar Cove Assisted Living in Cedarville, MI. Ginger was born on February 25, 1947, in Houston, TX to the late Bill and Elsie (Snow) Krause. Ginger loved the Lord and attended church […]
Ronald Gerald Brown
Ronald Gerald Brown, age 74, of St. Ignace, Michigan, died at his home on August 10, 2022. He was born in St. Ignace on March 5, 1948, to Gerald and Alice (Belonga) Brown. Ron was raised in St. Ignace and graduated from LaSalle High School in 1966. He married his […]
Daniel Joseph Stowell
Daniel Joseph Stowell of Mason, Michigan died on August 11, 2022, at the age of 53. He was born on August 4, 1969, in Lansing, Michigan, to parents Raymond Harry and Margarite Violetta (Castellani) Stowell. Daniel grew up in Lansing but spent his high school years in Florida. He worked […]