The Laurentian faculty association have set a strike deadline of Jan. 19. This comes a conciliation with Laurentian University failed in December, putting them in legal strike position a week Monday.
Ontario has appointed a new director of education, Jay MacJanet will take the lead. He has years of experience as the superintendent of education within the Trillian Lakelands school board system
School boards are warning that with the dig-out continuing, comes continued bus cancellations. This follows a record setting snowstorm that is expected to take weeks to fully clear.
Elliot Lake and the Huron Shores region is warning residents about unpredictable ice conditions. They say with fluctuating temperatures, no frozen surface is ever completely risk-free, and to be careful.
Christmas is behind us, and Sault Ste Marie bridge traffic continues sharp decline despite holiday season. Overall for 2025, there were just under 846k (845,713) one-way crossings, a 23.8-per-cent decrease from 2024.
The city is has put out a Request for Tender to qualified Contractors to complete the rehabilitation of Golf Course Road Bridge. It is on Golf Course Road. Full details including specs are on the city website.
The first of three Northlander trainsets have arrived with testing underway. It is in Toronto. Premier Doug Ford says the train is undergoing testing and will head north afterwards for Ontario Northland to put it through further ‘rigorous’ testing along the route.
Well, no surprise for many… the Queen’s Athletic Skating Oval is closed due to mild weather. It’s all in the name of safety, and to prevent damage. For other rinks and updates, you can check the city website.
Snow mobile trail prep continues in the area despite the messy wintery mix. The Snowmobile Club has visitors from both in and out of province, with trails running north of Trout Lake, out towards Mattawa.
The police services board has re-elected its chair and vice chair. This week board elected Kraymr Grenke as chair and Kristin Murray as vice-chair. The focus now is recruiting both officers and civilian roles.
Sault Ste. Marie city council is expected to name Naomi Thibault next week as the Sault’s new fire chief. Currently, the deputy chief she replaces fire chief Peter Johnson, who will retire at the end of this month.
City council is going to be getting a meeting off. This is as the Elliot Lake city council meeting for January 12th council meeting has been called off, with no pressing matters they will reconvene on January. 26
The area could start snowmobile season earlier due to lots of snow. Open trails from Cochrane to Hearst bring in plenty of business for hotels, restaurants and gas stations, and sledders are getting excited.
