Sault Ste. Marie

Travellers flying out of Sault Ste. Marie Airport will soon be waiting to board in style, following renovations to its passenger holding area.

For years, Willow has served as a training ground for Sault College’s culinary and hospitality students. Now, with a few aesthetic enhancements, the restaurant’s ambiance matches the high quality of items offered by the fine-dining experience.

Decreasing populations in the North are nothing new, and Northern communities have struggled for years to retain their populations and cut down outmigration. Now the Sault Ste.

Boniferro Mill Works is undertaking a $3-million expansion to bring its Sault Ste. Marie operations up to date with new technology that will allow the sawmill to meet the changing needs and expectations of the forest industry.

The federal government will provide $5.3 million over three years so the Algoma Central Rail (ACR) passenger service between Sault Ste. Marie and Hearst can continue. The announcement was made on April 1.

A team of four Algoma University students claimed top honours at the ninth annual Northern Ontario Business Case Competition on March 27, after outscoring 13 teams from other Northern Ontario schools.

The province is funding six movie projects that are being filmed in Sault Ste. Marie.

A major commercial harbour and wood pellet plant may be in the works for the Township of Red Rock on the Lake Superior’s north shore. Two subsidiary companies of Essar Port Global and Riversedge Developments of Sault Ste.

Railmark Canada Ltd. is set to assume the operations of the Algoma Central Railway passenger service. The company, a Canadian subsidiary of Railmark Holdings Inc.

The City of Sault Ste. Marie has hired the consulting team of KPMG and AECOM to navigate the first phase of an in-depth study on a proposed commercial harbour.