Sault Ste. Marie

In November, the local employment level reached 41,400, slightly higher than it was in 2008 (40,100) before the onset of the global economic meltdown. Also impressive, Sault Ste. Marie ’s unemployment rate measured in at 4.8 per cent for the month.

Falling oil and gas prices and “unfair” imports are being blamed for 180 temporary layoffs announced to staff by Tenaris Algoma Tubes on Dec. 17. The Sault Ste. Marie plant will also implement a shutdown from Christmas Eve until January 5.

Sault Ste. Marie-based Flakeboard, which manufactures composite panel products, has changed its name to Arauco -North America. Arauco-North America integrates the U.S. distribution subsidiary Arauco Wood Products Inc. and Flakeboard Co. Ltd.

A new program partnering Sault College with the Garden River First Nation is opening up doors for Aboriginal and Métis women looking to get into the trades.

A pair of media companies has joined forces to provide extended digital news coverage across Northern Ontario. Sudbury-based Laurentian Publishing (owner of Northern Ontario Business) and Village Media of Sault Ste.

Over the next five to 10 years, the Sault Ste.

On an early Saturday morning at Sault Ste. Marie’s Mill Market, Bethany Higgins fields orders for her freshly baked bread faster than she can bag the loaves. A lineup invariably forms, and her baskets empty long before the market closes for the day.

Tap Track is a digital monitoring system that alerts maple syrup producers to a loss of vacuum, reducing waste.

Sault Ste. Marie ’s efforts to redevelop its waterfront are being noticed by the Canadian Urban Institute (CUI).

The Sault Ste. Marie Innovation Centre will use $762,000 in federal funding to help small and medium-sized businesses brush up on their digital technology expertise.