Sault Ste. Marie

Eight awards were bestowed on innovative people and companies June 24 during the Sault Ste. MarieInnovation Centre ’s (SSMIC) annual SSMARt Innovation Awards.

Sault College has received $800,000 from the province for its health hub link. The $2.5-million link will connect the health and wellness centre to the main campus.

Plans are in the works to establish a Smart Energy Centre of Excellence in Sault Ste. Marie. The Sault Ste. Marie Innovation Centre received $338,000 from the Northern Ontario Heritage Corp.

Essar Steel Algoma Inc. has reached an agreement with its iron ore pellet supplier, Cliffs Natural Resources Inc.

A marketing campaign for the Community First Credit Union , developed by Sault-based firm Lucidia , has won four awards at the Achievement in Marketing Excellence Awards (AIMEs).

Essar Steel Algoma , which manufactures steel products, has been fined $250,000 for violations of the Occupational Health and Safety Act after workers were injured. On May 7, 2011, three workers at the Essar Steel Algoma Inc. plant in Sault Ste.

New simulator mimics the sights, sounds, motions of a CL-415 water bomber

Triple M Metal LP of Sault Ste. Marie is getting $1 million in provincial backing to fund an expansion.

Twenty-one companies from northern communities will be part of the Northern Ontario Innovation Pavilion at the Ontario Centres of Excellence (OCE) Discovery Conference to be held in Toronto, May 27th to 28th, 2013.

Denis Turcotte, the former head of Essar Steel Algoma Inc. , will be a featured speaker in the Local Leaders series in Sault Ste. Marie on June 12.