Sault Ste. Marie

By IAN ROSS Re-invigorating the Sault’s sagging tourism industry is among the priority issues for the Sault Ste. Marie Economic Development Corporation (EDC).

By IAN ROSS Sault College may have a low-cost solution to the plight of the Kashechewan Crees and other remote communities suffering chronic water quality problems. Staff members from several departments there are collaborating with the Sault Ste.

By IAN ROSS The transfer of eight federal fisheries employees out of Sault Ste. Marie has city officials and politicians wondering if the exodus of civil servants from the community is still continuing.

By IAN ROSS Mark Maki knows the value of a cold call. The Sault Ste. Marie software developer and president of IDI Technology thought he had a web-based communications tool that might appeal to the second largest retailer in the world.

By IAN ROSS The turbine blades of Northern Ontario’s first wind farm are expected to begin turning this fall. The Prince Wind Farm on the shores of Lake Superior figures to be a beehive of activity this summer.

By IAN ROSS The Flakeboard Company melamine lamination plant that opened last year in the city’s west end is set to expand again this spring by adding a second press line.

By IAN ROSS Hockey fans in Sault Ste. Marie will have mixed emotions when the wrecking ball is taken to the 55-year-old Memorial Gardens to make way for the city’s new Sports and Entertainment Centre.

By IAN ROSS Whether or not an Invasive Species Centre to fight forest insect pests ever gets built in Sault Ste. Marie depends upon the “political will” of the new federal government to come aboard as a willing partner.

By IAN ROSS The shift in retail shopping in Northern Ontario toward Big Box stores and power shopping centres is changing the face of downtown cores in many communities.

By IAN ROSS Algoma Steel is diving into the green energy industry by teaming up with a German wind tower manufacturer in a value-added steel plate venture in Sault Ste. Marie.