Sault Ste. Marie

By IAN ROSS Hot, dry summers are tough on trees. When trees are stressed by years of drought and elevated temperatures, they are susceptible to attacks by damaging insects. BioForest Technologies Inc.

By IAN ROSS Hot, dry summers are tough on trees. When trees are stressed by years of drought and elevated temperatures, they are susceptible to attacks by damaging insects. BioForest Technologies Inc.

By IAN ROSS Hot, dry summers are tough on trees. When trees are stressed by years of drought and elevated temperatures, they are susceptible to attacks by damaging insects. BioForest Technologies Inc.

By IAN ROSS Hot, dry summers are tough on trees. When trees are stressed by years of drought and elevated temperatures, they are susceptible to attacks by damaging insects. BioForest Technologies Inc.

By IAN ROSS Hot, dry summers are tough on trees. When trees are stressed by years of drought and elevated temperatures, they are susceptible to attacks by damaging insects. BioForest Technologies Inc.

By Kelly Louiseize Remember when bike passengers were toted around on the handlebars? It doesn’t happen often in Canada, but elsewhere in this world it is a common sight.

By IAN ROSS There’s a raft of new legislation to better serve 1.5 million disabled Ontarians and Dorothy Macnaughton says businesses and public organizations should take heed.

By IAN ROSS The Sault’s north end and Great Northern Road continues to be a beehive of construction activity. A new hospital is under construction and down the street more retail outlets are springing up around the Wal-Mart/Home Depot plaza.

By IAN ROSS Sault Ste. Marie is on the radar screen of Canada's newest upstart airline. Porter Airlines CEO Robert Deluce says the Sault is being considered for direct Dash-8 service to Toronto sometime in 2008 based on the arrival of new aircraft.

By IAN ROSS To market itself as a transportation gateway to the U.S., Sault Ste. Marie must attract big shippers willing to ship large volumes of containers through a highly-efficient intermodal hub, says a York University logistics expert.