Sault Ste. Marie

The year 2015 marked a banner period for the Sault Ste. Marie Airport: it reached a new milestone for passenger travel and ushered in a suite of renovations to modernize the facility.

Rory Ring is the new executive director of the Sault Ste. Marie Chamber of Commerce. He replaces Shelley Barich who exited after 28 years. Ring’s first official day on the job is Feb. 16.

Tenaris Algoma Tubes is laying off another 230 employees, citing low market demand for the cuts. The company made the announcement Jan. 28, indicating in a news release the “temporary” layoffs would come into effect starting Feb. 1.

Essar Steel Algoma will start searching next month for a buyer or major new investor in its Sault Ste. Marie steelmaking operation.

It’s shaping up to be a bleak winter for hundreds of Sault Ste. Marie industrial service companies and businesses owed anywhere between a few thousand and a few million dollars by bankrupt Essar Steel Algoma. The head of the Sault Ste.

Once the darling of Sault Ste. Marie's plans for alternative-energy dominance, Elementa Group has been ordered into receivership with more than $10 million in debts. "EGI [Elementa Group Inc.

Canada Border Service Agency (CBSA) has determined that Russia and India have been unfairly dumping steel in Canada. A Dec.

Her extensive travels had shown Minna Koskela-Wild the world in all its beauty — and, in many cases, its poverty. But it was a trip to Nicaragua seven years ago that set her on her current career path.

Sault Ste. Marie has been chosen to host the 30th annual conference for Festivals & Events Ontario in 2017. The community was selected from a shortlist of four communities throughout the province.

Pino’s Get Fresh in Sault Ste. Marie is among the first grocery stores approved to carry beer as part of the province’s new alcohol sales strategy announced last spring.