News

Keep up to date with the articles and interviews involving Mayor Provenzano and the City, along with news releases issued by the Mayor’s Office.

May 2019

• Sault Star: You’re invited to ParticipACTION
• News Release: Sault Ste. Marie chosen by Noront Resources as host location for FPF
• SooToday: Sault Ste. Marie lands ferrochrome processing facility
• CTV Northern Ontario: Ring of Fire smelter to be built in Sault Ste. Marie
• Sault Star: Noront chooses Sault Ste. Marie
• TVO: Ontario Hubs: Announcements in the Northeast
• CBC: Noront plans to build ferrochrome smelter in Sault Ste. Marie
• CBC Up North: Sault Ste. Marie Mayor Christian Provenzano talks about the road ahead now that Noront Resources’ Ferrochrome Production Facility will be built there
• Sault Online: Sault Ste. Marie chosen by Noront Resources as host location for FPF
• SooToday: Lots of work still remains on ferrochrome processing plant
• SooToday: Sault ferrochrome processing facility announcement from City Hall (VIDEO)
• ONNtv: Noront announcement
• Sault Star: City nets $4.8 M in extra gas tax funding; allocations made to roads, downtown projects
  
   

April 2019

• Sault Star: City’s on-the-road job fair creates interest from job seekers
• Sault Star: FutureSSM moves forward with revised budget
• SooToday: Developer turning old school site into apartments cites strong demand from ageing population
• Sault Star: Council pushes to examine established neighbourhoods for future growth
• Sault Star: Hospital applauds support from city hall, community
• Sault Star: Council approves 2019 road reconstruction, resurfacing projects
• SooToday: Sault’s unemployment rate lowest in 20 years: FutureSSM
• ONNtv: Mayor reacts to budget
• Sault Star: Push continues for help to reduce opioid crisis in Sault Ste. Marie
• Sault Star: A few proclamations were signed at council Monday
• Sault Star: Immigration application focuses on urgency to increase workforce
• Sault Star: City moves to pilot ‘on demand’ Sunday evening transit service
• CTV Northern Ontario: Attracting more entertainment to Sault Ste. Marie
• SooToday: City green-lights municipal autism strategy
• CTV Northern Ontario: On demand transit service in Sault Ste. Marie

March 2019

• Sault This Week: Planned bike trail to have wide benefit
• Sault Star: Loss of provincial dollars won’t stop FutureSSM: Mayor
• SooToday: Mayor, police chief attend Sault mosque to offer support, condolences
• Sault Star: City’s construction employer designation could be lifted shortly
• SooToday: Taxes will continue to be a challenge, mayor says at Chamber luncheon
• Sault This Week: City seeks to lead environmentally
• Sault Star: Majority of homeowners will see tax bill increases under $100
• SooToday: City tweaks tax ratios to give apartment landlords a break
• Sault Star: Council looks to improve transparency in rezoning application process
• Sault Star: Putting McMeeken on ice
• SooToday: City to try new construction process on $25 million McMeeken replacement
• Sault Star: City looks at ‘greening’ laneway idea to create neighbourhood pride
• Sault Star: Mayor ‘disappointed’ in North East LHIN’s decision-making process
• Sault Star: Ontario should reconsider and invest in Sault Ste. Marie’s future
• SooToday: Emotional hellos and goodbyes at the Sault Armoury
• Sault Online: Mayor “Confident” Steel Tariffs Forefront of Government’s Mind
• Sault Online: ONNtv MYAC Youth Art Gala
• Sault Star: Favourite work found at gala

February 2019

• Sault This Week: Showcase focuses on youth
• Sault Star: Council dedicates $500,000 to growth projects
• Sault Star: Moves made to ready city for immigration support
• Sault Star: Early indicators suggest a good year for development
• SooToday: Sault awarded $125,000 to take action on climate change
• Sault Star: Sault taking job show on the road to GTA
• Sault Star: Provenzano takes issue with NPI’s CEO approach to immigration pilot
• SooToday: ‘Our women need to be protected,’ Chief says)
• Sault Star: Sault first to offer Start-up Visa program for entrepreneurs
• Sault Star: Municipal leaders pleased OMPF grant stays stable at 2018 level
• Sault Star: Feds provide PUC with $11.8 million for first-of-its-kind Smart Grid project
• CBC: Federal government spends $11.8M for smart grid technology in Sault Ste. Marie

January 2019

• Sault Star: Expert predicts population growth of almost 10K by 2036
• SooToday: Mayor, city officials huddle with Noront Resources brass in Toronto
• SooToday: Flag raising ceremony kicks off #BellLetsTalk campaign
• SooToday: Robert MacLachlan officially sworn in as deputy police chief
• News Release: Mayor’s Youth Advisory Council seeking submissions for MYAC Youth Art Gala
• Sault Online: New Deputy Police Chief Named
• CBC: Federal, Ontario governments invest $150M in Algoma Steel
• Sault Star: Mayor concerned about province’s plan to reduce OMPF grant
• SooToday: Mayor optimistic about Sault’s prospects for attracting immigrants
• SooToday: What we heard last night on Albert Street East
• Sault Star: St. Vincent Place counts on walk to fund supports
• Sault Star: Algoma ponders public port: Mayor
• Sault Star: Launch aims to build fundraiser awareness
• CBC: Steve Butland receives Medal of Merit in Sault Ste. Marie

December 2018

• SooToday: Clergue Park Skating Trail opens
• SooToday: We’re getting a poutine festival! Mayor helps make it happen!
• Sault Online: Welcome to the Sault, Booster Juice!
• SooToday: Bawating Urban Indigenous Committee backs mayor funding requests to address opioid crisis
• Sault Online: Provenzano Talks with Lou Anne Young
• SooToday: Skating trail under construction, waiting on weather
• Sault Star: New parking app coming to Sault Ste. Marie
• SooToday: City to help fund major step forward for local film industry
• SooToday: Brand-new cruise ships coming here
• Sault Star: Keep downtown traffic flow with one-way system, consultant recommends
• Sault This Week: Shape the Sault — is it for you?
• Sault Star: ‘A significant ask’
• Sault This Week: Mayor seeks help with opioid services
• Sault Online: They’re in! City Council Inauguration
• Sault Star: Mayor believes positive attitude will bring about good change

November 2018

• CBC As It Happens: CUSMA (Canada/U.S./Mexico Agreement): mayor
• Sault Star: Mayor calls it ‘a good day’ but says the Sault cannot find itself in same position again
• SooToday: Mayor Provenzano’s message on Algoma Steel proceedings
• CBC: Algoma Steel no longer in creditor protection
• Sault Star: PUC gets new tech system to improve water treatment operations
• SooToday: Street renamed to mark Rotary’s 100th anniversary
• CBC: Indigenous place names poised to return to the map of northern Ontario
• Sault Star: Rotary celebrates century of service
• News Release: Celebrate the season with the annual Community Tree Lighting Celebration
• Sault Star: ‘I did my duty’
• SooToday: Searchmont sold to Pine Knob owner for $2 million
• SooToday: Port receivership just ‘one of the steps’ to concluding steel mill sale, mayor says
• SooToday: Provenzano and Butland: a tale of two mayors
• SooToday: 144 important words spoken tonight by Mayor Christian Provenzano
• Sault Star: Synagogue victims remembered
• News Release: How would you spend your tax dollars?

October 2018

• Sault Star: Provenzano excited to work with new council
• News Release: Mayor Provenzano statement on Municipal Election results
• SooToday: Royal Canadian Legion launches annual poppy campaign
• Sault Star: Provenzano talks tariffs in Sterling Heights, Mich at Trade Tariff Forum

September 2018

• SooToday: Mayor raises banner in fight against childhood cancer
• Sault Star: Mayor for a Day promotes public-private partnerships
• News Release: Mayor Provenzano statement on Municipal Election results
• Sault Star: Provenzano talks tariffs
• SooToday: Every Breakfast Counts surpasses fundraising target
• Sault Star: New group for vets helps poppy campaign
• Canadian Business Gaming: PLATO establishes Gaming Center of Expertise in Sault Ste. Marie
• CBC News Network: USMCA steel town blues
• Sault This Week: Success of breakfast program a tribute to city’s generosity
• Sault Star: Garrison Way celebrates military presence
• SooToday: City prepares to give bike sharing a spin
• Northern Ontario Business: Clock ticking to save Huron Central Railway
• SooToday: City sizing up potential Jamestown resurgence

August 2018

• SooToday: Algoma property taxes: how the deal was done
• News release: City of Sault Ste. Marie supports efforts to strengthen steel industry
• Sault Online: PUC Smart Grid: Approved
• Sault Online: A Stark Reality: ‘Reclaiming Shingwauk Hall’
• SooToday: City Council approves $33 million leap into electrical smart grid
• SooToday: PUC proposes spending $33 million without hiking your electricity bill
• Sault Star: City reveals details of tax agreement with Algoma
• PV Magazine: Fluence to partner with PUC for peak-load shaving in Ontario
• CTV Northern Ontario: New ownership deal reached for Sault steel plant
• News Release: Applicants sought for Mayor’s Youth Advisory Council
• Sault Star: Noront continues research into Sault, Timmins

July 2018

• SooToday: Provenzano proud of his role in Pride as festival gets underway
• Northern Ontario Business: Noront shortlists Sault and Timmins as potential sites for ferrochrome smelter
• News Release: Sault Ste. Marie’s submission chosen by Noront for next stage of process
• CBC: Sault Ste. Marie Mayor Christian Provenzano on the news his city has been shortlisted for a ferrochrome smelter
• SooToday: Mayor sets up indigenous advisory circle
• SooToday: City Council approves $33 million leap into electrical smart grid

June 2018

• Sault Star: Summer breakfast program for kids starts
• Sault Online: ‘Commitment, Citizenship, and Service:’ James L. McIntyre Honoured
• News Release: City of Sault Ste. Marie celebrates National Indigenous Peoples Day
• News Release: Mayor Provenzano statement on Ontario General Election results
• News Release: Mayor Eisenberger and Mayor Provenzano reach out to US counterparts
• News Release: Sault Ste. Marie Police Services Board names new chief

May 2018

• News Release: Mayor Provenzano condemns tariff on Canadian steel
• CTV Northern Ontario: The Soo hires its first Integrity Commissioner
• CBC: ‘Senseless’ tariffs will impact Canadian steel operations, Sault Ste. Marie mayor says
• CBC: Sault Ste. Marie Mayor Christian Provenzano on those ‘illogical’ U.S. tariffs on steel and aluminum

April 2018

• Northern Ontario Business: Northern mayors calling for immigration plan
• News Release: Northern Ontario Large Urban Mayors urge governments to address immigration imbalance

March 2018

• SooToday: Our mayor’s artful tactic for getting the inside track on a ferrochrome smelter
• News Release: Mayor Provenzano calls for action to prevent dumped steel from entering Canada
• News Release: Mayor’s Youth Advisory Council donates $10,000 to Splash Pad
• SooToday: Sault Dream Team mobilizes to frustrate Trumpian steel tariffs
• SooToday: Hoping to generate business, Sault heads to international mining expo
• CBC: Sault Ste. Marie Mayor Christian Provenzano talks about Justin Trudeau’s visit in wake of steel tariff threats from the U.S.