Darren Taylor

18 hours ago | sootoday.com | Darren Taylor

An official ribbon cutting ceremony for a new gazebo at the FJ Davey Home took place yesterday afternoon. The gazebo, for FJ Davey Home residents and their visitors to enjoy, was built in honour of a past resident - Bob Burns - who died in 2023. Fran Burns, Bob’s widow, cut the ribbon surrounded by FJ Davey Home management team members. “I'm very excited. Bob used to sit under the old gazebo and read and we would have family picnics here,” Fran told SooToday.

1 day ago | sootoday.com | Darren Taylor

Darrell Fox cycled into the Sault late Thursday afternoon as he continued his cross Canada journey to raise funds for cancer research and mark the 45th anniversary of brother Terry Fox’s Marathon of Hope.   Accompanied by seven other cyclists, Darrell began his journey in Vancouver on June 9, 2025. Thursday marked the eighteenth day of his 32-day trek to St. John’s. Darrell and his team will be resting at Sleep Inn before resuming their gruelling cycling trip Friday morning.

2 days ago | sootoday.com | Darren Taylor

The Sault’s Jamie Rogers has taken a big step from not only being a seafood lover but also a seafood vendor. “My spouse is from Prince Edward Island and I've always loved visiting his family and friends in the Maritimes. His parents would quite often get us a few lobsters and we would have quite a meal. "We went to the markets on the wharf there. His friends back home are fishermen so we've been on the boats and caught mackerel.

1 week ago | sootoday.com | Darren Taylor

The Sault’s Kassandra Yun and Danial O’Brien have already attracted local attention and a great deal of customer appreciation for Kasdan Co., the coffee shop and bakery they own and operate on Queen Street East in the city’s downtown core.   Now, Yun’s doughnuts have earned the couple a place in Guinness World Records. O’Brien and Yun hold the record for stacking the highest number of doughnuts - 10 of them - by a team of two in one minute. That feat was more complicated than it sounds.

1 week ago | sootoday.com | Darren Taylor

For the past eight years, Marcel Lafontaine has participated in annual MS Bike events in Ottawa to raise funds for research and programs to help people affected by multiple sclerosis. Lafontaine – of St. Albert, Ontario, situated 48 kilometres southeast of Ottawa – has ramped up his efforts considerably and is now cycling across Canada to raise funds in the battle against the debilitating disease. After losing a family member, he is all too familiar with MS. “My aunt was taken by the disease.