Darren Taylor

Sault Ste. Marie

News Reporter and Photographer at Sudbury Northern Life

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GALLERY: Franco Pastore leaves lasting impression on local architecture

1 week ago | sootoday.com | Darren Taylor

As you drive, bicycle or walk around Sault Ste. Marie, you certainly will have seen iconic buildings designed by local architect Franco Pastore. Pastore is principal architect, designer and partner in locally-based firm IDEA, short for Integrated Design Engineering & Architecture. “I was a creative person in elementary school,” Pastore told SooToday. “I was heavily engaged in art and producing sketches, paintings, sculpture and building things.
Eugene Palarchio marks 60 years in business for Paesano Foods

1 week ago | sootoday.com | Darren Taylor

Paesano Foods - located at 305 Wellington St. W. - marks its 60th anniversary in business this year. Working at the popular butcher shop and hot deli takeout has been a lifelong occupation for Eugene (Gigi) Palarchio, Paesano Foods owner/operator. “When I was about eight or nine years old I had a lot of energy. I was a good kid but I had a lot of energy so my dad put me to work on weekends after school,” Palarchio told SooToday.
Behind in the polls, Poilievre says Canada 'can't afford a fourth Liberal term'

2 weeks ago | timminstoday.com | Darren Taylor

SAULT STE. MARIE - Pierre Poilievre says he has big plans for Canada if he gets the nod for prime minister. At the beginning of 2025, Poilievre’s Conservatives had a commanding lead in voter surveys over then-Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Liberals. Now, under the leadership of Mark Carney, the Liberals are ahead of the Conservatives in the polls in the current federal election campaign.
Trustees told new Blind River JK-12 school is 'on time and on budget'

2 weeks ago | sootoday.com | Darren Taylor

Construction of the Algoma District School Board’s new Three Rivers JK-12 School in Blind River is on time and on budget, a senior official told trustees at their meeting Tuesday. The board anticipates opening the school to students in the spring of 2026, said Joe Santa Maria, ADSB associate director of corporate services and operations. “As we go into the spring of ‘26 and if it's ready in the spring we'll move kids in it at that time.
Halle MacLachlan ends college hockey career with third national title

2 weeks ago | sootoday.com | Darren Taylor

The Sault’s Halle MacLachlan has finished her college hockey career on an exceptionally high note. MacLachlan has played as a forward for the squad - primarily as a centre - in each of the Sault College Cougars team's three consecutive American Collegiate Hockey Association Division II National Championship-winning seasons. The Cougars beat Assiniboine 6-2 in this year’s championship game in St. Louis on March 25 to capture their third consecutive title.
Soo’s only axe throwing venue draws families and thrill-seekers

2 weeks ago | sootoday.com | Darren Taylor

While axe and knife throwing aren't the first thing that come to mind when thinking of sports, the activity has become a popular pastime throughout North America and Europe. Soo Axe Throwing is billed as the community’s only axe and knife throwing venue. Axe and knife throwing involves throwing those sharp metal objects at a target on a wooden board with the goal of hitting the target and making them stick. Knife throwing uses a single hand while axe throwing may involve two hands.
Kub Kar Rally entertains Beavers, Cubs at Station Mall

2 weeks ago | sootoday.com | Darren Taylor

The 1st Sault Ste. Marie Scouts group held its annual Scouts Canada Kub Kar Rally at Station Mall Saturday afternoon. The event involved young local Scouts - cheered on by family members and friends - sending their tiny, handcrafted Kub Kars down a 30-foot-long aluminum racetrack in head-to-head races. Beaver Scouts from five to seven years old and Cub Scouts from eight to 10 participated. “The Beavers have what are called Beaver buggies with a little beaver silhouette on them.
Family business A Taste of Italy attracts cheese and meat lovers at Soo Market - Sault Ste. Marie News

Jan 25, 2025 | sootoday.com | Darren Taylor

Hard-to-find cheese, healthy meat for sale: local vendor attracts neighbourhood residents, tourists
Sault College slams Ottawa’s ‘reckless changes’ to international student levels

Jan 23, 2024 | northernontariobusiness.com | Darren Taylor

Sault College is expressing concern over a two-year cap on international student admissions announced by the federal government. The cap, introduced by Immigration Minister Marc Miller, will take effect beginning in the 2024-25 academic year and involves a 35 per cent overall reduction in new study visas and, in Ontario, a cap of 50 per cent or more. Ottawa says it wants the provinces to improve a system that it says relies too heavily on international student tuition fees for revenue.
‘It doesn’t feel real’: Sault woman, 18, dies of rare fungal infection

Aug 4, 2023 | sudbury.com | Darren Taylor

SAULT STE. MARIE — Family members and friends are mourning the death of Miah Joy of Sault Ste. Marie, an 18-year-old woman who died of blastomycosis at Sudbury’s Health Sciences North ICU on Aug. 1. Blastomycosis is a rare fungal infection usually acquired by breathing in the spores of fungi that can be found in moist soil and rotting wood.