Changelog

Both notes were carrying facts that have since moved: the health section still described the 2024 de-rostering without the 2026 recovery, and the culture note repeated the cancelled train-station move. Both are now current, and record where wildfire smoke has started to interrupt the outdoor season.

The Steelworkers have said the Algoma layoffs are expected to run at least 35 weeks, and that members choose between severance and keeping recall rights once they have been off that long — for notices effective in late March, around late November. The guide now says this, and points to the temporary federal top-up of up to 20 extra weeks of EI for long-tenured workers.

The find-your-collection-day link pointed at an old city page that no longer loads and whose security certificate no longer checks out. It now goes to the city's Collection Map, where you can search your address.

Find your garbage day once and see the next garbage and recycling dates worked out for you — including the recycling day being the next working day after garbage, and the shifts that statutory holidays cause. Blue-lid vs grey-lid sorting, set-out times and the hazardous-waste depot are all here too.

What the bus costs, how to pay with Umo or cash, where the four loops meet, and when they don't run — for anyone relearning the network after the June 2026 redesign.

A colored-pencil banner of a Great Lakes freighter easing through the canal beside the rapids that gave the Soo its name, with the wooded far bank and a bridge in the distance.

The wait to cross into the Michigan Soo right now, from U.S. Customs' own feed — with what to carry, the NEXUS lane, the toll, this summer's lane work, and the Canada-bound line one tap away.

If you were laid off from Algoma Steel — or any job in the Soo — tap your situation for a clear checklist: the income you can claim (EI, Ontario Works), the retraining that's paid for (Better Jobs Ontario, Sault College), the Steelworker POWER Action Centre, your union, the food banks, and crisis support. Every number is checked, and all of it is free.

If you don't have a family doctor or nurse practitioner, tap your situation for the steps to take and exactly who to contact — Health Care Connect (call 811), the Algoma Nurse Practitioner-Led Clinic, the Group Health Centre's Access Care Clinic for de-rostered patients, walk-in clinics and more.

Closures, incidents and roadwork on Highway 17 around the Soo — north toward Wawa and east toward Sudbury — read from Ontario 511's official feed and refreshed every few minutes. Worth a look before you drive in a storm.

Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario — the Soo, at Baawitigong, the place of the rapids on the St. Marys River — is now active. It starts with two tools: Who to Call in the Soo and What's On in the Soo. More will follow as residents suggest and vote on what would help.