Aug. 9, 2000
The Rankin Arena will be upgraded with a grant of $76,767 from Northern Ontario Heritage Fund Corp.
Aug. 9, 1975
Joseph Dore captured the gold in the softball throw at the fourth annual international Special Olympics competition in Mount Pleasant, Mich. The Sault Ste. Marie resident threw a softball 241 feet and six inches.
Aug. 9, 1950
Chris Lucas, of Sault Collegiate Institute, and Roween Routledge, of the Sault Technical School, have returned home after spending two weeks at the Ontario Athletic Camp at Lake Couchiching.
Aug. 9, 1915
The family of Mr. Fred Cochrane, of Gloucester Street in Steelton, has received a cable from him from Queenstown saying he and the remainder of the crew are safe after the Canadian steamer Atlantic was torpedoed in the Atlantic. The Midl