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Aleisha Parr – Jamming On The Soo Roller Derby League Aleisha Parr is the current President of The Soo Roller Derby league, a women’s flat-track roller derby league in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. As of 2024 the league is working hard to re-form and build a strong skating team to participate and foster the love of the sport and to [...] Adrian V Date:20 August 2026 . Featured 00:00:00 Arts & Entertainment © 2024 theBorderline

Barry Keane of the Lightfoot Band Barry Keane is a drummer/percussionist and toured with Gordon Lightfoot for over 47 years. He was born in Philadelphia, PA and currently lives in Unionville, Ontario, Canada. Barry is a former record executive and has been a studio musician for the past 55 years. His recording studio credits include such [...] Adrian V Date:18 August 2026 . Featured 00:00:00 Arts & Entertainment © 2024 theBorderline

Tony Robinson-Smith (vol. 2) – The Algomian The Algomian, Algoma’s creative journal, features poetry, short fiction, creative nonfiction sketches, one-act plays, visual art, music, cartoons, book reviews, and writer’s tips. With a focus on new and emerging voices, the journal aims to provide the Algoma community with a platform to share its art – especially its creative [...] Lisa Tucker Date:18 August 2026 . Featured 00:00:00 Arts & Entertainment © 2024 theBorderline

Brown Street Derby – The Story Of In early July of 1973, the Brown Street Bombers Association, a group of more than 20 kids, appeared in front of the Sault Ste. Marie City Council and Mayor Ronald A. Irwin. They were there to ask council if they would close Brown St. for one day so that the [...] Adrian V Date:18 August 2026 . Sault Ste. Marie 00:00:00 Arts & Entertainment © 2024 theBorderline

CREATIVES > Annie King – CanArt Designs a Better Future CanArt is a structured, skills-based visual arts program designed for children and teens. Running from September to June, it offers a clear progression in artistic development, combining technical skill-building with creativity and critical thinking. Each year culminates in a professional exhibition, where students present their work in the gallery at [...] Marnie Stone Date:17 August 2026 . Featured 00:00:00 Arts & Entertainment © 2024 theBorderline

The GREAT LAKES ODYSSEY Radio Hour – A Theory Of Water The Great Lakes Odyssey Radio Hour is broadcast on NPR (National Public Radio) s5.e9. GREAT LAKES ODYSSEY Radio Hour – A Theory Of Water What might it mean to truly listen to the water that surrounds and inhabits us so as to coexist with and alongside it and to discover, [...] Adrian V Date:16 August 2026 . Featured 00:00:00 Arts & Entertainment © 2024 theBorderline

Livewire Blues Power – Doin’ It Soo Right. LIVEWIRE BLUES POWER is powered by the support of Long & McQuade, 647 MacDonald Ave, Sault Ste. Marie, ON DOIN’ IT SOO RIGHT Doin’ It Right (music bed) – Powder Blues Band > Bye Bye Little Bluebird – Redwood Central > My House – Redwood Central > Le Ciel – [...] Danny Mott Date:15 August 2026 . Featured 00:00:00 Arts & Entertainment © 2024 theBorderline

John Allaire – On Summer ’26 Stay-Cation Canadian Tour Playing an average of 150+ shows per year around the world, John Allaire is easily one of Canada’s top independent road warriors. In fact, he recently celebrated his 3,000th career show with a series of sold out concerts in 2024. John has won many awards, including the Americana Songwriters’ Association award [...] Adrian V Date:13 August 2026 . Great Lakes 00:00:00 Arts & Entertainment © 2024 theBorderline

Kyle McKey – The eMTee’s and Before Kyle McKey riffs on a career that has spanned over 20 years already. From his very early start in The Family Band, with his father Fred and brother Dean, to his solo work fresh out of Korah Collegiate’s outstanding music program, Kyle laid a solid foundation. Veteran local players saw [...] Adrian V Date:13 August 2026 . Blues 00:00:00 Arts & Entertainment © 2024 theBorderline

Mark Tarantini – Country At Heart Mark Tarantini is a local musician and entertainer performing within the North Shore and Sault Ste. Marie area. Mark grew up on a farm in Echo Bay, Ontario, where he always heard country and western music on the home record player. His parents mostly played the music of the greats, [...] Adrian V Date:23 July 2026 . Featured 00:00:00 Arts & Entertainment © 2024 theBorderline

Amanda Rheaume – The Truth We Hold Amanda Rheaume, a Citizen of the Métis Nation of Ontario, is an award winning singer-songwriter with a slightly gritty, deeply personal and instantly accessible Americana sound. In title and spirit, The Truth We Hold is a collection of songs of Métis people, places and stories across centuries. A Métis songbook [...] Adrian V Date:22 July 2026 . Featured 00:00:00 Arts & Entertainment © 2024 theBorderline

Shirley Horn & Joanne Robertson – Shirley : An Indian Residential School Story Shirley is only five years old when she is taken away by the Indian agent to live at a residential school. She loves learning, but she is not there by choice. From the first day walking up the long, lonely stone steps of the school building, life is hard and [...] Lisa Tucker Date:21 July 2026 . Featured 00:00:00 Arts & Entertainment © 2024 theBorderline

Willie Johnston of Those Lights – Future Memories Willie Johnston fronts the North Bay, Ontario based rock trio, Those Lights. The current band members are Jared Dorkis on bass, Dave White on drums and Willie Johnston on guitar and vocals. The band plays straight ahead rock’n’roll that fits shoulder to shoulder alongside the classic sound of the genre’s [...] Adrian V Date:20 July 2026 . Featured 00:00:00 Arts & Entertainment © 2024 theBorderline

The GREAT LAKES ODYSSEY Radio Hour – The Treaties The Great Lakes Odyssey Radio Hour is broadcast on NPR (National Public Radio) s5.e5. GREAT LAKES ODYSSEY Radio Hour – The Treaties The Treaties of centuries past continue today as binding agreements between nations and governments that define rights, obligations, and relationships regarding land use, self-government, and coexistence. Dr. Duke [...] Adrian V Date:19 July 2026 . Featured 00:00:00 Arts & Entertainment © 2024 theBorderline

Mudfoot Mike McDonald – Groovin’ The Blues Mudfoot Mike McDonald has traveled the road that calls itself home, the blues. Originally from Nova Scotia, Mudfoot Mike found himself a home in the Toronto music scene for a very long stretch, carving out a slice of Canadian blues history as the in-house music director at legendary Grossman’s Tavern, [...] Adrian V Date:17 July 2026 . Sault Ste. Marie 00:00:00 Arts & Entertainment © 2024 theBorderline

Frank Candido & Rob Burditt – The Story of the Soo Band * Pegasus (The Smart As Trees Podcast) Pegasus formed in 1973 in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. Six guys in high school, four from Bawating C. & V.S. and two from Korah Collegiate, came together over rock’n’roll and a love for playing the hits of the day. They had a successful run into the late 70s before they [...] Adrian V Date:16 July 2026 . Featured 00:00:00 Arts & Entertainment © 2024 theBorderline

M.D. Dunn – Songs On The Borderline Volume 2 M.D. Dunn has released nine albums since 1993. Every record attempts a change in musical ideas, be it musically or lyrically. One constant is the raw honesty at the forefront. Dunn is an artist interested in expressing core values in a straight forward way, with music that is subtle in [...] Adrian V Date:15 July 2026 . Featured 00:00:00 Arts & Entertainment © 2024 theBorderline

John De Lorenzi – The Search For Ezekiel What happens when a stolen credit card becomes a reason to risk everything? When Matt Rosso, a cautious Canadian academic, discovers a mysterious international flight charged to his credit card, he expects a routine fraud investigation and a quick resolution. Instead, a name emerges — Ezekiel Azuta — and with [...] Lisa Tucker Date:14 July 2026 . Featured 00:00:00 Arts & Entertainment © 2024 theBorderline

Mary Wilson & La-Na Fragomeni Are Bandettes Forever Mary Wilson is the founder of one of Sault Ste. Marie’s most cherished and beloved organizations, The Bandettes All Girl Drum & Bugle Corps. Established in 1963, the marching band was an instant success. Over its subsequent long history, The Bandettes grew in local, regional and international popularity and today [...] Adrian V Date:13 July 2026 . Featured 00:00:00 Arts & Entertainment © 2024 theBorderline

The GREAT LAKES ODYSSEY Radio Hour – In Praise Of Non Human Lifeforms The Great Lakes Odyssey Radio Hour is broadcast on NPR (National Public Radio) s5.e4. GREAT LAKES ODYSSEY Radio Hour – In Praise Of Non Human Lifeforms In the Great Lakes basin, a powerful economic engine provides for a good life to about 40 million humans, and as all of nature’s [...] Adrian V Date:12 July 2026 . Great Lakes 00:00:00 Arts & Entertainment © 2024 theBorderline

Kevin Bowe & The Okemah Prophets – Sault Ste. Marie and the Last of the True Believers Kevin Bowe is a writer/producer/mixer/musician from Minneapolis. He has written songs on 3 platinum records and 2 Grammy winning albums working with Courtney Hadwin, Jonah Marais, Quinn Sullivan, Johnny Lang, The Replacements, Etta James, Joe Cocker, Paul Westerberg, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, 3 Dog Night, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Little Steven Van Zandt, [...] Adrian V Date:9 July 2026 . Featured 00:00:00 Arts & Entertainment © 2024 theBorderline

Connie Lafleur Bailey – You Are Worthy Connie Lafleur Bailey is a speaker, writer, teacher and entrepreneur. She has been married to her best friend, Trevor for over 35 years. They live on 66 acres in a rural community of Ontario, Canada. She is mom to two adult children with two amazing daughter-in-laws. She was blessed with [...] Lisa Tucker Date:7 July 2026 . Featured 00:00:00 Arts & Entertainment © 2024 theBorderline

Ernie Rowntree Has A Warm Heart For Eden’s Reptiles – The Smart As Trees Podcast Cold blooded, warm hearted. Quality captive-bred animals, expert care advice, and everything you need to build the perfect enclosure. The mom & pop reptile room is a reptile experience. Living with so many reptiles is a life of love. As a teen, Ernie Rowntree worked at PJ Pets in the [...] Adrian V Date:6 July 2026 . Featured 00:00:00 Arts & Entertainment © 2024 theBorderline

The GREAT LAKES ODYSSEY Radio Hour – Claiming Place Through Art The Great Lakes Odyssey Radio Hour is broadcast on NPR (National Public Radio) s5.e3. GREAT LAKES ODYSSEY Radio Hour – Claiming Place Through Art Creating art, in all of its forms, is a profound act in staking claim to truth, to heal relationships and to foster real community, as an [...] Adrian V Date:5 July 2026 . Featured 00:00:00 Arts & Entertainment © 2024 theBorderline

Red, White & Blue – This Week @ MISTER DISC Mister Disc Music Group on Facebook. WE ARE NOT YOUR TYPICAL MUSIC GROUP. Each Monday a theme for music posts is chosen and members find music that fit it. Please promote us and add in all your music loving friends. “Why do colours put next to another, sing?” RED, WHITE [...] theBorderline Date:4 July 2026 . Rock'n'Roll 00:00:00 Arts & Entertainment © 2024 theBorderline

Brandon Agnew – Night Shadows > Volume 1 Brandon Agnew is a Niagara based musician who released his first EP in 2010, NOLA. Since then, two full-length albums have been issued, Mave’s Variety and Aquarius Moon. And in 2026, Night Shadows – Volume 1, a collection of ten songs cut in Agnew’s signature blues’n’jazz fusion. Brandon leads two [...] Adrian V Date:2 July 2026 . Great Lakes 00:00:00 Arts & Entertainment © 2024 theBorderline

O Canada Eh! – This Week @ MISTER DISC Mister Disc Music Group on Facebook. WE ARE NOT YOUR TYPICAL MUSIC GROUP. Each Monday a theme for music posts is chosen and members find music that fit it. Please promote us and add in all your music loving friends. O CANADA EH! “Make it a double double.” theBorderline Date:1 July 2026 . Rock'n'Roll 00:00:00 Arts & Entertainment © 2024 theBorderline

Sheena L. Smith – Faith, Fun & Freedom and Métis Path Sheena L. Smith worked with children for over 40 years in variety of settings from a day care to group homes and a detention center. She has been a special education assistant for over 20 years and has raised four children, including two children with special needs-one has Spina bifida [...] Lisa Tucker Date:30 June 2026 . Featured 00:00:00 Arts & Entertainment © 2024 theBorderline

The GREAT LAKES ODYSSEY Radio Hour – Living With Weather Disasters The Great Lakes Odyssey Radio Hour is broadcast on NPR (National Public Radio) s5.e2. GREAT LAKES ODYSSEY Radio Hour – Living With Weather Disasters The worst ice storm in over a Michigan century left a trail of devastation in its wake during March 2025 as an increase in extreme atmospheric [...] Adrian V Date:28 June 2026 . Great Lakes 00:00:00 Arts & Entertainment © 2024 theBorderline

Musicology – Snapshot MUSICOLOGY is powered by Long & McQuade, 647 MacDonald Ave, Sault Ste. Marie, ON MUSICOLOGY with dj Danny Mott Musicology is a form of music analysis that emphasizes culture, sociology, and music history. When musicologists study music, they go beyond the notes on a page. Among other things, they track [...] Danny Mott Date:27 June 2026 . Featured 00:00:00 Arts & Entertainment © 2024 theBorderline

ART in the Park ’26 – SOO MI . June 26 > 9am – 9pm FREE. Open to everyone everywhere. Rain or Shine… but let’s hope for shine. Visit: saultstemarie.com/event/art-in-the-park-2/ DONATE: veteranartistnetwork.org/donation Running time: 3 minutes. Adrian V Date:26 June 2026 . Life & Culture 00:00:00 Arts & Entertainment © 2024 theBorderline

Marlene & Jamaica / Cynthia & Nigeria / Aaron & Trinidad-Tobago Flags from over 40 countries around the world fly in front of the Ronald A. Irwin Civic Centre in Sault Ste. Marie. Each of them represents and contributes an important part to the community’s local fabric. And every individual has a story. On this episode we meet LIP Coordinator, Syed [...] Adrian V Date:26 June 2026 . Featured 00:00:00 Arts & Entertainment © 2024 theBorderline

Andy W. Taylor – SuperCanucks: An Anthology of Canadian Small-Town Superheroes Andy W. Taylor grew up as a teen in the 1980s reading Alpha Flight comics and was excited to see Canadian superheroes represented for the first time. Andy was a reader and writer of speculative fiction from an early age thanks in no small part to his mother’s frequent trips [...] Lisa Tucker Date:23 June 2026 . Featured 00:00:00 Arts & Entertainment © 2024 theBorderline

The GREAT LAKES ODYSSEY Radio Hour – The Métis At Baawating The Great Lakes Odyssey Radio Hour is broadcast on NPR (National Public Radio) s5.e1. GREAT LAKES ODYSSEY Radio Hour – The Métis At Baawating Centuries ago, when former employees of the Hudson Bay and Northwest Fur companies began marrying the Indigenous women living around the Lakes, the French dubbed the [...] Adrian V Date:21 June 2026 . Great Lakes 00:00:00 Arts & Entertainment © 2024 theBorderline

Xander Axeton – Embracing A Monster Xander Axeton is a first-time writer and yet to publish. And his is no ordinary story. Xander has always loved books. A girl he met, when they were in his teens, would later become his wife. The two of them have always shared a love for reading books and listening [...] Lisa Tucker Date:16 June 2026 . Sault Ste. Marie 00:00:00 Arts & Entertainment © 2024 theBorderline

The GREAT LAKES ODYSSEY Radio Hour – On Michigan Shores The Great Lakes Odyssey Radio Hour is broadcast on NPR (National Public Radio) s4.e10. GREAT LAKES ODYSSEY Radio Hour – On Michigan Shores Preserved since antiquity, the 3,200 miles of coastline that graces the state of Michigan, land of great water, is now stirring emotions of those that live with [...] Adrian V Date:14 June 2026 . Featured 00:00:00 Arts & Entertainment © 2024 theBorderline

The World Is On Fire! The Speak Easy Podcast evokes the spirit of fearless conversation and honest debate. Like the hidden bars of the Prohibition era, this podcast creates a space for unfiltered political discourse – where ideas flow freely, perspectives clash respectfully, and nothing is off the table. With co-hosts Robert Peace and Josh Vierimaa offering [...] Robert Peace and Josh Vierimaa Date:12 June 2026 . Featured 00:00:00 Arts & Entertainment © 2024 theBorderline

Marianne Perry – The Chase Marianne Perry is a seasoned world traveler, optimist and family oriented Northern Ontario, Canadian author. A second generation Canadian-Italian, Marianne’s interest in her Calabrian-Sicilian roots has fuelled her genealogical research to solve family mysteries. Along with researching family history, Marianne’s writing reflects her extensive traveling, a passion for adventure, an [...] Lisa Tucker Date:9 June 2026 . Featured 00:00:00 Arts & Entertainment © 2024 theBorderline

Mike Delfre & SSM Museum History of Environmental Action Michael Delfre is the President of the Sault Ste. Marie Museum. The current administrative team is guiding the city’s cultural centrepiece through a transformational vision to showcase the history-soaked city that is Sault Ste. Marie. There are a number of historic pillars the Museum is giving great attention to in [...] Adrian V Date:8 June 2026 . Featured 00:00:00 Arts & Entertainment © 2024 theBorderline

The GREAT LAKES ODYSSEY Radio Hour – The Artist Inspired The Great Lakes Odyssey Radio Hour is broadcast on NPR (National Public Radio) s4.e9. GREAT LAKES ODYSSEY Radio Hour – The Artist Inspired The Great Lakes soul is what the poet and the artist aspire to capture, that the landscape is alive and pulsing with an energy, beauty and spirit [...] Adrian V Date:7 June 2026 . Great Lakes 00:00:00 Arts & Entertainment © 2024 theBorderline

What You Don’t Know About SOYA – The Superior View SOYA is a non-profit corporation.  We are a grassroots local organization created May 7th, 2011.  SOYA invites members of the community who are interested in taking a stand against the substance use crisis at hand. We are here to provide education, awareness, advocacy, information, and support to all those who [...] Lisa Tucker Date:5 June 2026 . Sault Ste. Marie 00:00:00 Arts & Entertainment © 2024 theBorderline

Sisterhood – The Superior View Friendship among women is pure treasure. The sisterhood is a part of life that is essential to happiness, and to strong mental and spiritual health. Without the sisterhood to accompany the journey the ladies feel the path is too fraught with negative obstacles to travel safely. The conversation rambles down [...] Lisa Tucker Date:7 May 2026 . Featured 00:00:00 Arts & Entertainment © 2024 theBorderline

Musicology – Bob Marley Roots MUSICOLOGY is powered by Long & McQuade, 647 MacDonald Ave, Sault Ste. Marie, ON MUSICOLOGY with dj Danny Mott Musicology is a form of music analysis that emphasizes culture, sociology, and music history. When musicologists study music, they go beyond the notes on a page. Among other things, they track [...] Danny Mott Date:6 May 2026 . Featured 00:00:00 Arts & Entertainment © 2024 theBorderline

Sachia Tasz – The Path Sachia Tasz first gained exposure sharing her experiences with suicide loss and healing on TikTok as Juststay4anotherday, although she is no newcomer to writing and divulging her adventures on paper. Sachia created her first piece of literature at the young age of 13, so it is no surprise that she [...] Lisa Tucker Date:5 May 2026 . Featured 00:00:00 Arts & Entertainment © 2024 theBorderline

The GREAT LAKES ODYSSEY Radio Hour – The Meeting Place At The River The Great Lakes Odyssey Radio Hour is broadcast on NPR (National Public Radio) s4.e4. GREAT LAKES ODYSSEY Radio Hour – The Meeting Place At The River Forever, down by the river has been the perfect spot for people to gather, to pow-wow, to share their journeys in companionship while enjoying [...] Adrian V Date:3 May 2026 . Great Lakes 00:00:00 Arts & Entertainment © 2024 theBorderline

Jane’s Walk SSM > May 1–3 2026 Jane’s Walk is an annual festival of free, citizen-led walking conversations inspired by Jane Jacobs. Happening locally and internationally each year the first weekend in May. Jane’s Walk Sault Ste. Marie: Celebrate Community, Stories & Connection Lace up your walking shoes and get ready to explore your city. The 2026 [...] Adrian V Date:29 April 2026 . Sault Ste. Marie 00:00:00 Arts & Entertainment © 2024 theBorderline

The New Normal – Indigo Series Children Episode 13: INDIGO SERIES CHILDREN What is an Indigo child – or a Crystal child, or a Rainbow child? And now, the Aquarius children are being born. Maria is an Indigo child, and with Fidgal by her side, they take us through recent history to teach us what is going [...] Maria Iuliano with Fidgal Date:28 April 2026 . Life & Culture 00:00:00 Arts & Entertainment © 2024 theBorderline

Joanne Tookenay & Aleisha Parr – The Garden and the Unicorn Joanne Tookenay is an Anishinaabe Elder, a survivor who grew up in a traumatizing childhood, sexually abused by several men in the community. As a student in adult learning school she was encouraged by a teacher to write a story. What ended up on the paper served as the beginning [...] Lisa Tucker Date:28 April 2026 . Featured 00:00:00 Arts & Entertainment © 2024 theBorderline

The GREAT LAKES ODYSSEY Radio Hour – Great Lakes Great Read The Great Lakes Odyssey Radio Hour is broadcast on NPR (National Public Radio) s4.e3. GREAT LAKES ODYSSEY Radio Hour – Great Lakes Great Read Inspired by its beauty, the Great Lakes Great Read is a “one book, one community” program impassioned to deepen the connection to a waterway system that [...] Adrian V Date:26 April 2026 . Great Lakes 00:00:00 Arts & Entertainment © 2024 theBorderline

The New Normal – Grounding S3.E7: GROUNDING Grounding is a natural human being way of keeping balance in one’s life, but under the pressures of everyday life in the 21st century it appears to be a diminishing practice. Grounding delivers astounding benefits with easy techniques. Maria, with Fidgal, and a visit from Arlenta, discuss how [...] Maria Iuliano with Fidgal Date:21 April 2026 . Author 00:00:00 Arts & Entertainment © 2024 theBorderline