Two men who are no strangers to the North Shore have been honoured with lifetime memberships to the United Steelworkers Union. Bud Wildman, the former MPP for Algoma, and Tony Martin, the once MP and MPP for Sault Ste. Marie, were given the awards in the Sault. Wildman represented Algoma for the NDP from 1975 to 1999 and was also a cabinet minister. Martin was the NDP MPP from 1990 to 2003 and then the MP from 2004 to 2011. Martin is now 66 and suffered a debilitating stroke last year.
