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The Soo Greyhounds are back on the ice this weekend for their annual prospects orientation camp. With that comes the chance to meet the Hounds' top picks from the Ontario Hockey League draft earlier this month.

Extendicare's new 256-bed long-term-care home in Sault Ste. Marie will be built on less than seven acres of the 150-acre woodlot adjacent to Sault college.

Today, students at St. Basil Secondary School celebrated having the nicest backyard in all of Sault Ste. Marie. They were joined by Grade 7 and Grade 8 students from St.

NEWS RELEASE MINISTRY OF NATURAL RESOURCES **************************** Three fires were confirmed on May 13. Timmins 5 is being held at 3.0 hectares and Hearst 8 has been called out.

What appears to be some sort of hybrid between a red and grey squirrel carefully inspects a SooToday.com photographer in Bellevue Park.

SooToday.com received notification today that fire bans for the Township of MacDonald, Meredith, Aberdeen Additional, and Laird Township have been lifted. However, daytime burning is not permitted.

A new 256-bed long-term-care facility will be built on a portion of land purchased from Sault College.

FRIDAY MAY 14, 2010 Algoma Festival Choir along with Sault Swing Band will host Moonlight Serenade at the Algoma’s Water Tower Inn Pavilion. Cocktails at 5:30 p.m. Dinner 6 p.m. with the choir concert to follow.

Saultites Carly Weeks, Michael Friscolanti and Elliot Ferguson have been announced as finalists for Canadian Association of Journalists (CAJ) awards, the country's highest honour for investigative journalism.

NEWS RELEASE ALBERTA HOUSE **************************** Fish stories and other works “Fish Stories and Other Works” is the June exhibition at the Olive M. Craig Gallery at Alberta House in the Michigan Soo.