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Reports this morning from China indicate that the death toll from Monday's earthquake in Sichuan province could reach 50,000. For more on this breaking news story, please go to your preferred online or broadcast source for world news.

One of the key challenges facing Sault Area Hospital's plan to balance its budget is overtime costs, says Ron Gagnon, the hospital's chief executive officer and president.

If the province agrees to a proposal Sault Area Hospital is nearly ready to send, then SAH will be able to continue to guarantee full coverage of its emergency department by physicians. So says Dr. Alan McLean, SAH's chief of staff.

Sister Rita Kennedy of the Grey Sisters of Immaculate Conception is going back to nursing school tomorrow. The former director of St. Mary's School of Nursing is in her late 80s.

NEWS RELEASE ONTARIO MINISTRY OF COMMUNITY AND SOCIAL SERVICES ************************* McGuinty government helps adoptees, birth parents unseal personal information A new Ontario law will soon give adult adoptees and birth parents access to informa

ABRIDGED NEWS RELEASE HAWK URANIUM INC. ************************* Hawk commences exploration on the Holdsworth Gold Property, Wawa area, Northern Ontario TORONTO, ONTARIO- Hawk Uranium Inc.

NEWS RELEASE TONY MARTIN, MP ************************* Land claims bill passes House of Commons - residential schools commission to start by June 1 OTTAWA - There were two major developments on aboriginal issues Tuesday.

The United States Interior Department has decided to list polar bears as a threatened species under its Endangered Species Act. CBC news is reporting that the decision could negatively impact the lucrative sport hunt in Canada's North.

Algoma Steel has reported a loss of $25.3 million for the for the three months ended March 31. That compares to a profit of $23.1 million for the same period last year.

Loyal SooToday.com reader and Sault Family YMCA Communications Officer Tannis McMillan sent us a note and photos that describe an unusual sighting on McNabb Street today. "I have attached three pictures of a beaver that dropped by the Y," she writes.