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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.

Chrissy Swain's walk from Northwestern Ontario to Toronto began as a dream. "This is a spiritual journey, not a protest," Swain told a public forum last night in Sault Ste. Marie.

OPP NEWS RELEASE ************************* HODGINS TWP, ON - Ontario Provincial Police are investigating two more break and enters to seasonal residences located in the 400 block of Highway 532 in Searchmont.

OPP NEWS RELEASE ****************************** GARDEN RIVER FIRST NATION, ON - Ontario Provincial Police responded to a single-vehicle rollover on Highway 638 just east of the junction of Highway 17 and 638.