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BY FAYE MOFFATT, IAN SLOAN and GILLIAN SCHELL When churches become civic minded, communities are transformed for the better. Churches exist to be in solidarity with the poor: those in poverty, and people without homes.

Nevada Nettagog, 3, really enjoys his surroundings at Shki Biimaadizwin Kinoomaadwin, the new First Nations day-care centre.

BY HEIDI ULRICHSEN Not even a painful injury could keep Laurentian University psychology professor Cynthia Whissell away from the classroom. After breaking her hand last fall, Whissell got treatment and was back with her students the same day.

The arrival of spring means gardening.

Have you ever rescued furniture from the curb? Forty percent of Canadians report they have salvaged curbside castoffs.

Nicholas and Anna Wargaty lead a very modest life. Yet there is no limit to their kindness and charity for others. The couple recently donated $10,000 to the bursary campaign fund sponsored by the Northern Ontario School of Medicine (NOSM).

Although her trip is more than a month away, Laurentian University student France Labonté can't wait to go to Botswana to participate in a six-week workshop on HIV/AIDS. "Oh my God," she exclaims. "I'm getting more and more excited.

BY KEITH LACEY [email protected] As a professional photographer for a quarter century, Ray Bernstein knows better than most a picture speaks at least a thousand words.

Meadowbrook Retirement Village, located in Lively, is hosting a variety of exciting and free spring events. The Great Outdoors Event with Ramakko's will take place this Sunday from 1 to 4 pm.

The 2006 Sudbury Senior Games has something to tickle any sports lovers fancy. Registrations for the popular annual event takes place from April 10 to 28.