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Wednesday, June 5, 2002

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NEWS:

Pelican gathering sees flourishing of memory, flashes of anger

In the middle of the room, surrounded by a circle of men and women – many of them veterans of the residential school era – a drum listened to stories of those schools shared, speeches made, today’s realities examined.

NEWS:

Town saves memorial trees from Central School property

Those who knew him recall little Morgan Makoop as a happy boy. “He loved to play Nintendo and he always held the controller upside down,” said Florence Sanderson, who for five years was his Sioux Lookout foster mother.

NEWS:

Kelly resigns as Sioux Mountain principal over financial improprieties

Brendan Kelly last week resigned as principal of Sioux Mountain School, a decision stemming from the findings of a Keewatin-Patricia District School Board financial audit.

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No more pencils, no more books…

An excavator begins the well-panned, daylong demolition of the old Central School building on Monday to make way for construction of the new Johnny’s Food Market scheduled to begin soon.