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Registrations are currently being accepted for Kindercentre in Rainbow Schools, a program for pre-schoolers ages 2 to 4 and their caregivers.

For its first concert of the 2007-08 season, the Laurentian Concert Series will present a fundraiser event, Piano Marathon III, on Saturday, Oct. 13, from noon to 10 pm at the Huntington University College.

BY HEATHER CAMPBELL Renowned Cree author and playwright Tompson Highway was the special guest speaker for teachers with the Rainbow District School Board during a recent  professional development day.

Create your own birdhouse using a dried vegetable. The Old Farmer's Almanac for Kids, Volume 2, gives step-by-step instructions on how to dry and make an attractive birdhouse from a gourd (with adult supervision, of course!).

BY VICKI GILHULA Tomorrow the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto will open its doors for its first exhibition in the Michael Lee-Chin Crystal.

Cineplex Entertainment will premiere the re-mastered Queen Rock Montreal Concert in high definition and digital surround sound Wednesday, Oct. 17 at the Sudbury Cineplex and 52 other theatres in Canada.

The McDonald's on Regent St. has been torn down but will rise again.

BY WENDY BIRD The prodigal son who went west to start the popular underground indie band OX has returned east, home to Sudbury, where he is hoping to stretch out his musical roots.

BY BOB BALE Dave Gunning is not exactly a household name in Northern Ontario. However, music savvy Sudburians who are aware of Gunning's musical prowess quickly snapped up tickets to his Oct. 19 show at Respect Is Burning Supper Club.

Scientists have isolated compounds present in cranberries which have the special effect of preventing bacteria from adhering to the urinary tract.