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Far too often we learn important lessons at the school of hard knocks where the tuition can run steep for the fledgling entrepreneur. Learning through trial and error can be costly.
A video information kit called, The Spirit Lives: Aboriginal Entrepreneurs in Canada, solves this difficulty by offering an interesting assortment of tips, as well as some helpful material…
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Far too often we learn important lessons at the school of hard knocks where the tuition can run steep for the fledgling entrepreneur. Learning through trial and error can be costly.
A video information kit called, The Spirit Lives: Aboriginal Entrepreneurs in Canada, solves this difficulty by offering an interesting assortment of tips, as well as some helpful material…
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Native business will get a shot in the arm from the federal government with its new "set-aside" policy. This could mean that Native companies can expect $300 million worth of government contracts to be sent their way each year.
The set-aside policy, approved by cabinet at the end of last year, would see three per cent of the federal government's annual $9 billion in…
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Native business will get a shot in the arm from the federal government with its new "set-aside" policy. This could mean that Native companies can expect $300 million worth of government contracts to be sent their way each year.
The set-aside policy, approved by cabinet at the end of last year, would see three per cent of the federal government's annual $9 billion in…
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At 20 years old, the last thing a junior hockey player wants to do is play out his junior career on a team that's dead in the water before the new calendars are up on the wall. And, thanks to the defensive needs of the Kelowna Rockets, Sheldon Souray has moved to a team that has a legitimate shot at a long playoff run.
Two weeks ago, the Rockets sent 18-year-old…
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At 20 years old, the last thing a junior hockey player wants to do is play out his junior career on a team that's dead in the water before the new calendars are up on the wall. And, thanks to the defensive needs of the Kelowna Rockets, Sheldon Souray has moved to a team that has a legitimate shot at a long playoff run.
Two weeks ago, the Rockets sent 18-year-old…
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When the residents of Juneau, Alaska, voted against building a hockey arena, they forced the capital city to bow out as host of the 1996 Arctic Winter Games. There was no shortage of candidates willing to step into the breach, but Eagle River and Chugiak, just north of Anchorage, applied to keep the games in America's largest state.
"We're about 45 days out, and we're…
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When the residents of Juneau, Alaska, voted against building a hockey arena, they forced the capital city to bow out as host of the 1996 Arctic Winter Games. There was no shortage of candidates willing to step into the breach, but Eagle River and Chugiak, just north of Anchorage, applied to keep the games in America's largest state.
"We're about 45 days out, and we're…
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Native hockey stars Jim Neilson and Fred Sasakamoose were made the first inductees into the Canadian Native Hockey Hall of Fame at a ceremony in Onion Lake, Sask., on Jan.5. The presentation took place after the International Challenge exhibition game between the Native All-Stars and the touring Russian 18 "Selects".
"Fred Sasakamoose was the first treaty Indian in the…
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Native hockey stars Jim Neilson and Fred Sasakamoose were made the first inductees into the Canadian Native Hockey Hall of Fame at a ceremony in Onion Lake, Sask., on Jan.5. The presentation took place after the International Challenge exhibition game between the Native All-Stars and the touring Russian 18 "Selects".
"Fred Sasakamoose was the first treaty Indian in the…
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Cree light-heavyweight contender Willard Lewis moved a step closer to the vacant Canadian title with a convincing decision over Tim Cooper of Jackson, Tenn., in December. Both fighters went the 10-round distance, with the three judges scoring 98-93, 100-90 and 100-90 in Lewis's favor. Lewis was born in Fort McMurray and raised in nearby Lac La Biche, Alta.
In what Lewis…
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Cree light-heavyweight contender Willard Lewis moved a step closer to the vacant Canadian title with a convincing decision over Tim Cooper of Jackson, Tenn., in December. Both fighters went the 10-round distance, with the three judges scoring 98-93, 100-90 and 100-90 in Lewis's favor. Lewis was born in Fort McMurray and raised in nearby Lac La Biche, Alta.
In what Lewis…
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Creating links is what the Saskatchewan government's Aboriginal Employment Development Program is all about.
Established in 1992, the program is designed to link employers with suitable Aboriginal employees. It has set up a comprehensive inventory of resumes of Aboriginal job candidates in an attempt to improve access to Aboriginal employees.
The goal of the…
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Creating links is what the Saskatchewan government's Aboriginal Employment Development Program is all about.
Established in 1992, the program is designed to link employers with suitable Aboriginal employees. It has set up a comprehensive inventory of resumes of Aboriginal job candidates in an attempt to improve access to Aboriginal employees.
The goal of the…
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In 1976, vision became reality with the establishment of the Saskatchewan Indian Federated College (SIFC). Elders and leaders alike anticipated such a facility would provide for the educational needs of First Nations people.
The SIFC became officially federated with the University of Regina in May, 1976. Initially, it offered a Bachelor of Arts Program in Indian Studies…