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Aboriginal businesses are playing an essential role in Canadian economic development, according to a recently release report by Industry Canada.

The report, Aboriginal Entrepreneurs in Canada: Progress and Prospects, states that over 20,000 businesses in Canada are Aboriginally-owned. Between 1981 and 1996, the number of Aboriginal people who were self-employed grew almost three times faster than the national increase in self-employment.

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Aboriginal businesses are playing an essential role in Canadian economic development, according to a recently release report by Industry Canada.

The report, Aboriginal Entrepreneurs in Canada: Progress and Prospects, states that over 20,000 businesses in Canada are Aboriginally-owned. Between 1981 and 1996, the number of Aboriginal people who were self-employed grew almost three times faster than the national increase in self-employment.

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Aboriginal businesses are playing an essential role in Canadian economic development, according to a recently release report by Industry Canada.

The report, Aboriginal Entrepreneurs in Canada: Progress and Prospects, states that over 20,000 businesses in Canada are Aboriginally-owned. Between 1981 and 1996, the number of Aboriginal people who were self-employed grew almost three times faster than the national increase in self-employment.

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Between buffalo and bombs, business is literally booming on the Tsuu T'ina First Nation located southwest of Calgary.

The 1,000-plus members of the reserve have parlayed their business acumen and negotiating skills into a lucrative and unique contract to clear their land of unexploded munitions left over from military training exercises.

Wolf's Flat Ordnance Disposal Corp. is one of a score of businesses the nation has established, but it is the one with a billion dollar potential.

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Between buffalo and bombs, business is literally booming on the Tsuu T'ina First Nation located southwest of Calgary.

The 1,000-plus members of the reserve have parlayed their business acumen and negotiating skills into a lucrative and unique contract to clear their land of unexploded munitions left over from military training exercises.

Wolf's Flat Ordnance Disposal Corp. is one of a score of businesses the nation has established, but it is the one with a billion dollar potential.

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Between buffalo and bombs, business is literally booming on the Tsuu T'ina First Nation located southwest of Calgary.

The 1,000-plus members of the reserve have parlayed their business acumen and negotiating skills into a lucrative and unique contract to clear their land of unexploded munitions left over from military training exercises.

Wolf's Flat Ordnance Disposal Corp. is one of a score of businesses the nation has established, but it is the one with a billion dollar potential.

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It has lasted through one generation, a world war, numerous reports, and countless discussions and negotiations, but now there appears to be progress in the land dispute at Camp Ipperwash, near Sarnia, Ont.

For the Kettle and Stony Point First Nation members, the June 18 signing of an Agreement-in-Principle to return more than 2,000 acres of reserve land to the First Nation has been 50 years in the making.

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It has lasted through one generation, a world war, numerous reports, and countless discussions and negotiations, but now there appears to be progress in the land dispute at Camp Ipperwash, near Sarnia, Ont.

For the Kettle and Stony Point First Nation members, the June 18 signing of an Agreement-in-Principle to return more than 2,000 acres of reserve land to the First Nation has been 50 years in the making.

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It has lasted through one generation, a world war, numerous reports, and countless discussions and negotiations, but now there appears to be progress in the land dispute at Camp Ipperwash, near Sarnia, Ont.

For the Kettle and Stony Point First Nation members, the June 18 signing of an Agreement-in-Principle to return more than 2,000 acres of reserve land to the First Nation has been 50 years in the making.

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Aboriginal people travelling to Toronto for medical services can experience home away from home.

Celebrating its first year in business, Waasagamik provides short-term accommodation and support services to Native people from all regions of Ontario and some other provinces. Guests of Waasagamik come to Toronto for surgery, chronic health problems and other physical ailments.