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How did we live without going online?

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The Internet has grown in awareness and use over the last seven years since it became the newest technological tool introduced to business and public use. There are no signs of it becoming just another fad as the use of Internet has become critical to business, much like the fax machine did in the 1980s. The Internet is everywhere. Businesses are finding the speed and ease of sharing documents and other information with clients, employees and suppliers indispensable. It's hard to imagine that we were sending everything via mail and couriers less than 20 years ago.

Health co-ordinated

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A new organization has been established to ensure Aboriginal people have a voice in the development and provision of their health services.

NAHO, the National Aboriginal Health Organization, was formed last year, growing out of the work of a joint steering committee of Health Canada and the country's five national Aboriginal organizations-the Assembly of First Nations, the Inuit Tapirisat of Canada, the Metis National Council, the Congress of Aboriginal Peoples, and the Native Women's Association of Canada.

Health co-ordinated

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A new organization has been established to ensure Aboriginal people have a voice in the development and provision of their health services.

NAHO, the National Aboriginal Health Organization, was formed last year, growing out of the work of a joint steering committee of Health Canada and the country's five national Aboriginal organizations-the Assembly of First Nations, the Inuit Tapirisat of Canada, the Metis National Council, the Congress of Aboriginal Peoples, and the Native Women's Association of Canada.

Top coaches praise top hockey prospects

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Imagine being given a chance to prove your worth in your dream career. You are given less than 60 minutes to demonstrate your skills, not only to senior professionals in the field, but to millions of complete strangers. Now imagine that there are 39 other individuals also invited to do the same. All this before the critical gaze of the media, scrutinizing every move.

Now imagine that you are just 17 years old.

This was the case for 40 Canadian Hockey League players invited to the sixth annual CHL Top Prospects game held Feb. 7 in Calgary.

Times change and so must business

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The business landscape in Canada has changed, and while many companies began to see the writing on the wall two decades ago, others are just waking up to this new economic reality across the country.

"What used to work 50 years ago, 30 years ago, just doesn't work any more," said Jocelyne Soulodre, CEO and president of the Canadian Council for Aboriginal Business (CCAB). "You can't as a company just wander into an area and start, whatever it is the company can do. You really need to talk to the communities that you are doing business in."

Times change and so must business

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The business landscape in Canada has changed, and while many companies began to see the writing on the wall two decades ago, others are just waking up to this new economic reality across the country.

"What used to work 50 years ago, 30 years ago, just doesn't work any more," said Jocelyne Soulodre, CEO and president of the Canadian Council for Aboriginal Business (CCAB). "You can't as a company just wander into an area and start, whatever it is the company can do. You really need to talk to the communities that you are doing business in."