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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 contracts funneled into the Native business community.

The main objective of the policy is to create jobs in, and give support to, Aboriginal-owned businesses.

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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 contracts funneled into the Native business community.

The main objective of the policy is to create jobs in, and give support to, Aboriginal-owned businesses.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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".

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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".

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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.

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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.