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Northwestel has temporarily appointed Paul Flaherty as president. The former president of Northern Telephone Ltd and Nortel Mobility has also worked at Bell Canada. Lawrence Cunningham is now VP corporate affairs and general counsel for Total Telecom Inc. Cunningham has been a director of the Edmonton-based company and had practiced commercial law at the firm of Hustwick, Wetsch and Co. Norigen Communications Inc has appointed Lauchie MacLeod as VP real estate. Before joining the Toronto-based CLEC, he was major account manager at Ainsworth Inc. They're playing musical chairs at C1 Communications. The new regional VP for the Maritimes is Andrew Belliveau, the former GM for business solutions at the Saint John NB company. He previously worked for Rogers Cantel. Another Rogers alumnus, Craig Crossman has been named VP strategic channel development. The former VP sales in the Maritimes for C1, Crossman has also worked for NB Tel. The firm has also appointed Ewan Crawford as the new VP network operations. He formerly worked for Fundy Communications, Rogers Network Services and British Telecom. Jacques Melo is the new president and CEO of Informission Group Inc of Montreal. He was previously EVP and CIO of the Quebecor subsidiary. Melo replaces Jacques Topping, who remains on the corporate board. Suzanne Morin has been appointed to the Standards Council of Canada. She is senior counsel, regulatory law for Bell Canada and is based in the national capital region. A new Toronto-based networking group for web entrepreneurs, investors and service agencies has appointed its inaugural board of directors. The directors of First Tuesday are: Jon Schneider, lead organizer; Mike Abramsky, president, Rogers New Media; Andy Aicklen, VP, iPIX; Pat Folliott, president, RealityClick.com; Cindy Gordon, VP, XDL Intervest; Paul Hoffert, executive director, Cultech; Joe Katzman, KPMG Consulting; Greg Kowal, VP, Nortel Networks; Mario Laudi, partner, Bassett-Laudi; Tracey De Leeuw, chief e-com strategist, Yorkton Securities; Todd Smith, partner, The Banyan Effect; and, Raziel Zisman, summer associate, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP. The first Tuesday of every month, is an extension of the First Tuesday global network, which operates in 31 cities across the world. They can be found online at www.firsttuesday.com. Guy Crevier has resigned as chair at Look Communications Inc, a high-speed Internet services company, to become president and editor of La Presse. Crevier served on Look's board since April 1998.

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News | April 10, 2000

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