Huge gap in Calgary, Edmonton benchmark home prices
CREA says the average price of a home in Alberta will dip 2.3% this year to $378,000 and drop again by 1.2% in 2020 to $373,700
Calgary energy conference looks at disruption in industry
‘The purpose is to try to get some of those groups to collaborate, to accelerate solutions to big global energy problems’
Five questions with Krystal Laferriere from Kanabe Goods
When this entrepreneur turned to CBD oil to treat a chronic health condition, she and her husband realized a lot of people would benefit from this cannabis product
Public school monopoly is a disservice to education
Protecting AER protects Alberta energy industry integrity
How do new Canadians see Indigenous issues?
Canada must protect its drug supply
Giving a global perspective to Alberta’s crisis
David Yager, author of From Miracle to Menace: Alberta, A Carbon Story, talks about bringing the climate policy conversation back to reality
$5 million donation to set up social entrepreneurship centre
Haskayne’s Trico Foundation Social Entrepreneurship Centre launched with $5-million gift from Wayne and Eleanor Chiu
Edmonton’s new home price decline highest in nation
New housing prices were down 0.1% at the national level for the third consecutive month in July: StatsCan
Selling or closing your business can save your life
Deciding to close up shop comes with a lot of stress, shame and disappointment. But you can disappear with some grace
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Connecting people, businesses and organizations to opportunity
Mark Patterson talks about how Magnet is helping Calgary and its workforce transition to a new economic model
Turning insurance into a relationship business
Dana Bouwman of Insight Insurance and Risk Management in Edmonton talks about how to build and sustain a client list
Serving the needs of female entrepreneurs
Shannon Pestun of ATB Financial talks about creating an innovative, gender-intelligent banking model
Big tech created a fractious, annoyed, malfunctioning world
Where’s the evidence that the values this new world order has created produce happiness, fulfilment and the well-lived life?
Combining bad Marxist theory and millennial laziness
Total automation, capitalist or communist, removes the very purpose of human existence
Beyond carding: how police surveillance has dangerously evolved
The end of carding won’t cease the gathering of information. Instead, it will be entered into police data bases without the public’s knowledge
The keys to customer service you may have forgotten
Serve customers with people who like people. Keep your employees accountable. And exceed your clients’ expectations
Being a good leader means being a good listener
Here’s what you’re missing if you don’t listen well – and how you can improve your listening skills
Family-owned businesses under threat
A new study says demographics, tax policy and a lack of trained advisers threaten the continuity of family enterprise
In the heart of the world’s largest non-polar icefield
All was ice, white curving fingers spilling from mountain valleys. Dark lines of ground rock defined each icy highway
Of sour toes, midnight golf, and birds singing for sex and war
Historic, colourful, quaint and sleep-deprived Dawson City; and up the perilous, muddy Dempster Highway
Chill out and recharge with this travel gear
We test out some handy gear and gadgets to see if they’ll be worth packing for our next backcountry trip
Body language tips for leaders from teachers
The best educators could teach business leaders a thing or two about body language
10 helpful hints to writing a winning resume
A compelling resume should be a concise, well-written statement of your abilities and explain how your skills will benefit an organization
It pays to get a bachelor’s degree from a college
Differences in field of study choices accounted for 89% of the pay gap between two groups of graduates
Moving? Here are some practical vehicle options
From pickup trucks to minivans, what vehicle to rent, beg, borrow or even buy when you’re moving – depending on the size of your home
After a flicker of buyer’s remorse, these drivers embrace their EV
A buyer makes the leap into an all-electric vehicle world and discovers that the obstacles are relatively easy to overcome
Toyota RAV4 is still worth raving about
Toyota has mastered the art of building appealing, mainstream automobiles and the 2019 RAV4 carries on that tradition
Families are key members of patients’ hospital care teams
Wards are staffed based on caring for a sick but otherwise self-sufficient patient population. The reality is patients need family caregivers in the hospital
More medical tests, treatments not always the best
You can have too much of a good thing when it comes to medicine for older adults
Alberta leads the way on costly home renovation projects
Bathrooms were the number one major home renovation project planned in the next 12 months