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October 2008

This Is Going to Hurt

A few Mondays ago we staged our cover shoot for the November issue, featuring Calgary apartment landlord-cum-Caribbean resort developer Bob Dhillon >

WEB EXCLUSIVE: Winners' Circle One-on-One with Carmen Creek Gourmet Meats

Dean Andres of Calgary-based Carmen Creek Gourmet Meats, recipients of the 2008 Royal Bank of Canada’s Small Business of the Year award, offers his thoughts and advice on small business strategies >

V100 + Next 100 Video Series: Part Six of Six

Each September, Alberta Venture, in cooperation with PricewaterhouseCoopers, presents the list of Alberta’s biggest corporations >

Oilman Jim Gray: Grey Eminences Audio Collection

Oilman Jim Gray on Facing Alberta’s Problems >

A Fit of Peak

Peak oil is a function not of geology but of politics >

Fuelling the Tech Wildfire

Raoul Bhatt’s software proves that texting isn’t just for kids. It’s for marketers, too >

Florida in the Foothills

Richard Florida, celebrity academic >

To Tokyo With Chili

With Jak-Mart breathing down my neck, could I save my commish? >

Busy Body

Margot Micallef: chair and CEO, Vista Broadcast Group Inc. >

Catch the Heat

Looking for renewable energy sources to invest in? They don’t come any greener – or proven – than geothermal >

The Lure of the Green

Question: If you can cut costs by outsourcing work overseas, should you do it? >

Farewell to the Oracle

Tracy Hyatt has been a steady hand of journalistic professionalism >

War Machines

Southeastern Alberta’s robotic vehicle industry is gearing up to face its biggest challenge to date: the outbreak of peace >

Old Country Ties

Not only are immigrants inclined to become entrepreneurs, they bring an innate selling proposition: the flavour of home >

Safety in Numbers

With its recent foray into Ontario, Calgary-based Meyers Norris Penny is challenging the big four accounting firms for a national presence >

The Next Wireless Wave

This year’s wireless spectrum auction should usher in a whole new wave of mobile applications. That’s where several Alberta developers come in, all vying to be the next RIM< >

Only So Super

The Alberta SuperNet was supposed to make our province the best connected place on the planet. So what happened? >

Industry Report: Wireless & Telecommunications 2008

The telephone has been around for well over a century, but it is only in the last 25 years that we've really begun to see where the technology can take us >