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Archive for August, 2010

August 25, 2010 Category: BizBeat - Editor's Blog Tags: , , , , , , 1 Comment →

Long-time telecom foes face off over broadcast competition issues

By Paul Marck

Having long covered the telecom industry in Alberta, it has been a source of endless fascination and bloodsport to watch the escalating corporate buntoss between Western corporate titans Telus and Shaw.

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August 23, 2010 Category: Leadership Tags: , No Comments →

Silvertip Resort, one of the western Canada’s finest golf venues, was home to Alberta Venture’s Most Influential Golf Tournament on August, 17, 2010. The field, stocked as it was with some of Alberta’s 50 Most Influential People, leaders in the public and private world and other assorted Alberta-based movers and shakers kept the rain away and got their 18 holes in.

Check out our slideshow.

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August 17, 2010 Category: BizBeat - Editor's Blog Tags: , , , , No Comments →

Not much doubt that the new economic superpower will play a big role here

By Paul Marck

Not that it passed by unnoticed, but news that China surpassed Japan as the world’s second-biggest economy during the sluggish second quarter is very telling. We have been hearing about China’s emergence as a global kingpin for some time, but there can be no doubt now about the predictions.

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August 12, 2010 Category: Retail, Web Exclusive Tags: , 2 Comments →

By Stephanie Sparks

In West Edmonton Mall, amid the early morning mall walkers and maintenance workers, a line of anxious women of all ages began outside the first-ever Victoria’s Secret store in Canada and wound around the Ice Palace, where it trickled off. Before the line grew any longer, the mall was eerily quiet, a calm before a storm of stockings, sexy undergarments and a South African supermodel. (more…)

August 10, 2010 Category: Web Exclusive Tags: , , No Comments →

Find out more about the winners in the business category and explore a rich audiovisual archive

Alberta Venture magazine celebrated those walking a greener path with our coverage of the 2010 Emerald Awards. But given the popularity of the feature and of the awards themselves we’ve got more. (more…)

August 04, 2010 Category: H.R., Leadership Tags: , 2 Comments →

Ascending to new heights (more…)

August 03, 2010 Category: Web Exclusive Tags: , , , 1 Comment →

A 101-year-old Albertan recounts the stories of a one-time prairie boom town in its heyday

Alberta pioneer Charlie Toogood arrived on the Lusitania in 1912 and made a life for himself in Alberta

By Geoff Morgan (more…)

August 01, 2010 Category: Green, Sales & Marketing Tags: , , , 2 Comments →

Cleaning up our most contaminated environments, Alberta’s reclamation and remediation industry is a home-grown success. Now outsiders want a chunk of that business (more…)

August 01, 2010 Category: Green Tags: , , , No Comments →

The CCEMC announces funding for renewable energy projects (more…)

August 01, 2010 Category: Green Tags: , No Comments →

The Emerald Awards 2010 (more…)