March 2011

The upside of parity

Is Canada's high-flying loonie actually a good thing for business? >

It's all about the service

Retail banking gets serious about the customer >

Alberta Venture's Design Team Brings Home Multiple Awards

He has a dream

Why one man's dream to own the Toronto Maple Leafs is just that. >

Budget has warning for energy industry

Short sighted policy from the federal government could come back and bite the oilsands industry >

Alberta Venture Podcast: Fearing Foreign Investment?

Our editors Max Fawcett and Paul Marck discuss the fears and fallacies surrounding foreign investment in Canada >

Eastern promises

A look inside the federal government's latest budget. >

Mitchelmore: Canada needs an energy strategy

The Shell Canada CEO brings up the dreaded words - national energy plan >

Whisky 101

A little background on this month's cover story: Dust on the Bottle >

Japan's silver lining

Could natural gas be ready to take nuclear energy’s place as the fuel of the future? And what does that mean for Alberta? >

On rents and royalties

Can we compare the current royalty regime to a bad real estate agent? >

Peace Hills Insurance’s longtime president and CEO discusses the company she helped start

Risky Business >

John Poole Voted Business Person of the Last 100 years

National Energy Board gives approval to long-awaited Mackenzie Valley Pipeline

It's ironic that current natural gas prices make the project uneconomic in the near future >

Alberta Bounces Back - Predicted Growth in Selected Indicators

See what economists at RBC are predicting for the coming year >

Alberta, British Columbia and Saskatchewan’s Meeting Places 2011

The conference planner’s quick reference guide >

Court of Appeal of Alberta rules federal securities clean-up to be unconstitutional

Don’t pop that champagne just yet, Mr. Morton: the appeal system may well end up with the Supreme Court >

Are Alberta's oil and gas companies getting more than their fair share?

Provincial spending on drilling incentives is more than double the cost to taxpayers >

Is Alberta Next?

An outbreak of economic nationalism forced the Government of Canada to block the sale of the Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan to a foreign bidder. Could the same thing happen here? >

Dust on the Bottle

Alberta produces some of the best whisky in North America. So why don’t you know about it? >

How some Alberta companies are making their telepresence felt

Long-distance relationships >

Decisions abound when choosing an effective destination

The Destination Dilemma >

An inventory of the most common convention pitfalls and how you can avoid them

Natural Disasters >

As well as being a medical marvel that has improved life for diabetes patients around the world, the widely heralded Edmonton Protocol on pancreatic islet transplantation is a triumph of engineering excellence developed right here in Alberta >

Grande Prairie’s new mayor looks to get his community back on track

Call of Duty >

Applying digital co-ordinates to lease roads in Alberta’s oil patch puts GEOTrac on the map

Mapping Growth in the Patch >

When to Insure is a Key Question

Insurance is not the first consideration in assessing business risk >

Meetings 3.0?

PechaKucha and TEDTalks are changing the way we exchange ideas >

Fluency exchange

Spruce Grove company speaks the language of international business >

Straw Power

Deconstruction >

Willow Valley Soap Works

Dispatches >

State Secrets

When former prime minister Brian Mulroney replaced the Trudeau-era Foreign Investment Review Act in 1985, it was widely seen as a victory for those interested in doing business in Canada >