Highway 2 begins, appropriately, in a hamlet called Carway on the Alberta-Montana border. U.S. Route 89 ends and the spine of this province heads north, through towns such as Cardston and Fort Macleod, through the Calgary-Edmonton corridor, on to Athasbasca, where it veers west and, skirting the southern shores of Lesser Slave Lake, fishhooks into Peace Country and enters the final leg between Grande Prairie and British Columbia.
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Sadru Peerani used to sell cowboy hats for his dad during Stampede Week when he was a teenager in the early 1980s. Now he’s managing his family-run business, Formans Fashion Group, selling high-end clothing to Calgary’s well heeled. In 2003, Formans bought the CIBC heritage building on First Street and uprooted the 46-year-old business to Victoria Crossing. One of the first upscale retailers to move to the now uber-trendy neighbourhood, the store invigorated the street’s retail mix. Last year the company and its clients donated coats to those less fortunate in the area, proving that while fashion may come and go, corporate responsibility is never out of style. >
In these boom times when grand statements are de rigueur, it’s nice to see a little restraint once in awhile. Just under 1,300 square feet, the office of DAI Capital Advisors Inc. is an object lesson on how an orderly and well-designed space can make less seem like more. “It’s hard to believe it’s the square footage that it is,” says Ron Dersch, president of DAI Capital Advisors, a corporate finance and investment banking firm based in Edmonton. “I can’t tell you that I’ve ever felt cramped in here at all.” >
In addition to rising health-care costs, our aging population presents another challenge: people with deteriorating eyesight have trouble reading written text that’s essential in their lives. Fret not. >
Duane Schreiner explored a world of toy retail before creating his own niche back home in Calgary >
In between making pizza deliveries, Dominic McKenzie and his buddy Christian Beyak would do the typical guy thing: talk about cars. That mutual love for the slick sports car developed into an award-winning business importing old-er model luxury cars from Japan, Calgary-based Import Concern. >
A friend’s death in the 9/11 attacks inspired a Calgary furniture maker to create the world’s first blast-resistant office workstation. Now comes the hard part: developing a market for it >
How a columnist scored big on eBay and impressed his 10-year-old Junior Achiever
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