Sales & Marketing

After two awards and plenty of positive reviews, can the aboriginal drama Blackstone crack the big time?

Despite the accolades, the Edmonton-based show has struggled to find a mainstream audience >

ICT Going Global

With almost two-thirds of industry now operating globally, efforts to strengthen and promote cross-border opportunities are imminent, especially in the field of Information and Communications Technology.
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Hype for Hire

Youre gazing through the window display at an upscale department store when a stranger suddenly leans in. The fabric on that suit is amazing. You wouldn’t believe it.
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Editor’s Note September 2001

$157,162,451,359. The 100 companies included on Venture100 totalled up that staggering dollar sum in revenue in one year. Collectively, they have $245,044,573,909 in total assets (as disclosed). They employ more than 227,000 people, or about 7.6% of Alberta’s population. When you consider the scope of these numbers, there is no question that these 100 companies are significant to Alberta. >

Double Shade of Green

What is clear...is that more consumers are willing to pay more for a healthier slice of bread with a dollop of a preservative-free jam >

Patently Absurd

If necessity is the mother of invention, perhaps absurdity is its distant cousin. For every idea with Edison-like brilliance, there’s another that verges on unusual, weird or just plain wacky.
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Paris in the City

Reporters and cameramen jockey for position as a stretch limousine pulls up to a rustic, downtown Edmonton building. The word on the street is that an anonymous celebrity will be shopping at the Paris Market today.
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Great Expectations for E-purchasing

According to a VISA Canada study, the number of companies expecting to use electronic technology in the corporate purchase process will increase dramatically over the next four years.
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Timber by Timber

Employee number 89102, Julian Gauthier, was not happy. He felt his life was like a huge slurpee being sucked dry too quickly by a gigantic, freaky kid. Every day at 6:27 a.m. sharp he walked out the door to catch the bus with his neighbours.
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The Politics of Exports

The bombs falling on Iraq earlier this year seemed a long way from Alberta farmer Ted Menziess wheat fields. But the provinces export businesses are increasingly getting caught in an explosive mix of global politics and international trade.
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Centre of Attention

At a time when the major airports in the province are clamouring for improved passenger service, Alberta’s third busiest airport is the one that seems to be gaining all the attention these days.
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