Small Business

How Green the Grass

Taxes may be higher and suppliers scarce, but recruiting is a breeze, these transplanted businesses found. What Albertans need to know before doing business in Saskatchewan >

Stop, Look and Listen

NOT MANY PEOPLE FIND THE bellowing noise of city streets calming. But when Derek Besant saw two deaf passersby signing in front of K&W Audio, he found himself stuck in a peculiar paradox: the noisy Calgary street was suddenly rendered eerily silent. >

A Woman in Full

Home builder, recording artist and helping hand for disadvantaged women, Jean Greer McCarthy still has things on her ‘to do’ list<

Photography By Bookstrucker

Seated at an oak bistro table in the waiting room at Greer Homes, I’m scratching notes when a willowy young woman walks up from the parking lot and opens the garden doors. Wearing jeans, boots, and a leather jacket, she looks like a recording artist. I close my notebook and jump down from my chair to grasp Jean Greer McCarthy’s outstretched hand. >

The King of Bling

You don’t get much gutsier than Gerry Gilroy. For starters, he trained alongside Canadian boxer George Chuvalo back in the ’60s in Toronto. >

Cost Management is Key

Your costs are going up, labour is more expensive but your customers won't pay more. what do you do? >

It’s a Wonderful Life

Dana Schindelka made an early impact in Calgary’s legal fraternity – without the help of the old boys’ club >

Global Competitiveness on the Shop Floor

How to fix the skilled worker shortage and make Canada a top economy in one step >

Set the Bar High

Kildy Li is one of Red Deer’s best known business people. With holdings including Whiskey 7, Branley’s Party and Fun Club, Lotus Nightclub, Taboo Erotic Sports Lounge, Bell Fever Lounge, the Uptown Liquor Store and a share of the Red Deer Ramada Inn, let’s just say his presence is felt down the Gaetz Avenue strip. >

Scar Spangled Banner

It’s the small businessperson’s worst nightmare: a group of employees quits and joins the competition. Here’s how one owner fought back – and the “unvictory” that ensued >

In the Spirit

Long before the Alberta government privatized liquor retail and distribution, Emilio Picariello was already in it for himself, illegally. >