Changes aplenty in Alberta’s executive suites in 2009 introduced new faces to the province’s boardrooms. But how do companies know they have the right person for the job?
by Stephanie Sparks
The 2009 financial statements collected for this year’s Venture 100 list revealed radical changes in the boardrooms of Alberta’s top companies. It’s no wonder, considering 2009 [...]
Tags: Paul Douglas, PCL Construction Holdings Ltd., Venture 100
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Bill Gregson is turning around Canada’s biggest furniture retailer — with a little help from founder Bill Comrie
by Cheryl Mahaffy
Photography John Gaucher
PROFIT BOUNCE: Brick CEO Bill Gregson has good reason to jump for joy, given the company’s improved showing
There’s a sprucing-up going on inside Edmonton’s original Brick store, the brick building with the bold red [...]
Tags: Bill Comrie, Bill Gregson, Brick, Venture 100
Posted in Alberta Business | |
With balance sheets written in red last year, companies are betting on a better year ahead
By Alberta Venture staff & PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP | Illustration by Yarek Waszul
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Tags: analysis, growth, V100, Venture 100
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Will Edmonton’s 2017 Expo bid help the city – and the province – mature?
by Max Fawcett | Illustration by Janice Kun
At Expo 67 in Montreal, the world was introduced to a new Canada, one with its own flag, its own national anthem and a growing sense of its own identity. Fifty years later, the organizers [...]
Tags: Expo, Expo 2017, What's New?, World's Fair
Posted in Alberta Business | |
One of the pieces of data we collect for the V100 is the year when the company was founded. We wondered, how old (or young) are Alberta’s top businesses? First off we wanted to look at the companies with roots. Below are all the companies that were founded before 1960. Behold the grey eminences of [...]
Tags: Founding, V100, Venture 100, visualization
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