Alberta Business Marketing

By Paul Marck It simply would not do to close out the year without offering comment on a couple of things: oil sands and government. I do not believe there has ever been a time when Alberta’s greatest natural resource has been under the spotlight more than it has been in 2010. And in three-plus decades [...]

Tags: BizBeat - Editor's Blog, Expo 2017, Harper, John Baird, oil sands, Stelmach, What's New?
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By Ruth Kelly, Publisher & Editor-in-Chief It has been one week since the federal government dismissed Edmonton’s bid for Expo 2017, claiming fiscal restraint. Upon reflection on the explanations offered by Minister Moore, Minister Ambrose and finally yesterday, the Prime Minister, I was reminded strongly of my mother, a thoughtful and measured woman who raised seven children [...]

Tags: BizBeat - Editor's Blog, Edmonton, Expo 2017, federal government, What's New?
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Harper’s Tories can kiss their fortunes goodbye By Paul Marck So long, Rona Ambrose. See ya later, Laurie Hawn. Sayonara, James Rajotte. Been nice knowing you, Tim Uppal, Brent Rathgeber, Peter Goldring, Mike Lake, and maybe Rob Merrifield. Your leader, Stephen Harper, the prime minister of Canada, has just made you  collateral damage in next spring’s federal [...]

Tags: BizBeat - Editor's Blog, Brent Rathgeber, Expo 2017, James Rajotte, Laurie Hawn, Mike Lake, Peter Golding, Rob Merrifield, Rona Ambrose, Stephen Harper, Tim Uppal
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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
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