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Parker’s Pen – October 2025

A couple of my favourite books are Parnassus on Wheels and The Haunted Bookshop, both by American author, Christopher Morley. I recently read that after he passed away in 1957,

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Parker’s Pen – August 2025

Bike lanes are back in the news again with provincial government Minister of Transportation and Economic Corridors Kevi Dreeshen’s comments on Calgary’s love affair with bicycles at the expense of

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Parker’s Pen – July 2025

Kudos to Nancy Southern, who at the ATCO GM is reported to have said, “I think the discussion of separation should have no oxygen – Canada as a unified country

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Parker’s Pen – June 2025

I’m sure glad we took the opportunity to enjoy some incredible overseas vacations, providing stored up memories of Italy, Spain, Portugal and France. For those who couldn’t go or delayed

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Parker’s Pen – May 2025

I looked up the word ‘statesman’ during this past election campaign, and found that a statesman is a wise person, skilled, experienced and a respected political leader. By the time

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Parker’s Pen – April 2025

Hard to believe that the Ottmann brothers have been publishing Business in Calgary for 35 years, and that I have had the privilege of knowing them for almost all of

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Parker’s Pen – March 2025

I’ve been very lucky in not being too much of a burden on our health care system, but the unfortunate experience of visiting the Rockyview Hospital daily for nine weeks

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