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Breaking the Cycle of Addiction

My wife, Sheryl, and I were downtown recently for a dinner. A light-hearted evening out became an opportunity to reflect on the toll addiction takes on our city. Up and

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An Election Platform Proposal

Several years ago, I sat on a panel that was convened by the Wildrose Party of Alberta. The panel produced the document Equalization Fairness Report, which basically outlined the unfairness

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Marketing Matters – March 2019

Two of our well-known city builders, Gisele Danis and Susan Veres, worked together on the Calgary 2026 Olympic bid process and got along so well they decided to continue their

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Election Fever

Election fever is in the air. The provincial parties are jockeying for position in the eyes of the electorate. Slings and arrows are flying in all directions. Whatever else it

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Convoy to Ottawa Ready to Roll

As Canadians, we all hold sacred our right to engage in hot partisan debate. From well before the time of Confederation, and stretching right up to today, it’s always been

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No Laughing Matter

What do Vancouver, Toronto and Saskatoon have in common? No, this isn’t a bad joke, unless, of course, you think “a more competitive municipal business tax environment than Calgary” is

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Alberta Businesses Tangled in Red Tape

Have you ever waited on hold for government information? Been given conflicting advice on how to comply? Endured silly, redundant or downright confusing instruction? Then you know what it’s like

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City Council Pay Raises

Calgary city council dealt with their annual pay raise in December, and it was not a pretty affair. For reasons I do not quite understand, there was a great deal

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