March 2025
IN this issue

CIWB Lifetime Achievement Award Winner Hilary Foulkes.
Some people have a fairly straightforward career trajectory. A path laid out in clear and defined steps, leading to a desired destination (and the gravitas

Preparing for the inevitable.
Cyberattacks are no longer just a possibility for businesses. They’re an inevitability, say experts. The rising sophistication of digital threats ranging from artificial-intelligence (AI)-powered phishing

The Changing Calgary Market.
Calgary’s 2025 residential real estate market is already showing signs of changes. Prices. The consumer impact of lowered mortgage rates. Listings-to-sales ratios which are nudging

Calgary’s Multifamily Boom.
Calgary housing starts are strong and, for various reasons including consumer demand, Calgary’s multifamily housing is hot. According to BILD Calgary Region, the recent CMHC

Lifestyle and Investment.
While it’s true that some things never change, technology, contemporary lifestyle and state-of-the-art options like Airbnb and Vrbo are redefining the perception, the strategy, the

Key Person Insurance
A basic but crucial part of smart business is risk management. The important and calculated approach to understanding, evaluating and tackling threats to a business’

New Exit Strategies
It’s one of the biggest, most complex, delicate, often emotional and personal facts of business owner life: the exit strategy! Consultants, financial planners and some

There’s no tariff in team
This time of the year I usually like to speculate on what may lie ahead for Alberta in 2025. However, Canada turned out to be