With a hot Alberta economy and increasing cost of living people move between Alberta, B.C., and Saskatchewan. I saw this in the 70's and 80's and now it seems that we are seeing it again....
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As you might know I live in Edmonton, Alberta. I also lived in Calgary for 5 years and can say that Calgary and Edmonton are very different, Calgary is more a white collar town while Edmonton is a...
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Like most business owners December 31st is the date of your year-end. The next few days are the last chance you will have to make tax deductions for the year. Fortunately, there is a great resource...
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I have been helping a client try to find retail space and can attest to the challenge of finding commercial space here in Edmonton. The latest statistics from Stats Can show significant...
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I was talking to one of my US clients and mentioned "Boxing Day" and he asked me what that was all about and I said "The national holiday the day after Christmas Day." Apparently,...
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I remember when I first heard about blogging and wondered what all the fuss was about. Back then I visited a few blogs and witnessed the conversation taking place as people left comments. To be...
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This news is something I have been talking about for two years. 62 per cent of Canadian private company CEOs polled told a recent PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) survey that the [worker] shortage is...
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I was surprised and pleased to see a lawyer Suzanne Dingwall blogging and complimenting a bank. In her post "BDC: SME hero" she lauds the professionalism and support for entrepreneurs from...
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This makes so much sense, especially in Northern Canada. Using WiMax technology subscribers in Whitehorse will be able to access the Internet anywhere. Navigo Broadband, a wireless Internet Service...
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I have to say that I was just a little surprised t read that 58.2% of Canadians read blogs, UK 45.1% and 36.3% in the USA. Where Canadians lagged behind the US in adopting the WWW, we sure have......
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A great story in the Ottawa Citizen titled "Taking care of business: Rock icon takes teen under wing" cites the story of Randy Bachman mentoring and co-producing the first album of...
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From the Business Opportunties Blog comes a post about a creative entrepreneur, Betty Funk who hails from Morden, Manitoba who makes bags and purses from used seat belts. Production is very...
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"The great end of education is to discipline rather than to furnish the mind; to train it to the use of its own powers, rather than fill it with the accumulation of others." - Tyron Edwards...
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The Ottawa Business Journal (OBJ) has an interesting piece that updates readers on the 10 companies selected by the OBJ in January as Startups to Watch. Looks like these 10 did pretty good overall....
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Today I am continuing my series on Understanding Financial Statements. In Part 1 I wrote about how important it is to be able read your financial statements and linked to content from D&B Canada...
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Does this sound like the effect you are looking for when launching a new product or company? A jolt. That's what you want from your product launch. An impact that will ripple through your...
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Canadian business Online has a great little article to help B2B websites critique and fix their website. They identified four specific issues with suggestions on how to fix the problem. So, a couple...
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Did you know that there was a Canadian Business Hall of Fame? I had no idea. According to Wikipedia the Canadian Business Hall of Fame was established by Junior Achievement Canada in 1979 and have...
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