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Sober talk about lowering the legal driving limit
It’s time for someone to address the big pink elephant in the room. While provinces tinker with traffic regulations in a well-meaning effort to get tough on impaired driving, no one seems willing to...
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International job Expo set for Calgary and Edmonton
The hunt for skilled labour is intense these days. Already, we’re hearing about shortages in certain sectors in Alberta. It’s a situation that also exists elsewhere. So competition for skilled talent...
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The Future of Enterprise: How digital interactions are replacing face-to-face
As we established in previous weeks, the world of enterprise is currently undergoing a technological revolution that will transform the way business as we know it, is conducted. This is the fifth of an...
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Google Glass: Privacy commissioners across Canada join international...
Privacy commissioners across Canada have joined their international counterparts in calling on Google chief executive Larry Page to meet to discuss their privacy concerns over Google Glass. “We would...
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Award-winning English ale comes to Alberta
It’s a sad irony many beer-exporting countries tend to foist their most uninspired beers on the rest of the world in great quantities. Does Foster’s represent the best Australia has to offer? Is...
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Australians get their first dose of #Farmvoices
Alberta based FarmOn’s #Farmvoices campaign has taken off in Australia. We go Down Under and hear from the Future Farmers Network about why they wanted to get on board with this initiative coming up...
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Prince George Turns One! Destinations Fit for a Prince
By George, it’s the royal baby’s 1st Birthday on July 22nd. Prince George is quite the jetsetter, trotting around the UK, New Zealand, Australia and the Caribbean in the past 12 months. To mark the...
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First Half Of Calgary Folk Club’s Season Wraps This Friday
To borrow a relatively newly-coined TV term, the fall finale of the current season at The Calgary Folk Club will take place this Friday night, breaking until the new year. Wrapping up this first part...
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Driller Savanna says founding CEO no longer with firm
Savanna Energy Services Corp. has abruptly parted ways with president and CEO Ken Mullen, announcing the co-founder of the drilling company is no longer employed there in a brief news release after...
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Eclectic Aussie rockers The Cat Empire all about bringing energy alive
There are few cities in the world you could actually consider living and breathing entities. They are truly alive. It’s something you can sense when you’re inside of them, you can feel it, connect with...
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Canada Council gets a makeover
The Canada Council’s long-anticipated makeover was announced Wednesday morning. The federal arts agency announced that in the name of streamlining the process for all involved, it’s changing the...
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Consumed: Jacobs Creek introduces Shiraz aged in whisky barrels
Whisky is aged in barrels once used for wine, but an Australian winery has set out to see if the reverse would have any sort of delicious effect. The experiment of aging Jacob’s Creek shiraz in barrels...
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Calgary Folk Music Festival touches down with wonderful opening night
It did touch down. Just a day later. And right smack dab in the centre of the city. Or at least it appeared that way. Come to think of it, at this time of year, it always appears that way. It always...
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Fringe review: Pretending Things are a Cock
Jon Bennett, an Australian standup comedian, starts off his show Pretending Things are a Cock by explaining that his show really isn’t what you think it might be – particularly if you come expecting...
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Australian engineering giant buys Calgary-based Enercore Projects
A Calgary engineering firm specializing in oilsands and oil and gas projects is being purchased for $10 million by a global engineering giant based in Australia as low commodity prices continue to...
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Travel like Bond at Spectre filming locations
This article originally appeared on Travels with Baggage. Copyright 2015. Who’s stoked to see Spectre, the new James Bond film? Nerdy traveller that I am, I’m particularly excited to suss out the...
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No recovery seen in PSAC forecast as driller reports more layoffs, asset sales
A tough year for oilfield services companies will get a bit worse in 2016, according to a forecast issued Tuesday by the Petroleum Services Association of Canada. PSAC said it now forecasts 5,150...
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Think-tank says Australian model proves taxis and Uber can coexist
As city administration works on a new bylaw that could pave the way for Uber to legally operate in Calgary, a study from a Montreal think-tank reveals it’s possible for the taxi industry and...
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Travel notes: South Pacific trifecta and rutting fun in the Rockies
View of Bora Bora from Taha’a. South Pacific sampler: Three islands for one airfare price SOUTH PACIFIC – Australia. New Zealand. Tahiti. Sounds like a dreamy trifecta of travel as we head into the...
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Aussie think tank delivers carbon tax warning from Down Under
It was a Down Under blunder that should serve as a lesson to Alberta as it embarks on its own controversial carbon tax, says a think tank that led efforts to scrap that country’s short-lived climate...
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