A Fort Macleod Theatre Has Been Selling Tickets Since 1912
The Empress Theatre opened on the main street of Fort Macleod in 1912 as a vaudeville house and is still selling tickets more than a century later.
Eleanor Chiu Built a Homebuilding Career on Doing Good
Eleanor Chiu arrived in Calgary from Hong Kong in 1982, helped grow Trico Homes and entered the Alberta Order of Excellence in 2022 for that work.
Alberta Bets Big on Healthcare While Running a $9.4 Billion Deficit
Budget 2026 puts health expense at $34.4 billion with $1.9 billion in new funding, 50,000 more surgeries and $804 million committed for ambulances.
Elizabeth Cannon Carries GPS Science Into Calgary Boardrooms
Elizabeth Cannon built a satellite navigation engineering career in Calgary and entered the Southern Alberta Business Hall of Fame in 2022 for that work.
Do Not Drain the Farm to Cool the Cloud
An investigation found roughly 76% of Alberta's proposed data centre campuses sit in regions already rated under high or extremely high water stress.
How Fort Assiniboine Became Alberta’s First Multimodal Freight Hub
Built in 1823 on the Athabasca River, Fort Assiniboine was where brigades moved cargo off horses and into canoes heading north into the Mackenzie system.
The Imagination Gap Is the Most Expensive Gap in Business
The imagination gap is the distance between knowing AI matters and knowing what to do about it, in the right sequence, tied to commercial outcomes.
Elizabeth Cannon Charted a Course From GPS Research to University Leadership
Elizabeth Cannon wrote software that made GPS work, then led the University of Calgary, entering the Alberta Order of Excellence in 2022 for that career.
Alberta’s Data Centre Boom Moves From Forecast to Construction
Data District is investing $200 million to $300 million in Olds in 2026 with $500 million more planned, inside a $100 billion provincial investment target.
Calgary’s Housing Market Cools and Buyers Finally Have Leverage
Calgary's detached benchmark fell 4.2% year over year to $565,600, with active listings up 21% and months of supply at 2.9, closer to balanced ground.
