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BUSINESS IN CALGARYDIMENSIONS: 7.875” X 10.75“PROJECT: The RiverMEDIA DEADLINE DATE: April 01, 2015

CMYK

Visit our DISCOVERY CENTRE: 120-396 11th Avenue SW. Open weekdays 11am-4pm or call us to arrange a personal tour

THE RIVER is being developed by 26th Avenue River Investments Inc., a dynamic affiliate of Ledcor Properties Inc. The developer reserves the right to make changes to the information contained herein. Renderings, photographs and maps are representational only and may not be accurate. E.&O.E.

This fall, callTHE RIVER home.

Rare are those who can call THE RIVER home. Only 7 opportunities remain to own one of these truly stunning properties. When they’re gone, so is your invitation to own the exceptional.

T H E R I V E R C A L G A R Y. C O M

Move into Calgary’s ultimate luxury development this fall.Come home to a residence that is meticulously designed and impeccably appointed. Where privacy and security are cherished, and where a Concierge is dedicated to your day. Nestled on the Elbow River, in the heart of Mission, Calgary’s signature property awaits.

Discovery Centre: Suite 203, 508 – 24th Avenue SW, Calgary, AB T2S 0K4OUR DISCOVERY CENTRE IS OPEN WEEKDAYS 11AM – 4PM OR CALL US TO ARRANGE A PERSONAL TOUR.

Contact Anne Clarke, Director of Sales 403.263.5133 [email protected]

3 Unique Homes

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Prices do not includefurnishings

October 31st Possession

Available Now

60 Day Possession

These 3 beautiful fully-furnished homes exemplify the diversity of design, and choices available through Wolf Custom Homes.

Call Gary Wade 403.804.0373 or Jaret Fry 403.874.9511 to arrange a private viewing or visit during showhome hours.

Closed Mondays, 12-6pm Tues to Thurs, 12-5pm Fri, Sat,Sun & Holidays

www.wolfcustomhomes.ca

39 Watermark Road

5306 sq ft of total development

O�ered at $2,295,000

3 + 2 bedrooms • 4.5 baths

Outdoor Kitchen /Terrace w �replace

Modern/Prairie Style Elegance

3 car garage

www.39watermarkroad.ca

348 Spyglass Way 8644 sq ft of total development

O�ered at $3,995,000

3 + 3 bedrooms • 7.5 baths

Attached Guest House

Walk-out Basement • 4 car garage

Cascading Ponds & Mountain Views

www.348spyglassway.ca

111 Hillside Terrace

4,583 sq ft of total development

O�ered at $1,860,000

4 + 1 bedrooms • 4.5 baths

Walk-out basement • 3 car garage

Backing onto green space

Overlooking pond

www.111hillsideterrace.ca

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Roughly 3,000 Calgary students drop out of high school each year. This costs the local economy an estimated $15,850 annually per student.

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Roughly 3,000 Calgary students drop out of high school each year. This costs the local economy an estimated $15,850 annually per student.

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Supporting the visions of entrepreneurs one story at a time

Contents | Volume 25 | Number 6

THIS MONTH’S FEATURES 22 • Urbanomics|UrbanDevelopmentDiscussion: BuildingforaChangingCalgary Demographics, cultural mix and what buyers want

38 • FlightoftheCondo Still a boom? By Melanie Darbyshire

51 • BusinessAviationIsHeretoStay By Debra Ward

55 • TheNewAg Efficiency and laptops in the barn By Colleen Wallace

60 • JusttheFacts The industry deals with a perfect storm By John Hardy

65 • TheFluxofExports Dealing with ups and downs By Dan Cooper

69 • BOMACalgaryNews Summer 2015

81 • ThePublicBusinessofRoundsPlayed Calgary’s six public golf courses By John Hardy

REGULAR COLUMNS14 • Mirror,MirrorontheWall

By Richard Bronstein

16 • TheGreatDisconnectBy Frank Atkins

18 • FarewelltoLonnieTate

85 • LeadingBusiness

89 • TheCalgaryReportCurrent developments for Calgary Telus Convention Centre, Tourism Calgary, Calgary Economic Development, and Innovate Calgary

94 • MarketingMatters By David Parker

COMPANY PROFILES 77 • WendyEllenInc.

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Living the Corporate Culture

The international Entrepreneurs’ Organization (EO) is the respected, world-wide business networking group — with more than 10,000 members in 35 countries — where business leaders meet informally to brainstorm, compare notes, learn and share relevant discussions about business.EO has 122 chapters around the world, including the Calgary chapter which is the fifth largest and one of the most active EO chapters in the world.

Keys to success

Let’s Ask an EOer

Upcoming Events:

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Unlike business plans, flow charts and spreadsheets, corporate culture is an intangible. It’s a mindset. An attitude. Many

business schools teach corporate culture as “shared standards and beliefs that define an organization’s character and nature.”

Most importantly, it is the shared values that are the core of an organization. Core Values. It’s what they do. It’s how they do it. It’s who they are!

“Great organizations live their core values, every day,” says Glenn Street, Calgary EO member and “top dog” of Street Characters, the Calgary-based world leader of mascot costume design and creation. “It’s the DNA of the organization. And keep it simple! You don’t need thick policy manuals. Core values are guiding principles that everybody lives and works by.”

Jeff Bradshaw, Calgary EO member and president and CEO of V Strategies, agrees and adds that, in most companies, core values are personal. “Without core values, people would not have one focused direction. Core values help accomplish the same goals and achieve the same things.

“And buying into the core values is intentionally personal. Making a decision is work, not personal. Making sure everyone is on-board is personal.”

Troy Ferguson, Calgary EO member and president and CEO of Calgary-based Redrock Camps, is in a somewhat unique corporate culture situation. His successful company designs and operates turnkey camps (workforce hospitality solutions) for

industries doing work in remote areas and, by nature, his staff is scattered all over the place.

“Our greatest challenge in our remote business is not to run it remotely. Communications is the key. We must communicate what our clients expect from us. Part of rapid growth like we have is keeping everyone up to speed,” Ferguson points out.

“Corporate culture creates loyalty and discipline. And our core values translate into an army that can deliver great service. At the end of the day, it’s all about human interaction and looking after clients.”

Companies usually have their own, individual methods for defining core values. Most target core values that inspire, motivate and are easy to remember and achieve.

For example, at V Strategies it’s make people happy, keep it simple, get creative, focus on solutions and do what’s right. Others include core values like excellence, integrity, loyalty, consistency, “be the customer,” innovation and … have fun!

Many companies, like Redrock Camps, V Strategies and Street Characters, reinforce core values with staff activities and gestures. Some have “treat days” or monthly breakfast clubs or nooners when nobody is allowed to talk shop to daily huddles, gift cards and even group hugs.

“Companies with a strong corporate culture resonate well with their customers,” Street emphasizes a potent bonus. “People typically want to do business with people who actually live their values, daily.”

Living the Corporate Culture

The international Entrepreneurs’ Organization (EO) is the respected, world-wide business networking group — with more than 10,000 members in 35 countries — where business leaders meet informally to brainstorm, compare notes, learn and share relevant discussions about business.EO has 122 chapters around the world, including the Calgary chapter which is the fifth largest and one of the most active EO chapters in the world.

Keys to success

Let’s Ask an EOer

Jeff Bradshaw President and CEO,

V Strategies Inc.

Glenn Street“Top dog”,

Street Characters Inc.

Upcoming Events:

May 28th • Dr. Leonard Sax – Dinner Workshop

June 3rd • Leadership Breakfast – Ward Mallabone, Priviti Capital Corp.

June 11th • Accelerator Day – Finance

June 12th • President’s Year End Party – Heritage Park

July 2nd • Annual Stampede Party

Contributing Members:

Troy FergusonPresident and CEO,

Redrock Camps

www.eocalgary.com | For membership inquiries: [email protected]

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14 • June 2015 BUSINESS IN CALGARY | businessincalgary.com

Mirror, Mirror on the Wall • Richard Bronstein

BY RICHARD BRONSTEIN

There must be a skunk in the chicken coop for all the caterwauling coming from downtown Calgary.

“Completely devastating … capital can easily move out of Alberta … another layer of uncertainty … dismay and disbelief … be concerned ….”

Someone should tell these tall foreheads to dial it down a little because the sky is not exactly falling after the NDP election win.

In every interview I’ve heard her give before and after the election, one of Rachel Notley’s top priorities is job creation in Alberta. She does not sound like Hugo Chavez to me.

If there is going to be an oil royalty review, it will not happen tomorrow, when everyone is still struggling with low oil process. And when it does happen, it will be a fair, open and collaborative process.

If there is a climate of uncertainty in the oil business today, it has nothing to do with the NDP. It is because of low international oil prices, which hopefully, are starting to creep up a little bit.

The other uncertainty we have had is years of political instability in Alberta. There were the last years of the Klein administration. That was followed by the confusing Ed Stelmach regime, then the entertaining Alison Redford interregnum, followed by the Jim Prentice flameout.

Keep this in mind when we all sit and ridicule Premier Notley for being stuck with a caucus of greenhorns. How will she manage to form a credible government? It won’t be easy, but on the other hand, we haven’t had an A-team cabinet for over 10 years now and somehow Alberta survived. So expectations are necessarily low to start.

What she does have, which the last four Progressive Conservative premiers of Alberta did not, is the 100 per cent loyalty of her caucus. Our previous four captains had one hand on the rudder of government, while with the other they were constantly duelling for short-term electoral advantage.

It is entirely likely the new NDP government will stumble at times. But Rachel Notley has strong political roots, she has worked in government, and is an experienced legislator.

One big strength the NDP has, and don’t sneeze at it, is

that nearly half its caucus is women. Has this happened before in western democracy? And while a few may be not prime time, most of them are accomplished individuals — lawyers, businesswomen, teachers, medical workers, family leaders, community leaders and so on.

And if I can say this without sounding too sexist, women tend to bring slightly different qualities to matters of problem solving. Men seem to act first and talk later. Women tend to think first and then figure out what to do. (By my personal observation meter, men are about 50 per cent successful; women about 90 per cent.)

The new government will stumble out of the gate more than once. So long as they maintain their democratic and humanitarian instincts, people will be forgiving. In fact, the air in Alberta is already fresher and the sun brighter because there is possibility we can envision a better way of doing things than we have in the past.

The first priority is for Premier Notley to organize and train a functioning executive branch of government. Someone has to legally sign the cheques.

The next priority is to meet the legislature and prepare a provincial budget. Now is not the time for bold financial gambles, nor a time to risk your brand name by being labelled “spendthrift.” A rookie government cannot risk getting into big, drawn-out battles.

But Notley’s speech from the throne can be bold and visionary. It can be about substance, it can be a literate explanation of Alberta NDP long-term fixes for what ails us.

True leadership means taking the time to have an honest conversation with all Albertans about fundamentally changing the way we do business here. It is not sustainable for the provincial government to rely on the ups and downs of resource revenue to finance ongoing obligations such as health, education and public safety. You need stable funding and that only comes from a reliable revenue stream. They have a name for it, it’s called taxes. Resource royalties can be a small part of this mix, but most of that money should be saved.

This is the mirror we all need to look into. BiC

Mirror, Mirror on the Wall

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The Great Disconnect • Frank Atkins

I am a great believer in democracy, and when the people speak in an election, we all have to accept the

results. From that perspective, we should all congratulate Rachel Notley and the Alberta New Democratic Party (NDP) on their stunning victory in the Alberta election. However, in a democracy, we all have the right to disagree with the results. I have long suspected that there is a disconnect between what individuals profess to believe and the day-to-day actions of these individuals. As an example, in the 1960s it was very trendy to protest capitalism. The disconnect here was that a lot of students drove their expensive cars to the protests. A more current version of this behaviour is that people like David Suzuki use airlines to fly around the world to protest fossil fuel consumption.

Unfortunately, there is a large disconnect in the Alberta election. As the world price of oil slumped recently, there are a great number of individuals in Alberta who have lost their jobs. For reasons that are not well understood, individuals who lose their jobs look to the government for help. In the Alberta election there was a great deal of talk about change, and clearly Albertans voted for change. However, the change that Albertans voted for is going to make the unemployment situation worse.

It is possible that some people believe that the type of change that they voted for involves diversifying the Alberta economy away from oil and into

something else. However, it is hard to understand how changing a government will accomplish this. The only way that an economy can change is that if individuals who participate in the economy choose to do something else. Governments who try to unilaterally impose change invite disaster. Just look at the abysmal costly failure of the green initiatives in Ontario.

If you look at the history of provincial NDP governments, it is quite obvious that whenever an NDP government has been elected, the economy performs rather badly. Just look at the Ontario economy under the Bob Rae regime, Saskatchewan before the election of Brad Wall, and British Columbia under NDP governments. From a national perspective, think about how the Canadian economy functioned under the interventionist regime of the Trudeau years. The problem is that economies simply do not function well when they are burdened by the type

of intervention that is inherent in a socialist-type government.

There are a lot of individuals who were not particularly happy with the election results. The main concern is what is going to happen to investment in the oil and gas sector. Oil and gas projects are very expensive and without a steady stream of investment, some projects will not come to fruition. Without the needed investment the net result will be further job losses. The worry is that those with the needed capital will be reluctant to invest in a province where the government clearly took an anti-pipeline stance during the election campaign.

Clearly, there are individuals who believe that an anti-oil stance is appro-priate. NDP governments are generally supportive of anti-oil philosophy, and it does not appear that Ms. Notley’s position differs from the mainstream NDP view. However, here is where we encounter the great disconnect. How can you govern Alberta, where the economic livelihood depends largely on the oil and gas sector, when you are basically taking an anti-oil stance? Further, how can people vote for what is essentially an anti-oil government when their jobs depend on a healthy oil and gas sector? The great discon-nect lives on and Albertans will have to face the economic consequences of their choices. BiC

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GL OBAL POWER TE CH NO LO GI ESGrowth Through the Power of Execution.

Over the years Global Thermoelectric has successfully demonstrated excellence both internally as an employer and externally as the world leader in ultra-reliable remote power systems, including Global’s unique TEG’s (Thermoelectric Generators). In April of 2014 Global Thermoelectric and Gentherm, who are both leaders in different markets with thermoelectric products, joined forces.

Global began its relationship with Results in 2011 as part of an initiative to make the company an attractive acquisition candidate so that it could take advantage of tremendous international growth opportunities. The coaching and guidance from the Results team helped identify strategic changes and execution practices that were successfully implemented. These changes directly contributed to the recognition of Global’s standard of

. In April 2015 the full transition from Global Thermoelectric to Gentherm Global Power Technologies (GPT) was accomplished. To learn more about Alberta companies unleashing their full potential, visit resultstransforms.com

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GL OBAL POWER TE CH NO LO GI ESGrowth Through the Power of Execution.

Over the years Global Thermoelectric has successfully demonstrated excellence both internally as an employer and externally as the world leader in ultra-reliable remote power systems, including Global’s unique TEG’s (Thermoelectric Generators). In April of 2014 Global Thermoelectric and Gentherm, who are both leaders in different markets with thermoelectric products, joined forces.

Global began its relationship with Results in 2011 as part of an initiative to make the company an attractive acquisition candidate so that it could take advantage of tremendous international growth opportunities. The coaching and guidance from the Results team helped identify strategic changes and execution practices that were successfully implemented. These changes directly contributed to the recognition of Global’s standard of

. In April 2015 the full transition from Global Thermoelectric to Gentherm Global Power Technologies (GPT) was accomplished. To learn more about Alberta companies unleashing their full potential, visit resultstransforms.com

Results helps clients achieve success through visibility, alignment, accountability and engagement of all employees in executing their strategy.

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farewell • Lonnie Tate

Through Business in Calgary we met Lonnie while he was the director of marketing for Ernst & Young in 1994. He was in the earliest days of planning what has

now become an EY worldwide event in the Entrepreneur Of The Year awards. One of Lonnie’s roles was to head up the Prairie Regions event.

Our first meeting we were introduced to Lonnie’s firm handshake, signature smile and bold laugh. This is how we met and came to know him throughout the years. His firm handshake and word were better than any contract could ever be written. His smile made us feel welcome and appreciated and the laugh was just his demeanor saying that it was all going to work out.

In those days Business in Calgary was a fledgling magazine with about three years of history and about a 50/50 chance of survival. It was the early ’90s, the economy was very tough on a start-up and we came to the table with more of a vision and a dream than a reputation and a solid publication.

Lonnie didn’t only run the Prairie Regions Entrepreneur Of The Year awards, he truly believed in entrepreneurs and giving them a chance. This is what he did for us at Business in Calgary. I know he had to do battle with some who questioned his judgement on tying such a huge program to such a young publication, but he did and we will forever appreciate the confidence he placed in us.

Over the years we became business associates and friends. We worked with Lonnie on the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra when he was the chair of the organization, with the Glencoe Golf and Country Club and with EY and the Entrepreneur Of The year awards until his retirement.

Even after Lonnie’s retirement from EY we would get together for a lunch a couple times per year to catch up. Five years ago he pitched us on the idea of writing a column from his perspective and one that would speak to boomers, planning and contemplating retirement. The column evolved and while it still had those components, he also dove into politics, health care and issues that faced Calgary, the city we believe he truly loved. After arguing about what fee we would pay him (he was adamant he wouldn’t accept payment), we decided his fee would go to Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation.

The column then turned into a book and Lonnie published his first book “Calgary Life” Views Of A Retired Guy.

Lonnie’s last column ran in our May issue. We will miss his column but more so his friendship as that big-hearted guy that gave some young entrepreneurs a chance to work with some of Calgary’s best. May he rest in peace. BiC

Lonnie Tate December 29, 1944 — North Battleford, Saskatchewan

April 18, 2015 — Calgary, Alberta

Lonnie, beloved husband of Karen Tate (nee

Greenwood) of Calgary, passed away on April 18, 2015

at the age of 70 years. Lonnie’s career began

with Clarkson Gordon as an articling student.

After earning his Chartered Accountant

designation, he remained with the firm and

became a partner in 1977. He enjoyed many

years working with clients and colleagues

in Calgary. He moved to Toronto as National

Director of Marketing in 1988. Shortly thereafter,

the firm became known as Ernst & Young. Lonnie

retired in 1999. His business card read “Retired

from work, not life.” Lonnie will be fondly

remembered by family and friends for sharing

his passion for life. He was a talented pianist and

enjoyed golfing, gourmet cooking, music, the

Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra, and was also an

author. He wrote monthly articles for Business in

Calgary and published a book entitled, “Calgary

Life.” He was also an active fundraiser for JDRF

(Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation). Lonnie

is survived by his wife Karen; daughter Lynda and

her husband Rob Shull of Toronto and his son

Michael Tate of Calgary; grandchildren Connor

and Caylie Shull of Toronto; and brothers John

(Noella) Tate of Calgary and Paul Tate of Toronto.

He is also survived by numerous cousins, nieces

and nephews.

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PROFILE

It’s not unusual to have win-win situations. The innovation and ingenuity of Koen van der Maaten and the state-of-

the-art technology that is geothermal heating and cooling by Thermal Creek Ltd., now makes it possible to have a win-win-win situation!

The science and the superb service that is Thermal Creek is effective and efficient heating and cooling of homes and buildings. Thermal Creek geothermal reduces the operational costs for heating and cooling. And geothermal is very environmentally friendly heating and cooling.

“Geothermal used to be a new, technical and complicated concept for many laypeople,” explains van der Maaten, the upbeat and industry respected engineer, co-founder and chief technology officer of Thermal Creek. “Eight years ago, people looked at us funny and they thought the idea was too high-tech to handle. But so much has changed. Maybe word of mouth or because people are so plugged-in and well informed today.

“The concept of geothermal has become popular and has proven itself.” He admits that although the geothermal concept may be a bit technical, it can be explained using fairly basic principles.

Geothermal uses the energy in the earth. A series of geothermal pipe loops installed in boreholes, typically bored from 200 feet to 400 feet down, circulate geothermal fluid. A geothermal heat pump (not a fossil fuel burning furnace or a/c unit) transfers the heat from deep in the ground and efficiently distributes it as geothermal heating. To provide cooling, the geothermal system simply reverses the cycle and transfers heat from the building to the ground.

“The ground does three-quarters of the work and the electric heat pump does the rest,” van der Maaten says.

He credits the solidly documented positives, advantages and benefits of geothermal for making the technology mainstream for today’s residential homes and commercial buildings. “The upfront costs may be higher than conventional heating and cooling systems, but payback, the environment, better comfort and a safer heating system (no combustion) must be figured in.

This makes geothermal very impressive,” he emphasizes with enthusiasm.

The stats are verified and undisputable. Geothermal is five times more energy efficient and reduces energy consumption by as much as a staggering 80 per cent, compared to non-renewable and fossil fuel (natural gas, oil or propane) burning conventional home furnaces and commercial boiler systems.

Geothermal is definitely catching on! Calgary’s Thermal Creek is proving that geothermal is a win-win-win. Geothermal is a more efficient, cheaper and sustainable alternative.

www.thermalcreek.com | 403.764.2535

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Koen van der Maaten, co-founder and chief technology officer of Thermal Creek

Geothermal technology - a mainstream for today’s residential homes and commercial buildings.

PROFILE

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PROFILE

It’s not unusual to have win-win situations. The innovation and ingenuity of Koen van der Maaten and the state-of-

the-art technology that is geothermal heating and cooling by Thermal Creek Ltd., now makes it possible to have a win-win-win situation!

The science and the superb service that is Thermal Creek is effective and efficient heating and cooling of homes and buildings. Thermal Creek geothermal reduces the operational costs for heating and cooling. And geothermal is very environmentally friendly heating and cooling.

“Geothermal used to be a new, technical and complicated concept for many laypeople,” explains van der Maaten, the upbeat and industry respected engineer, co-founder and chief technology officer of Thermal Creek. “Eight years ago, people looked at us funny and they thought the idea was too high-tech to handle. But so much has changed. Maybe word of mouth or because people are so plugged-in and well informed today.

“The concept of geothermal has become popular and has proven itself.” He admits that although the geothermal concept may be a bit technical, it can be explained using fairly basic principles.

Geothermal uses the energy in the earth. A series of geothermal pipe loops installed in boreholes, typically bored from 200 feet to 400 feet down, circulate geothermal fluid. A geothermal heat pump (not a fossil fuel burning furnace or a/c unit) transfers the heat from deep in the ground and efficiently distributes it as geothermal heating. To provide cooling, the geothermal system simply reverses the cycle and transfers heat from the building to the ground.

“The ground does three-quarters of the work and the electric heat pump does the rest,” van der Maaten says.

He credits the solidly documented positives, advantages and benefits of geothermal for making the technology mainstream for today’s residential homes and commercial buildings. “The upfront costs may be higher than conventional heating and cooling systems, but payback, the environment, better comfort and a safer heating system (no combustion) must be figured in.

This makes geothermal very impressive,” he emphasizes with enthusiasm.

The stats are verified and undisputable. Geothermal is five times more energy efficient and reduces energy consumption by as much as a staggering 80 per cent, compared to non-renewable and fossil fuel (natural gas, oil or propane) burning conventional home furnaces and commercial boiler systems.

Geothermal is definitely catching on! Calgary’s Thermal Creek is proving that geothermal is a win-win-win. Geothermal is a more efficient, cheaper and sustainable alternative.

www.thermalcreek.com | 403.764.2535

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Koen van der Maaten, co-founder and chief technology officer of Thermal Creek

Geothermal technology - a mainstream for today’s residential homes and commercial buildings.

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22 • June 2015 BUSINESS IN CALGARY | businessincalgary.com

URBANOMICS | Urban Development Discussion

It’s unanimous! It’s well known here in Calgary, throughout Alberta, in the other nine provinces, in the U.S. and in many places around the world.Calgary is a dynamic city. Calgary has character and

spirit. Calgary is an extraordinary place to live, work and play. Calgary is exciting. Calgary is growing.

And part of the unique dynamic is that — often in stealth and subtle ways – Calgary is changing.

The dynamic, growing and constantly changing Calgary is a key aspect of urban planning – the development of how Calgary will look and, most importantly, where people will live. Because when it comes to shiny office and condo buildings, LRT stations, front yards and driveways, parks, schools, +15s, transportation, roads and traffic flows — it’s all about people.

It’s about Calgarians living, working and playing in the city and constantly changing the dynamic that is Calgary. People drive the changes and the city’s planners together with Calgary’s builders and developers make it happen.

So people aspects like population growth, demographics and cultural mix are vital components of the plan.

Calgary is one of the youngest big cities in Canada. The median age of 36.4 is lower than Toronto (38.6) or Vancouver (40.2). The new normal, in Calgary and throughout North America, is that the average age is increasing, reflecting an overall aging population.

According to the Calgary-specific 50-year (1989-2039) population growth forecasts and projections, the number of

Calgary seniors (age 65+) will increase over 500 per cent. By comparison, youth (under 20) will increase by 108 per cent and adults (20-65) will spike 110 per cent.

In terms of effective planning, the exciting challenge for Calgary developers and city planners is: who are they and where and how will they prefer to live in Calgary?

“Calgary’s record net migration over the past few years is both inter-provincial and international,” says Chris Jurewicz, business and policy strategist and spokesperson for Build Calgary, the group consisting of various city business units and external stakeholders, collaborating to plan for the changing demands of Calgary growth.

“The city forecasts net migration of 14,000 people per year over the next six years. Population is expected to increase by over 50 per cent in the next 25 years. The aging of the baby boomer generation, coupled with the younger generations behind it combined with increased longevity, means Calgary is getting older.”

The cultural mix is also a factor when it comes to planning and development.

“The city does not collect data on ethnicity and relies on information from Statistics Canada,” he points out. “But for most development trends and providing city services, ethnicity is not a differentiating factor.

“The demographics and the cultural mix of Calgary will require a greater diversity of housing choices. Creating housing opportunities for seniors to continue to live in the communities

Demographics, cultural mix and what buyers want

Building for a Changing Calgary

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they are most familiar with and tailoring city services to the growing sections of the population,” Jurewicz adds.

“Members of both groups, UDI (the not-for-profit Calgary association representing close to 200 members focused on the development of innovative, efficient and sustainable Calgary communities) and the city, work hard to plan the best solutions to assure a fantastic city,” says the focused and enthusiastic Charron Ungar, president of Avi Urban. “Balance is the key. We must work together to provide housing diversity and choices – for people who already live here or will move here.

“Choice is too often a matter for growth in suburban areas. Choice should also be important in city redevelopment. We must embrace diversity and recognize what the public needs and wants – whether it’s the cultural mix or the generational mix. Diversity and choice are the fabric of good communities.”

Paul Boskovich, senior development manager of Genstar Development, agrees. “We don’t let focus groups run our business. We consider what various demos and the cultural mix of Calgary expect from us. The composition of Canada is more diverse and we have to be cognizant of who is moving to Calgary.

“We’re seeing a greater variety of people coming into every development. The population is aging and Calgary is attracting people from around the world. An essential part of Calgary’s growing population is home ownership.

We need the available land and the approvals to provide choice,” he says.

“Whether it’s demographics of aging Calgarians wanting to live in areas they are used to, single people getting financing or features that are part of the ethnic mix. I was in a show home recently, which had a separate spice kitchen. Or the reality of multiple people living in a multi-family dwelling. Census figures cite 3.2 people per household but for some homebuyers, the average could be 4.2 and their needs could be additional utility like bathrooms, bedrooms and parking.

“There must be choice to accommodate diversity,” Boskovich urges.

In most Canadian municipalities, land use and land approvals are contentious issues. Calgary is no exception. “Land supply allows us to understand how much land is available to meet the demand for new housing,” Jurewicz admits. “It gives us the chance to plan which new communities can be built next. There needs to be a balance. Too much land being serviced at once is very costly to the city, while not enough land means we can’t accommodate growth.”

“Policy should be an enabler. Let the development industry do what it does best: innovate!” Ungar says, emphatically. Land use policy plays a significant role in how the city grows. A prescriptive land use quells innovation.

“When ideology overtakes reason and calculated risk, it limits our ability to grow in a responsible and innovative way.” BiC

Charron Ungar, president of Avi UrbanPaul Boskovich, senior development manager of Genstar Development.

“Balance is the key.

We must work together to

provide housing diversity

and choices – for people

who already live here or

will move here.”

~ Charron Ungar

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MOUNTAIN VIEWS $375,570*

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FARMER’S MARKET

144 AVE NW

SAGE BLUFFBLVD NW

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NS

VALL

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NW

STONEY TRAIL NW

Experience Our Beautiful

MONTANA MOUNTAIN RETREATS.ENJOY | EXPERIENCE | LIVE

Paull [email protected]

Gretchen [email protected]

Watch for us featured

on HGTV’s episode of

“Living Big Sky”

EUREKA MONTANA REAL ESTATE EXPERTS

WWW.LANCASTERANDCO.COM

Ph: 406-297-0144 // [email protected] Riverside Dr. Eureka, MT, 59917

MOUNTAIN VIEWS $375,570*

WILDERNESS CLUB $1,143,562*

GOLF$456,221*

CREEKFRONT$444,183*

LAKEFRONT$1,161,618*

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HGTV’s episode of

HORSE PROPERTY$1,053,281*

*Canadian prices, assume an 83% exchange rate

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PROFILE

Getting involved with RESOLVE as one of its first “Calgarians Committed to Change” cabinet members was an easy decision for Craig Hill. He has had a

huge commitment and big heart for helping those most vulnerable since he moved to this city in 1988.

One of the city’s outstanding imports from Saskatchewan, Hill obtained his law degree from the University of Saskatchewan in 1984 and practiced there for a few years. He was lured to Calgary by better career opportunities and joined the then firm of Fenerty Robertson Fraser and Hatch.

Now focusing on commercial real estate and development law, he manages a large and diverse practice as a partner with Dentons Canada LLP.

His real estate practice keeps him very busy but he has always found the time to serve as a community volunteer. For the past six years he has been an advisory board member of CORCAN – a special operating agency of the Correctional Service of Canada.

He served on the board of Habitat for Humanity Calgary for eight years – including terms as secretary, vice chair and board chair – and for three years on the Board of Directors of Habitat for Humanity Canada, in his last year as board chair.

Habitat for Humanity seeks to mobilize volunteers and community partnerships to build affordable housing and to promote home ownership as a means of breaking the cycle of poverty. During his involvement with the organization it undertook (in concert with the Calgary Community Land Trust Society) to build the 12-unit Leo and Goldie Sheftel town house complex on 16th Avenue NW and the 27-unit Sun Court in the southeast Dover district, so he is well aware of the need for affordable housing in this city.

Hill has also participated in the “homeless count“ conducted by the Calgary Homeless Foundation in which volunteers team up with police, bylaw officers and agency staffers to conduct a “point in time” count of the number of people sleeping outside and in emergency shelters, short-term supportive housing and treatment centres. A most

sobering eye-opener was when he talked to a man living in a cardboard box who excused himself to get some sleep as he had to be up at 6:00 a.m. to get to work.

He is familiar with many of the nine established social service agencies involved with RESOLVE. He says it was learning about the unique-in-Canada collaboration between them that first interested him and the drive by the private sector, in addition to government, to raise the capital to create more affordable housing for the city’s most vulnerable citizens.

A respected member of his profession, Hill has undertaken the task of spearheading a legal sector fundraising strategy. He has set himself a goal of raising a million dollars from Calgary law firms. To date he has commitments already sitting at $675,000 – and these from only three generous firms that have joined the momentum for change.

Craig Hill feels all firms should participate in the campaign and, no doubt with his encouragement, they will exceed his target.

RESOLVECalgary.ca

A Big Heart for Helping Those Most Vulnerable By David Parker

Craig Hill, partner, Dentons Canada LLP RESOLVE is a partnership of nine leading social service agencies with one simple goal: building affordable rental housing for 3,000 homeless and vulnerable Calgarians. We’re working directly with government, business and community leaders to put roofs over heads and end homelessness in Calgary.

Learn more at RESOLVECalgary.ca

We’d like to recognize our Cabinet of business and community leaders for helping make RESOLVE a reality.

Honorary Patrons:

Dick & Lois Haskayne Steve SnyderBetty Ann Smith

Alan Norris, Chair John Brussa Trevor Daroux Stephanie FeleskyRandy Findlay Charlie Fischer Jim Gray

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Learn more at RESOLVECalgary.ca

We’d like to recognize our Cabinet of business and community leaders for helping make RESOLVE a reality.

Honorary Patrons:

Dick & Lois Haskayne Steve SnyderBetty Ann Smith

Alan Norris, ChairJohn Brussa Trevor Daroux Stephanie FeleskyRandy Findlay Charlie Fischer Jim Gray

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It’s immediately obvious that 818 studio is not your average landscape architecture firm. It’s written all over the walls. Literally. Floor-to-ceiling chalkboard walls facilitate frequent energetic planning and design sessions, epitomizing the firm’s focus on collaboration. And founder Rick Gendron wouldn’t have it any other way.

Everything from the decor to the company’s name speaks to the value he and the rest of the team put on collaboration. In an industry heavy with firms named after their founders, 818 was named for Gendron’s home address where he started the business.

“To make it a collaborative studio environment, he kept the name as something everyone can buy into and be part of,” says Carlos Mier y Ponce Arzani, Gendron’s partner at 818 studio. “It’s hard to feel like you’re part of a team if your role is relegated to ‘and Associates’ like so many other firms.”

Established in 2005, the landscape architectural planning and design firm is geared toward fostering growth, collabo-ration and, most importantly to Gendron, a great culture. Their working mantra is “818 is successful at providing innovative, quality design that excites” and everything in their environment works toward that ideal. Their open office design with writable walls makes it easy to bounce ideas around, and the designers frequently come together to spit-ball ideas, sketch and discuss concepts for a project.

The people at 818 have created the kind of place where Gendron knows his team wants to work; where job satisfaction and happiness matter quite a bit. The team actively seeks people who are engaged and positive and give them the opportunity to grow as professionals. At the same time, they recognize it is important to have fun, establish a good life-work balance, produce quality designs and truly enjoy their jobs.

at 818 Studio

“It’s vital to have the right people to contribute and participate in every aspect of our firm,” he says. “If you’re going to spend eight to 10 hours a day with a colleague, it’s crucial that they are good people. The right mix of team members cannot be understated.”

After all, enthusiasm shows in your work and clients notice it in every conversation, email and design plan. Clients can’t be expected to get excited about projects if their designers aren’t genuinely excited first.

This has served 818 studio well. Now in its 10th year, it is expanding its offices and adding employees. Business is steady, but rather than resting on their laurels, Gendron’s team is looking forward to bigger challenges, and more exciting and diverse things in the coming years.

“After 10 years we are at a crossroads. We could either say this is who we are and what we do and continue along those lines, or we can take advantage of this milestone and break out of our mould and expand, try new things and redefine what we do and how we do it,” he says.

Their design services go far beyond merely site drawings and vegetation. The firm does large commercial/retail projects, multi-family sites, planning and community design, municipal work, as well as research and conceptual studies. Leveraging its experience and success on these projects, 818 studio is looking at larger urban design projects and to incorporate ideas it has picked up through previous work in other areas of Canada and the U.S., Mexico and China.

To accommodate the larger staff and projects, 818 studio is surging ahead with new software to enhance how they present and explain their design plans. Use of 3D renderings has become more common and an increasingly important part of landscape architecture, allowing clients to visualize what the project will look like before the significant construction dollars are expended.

It’s also a great tool in marketing. Even before construction begins, 818’s drawings can be used to create interest and excitement in the project. Afterward, the implemented

landscape design is the first thing people see as they approach the development, and they judge the product first by what they experience between the curb and the door.

“A well-designed site can sell a project,” says Jamie Johnson, senior landscape designer.

Many of their projects are challenged by municipal bylaws and land use requirements, and Gendron’s team is well versed in navigating these challenges and the municipal approval processes. It’s a service they realize their clients need and they undertake as part of their successful site design process.

Once drawings are approved, 818 studio provides a detailed technical package of working drawings and associated construction specifications from which the contractor can build the design. Then the team monitors the construction to ensure those designs are followed and the process stays on track. Acting as agents for clients, 818 designers put together drawings, solicit competitive bids from contractors and manage the project to ensure the client’s vision remains intact throughout the process. They focus on removing all of the stress and headaches from the clients as they shepherd the project through from start to finish.

While the site grading, soil science, approvals and horticulture components add a significant technical aspect to landscape architecture, it is the art that keeps the 818 studio designers excited for work every day.

“We straddle the boundaries between art and science,” Gendron says. “We have to be well-versed in the technical side, but it has to look good, to speak to you, to evoke a feeling. People will expect the site to ‘work’; we have to captivate them with the design.”

And their living, breathing dynamic landscapes do just that. Gendron and his team design for the future, knowing that it will take years for their designs to fill in and flourish to maturity. And like their designs, 818 studio will only continue to get better with time.

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It’s immediately obvious that 818 studio is not your average landscape architecture firm. It’s written all over the walls. Literally. Floor-to-ceiling chalkboard walls facilitate frequent energetic planning and design sessions, epitomizing the firm’s focus on collaboration. And founder Rick Gendron wouldn’t have it any other way.

Everything from the decor to the company’s name speaks to the value he and the rest of the team put on collaboration. In an industry heavy with firms named after their founders, 818 was named for Gendron’s home address where he started the business.

“To make it a collaborative studio environment, he kept the name as something everyone can buy into and be part of,” says Carlos Mier y Ponce Arzani, Gendron’s partner at 818 studio. “It’s hard to feel like you’re part of a team if your role is relegated to ‘and Associates’ like so many other firms.”

Established in 2005, the landscape architectural planning and design firm is geared toward fostering growth, collabo-ration and, most importantly to Gendron, a great culture. Their working mantra is “818 is successful at providing innovative, quality design that excites” and everything in their environment works toward that ideal. Their open office design with writable walls makes it easy to bounce ideas around, and the designers frequently come together to spit-ball ideas, sketch and discuss concepts for a project.

The people at 818 have created the kind of place where Gendron knows his team wants to work; where job satisfaction and happiness matter quite a bit. The team actively seeks people who are engaged and positive and give them the opportunity to grow as professionals. At the same time, they recognize it is important to have fun, establish a good life-work balance, produce quality designs and truly enjoy their jobs.

at 818 Studio

“It’s vital to have the right people to contribute and participate in every aspect of our firm,” he says. “If you’re going to spend eight to 10 hours a day with a colleague, it’s crucial that they are good people. The right mix of team members cannot be understated.”

After all, enthusiasm shows in your work and clients notice it in every conversation, email and design plan. Clients can’t be expected to get excited about projects if their designers aren’t genuinely excited first.

This has served 818 studio well. Now in its 10th year, it is expanding its offices and adding employees. Business is steady, but rather than resting on their laurels, Gendron’s team is looking forward to bigger challenges, and more exciting and diverse things in the coming years.

“After 10 years we are at a crossroads. We could either say this is who we are and what we do and continue along those lines, or we can take advantage of this milestone and break out of our mould and expand, try new things and redefine what we do and how we do it,” he says.

Their design services go far beyond merely site drawings and vegetation. The firm does large commercial/retail projects, multi-family sites, planning and community design, municipal work, as well as research and conceptual studies. Leveraging its experience and success on these projects, 818 studio is looking at larger urban design projects and to incorporate ideas it has picked up through previous work in other areas of Canada and the U.S., Mexico and China.

To accommodate the larger staff and projects, 818 studio is surging ahead with new software to enhance how they present and explain their design plans. Use of 3D renderings has become more common and an increasingly important part of landscape architecture, allowing clients to visualize what the project will look like before the significant construction dollars are expended.

It’s also a great tool in marketing. Even before construction begins, 818’s drawings can be used to create interest and excitement in the project. Afterward, the implemented

landscape design is the first thing people see as they approach the development, and they judge the product first by what they experience between the curb and the door.

“A well-designed site can sell a project,” says Jamie Johnson, senior landscape designer.

Many of their projects are challenged by municipal bylaws and land use requirements, and Gendron’s team is well versed in navigating these challenges and the municipal approval processes. It’s a service they realize their clients need and they undertake as part of their successful site design process.

Once drawings are approved, 818 studio provides a detailed technical package of working drawings and associated construction specifications from which the contractor can build the design. Then the team monitors the construction to ensure those designs are followed and the process stays on track. Acting as agents for clients, 818 designers put together drawings, solicit competitive bids from contractors and manage the project to ensure the client’s vision remains intact throughout the process. They focus on removing all of the stress and headaches from the clients as they shepherd the project through from start to finish.

While the site grading, soil science, approvals and horticulture components add a significant technical aspect to landscape architecture, it is the art that keeps the 818 studio designers excited for work every day.

“We straddle the boundaries between art and science,” Gendron says. “We have to be well-versed in the technical side, but it has to look good, to speak to you, to evoke a feeling. People will expect the site to ‘work’; we have to captivate them with the design.”

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What does Haskayne School of Business’ dynamic Entrepreneurship and Innovation 317 course and a popular and glitzy TV show have in common? Inspiration. Competition. Business savvy. The art of the pitch. And some fun.

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This spring, Haskayne’s RBC Fast Pitch competition asked second-year Haskayne business students to create and build an original entrepreneurial concept and pitch the business plan idea to a panel of 11 Calgary business judges for $100,000 in real cash and valuable in-kind prizes – in exciting (and fun) Dragons’ Den style.

Out of a total of 500 students and initially more than 100 teams, the winning, first-place team, Securelet, was an entrepreneurial idea about on-campus security. Their product combined fashion with function in a bracelet for women to wear on campus, with a button to call for help in case of an emergency.

“Entrepreneurship was new to all of us and we certainly had no experience in pitching a product,” says Securelet team member Kira Lagadin. “The course was an important resource but we also picked up some good pointers from watching Dragons’ Den. We learned that emotional appeal is as important as facts and figures. We learned that we should go for the hearts and minds and then the wallet, and when it’s done right, entrepreneurship should solve an existing problem.”

Following the unique Haskayne competition, Lagadin confirmed that the five-member team is in meetings and discussions, proceeding to the next step to turn their entrepreneurial idea into a startup.

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It’s extremely rare and extraordinarily special!When two Calgary icons get together and partner it’s Calgary tradition, a

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Lammle’s Western Wear and Tack, Canada’s largest western retailer, solidified a dynamic, multi-year merchandise partnership with the world renowned national treasure that is the Calgary Stampede.

Some say it’s “heritage partnering with heritage.” Barry Lammle, the gregarious president of Lammle’s Western Wear and

Tack, is thrilled, gung-ho and a bit amused. “It’s such a natural!” he roars. “We have always had a great relationship and have been working closely with the Stampede for more than 20 years. I always felt that it would be good for both of us to be partners. We never really had any serious discussions and just kibitzed about it for years.

“And this year, it finally happened. We put the deal together in under three months,” explains the successful retailer and Calgary booster.

Under the new arrangement, Lammle’s becomes the official year-round supplier of Calgary Stampede (CS) western wear and western giftware, takes on the responsibility for sub-licensing the CS trademark to manufacturers and for wholesaling CS-branded items to other retailers.

Lammle’s will also run all Stampede merchandise operations, including the year-round CS Store in the BMO Centre as well as the grandstand and midway retail locations during Stampede.

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Barry Lammle proudly emphasizes that Lammle’s Western Wear and Tack now becomes a major, champion-level Stampede sponsor.

As both partners have grown expo-nentially over the years — Lammle’s now operates 24 retail stores through-out Alberta, British Columbia and Saskatchewan and has been a retail industry leader and a tremendously popular western lifestyle brand for more than 30 years, and the Stampede is in its 103rd year and attracts more than one million visitors a year from throughout Alberta, Canada and the world — the new business agreement may well be the ultimate win-win partnership.

Managing an event the size and com-plexity of today’s Stampede, including planning, scheduling, on-site activi-ties and facilities, revenues and staff and volunteers, is itself a year-round, demanding big business.

The timing is right for Stampede to partner with Lammle’s tremendous retail savvy and expertise for the chal-lenging business aspects of licensing and merchandising.

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their leadership in the western retail industry, the CS brand is in great hands.“This is a mutually beneficial partnership,” he admits. “It allows the

Stampede to focus on our vision of creating a successful, world-class gathering place, not only during the 10 days of Stampede but as a year-round place for the Calgary community.”

Lammle agrees that, in addition to the Calgary-proud thrill aspects of tradition and heritage, the partnership is a significant and positive business decision both for his company and the Stampede.

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The Calgary Airport Authority is pleased to welcome Edelweiss Air, with the introduction of new non-stop seasonal service from Calgary International Airport (YYC) to Zurich in 2016. The new service will operate twice weekly from June to September with an Airbus 330 and will add

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Alberta, Tourism Calgary and Banff and Lake Louise Tourism, and aligns YYC’s strategic plan to grow passenger services, with their partners’ strategies to diversifying Alberta’s economy by growing tourism in the province.

“We’re thrilled to welcome Edelweiss Air back to Calgary with their new non-stop service to Zurich Airport, Switzerland’s largest hub,” says Stephan Poirier, senior vice-president and chief commercial officer for the Calgary Airport Authority. “We are committed to growing tourism in Alberta and this new link will bring millions of tourism dollars to our province. Today’s announcement is a reflection of our commitment to growing YYC as an airline hub, strengthening our position as an economic leader and adding to the already impressive list of contributions YYC has made to the economy.”

Edelweiss Air is a Swiss leisure carrier; its sister operator is Swiss International Air Lines (SWISS), the principal hub airline at Zurich Airport. Edelweiss formerly operated out of Calgary until 2012 and this is currently its second Canadian destination. In addition to being Switzerland’s leading leisure airline, Edelweiss offers customers a number of different offerings such as fully flat-bed business-class seating, along with premium entertainment options in its economy max and economy class. The announcement coincides with its 20-year anniversary as it celebrates with major expansion plans. BiC

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Take a drive through any quadrant in Calgary and you will eventually come across a condominium devel-

opment. It’s a familiar scene: massive hole in ground; crane soaring overhead; wood and concrete frames; blocked traffic. The “condo boom” is difficult to ignore: over the past five years development has increased, culminating in 2014 when condo starts rose to a total of 8,431, more than in any of the previous 10 years.

Rapid urbanization, positive employ-ment growth and a growing population created a need for housing. A rental vacancy rate of roughly 1.4 per cent coupled with an average rental rate of $1,219/month made renting more oner-ous. Add to that tantalizingly low interest rates and for many, purchasing a condo made the most sense.

Offering low-maintenance lifestyles, convenient amenities and easy access to work and play, condos are also relatively cheap. Felicia Mutheardy, acting principal for market analysis (Calgary) at Can-ada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC), says this is a big draw: “Since condominium units are typically priced lower than single-detached units, more buyers have turned to the condominium market, particularly first-time buyers.”

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For Carissa de la Vega, location was key. The single professional recently purchased a two-bedroom unit in the Savoy by Truman Homes, located in Kensington. In addition to a central location, she liked the quality and esthetic of the finishings, underground parking and in-suite storage.

She also wanted a warranty. The New Home Buyer Protection Act, in force February 1, 2014, applies to all new condominiums. It requires builders to provide warranty coverage, ranging from one year for materials and labour to 10 years for structural defects.

Though usually associated with inner-city living, suburban condos are common. In 2014, almost 70 per cent of starts were outside Calgary’s core.

Inner-city condos remain in high demand. Mutheardy notes that the proportion of these starts relative to the total increased in 2014 by 9.8 per cent to 30.3 per cent: “This suggests that while condominium production outside of the core area has increased in absolute terms between 2013 and 2014, there remains strong demand for condominium units within the core area.”

Condos are key to the redevelopment of Calgary’s East Village into a densified urban village. In addition to the National Music Centre and the new Central Library, a total of 3,900 units are planned. Averaging $480,000 and 700 square feet, approximately 800 units have sold to date.

While affordability often motivates a condo purchase, sometimes it doesn’t. Enter the luxury condo market. In neighbourhoods such as Mission and Eau Claire, condos targeting an exclusive few are being developed. Featuring luxuries such as private garages and elevators, concierge services and entire-floor suites, they have enjoyed lucrative success.

The River, along the Elbow River, is one such development in Mission. With just 38 units priced from $820,000 to $8,990,000, all but seven have sold to date. Typical buyers are professionals, some retired, starting in the mid-40s.

Not surprisingly, Calgary’s condo market has not been immune to the economic downturn. With the unemployment rate at 5.5 per cent, huge household debt loads and oil forecasts ranging between $40-70/barrel for the remainder of 2015, condo starts are down. CMHC reports that 1,706 condominiums broke ground in the first quarter, 26 per cent less year-over-year. Further decreases are expected into 2016.

“Moving forward, the elevated under-construction count, coupled with the expectation of moderating net migration and employment growth, will contribute to a reduction in condominium starts for both 2015 and 2016. In addition, increasing economic uncertainty introduced by the currently low price of oil poses a further downside risk to our multi-family forecast,” explains Mutheardy.

On the resale side, listings are up while sales are down, creating buyer’s market conditions. The first quarter saw 2,009 listings, up 15.4 per cent from the same time last year. Sales were down 37.4 per cent to 673. The benchmark

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price for a condo was $296,000, a 4.21 per cent increase year-over-year, but a 1.46 per cent decrease from the previous quarter.

It’s clear the boom has softened, but just how soft will it get? The answer may lie with the under-construction count. Though starts are down,

construction has not let up – in the first quarter of 2015 there were 9,653 units under construction, 33 per cent more than during the same time last year.

Elevated construction numbers could result in an oversupply of condos, according to Mutheardy: “Without knowing the number of pre-sales, CMHC does expect for there to be some upward pressure on inventory levels once these units reach completion.”

Pre-sales should, in theory, enable developments to weather the economic storm. Generally, condominiums are not financed without selling at least 70 to 80 per cent of the units prior to construction. However, Ann-Marie Lurie, chief economist at the Calgary Real Estate Board, points out that “pre-sale” does not always equal “closed deal.”

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further downward pressure on prices,” Lurie explains. The percentage of condos absorbed at completion dropped to 93.8 per cent in the first quarter of 2015, down from 98.8 per cent in the previous quarter.

Energy prices are predicted to remain low throughout 2015. “In this scenario we can expect to see continued weakness in housing demand relative to supply levels, which would place downward pressure on prices,” explains Lurie. But don’t expect a free fall.

“While prices would contract in this scenario, it is unlikely they will fall by double digits in 2015 as overall economic conditions are not expected to be as weak as they were during the 2008-09 period,” Lurie says.

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A 23-year tradition in Calgary, the Distinguished Business Leader Award honours outstanding contributors who have created and maintained the robust business environment and community focus of this great city. A

joint initiative of the University of Calgary’s Haskayne School of Business and the Calgary Chamber, the award recognizes exceptional demonstrations of vision and leadership, sound business sense and a dedicated commitment to the community.

The 2015 recipient of the Distinguished Business Leader Award is the reserved Ron Mannix, founder and director of Coril Holdings. On learning that he was to be honoured with the award, his first response was to quote 17th century English poet John Donne, “No man is an island entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main.”

The respected Calgarian and one of Canada’s best known business icons was quick to give thanks to a lot of exceptional people who have contributed to his success; his family and the bright, hard-working and creative teams who have made up his core business groups.

A very private man, Mannix was somewhat reluctant to accept the award, but felt it would be an opportunity to give recognition to family members, mentors, superb directors and advisers, and his management teams who have provided real vision and understanding within a variety of industries.

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Ron Mannix, founder and director of Coril Holdings.The bronze sculptures to the left are authentic replicas of early construction equipment that was used by the founder, Mr. Fredrick S. Mannix, at the beginning of the 20th century. These limited edition pieces, created by Rich Roenisch, were commissioned in 1988 to commemorate the 90th anniversary of the Mannix Family businesses.

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He also realizes that in today’s world there is no real privacy but everyone is part and parcel of the big picture so we should, in all of our activities, endeavour to be good examples for others to follow.

Mannix also believes that it is appropriate that the University of Calgary and Calgary Chamber of Commerce should recognize and honour leadership as an encouragement for others to demonstrate ethical leadership not only in the corporate world but also within the community.

Mannix is the founder and director of Coril Holdings but his involvement in business and support of the arts and philanthropic initiatives goes well beyond a single company title. While he traces his personal commitments back to family influences, his business savvy may have started with his grandfather, Frederick Stephen Mannix, who as a teenager trekked from his home in Manitoba to Alberta in 1898. He formed a construction company that grew from laying branch lines for the Canadian Pacific Railway to being responsible for much of the infrastructure of Western Canada. Its construction projects – besides being a major factor in the building of the Trans-Canada Highway – have included the St. Lawrence Seaway and the subways in both Toronto and Montreal.

Frederick Stephen Mannix’s son, Frederick Charles, diversified the construction company into several other divisions. He created the Loram Group of Companies, continuing to build many parts of Canada’s infrastructure, that soon had successful operations in coal, pipelines, oil and gas exploration and production, and construction as well as a railroad division.

Under Ron Mannix’s leadership, a key element in the diversification of the family business was the expansion of Manalta Coal with seven active mining operations in Alberta, British Columbia and Saskatchewan that became the country’s largest coal producing company.

However, by the mid-1980s, Ron felt that the construction industry was getting harder to compete in and was too capital intensive so he held back on that business and in 1985 wound it down selling off all of the equipment – right down to the picks and shovels.

The third generation of the family business – Ron and brother Fred – also divested the company of most of its energy assets in 1997 selling off Manalta Coal, Pembina Pipeline and Pembina Resources to the public markets via an income trust, a royalty trust and an asset sale respectively.

In 1998, Ron Mannix established Coril Holdings to continue the railroad activities and pursue real estate and other investments.

Its principal focus today is in five areas: railroad maintenance and services; industrial oil and gas services; real estate development, ownership, management and advisory services; global investments; and personal health and wellness activities.

Mannix is certainly keen to talk about railroads. “Transpor-tation is a great business to be in and rail is right at the top,” he says. “Through the hard work and expertise of our corpo-rate office staff located in Hamel, Minnesota, we have become one of the leading suppliers of track, maintenance machinery and services in North America and to the global market.”

Coril Holdings’ railway maintenance subsidiary, Loram Maintenance of Way, has certainly made a name for itself worldwide. It is involved in services such as ditching, rail grinding and shoulder ballast cleaning for clients throughout the U.S., Canada and beyond to rail companies like the metros in Beijing and Delhi, Turkish State Railways, Network Rail U.K., Australian Rail Track Corp. and Saudi Archirodon.

But Coril is also making big strides in the real estate sector through its independent subsidiaries – Triovest Realty Advisors and Balboa Investments.

Balboa earned a lot of respect in this community when it managed the design, construction and development of the Hyatt Regency Calgary. Its purchase and redevelopment of the adjacent historic Imperial Bank Building which houses Catch Restaurant and the Doll Block along Stephen Avenue would go on to be transformative for the entire block. Elsewhere in downtown Calgary and the adjacent beltline district, Balboa has purchased and restored other important heritage buildings including several on Stephen Avenue.

Collectively this demonstrates just how much Mannix cares about this city’s history and his passion for saving and making good use of heritage buildings. He says, “Far too many have been lost already when they could have been saved with a little thought. I still get frustrated thinking about the Crown Building that was demolished to make way for the new north block of the convention centre that the owner was prepared to move.”

Another Coril project and one of Calgary’s newest developments is the Keynote Urban Village, a development spanning an entire city block that is a prime mixed-use development made up of office, residential and retail that has changed the face of Victoria Park.

The Doll Block along Stephen Avenue. Keynote Urban Village in Victoria Park.

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Contact Randy Bella, Regional Tax Leader, at 403.536.5536 or [email protected]

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The unique complex is managed by Triovest, a company formed through a unification of Toronto-based Redcliff Realty and Tonko Realty Advisors of Calgary. A fully-integrated commercial real estate investment and management company, it offers a comprehensive suite of services to pension funds and other investors. Today it manages a portfolio of more than $7 billion in value across the country including many well-known office buildings in Calgary.

One of these is Customs House – the sandstone block on 11th Avenue SE that Mannix has been involved with and it’s the building in which the National Music Centre is operating with their Music Museum collection and many different programming activities.

Mannix says his mother initiated his interest in music; she was an accomplished organist and piano player and he remembers many fun times of playing guitar in a University of Alberta band.

With a need to grow and a broader vision to establish a national catalyst for discovery, innovation and renewal through music, the original Cantos Music Foundation has evolved into the exciting new National Music Centre (NMC) that is scheduled to open next year.

Cantos and NMC can both trace their history back to the installation of the Carthy organ in the Jack Singer Concert Hall in 1987, a gift that became the genesis of the International Organ Festival.

Covering over 160,000 square feet and the remake of the legendary King Eddy Hotel, the new NMC building includes a collection of more than 2,000 rare instruments and artifacts, exhibition space telling the stories of music in Canada, three recording studios and a 300-seat performance space. The National Music Centre is destined to inspire a new generation of music lovers across the country.

Music, environment, the development of the Alberta Family Wellness initiative covering children and health and wellness are all catered for under the Norlien Foundation which Mannix founded and endowed in 1998 that initiates strategic projects to enhance the life of all Canadians.

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Music, environment, the development of the Alberta Family Wellness initiative covering children and health and wellness are all catered for under the Norlien Foundation which Mannix founded and endowed in 1998 that initiates strategic projects to enhance the life of all Canadians.

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Ron Mannix, founder and director of Coril Holdings.

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Mannix views most cities as vast expanses of parking lots, pavement and concrete and wishes that we could be more responsible for our environment. “We are sterilizing the earth with our roads and buildings and I’m going to do something about it,” he says, announcing that much of his philanthropy going forward will address air, water and food concerns, with a focus on promoting the use of green roofs. “Europe is way ahead of us in terms of policies that support green roofs that can potentially address numerous issues.”

As well as his interest in the health of our planet he is keen to promote personal health through Coril Holdings’ fully-integrated medical, fitness and rehabilitation and wellness service provided by an integrated team at INLIV: Full Circle Health. The first of its kind in Calgary and arising from a coming together of Foothills Health Consultants and Innovative Health Group, INLIV is at the forefront in providing executive medicals and helping businesses keep their workforce healthy and productive.

Mannix is just as passionate about healthy minds and recently purchased The Crossing in 145 picturesque acres along the Ghost River. It is a unique centre for corporate and personal retreats, on-site meetings, special events and engaging programs; a relaxed atmosphere to quiet one’s mind while immersed in nature.

All of this responsibility and involvement in so many different businesses and causes would seem too much for many, but Mannix says he is a lifetime learner who loves to build and organize – as well as finding the energy and time commitment for hunting and golf.

He is first to applaud others for his success but much of it can be put down to his vast experience in business that has blessed him with so many good friends and inspirational colleagues in industry.

Mannix believes in lifetime learning and has been developing as a leader for a long time. President of Manalta Coal at the age of 26, director of the Bank of Montreal for 22 years, which he says gave him the opportunity to work with many generations of chairs, and active member of the Canadian Council of Chief Executives and its Entrepreneurs’ Circle now for over 30 years. He has served on numerous other corporate and not-for-profit boards.

According to both the Chamber and Haskayne, Mannix is a man well deserving of the 2015 Distinguished Business Leader Award.

“The Distinguished Business Leader Award considers the candidate’s demonstration of ethical leadership at four levels: individual, corporate, industry and community,” says Jim Dewald, dean of Haskayne School of Business. “Mr. Mannix exemplifies the qualities sought at each level. Known as a superb corporate business leader, Ron Mannix has also led a myriad of charitable initiatives.”

Adam Legge, president and CEO of the Calgary Chamber of Commerce, adds, “Ron Mannix is an exceptional leader

in the Calgary community and has truly embodied the ethical leadership that the Distinguished Business Leader was created to celebrate. Mr. Mannix is always very quick to recognize and commend others, and I believe this is a further example of his ethical leadership.”

Legge adds, “There is an incredibly long-standing relation-ship between the Mannix family and the Calgary Chamber of Commerce. The Chamber is celebrating 124 years of sup-porting business, and the Mannix family has been active in business throughout Alberta for 116 years. Over the course of that time both have been intertwined on a great number of important community and business building projects.”

While no man is an island, it is evident that Ron Mannix has personally been a major contributor to both business and community life in Calgary and across Canada. BiC

Past Distinguished Business Leader Award recipients• Mac Van Wielingen (2014) Chairman and Co-Founder ARC

Financial and ARC Resources

• Alan Norris (2013) President and CEO of Brookfield Residential Properties

• Susan Riddell Rose (2012) President & CEO, Perpetual Energy Inc.

• Rick George (2011) President & CEO, Suncor Energy Inc.

• Hal Kvisle (2010) President & CEO, TransCanada Corporation

• Patrick Daniel (2009) President & CEO, Enbridge Inc.

• George Brookman (2008) CEO & Owner, West Canadian

• Mike Tims (2007) Chairman, Peters & Co.

• Harley Hotchkiss (2006) Chairman, NHL Board of Governors

• Linda Hohol (2005) President, TSX Venture Exchange

• Charlie Fischer (2004) President & CEO, Nexen Inc.

• Clive Beddoe (2003) Chairman, President & CEO, WestJet Airlines Ltd.

• John Forzani (2002) Founder, Chairman & CEO, The Forzani Group Ltd.

• David O’Brien (2001) Chairman, President & CEO, Canadian Pacific Ltd.

• Brian MacNeill (2000) Chairman, Petro-Canada

• James Gray (1999) Chairman, Canadian Hunter Exploration Ltd.

• J.R. (Bud) McCaig (deceased) (1998) Chairman, Trimac Corporation

• Richard Haskayne OC, AOE, FCA (1997) Chairman of the Board, Nova Corporation

• Robert Brawn (1996) President & CEO, Danoil Energy Ltd.

• Alfred Balm (1995) Chairman of the Board, Emergo Canada Ltd.

• David Mitchell, OC (1994) President & CEO, Alberta Energy Company Ltd.

• John Currie (1993) President, Alberta Arts Stabilization Fund

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When the energy sector or the economy contracts, people might assume that one of the first budget items to be cut is business aviation. That is not

the case, and for good reason.Business aircraft are a critical asset for Alberta executives

and companies, allowing them to travel in in a highly secure environment to locations not served by scheduled carriers, and to avoid the costly downtime caused by flight hassles, delays and cancellations. Over 400 of Canada’s 1,900 business aircraft are based in the province.

Business aviation in Canada (and internationally) is rebounding from the 2009 recession, with growth in new aircraft sales and increasing numbers of domestic, cross-border and international flights.

The Canadian Business Aviation Association (CBAA) uses a case study to demonstrate why business aviation is a valuable and sustainable corporate asset. The study shows that a typical business trip through four provinces (Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba and Ontario) to serve customers in multiple communities would take three days. Assuming the best-case scenario, with no delays or cancellations, this trip would take 32 hours longer (including an additional night away) than the same itinerary using business aviation flights. If the company makes multiple trips per year, and if more than one traveller is involved, then the total savings over the course of the year increase dramatically.

“Most people are aware that business aviation can reduce costs for businesses, increase productivity of managers, technicians, trainers, etc. and dramatically increase customer service and customer contact; but in reality, business aviation contributes much more than that,” says CBAA president and CEO, Rudy Toering.

“For example, business aviation offers an unmatched level of privacy. Not only are people able to travel more efficiently, they can use their in-flight time to conduct

confidential meetings and stay in touch at all times via Wi-Fi. It’s like taking your office with you wherever you go. Even more important is the positive impact on family life. Being able to do follow up work and ‘clear your desk’ during your flight frees up your time on the ground for family, which is a precious commodity in today’s business world.”

Smart companies use their business aircraft to take their sales and marketing to the next level, and close the deal. There is substantial proof that business aviation is not just an expense; it actually improves a company’s bottom line.

According to NEXA Capital, business aviation drives overall enterprise value in ways that ripple through the corporation to owners, employees, shareholders and the overall economy. Business aircraft users in small, medium and large companies outperformed non-users in several important financial measures including average annual revenue growth and a greater ability to tap more new business opportunities.

While business aviation is best known as an enabler of economic growth for companies and communities, its own substantial economic footprint is not always recognized. In Alberta, business aviation generates $750 million annually in direct economic output, supports over 2,500 full time jobs, directly contributes $320 million in GDP and $169 million to federal, provincial and municipal tax coffers.

“Alberta business aviation makes a significant contribution to the province and to Canada,” says Toering. “It generates almost a quarter of our sector’s total economic output, and over 20 per cent of full-time business aviation employment. These are very well paying jobs. Annual businesses aviation wages average about $69,000, compared with the national industrial average of $47,000.”

Another aspect of business aviation that is not as well known as it should be is its excellent safety record. “I am very proud of the fact that Canadian business aviation, and

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BY DEBRA WARD

Business Aviation Is Here to Stay

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corporate aviation in particular, is the safest form of flight in the world. There is simply no safer way to move people and goods than by Canadian business aircraft,” says Toering. “But, as good as our record is, we are not resting on our laurels. The CBAA recently introduced a new and comprehensive program aimed at instilling a safety culture in every type of operation, regardless of its size. With this program, we can help assure that our members stay committed to that existing safety record.”

Sponsored by Bombardier Business Aviation and Nav Canada, Partners in Safety integrates a business aviation safety management system, a national aggregate database and flight data management into one safety initiative.

“Even if you’re operating only one aircraft, you can use Partners to substantially increase your safety,” Toering explains.

Yet, despite all of its well-documented benefits, business aviation still faces significant challenges. “We battle false impressions of business aviation everyday,” says Toering. “There are too many journalists who use the idea of private aircraft as a lazy and clichéd way to describe a certain type of wealth, and too many policy-makers who don’t look beyond the superficial headline.”

Merlin Preuss, CBAA vice president of government and regulatory affairs, deals with these issues every day. “We have to continuously educate regulators about how business aviation operates in the real world,” he explains. “For example, Canadian business aviation must follow a complex set of new regulations – the most onerous in the world. The CBAA is working with Transport Canada to ensure that the rules are scaled for the many Canadian companies which operate, and rely on, one aircraft.”

Proposed new flight and duty time regulations are also a concern. “Common sense should tell you that private business pilots flying on-demand charters do not operate under the same conditions as pilots on commercial scheduled flights, yet the federal government is trying to lump the two together under new regulations.”

Another issue facing business aviation is how the government will manage its new Responsible Aerodrome Development regulations. “Many smaller airports have been shut down, and the ones remaining are critical parts of Canada’s transportation infrastructure,” says Preuss.

Canada has 300 certified airports, but only 89 are part of the national airport system. In addition, there are literally thousands of aerodromes and landing strips across the country. “Our national connectivity depends on our ability to fly to where we are needed – and that is exactly what business aviation excels at,” Preuss explains. “Without clear guidelines, airports could be closed or their activity severely limited based on public sentiment, not facts. If we lose our right to land, we lose a fundamental part of how this country functions.”

The price of oil may be leading the news cycle, but on the ground, the needs and benefits of business aviation remain as important – if not more important – than ever. BiC

“There are too many journalists who use

the idea of private aircraft as a lazy and clichéd

way to describe a certain type of wealth, and

too many policy-makers who don’t look

beyond the superficial headline.”

~ Rudy Toering

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ALBERTA AVIATION OPERATORS

Adventure Aviation Inc. Michael Mohr, Owner Tel: 780.539.6968 Aircraft Operated: (3) Cessna Skyhawk C172, (1) Piper Twin Comanche PA30, (1) Cessna Centurion P210N, Precision Flight Controls “Cirrus II” Simulator

Ahlstrom Air Ltd. Kyle Wadden, Operations Manager / Chief Pilot Tel: 403.721.2203 Cell: 403.844.0978 Aircraft Operated: (1) AS350SD2

Air Partners Corp. Vik Saini, President Toll Free: 1.877.233.9350 Alternate Number 403.291.3644 Aircraft Operated: (3) Cessna Citation X, (1) Beechcraft King Air 200, (2) Beechcraft King Air 350, (3) Cessna Citation Ultra 560, (1) Cessna CJ2, (1) Hawker 800A, (1) Bombardier Learjet 45

Albatros Aircraft Corp. Joe Viveiros, Ops Manager Tel: 403.274.6103 www.albatrosaircraft.ca Aircraft Operated: Beechcraft King Air B200, Cessna Citation CJ4, Citation X, Agusta A109S Grand

Alta Flights Ltd. Bob Lamoureux, President Tel: 587.400.9789 www.altaflights.com [email protected] Aircraft Operated: (2) Metro 23, (1) King Air 350, (1) Piper PA31, (4) Cessna 172

Avmax Group Inc. Don Parkin, Executive VP Tel: 403 291 2464

Calgary Police Service Tel: 403.567.4150 Aircraft Operated: (2) EC120

Can-West Corporate Air Charters Art Schooley, President Tel: 780.849.4552 Aircraft Operated: Citation 560 Ultra, Piper 31 Navajo, Cessna 210 Centurion, Cessna 206 Stationair, Beechcraft King Air 200, Cessna 185 Skywagon, Cessna 182 Skylane

Canadian Helicopters Limited Don Wall, President & CEO Tel: 780.429.6900 Aircraft Operated: Robinson R22B, Robinson R44II, Bell 206B | BIII, Airbus Helicopters EC120B, Bell B206L | L1, Airbus Helicopters AS350BA | B2 | B3 | B3e, Bell B407, Airbus Helicopters, AS355F2 | N, Sikorsky S76A | A++, Bell B212, Bell B412 EP, Sikorsky S61N

Delta Helicopters Ltd. Don Stubbs, President Toll Free: 1.800.665.3564 Aircraft Operated: (7) Bell 206B, (2) A-Star 350 BA, (7) A-Star 350 350B2, (4) Bell 204B

Edmonton Shell Aerocentre Sarah Gratton, Aerocentre Manager Toll Free: 1 888 890 2477 Tel: 780 890 1300

E-Z Air Inc. Matt Wecker, Owner Tel: 780.453.2085 Aircraft Operated: Robinson R44

Edmonton Flying Club Ralph Henderson, President Tel: 780.454.4531 Aircraft Operated: (3) C172G1000 equipped, (1) C172 SP (FEGU), (2) Diamond DA 20

Edmonton Police Service Tel: 780.408.4218 Aircraft Operated: (2) EC120

Enerjet Darcy Morgan, CCO Tel: 403.648.2800 Aircraft Operated: Boeing 737-700NG

Guardian Helicopters Inc. Graydon Kowal, President/CEO Tel: 403.730.6333 Aircraft Operated: Bell 206 B Jet Ranger, Bell 206 L1/L3 Long Ranger, Bell 205 A-1, Bell 205 A-1+, AStar 350 BA, AStar 350 Super D, AStar 350 B3, MD 530 FF

Integra Air Brent Gateman, CEO Toll Free: 1.877.213.8359 www.integraair.com Aircraft Operated: (3) BAE Jetstream – 31, (3) King Air 200, SAAB 340 B

Kenn Borek Air Ltd. Brian Crocker, Operations Manager Tel: 403.291.3300 Aircraft Operated: Twin Otter DHC6, Turbine DC3, King Air BE200, Beechcraft 1900

Mountain View Helicopters Paul Bergeron, President/CP Tel: 403.286.7186 Aircraft Operated: R22 Beta & Beta II, R44 Raven II, Bell 206 Jet Ranger

North Cariboo Air Ehab Matta, Director of Business Development Toll Free: 1.866.359.6222 www.flynca.com Aircraft Operated: Dash 8 100/300, Beech 1900D, King Air 200, Challenger 601, AvroRJ100, Q400

OpsMobil Toll Free: 1-877-926-5558 Aircraft Operated: (4) C-172, (1) C-206, (1) C-208, (1) PA-31, (3) R44, (28) R44-II Raven, (5) BH-206B, (1) BH-206L3, (2) AS-350BA, (1) AS-350B2, (11) AS-350FX2, (2) EC-120B

Peregrine Helicopters Tel: 780.865.3353 www.peregrinehelicopters.com [email protected] Aircraft Operated: (1) B206B3, (1) Bell 206 L3

Phoenix Heli-Flight Inc. Paul Spring, President Tel: 780.799.0141 Aircraft Operated: EC120B, AS350B2, AS350B3DH, EC130B4, AS355N, AS355NP, EC135T2e

Sunwest Aviation Ltd. Richard Hotchkiss, President/CEO Toll Free: 1.888.291.4566 Aircraft Operated: (1) Falcon 900EX, (2) Challenger 604, (2) Challenger 300, (2) Citation Sovereign, (1) Gulfstream 150, (1) Hawker 800XP, (1) Lear 55, (3) Lear 45, (1) Lear 35, (1) Citation V, (4) Dash 8 300, (1) Dash 8 -100, (7) Beech 1900D, (4) Metro 23, (3) King Air 350, (3) King Air 200

R1 Airlines Ltd. Richard Pollock, Business Development Manager Toll Free: 1.888.802.1010 www.r1airlines.ca Aircraft Operated: (1) Dash 8-100, (1) Dash 8-300, (2) CRJ100/200, (2) Beechcraft 1900D

Ridge Rotors Inc. Hans Nogel, Ops Mgr Toll Free: 1.877.242.4211 Aircraft Operated: Eurocopter AStar AS350, Bell 206 Jetranger, Robinson RH44

Rotorworks Inc. Jim Hofland, Chief Pilot/Ops Manager/Instructor; Ryan Cluff, Chief Flight Instructor/Commerical Pilot Tel: 780.778.6600 Aircraft Operated: (2) R22 Robinson, (1) R44 Robinson

Westjet Airlines Ltd. Toll Free: 1.888.937.8538 www.westjet.com Aircraft Operated: Boeing Next Generation 737-600, 737-700, 737-800, Bombardier Q400 NextGen, Boeing 767-300ER

ALBERTA CHARTER OPERATORS CHARTER FIXED WING

Adventure Aviation Inc. Michael Mohr, Owner Tel: 780.539.6968 Aircraft Operated: (3) Cessna Skyhawk C172, (1) Piper Twin Comanche PA30, (1) Cessna Centurion P210N, Precision Flight Controls “Cirrus II” Simulator

Air Partners Corp. Vik Saini, President Toll Free: 1.877.233.9350 Aircraft Operated: (3) Cessna Citation X, (1) Beechcraft King Air 200, (2) Beechcraft King Air 350, (3) Cessna Citation Ultra 560, (1) Cessna CJ2, (1) Hawker 800A, (1) Bombardier Learjet 45

Absolute Aviation Ron VandenDungen, Chief Flight Instructor Tel: 780.352.5643 Aircraft Operated: (5) Cessna 172, (1) Piper Twin Comanche, (1) Piper Aerostar

Alta Flights Ltd. Bob Lamoureux, President Tel: 587.400.9789 www.altaflights.com [email protected] Aircraft Operated: (2) Metro 23, (1) King Air 350, (1) Piper PA31, (4) Cessna 172

Aries Aviation Service Corp Marvin Keyser, President Toll Free: 1.877.730.6499 Aircraft Operated: LR36 Learjet, PA-31 Navajo, King Air 200, Turbo Commander

Canadian North H. (Hart) Mailandt, Director, Business Development Tel: 403 383 3453 www.canadiannorth.com [email protected] Aircraft Operated: (4) Dash 8, (5) 737-200 Combi, (10) 737-300

Can-West Corporate Air Charters Art Schooley, President Tel: 780.849.4552 Aircraft Operated: Citation 560 Ultra, Piper 31 Navajo, Cessna 210 Centurion, Cessna 206 Stationair, Beechcraft King Air 200, Cessna 185 Skywagon, Cessna 182 Skylane

Central Aviation Inc. Colin MacLeod, Ops Manager Tel: 403.242.9130 Aircraft Operated: (3) WACO Biplane, (1) King Air B200

Enerjet Darcy Morgan, CCO Tel: 403.648.2804 Aircraft Operated: Boeing 737-700NG

Integra Air Brent Gateman, CEO Toll Free: 1.877.213.8359 www.integraair.com Aircraft Operated: (3) BAE Jetstream – 31, (3) King Air 200, SAAB 340 B

Kenn Borek Air Ltd. Brian Crocker, VP Operations Tel: 403.291.3300 Aircraft Operated: Twin Otter DHC6, Turbine DC3, King Air BE200, Beechcraft 1900

North Cariboo Air Ehab Matta, Director of Business Development Toll Free: 1.866.359.6222 www.flynca.com Aircraft Operated: Dash 8 100/300, Beech 1900D, King Air 200, Challenger 601, AvroRJ100, Q400

Northern Air Charter Rob King, President Tel: 780.624.1911 Aircraft Operated: Piper Aztec, Piper Navajo, King Air 100, King Air B200, Beechcraft 1900D

OpsMobil Ron Ellard, Operations Manager - Fixed wing Toll Free: 1-877-926-5558 Aircraft Operated: (4) C-172, (1) C-206, (1) C-208, (1) PA-31

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ALBERTA AVIATION OPERATORS

Adventure Aviation Inc. Michael Mohr, Owner Tel: 780.539.6968 Aircraft Operated: (3) Cessna Skyhawk C172, (1) Piper Twin Comanche PA30, (1) Cessna Centurion P210N, Precision Flight Controls “Cirrus II” Simulator

Ahlstrom Air Ltd. Kyle Wadden, Operations Manager / Chief Pilot Tel: 403.721.2203 Cell: 403.844.0978 Aircraft Operated: (1) AS350SD2

Air Partners Corp. Vik Saini, President Toll Free: 1.877.233.9350 Alternate Number 403.291.3644 Aircraft Operated: (3) Cessna Citation X, (1) Beechcraft King Air 200, (2) Beechcraft King Air 350, (3) Cessna Citation Ultra 560, (1) Cessna CJ2, (1) Hawker 800A, (1) Bombardier Learjet 45

Albatros Aircraft Corp. Joe Viveiros, Ops Manager Tel: 403.274.6103 www.albatrosaircraft.ca Aircraft Operated: Beechcraft King Air B200, Cessna Citation CJ4, Citation X, Agusta A109S Grand

Alta Flights Ltd. Bob Lamoureux, President Tel: 587.400.9789 www.altaflights.com [email protected] Aircraft Operated: (2) Metro 23, (1) King Air 350, (1) Piper PA31, (4) Cessna 172

Avmax Group Inc. Don Parkin, Executive VP Tel: 403 291 2464

Calgary Police Service Tel: 403.567.4150 Aircraft Operated: (2) EC120

Can-West Corporate Air Charters Art Schooley, President Tel: 780.849.4552 Aircraft Operated: Citation 560 Ultra, Piper 31 Navajo, Cessna 210 Centurion, Cessna 206 Stationair, Beechcraft King Air 200, Cessna 185 Skywagon, Cessna 182 Skylane

Canadian Helicopters Limited Don Wall, President & CEO Tel: 780.429.6900 Aircraft Operated: Robinson R22B, Robinson R44II, Bell 206B | BIII, Airbus Helicopters EC120B, Bell B206L | L1, Airbus Helicopters AS350BA | B2 | B3 | B3e, Bell B407, Airbus Helicopters, AS355F2 | N, Sikorsky S76A | A++, Bell B212, Bell B412 EP, Sikorsky S61N

Delta Helicopters Ltd. Don Stubbs, President Toll Free: 1.800.665.3564 Aircraft Operated: (7) Bell 206B, (2) A-Star 350 BA, (7) A-Star 350 350B2, (4) Bell 204B

Edmonton Shell Aerocentre Sarah Gratton, Aerocentre Manager Toll Free: 1 888 890 2477 Tel: 780 890 1300

E-Z Air Inc. Matt Wecker, Owner Tel: 780.453.2085 Aircraft Operated: Robinson R44

Edmonton Flying Club Ralph Henderson, President Tel: 780.454.4531 Aircraft Operated: (3) C172G1000 equipped, (1) C172 SP (FEGU), (2) Diamond DA 20

Edmonton Police Service Tel: 780.408.4218 Aircraft Operated: (2) EC120

Enerjet Darcy Morgan, CCO Tel: 403.648.2800 Aircraft Operated: Boeing 737-700NG

Guardian Helicopters Inc. Graydon Kowal, President/CEO Tel: 403.730.6333 Aircraft Operated: Bell 206 B Jet Ranger, Bell 206 L1/L3 Long Ranger, Bell 205 A-1, Bell 205 A-1+, AStar 350 BA, AStar 350 Super D, AStar 350 B3, MD 530 FF

Integra Air Brent Gateman, CEO Toll Free: 1.877.213.8359 www.integraair.com Aircraft Operated: (3) BAE Jetstream – 31, (3) King Air 200, SAAB 340 B

Kenn Borek Air Ltd. Brian Crocker, Operations Manager Tel: 403.291.3300 Aircraft Operated: Twin Otter DHC6, Turbine DC3, King Air BE200, Beechcraft 1900

Mountain View Helicopters Paul Bergeron, President/CP Tel: 403.286.7186 Aircraft Operated: R22 Beta & Beta II, R44 Raven II, Bell 206 Jet Ranger

North Cariboo Air Ehab Matta, Director of Business Development Toll Free: 1.866.359.6222 www.flynca.com Aircraft Operated: Dash 8 100/300, Beech 1900D, King Air 200, Challenger 601, AvroRJ100, Q400

OpsMobil Toll Free: 1-877-926-5558 Aircraft Operated: (4) C-172, (1) C-206, (1) C-208, (1) PA-31, (3) R44, (28) R44-II Raven, (5) BH-206B, (1) BH-206L3, (2) AS-350BA, (1) AS-350B2, (11) AS-350FX2, (2) EC-120B

Peregrine Helicopters Tel: 780.865.3353 www.peregrinehelicopters.com [email protected] Aircraft Operated: (1) B206B3, (1) Bell 206 L3

Phoenix Heli-Flight Inc. Paul Spring, President Tel: 780.799.0141 Aircraft Operated: EC120B, AS350B2, AS350B3DH, EC130B4, AS355N, AS355NP, EC135T2e

Sunwest Aviation Ltd. Richard Hotchkiss, President/CEO Toll Free: 1.888.291.4566 Aircraft Operated: (1) Falcon 900EX, (2) Challenger 604, (2) Challenger 300, (2) Citation Sovereign, (1) Gulfstream 150, (1) Hawker 800XP, (1) Lear 55, (3) Lear 45, (1) Lear 35, (1) Citation V, (4) Dash 8 300, (1) Dash 8 -100, (7) Beech 1900D, (4) Metro 23, (3) King Air 350, (3) King Air 200

R1 Airlines Ltd. Richard Pollock, Business Development Manager Toll Free: 1.888.802.1010 www.r1airlines.ca Aircraft Operated: (1) Dash 8-100, (1) Dash 8-300, (2) CRJ100/200, (2) Beechcraft 1900D

Ridge Rotors Inc. Hans Nogel, Ops Mgr Toll Free: 1.877.242.4211 Aircraft Operated: Eurocopter AStar AS350, Bell 206 Jetranger, Robinson RH44

Rotorworks Inc. Jim Hofland, Chief Pilot/Ops Manager/Instructor; Ryan Cluff, Chief Flight Instructor/Commerical Pilot Tel: 780.778.6600 Aircraft Operated: (2) R22 Robinson, (1) R44 Robinson

Westjet Airlines Ltd. Toll Free: 1.888.937.8538 www.westjet.com Aircraft Operated: Boeing Next Generation 737-600, 737-700, 737-800, Bombardier Q400 NextGen, Boeing 767-300ER

ALBERTA CHARTER OPERATORS CHARTER FIXED WING

Adventure Aviation Inc. Michael Mohr, Owner Tel: 780.539.6968 Aircraft Operated: (3) Cessna Skyhawk C172, (1) Piper Twin Comanche PA30, (1) Cessna Centurion P210N, Precision Flight Controls “Cirrus II” Simulator

Air Partners Corp. Vik Saini, President Toll Free: 1.877.233.9350 Aircraft Operated: (3) Cessna Citation X, (1) Beechcraft King Air 200, (2) Beechcraft King Air 350, (3) Cessna Citation Ultra 560, (1) Cessna CJ2, (1) Hawker 800A, (1) Bombardier Learjet 45

Absolute Aviation Ron VandenDungen, Chief Flight Instructor Tel: 780.352.5643 Aircraft Operated: (5) Cessna 172, (1) Piper Twin Comanche, (1) Piper Aerostar

Alta Flights Ltd. Bob Lamoureux, President Tel: 587.400.9789 www.altaflights.com [email protected] Aircraft Operated: (2) Metro 23, (1) King Air 350, (1) Piper PA31, (4) Cessna 172

Aries Aviation Service Corp Marvin Keyser, President Toll Free: 1.877.730.6499 Aircraft Operated: LR36 Learjet, PA-31 Navajo, King Air 200, Turbo Commander

Canadian North H. (Hart) Mailandt, Director, Business Development Tel: 403 383 3453 www.canadiannorth.com [email protected] Aircraft Operated: (4) Dash 8, (5) 737-200 Combi, (10) 737-300

Can-West Corporate Air Charters Art Schooley, President Tel: 780.849.4552 Aircraft Operated: Citation 560 Ultra, Piper 31 Navajo, Cessna 210 Centurion, Cessna 206 Stationair, Beechcraft King Air 200, Cessna 185 Skywagon, Cessna 182 Skylane

Central Aviation Inc. Colin MacLeod, Ops Manager Tel: 403.242.9130 Aircraft Operated: (3) WACO Biplane, (1) King Air B200

Enerjet Darcy Morgan, CCO Tel: 403.648.2804 Aircraft Operated: Boeing 737-700NG

Integra Air Brent Gateman, CEO Toll Free: 1.877.213.8359 www.integraair.com Aircraft Operated: (3) BAE Jetstream – 31, (3) King Air 200, SAAB 340 B

Kenn Borek Air Ltd. Brian Crocker, VP Operations Tel: 403.291.3300 Aircraft Operated: Twin Otter DHC6, Turbine DC3, King Air BE200, Beechcraft 1900

North Cariboo Air Ehab Matta, Director of Business Development Toll Free: 1.866.359.6222 www.flynca.com Aircraft Operated: Dash 8 100/300, Beech 1900D, King Air 200, Challenger 601, AvroRJ100, Q400

Northern Air Charter Rob King, President Tel: 780.624.1911 Aircraft Operated: Piper Aztec, Piper Navajo, King Air 100, King Air B200, Beechcraft 1900D

OpsMobil Ron Ellard, Operations Manager - Fixed wing Toll Free: 1-877-926-5558 Aircraft Operated: (4) C-172, (1) C-206, (1) C-208, (1) PA-31

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Sky Wings Aviation Academy Ltd. Dennis Cooper, CEO Toll Free: 1.800.315.8097 Locations in Red Deer and Okotoks Aircraft Operated: (9) Cessna 172, (1) Piper Senaca I, (1) Piper Navajo

R1 Airlines Ltd. Richard Pollock, Business Development Manager Toll Free: 1.888.802.1010 www.r1airlines.ca Aircraft Operated: (1) Dash 8-100, (1) Dash 8-300, (2) CRJ100/200, (2) Beechcraft 1900D

Sunwest Aviation Ltd. Richard Hotchkiss, President/CEO Toll Free: 1.888.291.4566 Aircraft Operated: (1) Falcon 900EX, (2) Challenger 604, (2) Challenger 300, (2) Citation Sovereign, (1) Gulfstream 150, (1) Hawker 800XP, (1) Lear 55, (3) Lear 45, (1) Lear 35, (1) Citation V, (4) Dash 8 300, (1) Dash 8 -100, (7) Beech 1900D, (4) Metro 23, (3) King Air 350, (3) King Air 200

Tempest Jet Management Corp Brent Genesis Tel: 866.501.0522 www.tempestjet.ca Aircraft Operated: Citation Ultra, King Air 200

Ahlstrom Air Ltd. Kyle Wadden, Operations Manager / Chief Pilot Tel: 403.721.2203 Cell: 403.844.0978 Aircraft Operated: (1) AS350SD2

Albatros Aircraft Corp. Joe Viveiros, Ops Manager Tel: 403.274.6103 www.albatrosaircraft.ca Aircraft Operated: Agusta A109S Grand

Bailey Helicopters Ltd. Brent Knight Tel: 403.219.2770 Cell: 403.370.2750 www.baileyhelicopters.com Aircraft Operated: Bell 212, Bell 206 B, AS 350 B2/BA

Black Swan Helicopters Ltd. Toll Free: 1.877.475.4774 Aircraft Operated: (1) FX 2, (1) B206B, (2) R44 II, (1) B204C

Canadian Helicopters Limited Don Wall, President & CEO Tel: 780.429.6900 Aircraft Operated: Robinson R22B, Robinson R44II, Bell 206B | BIII, Airbus Helicopters EC120B, Bell B206L | L1, Airbus Helicopters AS350BA | B2 | B3 | B3e, Bell B407, Airbus Helicopters, AS355F2 | N, Sikorsky S76A | A++, Bell B212, Bell B412 EP, Sikorsky S61N

Delta Helicopters Ltd. Don Stubbs, President Toll Free: 1.800.665.3564 Aircraft Operated: (7) Bell 206B, (2) A-Star 350 BA, (7) A-Star 350 350B2, (4) Bell 204B

E-Z Air Inc. Matt Wecker, Owner Tel: 780.453.2085 Aircraft Operated: Robinson R44

Edmonton Police Service Tel: 780.408.4218 Aircraft Operated: (2) EC120

Great Slave Helicopters Ltd. Mark McGowan, President; Corey Taylor, VP, Global Business and Product Development Tel: 867-873-2081 Springbank Base Facility, Tel: 403.286.2040 Aircraft Operated: Bell 206B, Bell 206 LR, Bell 206L3, Bell 206L4, Bell 212, Bell212S, Astar 350 BA, 350B2, 350B3, EC 130B4, BK 117 850D2, Bell 412EP, Bell 407, Bell 205

Guardian Helicopters Inc. Graydon Kowal, President/CEO Tel: 403.730.6333 Aircraft Operated: Bell 206 B Jet Ranger, Bell 206 L1/L3 Long Ranger, Bell 205 A-1, Bell 205 A-1+, AStar 350 BA, AStar 350 Super D, AStar 350 B3, MD 530 FF

High Country Helicopters Hjalmar Tiesenhausen Toll Free: 1.877.777.4354 Aircraft Operated: Bell 206, 206L and Eurocopter A-Star 350

Highland Helicopters Ltd. Terry Jones, Director of Operations Tel: 604.273.6161 www.highland.ca Aircraft Operated: (15) Bell 206B, (2) Bell 206 L-3, (2) AS350 BA, (16) AS350 B2

Mountain View Helicopters Paul Bergeron, President/CP Tel: 403.286.7186 Aircraft Operated: R22 Beta & Beta II, R44 Raven II, Bell 206 Jet Ranger

Mustang Helicopters Inc. Tim Boyle, Ops Manager Tel: 403.885.5220 Aircraft Operated: AS350 B3e, AS350 B2, MD500 D, BELL 205A-1++, BELL 212 HP

OpsMobil Bertrand Perron, General Manager - Rotary wing Toll Free: 1-877-926-5558 Aircraft Operated: (3) R44, (28) R44-II Raven, (5) BH-206B, (1) BH-206L3, (2) AS-350BA, (1) AS-350B2, (11) AS-350FX2, (2) EC-120B

Peregrine Helicopters Tel: 780.865.3353 www.peregrinehelicopters.com [email protected] Aircraft Operated: (1) B206B3, (1) Bell 206 L3

Phoenix Heli-Flight Inc. Paul Spring, President Tel: 780.799.0141 Aircraft Operated: EC120B, AS350B2, AS350B3DH, EC130B4, AS355N, AS355NP, EC135T2e

Precision Helicopters Inc. John Carlton, DOM Toll Free: 1.877.545.5455 Aircraft Operated: (1) AS350BA, (1) AS350D2

Remote Helicopters Ltd. Jeff Lukan, President Tel: 780.849.2222 Aircraft Operated: Bell 206B, A-STAR 350 B2, A-STAR 350 SD2, A-STAR 350 B3E, Bell 205, Bell 212

Ridge Rotors Inc. Hans Nogel, Ops Mgr Toll Free: 1.877.242.4211 Aircraft Operated: Eurocopter AStar AS350, Bell 206 Jetranger, Robinson RH44

Slave Lake Helicopters Ltd. George Kelham, President; Debbie Kelham, Owner Tel: 780.849.6666 Aircraft Operated: (3) AS350 B2, (1) Bell 206 BIII, (1) EC120

Sloan Helicopters Ltd. Troy Sloan, President Tel: 780.849.4456 Toll Free: 1-888-756-2610 or 1-888-SLOAN10 Aircraft Operated: (2) RH44, (1) EC120B, (1) AS350B2

Thebacha Helicopters Ltd. Kim Hornsby, President Tel: 780.723.4180 Aircraft Operated: (1) AS350B2, (1) AS350BA, (1) Bell 206B

Wood Buffalo Helicopters Michael Morin, President Tel: 780.743.5588 Toll Free: 1.866.743.5588 [email protected] Aircraft Operated: Bell 206B, Eurocopter EC120B, Eurocopter AS350-B2

JET CHARTERS

Air Partners Corp. Vik Saini, President Tel: 403.291.3644 Aircraft operated: (3) Cessna Citation X, (1) Beechcraft King Air 200, (2) Beechcraft King Air 350, (3) Cessna Citation Ultra 560, (1) Cessna CJ2, (1) Hawker 800A, (1) Bombardier Learjet 45

Albatros Aircraft Corp. Joe Viveiros, Ops Manager Tel: 403.274.6103 www.albatrosaircraft.ca Aircraft Operated: Beechcraft King Air B200, Cessna Citation CJ4, Citation X

Aurora Jet Partners - Head Office / Edmonton Base Toll Free: 1.888.797.5387 Fax: 780.453.6057 www.aurorajet.ca Aircraft Operated: Gulfstream Astra SPX, Phenom 100/300, Challenger 300/605, Global 5000

Canadian North H. (Hart) Mailandt, Director, Business Development Tel: 403 383 3453 www.canadiannorth.com [email protected] Aircraft Operated: (4) Dash 8, (5) 737-200 Combi, (10) 737-300

Enerjet Darcy Morgan, CCO Tel: 403.648.2804 Aircraft Operated: Boeing 737-700NG

Genesis Aviation Inc. Brent Genesis, President Tel: 403.940.4091 www.genesisaviation.ca Aircraft Operated: Full complement of turbo props & business jets

Tempest Jet Management Corp Brent Genesis Tel: 866.501.0522 www.tempestjet.ca Aircraft Operated: Citation Ultra

AIRCRAFT SALES

Genesis Aviation Inc. Brent Genesis, President Tel: 403.940.4091 www.genesisaviation.ca [email protected]

Prairie Aircraft Sales Ltd. Kathy Wrobel, President; Andrew Fletcher, Sales Associate Tel: 403.286.4277 www.prairieaircraft.com [email protected] Aircraft Operated: (1) Caravan

Hopkinson Aircraft Sales Andrew Hopkinson, VP Tel: 403.291.9027 Fax: 403.250.2459 www.hopkinsonassociates.com [email protected] Aircraft: Specializing in commercial and corporate aircraft

FRACTIONAL OWNERSHIP & JET MANAGEMENT

Airsprint Inc. Judson Macor, Chairman & CEO Toll Free: 1.877.588.2344 www.airsprint.com [email protected] Selling interests in Citation XL/S and CJ2+

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For many people, farming means cows, milk, chickens, eggs, beef, wheat, corn, potatoes and a 24-7, 365-day lifestyle of early mornings, late nights and lots

of hard work. But this is no longer your grandfather’s back 40! From Red

Deer, Ponoka, dotting the Prairie horizon into Saskatchewan and suddenly in boardrooms and busy offices in downtown Calgary, contemporary farms, farmers and farming are part of an evolution.

In hectic and conventional other circles, farmers and farming are understandably misunderstood – mainly because many people rarely have direct exposure and contact with agriculture and are left with stale and lopsided impressions, usually based on stereotypes and clichés.

The business of farming has dramatically changed and continues to evolve. The size of farms has changed. The science, the productivity and the margins of farming have changed. From bushels per acre to yields and projections, maximizing the business efficiencies of farms and farming are the new bottom line.

Farming’s ongoing changes are also new. Beyond GPS-driven tractors and laptops on the counter in the barn, technology – hardware and software – continues as one of the biggest changes.

For many generations agriculture was simply defined as an earthy science of chores, cultivating the soil, growing crops, raising livestock and chickens and producing milk and eggs.

The New Ag • Agriculture

The New AgEfficiency and laptops in the barnBY COLLEEN WALLACE

Sky Wings Aviation Academy Ltd. Dennis Cooper, CEO Toll Free: 1.800.315.8097 Locations in Red Deer and Okotoks Aircraft Operated: (9) Cessna 172, (1) Piper Senaca I, (1) Piper Navajo

R1 Airlines Ltd. Richard Pollock, Business Development Manager Toll Free: 1.888.802.1010 www.r1airlines.ca Aircraft Operated: (1) Dash 8-100, (1) Dash 8-300, (2) CRJ100/200, (2) Beechcraft 1900D

Sunwest Aviation Ltd. Richard Hotchkiss, President/CEO Toll Free: 1.888.291.4566 Aircraft Operated: (1) Falcon 900EX, (2) Challenger 604, (2) Challenger 300, (2) Citation Sovereign, (1) Gulfstream 150, (1) Hawker 800XP, (1) Lear 55, (3) Lear 45, (1) Lear 35, (1) Citation V, (4) Dash 8 300, (1) Dash 8 -100, (7) Beech 1900D, (4) Metro 23, (3) King Air 350, (3) King Air 200

Tempest Jet Management Corp Brent Genesis Tel: 866.501.0522 www.tempestjet.ca Aircraft Operated: Citation Ultra, King Air 200

Ahlstrom Air Ltd. Kyle Wadden, Operations Manager / Chief Pilot Tel: 403.721.2203 Cell: 403.844.0978 Aircraft Operated: (1) AS350SD2

Albatros Aircraft Corp. Joe Viveiros, Ops Manager Tel: 403.274.6103 www.albatrosaircraft.ca Aircraft Operated: Agusta A109S Grand

Bailey Helicopters Ltd. Brent Knight Tel: 403.219.2770 Cell: 403.370.2750 www.baileyhelicopters.com Aircraft Operated: Bell 212, Bell 206 B, AS 350 B2/BA

Black Swan Helicopters Ltd. Toll Free: 1.877.475.4774 Aircraft Operated: (1) FX 2, (1) B206B, (2) R44 II, (1) B204C

Canadian Helicopters Limited Don Wall, President & CEO Tel: 780.429.6900 Aircraft Operated: Robinson R22B, Robinson R44II, Bell 206B | BIII, Airbus Helicopters EC120B, Bell B206L | L1, Airbus Helicopters AS350BA | B2 | B3 | B3e, Bell B407, Airbus Helicopters, AS355F2 | N, Sikorsky S76A | A++, Bell B212, Bell B412 EP, Sikorsky S61N

Delta Helicopters Ltd. Don Stubbs, President Toll Free: 1.800.665.3564 Aircraft Operated: (7) Bell 206B, (2) A-Star 350 BA, (7) A-Star 350 350B2, (4) Bell 204B

E-Z Air Inc. Matt Wecker, Owner Tel: 780.453.2085 Aircraft Operated: Robinson R44

Edmonton Police Service Tel: 780.408.4218 Aircraft Operated: (2) EC120

Great Slave Helicopters Ltd. Mark McGowan, President; Corey Taylor, VP, Global Business and Product Development Tel: 867-873-2081 Springbank Base Facility, Tel: 403.286.2040 Aircraft Operated: Bell 206B, Bell 206 LR, Bell 206L3, Bell 206L4, Bell 212, Bell212S, Astar 350 BA, 350B2, 350B3, EC 130B4, BK 117 850D2, Bell 412EP, Bell 407, Bell 205

Guardian Helicopters Inc. Graydon Kowal, President/CEO Tel: 403.730.6333 Aircraft Operated: Bell 206 B Jet Ranger, Bell 206 L1/L3 Long Ranger, Bell 205 A-1, Bell 205 A-1+, AStar 350 BA, AStar 350 Super D, AStar 350 B3, MD 530 FF

High Country Helicopters Hjalmar Tiesenhausen Toll Free: 1.877.777.4354 Aircraft Operated: Bell 206, 206L and Eurocopter A-Star 350

Highland Helicopters Ltd. Terry Jones, Director of Operations Tel: 604.273.6161 www.highland.ca Aircraft Operated: (15) Bell 206B, (2) Bell 206 L-3, (2) AS350 BA, (16) AS350 B2

Mountain View Helicopters Paul Bergeron, President/CP Tel: 403.286.7186 Aircraft Operated: R22 Beta & Beta II, R44 Raven II, Bell 206 Jet Ranger

Mustang Helicopters Inc. Tim Boyle, Ops Manager Tel: 403.885.5220 Aircraft Operated: AS350 B3e, AS350 B2, MD500 D, BELL 205A-1++, BELL 212 HP

OpsMobil Bertrand Perron, General Manager - Rotary wing Toll Free: 1-877-926-5558 Aircraft Operated: (3) R44, (28) R44-II Raven, (5) BH-206B, (1) BH-206L3, (2) AS-350BA, (1) AS-350B2, (11) AS-350FX2, (2) EC-120B

Peregrine Helicopters Tel: 780.865.3353 www.peregrinehelicopters.com [email protected] Aircraft Operated: (1) B206B3, (1) Bell 206 L3

Phoenix Heli-Flight Inc. Paul Spring, President Tel: 780.799.0141 Aircraft Operated: EC120B, AS350B2, AS350B3DH, EC130B4, AS355N, AS355NP, EC135T2e

Precision Helicopters Inc. John Carlton, DOM Toll Free: 1.877.545.5455 Aircraft Operated: (1) AS350BA, (1) AS350D2

Remote Helicopters Ltd. Jeff Lukan, President Tel: 780.849.2222 Aircraft Operated: Bell 206B, A-STAR 350 B2, A-STAR 350 SD2, A-STAR 350 B3E, Bell 205, Bell 212

Ridge Rotors Inc. Hans Nogel, Ops Mgr Toll Free: 1.877.242.4211 Aircraft Operated: Eurocopter AStar AS350, Bell 206 Jetranger, Robinson RH44

Slave Lake Helicopters Ltd. George Kelham, President; Debbie Kelham, Owner Tel: 780.849.6666 Aircraft Operated: (3) AS350 B2, (1) Bell 206 BIII, (1) EC120

Sloan Helicopters Ltd. Troy Sloan, President Tel: 780.849.4456 Toll Free: 1-888-756-2610 or 1-888-SLOAN10 Aircraft Operated: (2) RH44, (1) EC120B, (1) AS350B2

Thebacha Helicopters Ltd. Kim Hornsby, President Tel: 780.723.4180 Aircraft Operated: (1) AS350B2, (1) AS350BA, (1) Bell 206B

Wood Buffalo Helicopters Michael Morin, President Tel: 780.743.5588 Toll Free: 1.866.743.5588 [email protected] Aircraft Operated: Bell 206B, Eurocopter EC120B, Eurocopter AS350-B2

JET CHARTERS

Air Partners Corp. Vik Saini, President Tel: 403.291.3644 Aircraft operated: (3) Cessna Citation X, (1) Beechcraft King Air 200, (2) Beechcraft King Air 350, (3) Cessna Citation Ultra 560, (1) Cessna CJ2, (1) Hawker 800A, (1) Bombardier Learjet 45

Albatros Aircraft Corp. Joe Viveiros, Ops Manager Tel: 403.274.6103 www.albatrosaircraft.ca Aircraft Operated: Beechcraft King Air B200, Cessna Citation CJ4, Citation X

Aurora Jet Partners - Head Office / Edmonton Base Toll Free: 1.888.797.5387 Fax: 780.453.6057 www.aurorajet.ca Aircraft Operated: Gulfstream Astra SPX, Phenom 100/300, Challenger 300/605, Global 5000

Canadian North H. (Hart) Mailandt, Director, Business Development Tel: 403 383 3453 www.canadiannorth.com [email protected] Aircraft Operated: (4) Dash 8, (5) 737-200 Combi, (10) 737-300

Enerjet Darcy Morgan, CCO Tel: 403.648.2804 Aircraft Operated: Boeing 737-700NG

Genesis Aviation Inc. Brent Genesis, President Tel: 403.940.4091 www.genesisaviation.ca Aircraft Operated: Full complement of turbo props & business jets

Tempest Jet Management Corp Brent Genesis Tel: 866.501.0522 www.tempestjet.ca Aircraft Operated: Citation Ultra

AIRCRAFT SALES

Genesis Aviation Inc. Brent Genesis, President Tel: 403.940.4091 www.genesisaviation.ca [email protected]

Prairie Aircraft Sales Ltd. Kathy Wrobel, President; Andrew Fletcher, Sales Associate Tel: 403.286.4277 www.prairieaircraft.com [email protected] Aircraft Operated: (1) Caravan

Hopkinson Aircraft Sales Andrew Hopkinson, VP Tel: 403.291.9027 Fax: 403.250.2459 www.hopkinsonassociates.com [email protected] Aircraft: Specializing in commercial and corporate aircraft

FRACTIONAL OWNERSHIP & JET MANAGEMENT

Airsprint Inc. Judson Macor, Chairman & CEO Toll Free: 1.877.588.2344 www.airsprint.com [email protected] Selling interests in Citation XL/S and CJ2+

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Farming has been redefined. Small, large or massive farms are now the big business of … cultivating the soil, growing crops, raising livestock and chickens and producing milk and eggs.

Farmers, analysts, scientists and a new breed of Ag investors now work closely together, not only constantly bringing the business of agriculture to the next level but are unanimous and focused that agriculture is a global business with great opportunity, unlimited growth, exciting investment potential and often staggering ROIs.

Despite the basic simplicity of agriculture in a complex and challenging world, the key purpose and role of agriculture is … to feed people. As all levels of Ag, business experts vouch the reason why farms have jobs for life is that there are lots of people who need to be fed. Lots!

“Give or take 10 million at any given moment, there are now about 7.3 billion people in the world. By 2100 there will be 10 billion. And they all need to eat!” exclaims the savvy and infectiously personable Dr. Michael (Mike) Raymont, president and CEO of Canadian venture capital firm AVAC Ltd., a private company that invests in promising early-stage ventures, and a managing partner of Verdex Capital, focusing on agricultural technology and R&D investments and opportunities.

“But they’re not making any more land. So farming has to be smarter. We must increase productivity and produce more food with the land we have. I’m an eternal optimist and I realize that is much easier said than done. The only way to achieve the required level of productivity is turning the farm into a business, boosting research and development to find newer and newer solutions and with cutting-edge technology.

Raymont is a venture capi-tal executive on a mission. He enthusiastically emphasizes that Ag Tech is an area of tremen-dous growth, in North America and around the world, and it is also increasing in popularity with both strategic corporate and conventional investors.

“With a growing world popula-tion and increasing constraints on agricultural production capacity, global food supplies face signifi-cant threats,” he warns. “The facts and figures are undisputable. We must produce more food in the

The new ag • Agriculture

The new Ag begins… at school

To boost agriculture education in Alberta, Ag for Life has a mandate to deliver edu-cational programming designed to improve rural and public understanding of the agri-cultural industry, dispel stereotypes and expose Alberta kids to the realities about the business of farming.

Just last year alone, Ag for Life reached over 50,000 Alberta children, youth and adults. “With founding mem-ber support we are able to continue expanding the reach of these vital pro-grams into communities throughout Alberta,” says Luree Williamson, CEO of Ag for Life.

“The organization brings together vari-ous sectors including Ag services, energy, financial and not-for-profit organiza-tions, along with farmers, ranchers and community leaders.”

Ag for Life founding members include Agrium Inc., ATB Financial, ATCO Group, Penn West, Rocky Mountain Equipment, TransCanada Corporation and UFA Co-operative Limited along with contributing members AdFarm and Glacier FarmMedia.

Ag for Life teaches Alberta schoolkids about “the new Ag.”

Dr. Michael (Mike) Raymont, president and CEO of Canadian venture capital firm

Despite the basic simplicity of agriculture in a complex and challenging world, the key purpose and role of agriculture is … to feed people. As all levels of Ag, business experts vouch the reason why farms have jobs for

life is that there are lots of people who need to be fed. Lots!

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next 30 years than we have produced in the past 2,000. Apply-ing innovation and technology to the agricultural sector is critical to address the challenges and create a unique opportu-nity for investors.”

He points out that it’s misleading to simplify a very complex situation but the key role and vital Ag technology payoff is efficiency: growing more grain per acre, ranching more cattle, getting more oil out of the seed and other state-of-the-art ways to maximize the business of agriculture.

For example, the science of agriculture has calculated that it takes from 2.5 to 10 times the land to grow one calorie of meat than one calorie of cereal. There are similar calculations about how much oil can be crushed from one acre of canola plants and other details of the contemporary farm business plan.

Raymont explains that, although the urgent need for smart farming is enormous, so far there are only about one dozen active Ag tech investment firms in the world. “It’s not optional. It’s a must!” he urges. “Innovation in Ag farming is becoming huge and sophisticated. And we need to invest in innovation!

“Verdex has invested in a company which is developing technology to increase oil yield from a soybean from 25 to

60 per cent. Do the math! The value of a 25 to 30 per cent increase in yield, applied to the world’s harvest, works out to $30 billion a year. And the company has locked up IT patents for another 30 years. A solid investment,” Raymont smiles.

“It’s also the commercialization of Ag R&D and turning the R&D science into a viable Ag business. We invest in companies that have passed the pure science and can produce more bushels of wheat or canola per acre. We also enhance the technology about breeding. And we fund genetic engineering (very controversial and banned in parts of Europe and Japan) that will help us better understand what goes on in the cells of plants.”

He makes the vital point that, with cutting-edge technology, the science of agriculture and the new era of Ag investing, “There are three criteria for venture capital: people, people and people. We look for their passion, their dedication and if they are all-in.”

Like Remi Schmaltz, founder and CEO of the Ag tech startup Decisive Farming, which helps farmers better manage their farms, make informed decisions about their business and increase overall profitability through data-driven web-based software tools.

Although the startup is now booming, for Schmaltz and his brother, Tasha, it is Ag technology borne out of passion. His family has been in the agricultural business for four generations. They were familiar with the needs and challenges of farming and sold fertilizer, seed and chemicals to farmers for nearly 100 years.

“Soon after we took over the family business, we started looking at where farming was headed and how we could add more value to the farmer. After some research, we came up with precision agronomics and Decisive Farming was launched,” he explains.

“It’s part of the efficiency, profitability and big business of farming. A typical agronomist can manage 50,000 acres. With our technology, they can manage over 400,000 acres.”

The company’s My Farm Manager program gives farmers everything they need to know about their farm, all in one place – from production and agronomic data to markets, financials, employees and equipment. The company also has a tool called Optimize RX that helps farmers plant and fertilize their crops as efficiently as possible. Fields aren’t typically uniform, so one spot might be richer in minerals and nutrients than another, but farmers still often apply fertilizer evenly. This leads to over-fertilization and run-off in some areas, while others are under-fertilized costing the farmer in lost production and lost profit. Using satellite imagery and soil testing, Optimize RX identifies how much fertilizer or seed to use across the fields.

Optimize RX is just one example of a vital Ag technology tool, enabling Decisive Farming to acquire more than 250 customers.

The new ag • Agriculture

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Greg Bowie is a respected Ponoka beef producer, a much in-demand livestock nutritionist and Ag consultant who also happens to be the chair of the Alberta Beef Producers. He has made the smooth transition to the new agriculture.

With more than 35 years of experience with farms and farming, Bowie he is a big booster of Ag technology and the new ways of doings things. “The business of farming has become so efficient with technology as well as science like genetics. Canada is a recognized world leader in the science of beef genetics,” he says with pride.”

He particularly credits technology with allowing beef producers to capture and exchange information. Such an example is the Canadian Beef InfoXchange System (BIXS) – a national voluntary web-based system that provides communication and access of specific animal data stored on the animal’s unique electronic ID tag number.

Ag technology and Ag science advancements also get a lot of credit for the new, undisputable Canadian agriculture reality that … canola rules!

“Until about five years ago, wheat was king,” says Clinton Jurke, agronomy director for the Canola Council of Canada. “Thanks to technology and food and Ag science, all that has changed, dramatically. The major impact has been tremendous efficiency. The common yield used to be less than 20 bushels per acre. Now it is 40-plus bushels per acre.

“All canola is crushed for oil, and about half of the canola harvest is crushed in one of Alberta’s five crushing plants. Last year there were more than 20 million acres in canola, especially in Alberta and Saskatchewan, ranking Canada as the largest canola producer in the world.”

“Ag technology is not a thing of the future,” Remi Schmaltz says with first-hand expertise about the business of farming. “It’s a vital part of the present.” BiC

Clinton Jurke, canola farmer and agronomy director, Canola Council of Canada.

The new ag • Agriculture

Remi Schmaltz, founder and CEO of Decisive Farming.

Map courtesy of the Canola Council of Canada

Greg Bowie, rancher and chair, Alberta Beef Producers.

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Just the facts • Oil & Gas

Just the Facts

The industry deals with a perfect stormBY JOHn HARDY

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no doubt about it. In some consumer media and the minds and perceptions of especially people in Alberta, in Calgary and throughout Canada, there is confusion

and misunderstanding about the true oil price situation. In energy-focused Alberta, it’s discouraging bad news

that could or already impacts everything from jobs and investment to quality of life. In the East, consumers in places like Montreal, Ottawa and Toronto are overjoyed about what a deal they are getting at the pump.

In the oil business, the oversimplified formula is also the intricately complex dilemma about the oil price slump: oversupply = lower prices = less investment = drop in supply = rebound in prices.

“Many industry analysts and insiders understand the cyclical nature and history of the oil business,” says the sharp and knowledgeable Jackie Forrest, vice president of ARC Financial Corporation. “And a drop in price was expected if one or two price adjustment factors happened. What nobody expected was four negative factors happening around the same time.”

She shakes her head about hindsight but explains that the slump was triggered by a perfect storm of oil price broadsides.

“The global economy was a big factor and it missed expectations for growth, especially the numbers from China were down about 30 per cent. There were some surprise oil production comebacks in the Middle East – especially in Libya – adding about one million barrels per day. The supply of tight oil (also known as shale oil or light tight oil from formations of low permeability, often shale or tight sandstone) in the U.S. surprised everyone, including Americans and it turned out to be 50 per cent more than expected. And most people assumed or believed that OPEC would cut their production to keep prices stable.”

Forrest and other analysts are still a bit stunned by the October 2014 comments of petroleum-bearing Saudi Arabia’s petroleum minister Ali al-Naimi and what has since become infamous as his “crooked logic” speech and Saudi

position, explaining to his OPEC counterparts that they should maintain output to protect market share from rising supplies of U.S. shale oil, which costs more to get out of the ground and thus becomes less viable as prices fall.

His now much quoted point was that it was “crooked logic” for low-cost producers such as Saudi Arabia to pump less, just to balance the market.

While the ARC vice president suggests that influencing factors have always caused oil price cycles, last fall’s combination of at least four (maybe more) factors triggered a major down cycle that the industry will be talking about for years.

“Of course the oil and gas industry is our primary focus here in Alberta but commodities in general – forestry, steel, coal – have always been cyclical,” says respected Calgary business expert Dr. Bob Schulz, professor of strategic management at the University of Calgary’s Haskayne School of Business. “And the cycles have always been pegged on the supply and demand curves. The long-term demand curve generally follows the world economy. The supply curve varies more, especially now.

“The supply curve is impacted by so many factors. Most of all, the world supply factored into the world demand. And most things impact that. The sudden U.S. popularity of fracking. Increased production from Libya. China’s demand is up by about five per cent a year. And the unpredictability of various geopolitical risks. Russia. Crimea. Iran produces about 3.5 million barrels a day. The possible nuclear deal may trigger more production and an extra one million gallons a day from Iran could add to the oversupply. And the volatile situations in Yemen and Venezuela. It could significantly impact supply.”

The crisis management of the oil price slump is good opportunity to paraphrase the often quoted wisdom that those who don’t learn from oil industry history shouldn’t be too surprised when it is repeated. It’s partially the premise of Petropolitics, a suddenly timely book by Calgary’s Alan J. MacFadyen and the late G. C. Watkins.

Just the facts • Oil & Gas

Jackie Forrest, vice president, ARC Financial Corp. Alan MacFadyen, emeritus at the University of Calgary and co-author of Petropolitics.

Dr. Bob Schulz, professor of strategic management at the University of Calgary’s Haskayne School of Business.

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Especially with the recent jitters about the collapse of oil prices, Pet-ropolitics provides a context for the many challenges facing the world and the petroleum industry. In addi-tion to relatively recent environmental policies, Petropolitics argues that an effective petroleum policy involves five main components: market-based pric-ing; an effective royalty/tax regime; a fair intergovernmental agreement on how to share those revenues; gov-ernment programs for saving and spending the petroleum revenues which recognize the instability in revenue flows; and sensitive economic policies as industry investment fluctuates.

“It’s a complex history and it is now more global than ever,” says MacFadyen, emeritus at the University of Calgary and the professor who initiated the energy economics program in the department of economics. There are always new aspects to petropolitics. As recently as 10 years ago, nobody expected that the world would have such a strong supply, and even an oversupply of oil.

“But the supply and demand for oil has always been a largely economic story, based on world politics. Every 10 years or so, there is a crisis in the Middle East and it spikes the price,” he explains. “Europe is a huge importer of

oil and benefits from low prices. High-growth countries, like China and India, will continue as the big importers. The U.S. may have increased their supply but they still import more than four million barrels a day and will continue to be Canada’s biggest customer.”

Schulz also cites history, industry trends and milestones but makes the oil and gas business point that, when the demand curve gets close to the supply curve, oil producers look to expand. When the supply curve gets much higher than the demand curve, prices drop.

Various industry insiders, econo-mists and analysts hint at a vague but likely consensus that Alberta, and particularly Calgary – the hub of the business of oil – has had it good for such a long streak that it wasn’t just an up cycle.

The high price of oil, and all its good-life perks, subtly became the normal – the charmed way of Calgary and Alberta life.

Brilliant and always outspoken oil industry expert David Yager, national leader of oilfield services with MNP, shrugs and roars, “The oil business has been up and down and cyclical for 40 years! At least since the height of the OPEC days in the ’70s. Maybe the cyclicality has now been accelerated

by electronic trading, the advent of the futures markets and hedging, but it’s still basically cycles. It goes down and it will go back up.

“Reversing the direction of oil prices from down to up will require a swing in the supply/demand equation of at least one million barrels per day – half from demand and half from supply. This will occur in 2015. Currently, the world burns over 90 million barrels of crude, daily. The price is down by about $50 a barrel. If current prices hold (which they won’t) this would save the world’s oil consumers $4.5 billion per day, or $1.6 trillion per year,” he explains with confidence and expertise. “It’s big money. For the world to consume an extra 500,000 barrels per day, demand must rise by only 6/10ths of one per cent. The other 500,000 barrels will come from the decline in oil production. No mat-ter how the North American shale oil boom came to be, production is unsus-tainable without continued intensive drilling,” Yager says.

“This won’t happen primarily due to deep spending cuts. Production decline rates are huge. In south Texas, for example, an average well’s produc-tion falls over 60 per cent in the first year. Shale oil output will drop signifi-cantly for the rest of this year. This is physics, not economics.”

For Canadian oil producers, juggling with contingencies, dealing with spend-ing cuts and shrivelled investments, and readying for the rebound also presents some unique oil business challenges.

David Yager, national leader of oilfield services with MNP.

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Alan Ross, partner, Borden Ladner Gervais LLP.

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“Energy companies have historically had a licence to operate. Part of that formal licence is a licence beyond regu-lations and traditional compliance,” according to Alan Ross, an energy lawyer and a partner at the Calgary law firm Bor-den Ladner Gervais LLP. “It’s more of a ‘social licence’ and a commitment to the communities where they operate. It’s not a requirement and they don’t have to do it.

“The early indications are that in times of squeezed profits and aggressive cost cutting, companies in the energy sector are maintaining the investments in assets that are really corporate social responsibility. It takes in a wide range of commitments made by a company to improve the conditions in the communities in which it operates – from the funding of social service agencies, to the contributions to capital campaigns, to investments in arts, culture and recreation facilities.

“Social media is a vital factor. It makes a company’s reputation impacted more quickly and powerfully. Companies must address issues, quickly. It’s important to get ahead of the ball. The good news is, despite some caution and cutbacks, energy companies are loyal to their social licences.”

Aside from the valid theory of cycles and the constant flux in supply and demand, Jackie Forrest emphasizes some of the numbers that could possibly tip the balance. “Despite last fall’s stunning drop in oil prices, the difference between global supply and demand is relatively small. The world consumes over 93 million barrels per day. And as we found out at the end of 2014, an increase of just 1.5 million barrels a day, from any source, becomes oversupply and prices are cut.”

David Yager is bullish and confident about especially the Alberta and Calgary mood and situation turning around. It may not be the $100-a-barrel glory days, but he guesstimates the price rising much closer to the global replacement cost of about $80.

He cautions that, although the rebounded price will not be high enough to resume the massive spending on drilling and new oilsands plants Alberta has got used to, the rebound will stabilize key Alberta life and economy factors like house prices, job markets and the domino effects of overall business confidence. BiC

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Q & A with the President of DigitexQ & A with the President of DigitexHugh Porter talks about Digitex’s growth, products and future plans

When and why was Digitex launched?Digitex was founded in 1997 in Red Deer by Rob Barden and Chris Brown, they set out to build a company that focused on service first and sales second.

Our technological needs were very different in 1997. Can you tell us a little about how things have changed over the years for Digitex?Technology is constantly changing. The brands we carry are from industry leading manufacturers that spend billions on research and development and offer products that are leading edge. The services side is all us and we pride ourselves on staying on top of the technology so our technicians can do their job to the best of their ability and fix things right the first time. To do this properly, we provide constant training, just in time car stock replenishment and a strong support staff that dispatches accurate information on the nature of each call.

Our growth since 1997 is sometimes hard to believe and was impossible to predict. Technology shifts definitely force change, but the growth and expansion forced us to keep a close eye on our service model. It is one thing to offer great service in one location but to offer that same great service across several locations has become something we are very proud of. Part of servicing our customers is understanding the software and solutions available in the market, and our account managers understand these solutions and how they can affect or benefit our customers. They spend 90 per cent of their time consulting and 10 per cent selling, which was the opposite 18 years ago.

Are clients surprised by how many functions and uses are in the multifunctional devices and how these products can be used as a valuable administration resource? Yes! There are more features on an MFP (copier) these days than there are on most cars! We try to customize their product to their needs and workflow and train their key users on how to use the features they need. We have a team of CSR’s and IT installers that

are solely focused on the customer experience. If set up and demonstrated properly that big photocopier everyone loves to hate can become a real asset to your business.

What do you personally �nd rewarding about Digitex?I love the opportunity to build relationships with our customers, suppliers and employees. We have some awesome people working for and with this company and it’s inspiring to be around so many people that care.

How is Digitex active in the community?We support as many local charities as we can. We nominate an employee of the month every month and along with their award, we match the donation to a local charity of their choice. We offer a free copier to all registered non-profit organizations that ask. Additionally, we support the Ronald MacDonald House, breast cancer research, the Salvation Army and the United Way.

What’s next for Digitex?Our industry is constantly evolving and focus has shifted to managed services and software that allows businesses to work more efficiently. We have an IT team that is focused on our software offering and we are always looking for ways to offer more services to our loyal customer base. I would like to continue to grow Digitex across this great province and expand our footprint. One thing that is an absolute must when we look at acquisitions is that they must also offer the best service available in their region and have a strong track record for doing so. Our industry is very competitive. To offer a higher level of service you need to be responsive and quick…this all needs to be done with a ‘live’ friendly voice answering your call, not a call center in another country or an automated message centre.

If you could tell your clients one thing, what would it be?Alberta is very loyal to local Alberta Business. I’d tell them I appreciate their business.

9943 - 109 Street Edmonton, AB T5K 1H6Telephone: 780.442.2770 • Fax: 780.426.1555 • www.digitex.ca

Hugh Porter

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Q & A with the President of DigitexHugh Porter talks about Digitex’s growth, products and future plans

When and why was Digitex launched?Digitex was founded in 1997 in Red Deer by Rob Barden and Chris Brown, they set out to build a company that focused on service first and sales second.

Our technological needs were very different in 1997. Can you tell us a little about how things have changed over the years for Digitex?Technology is constantly changing. The brands we carry are from industry leading manufacturers that spend billions on research and development and offer products that are leading edge. The services side is all us and we pride ourselves on staying on top of the technology so our technicians can do their job to the best of their ability and fix things right the first time. To do this properly, we provide constant training, just in time car stock replenishment and a strong support staff that dispatches accurate information on the nature of each call.

Our growth since 1997 is sometimes hard to believe and was impossible to predict. Technology shifts definitely force change, but the growth and expansion forced us to keep a close eye on our service model. It is one thing to offer great service in one location but to offer that same great service across several locations has become something we are very proud of. Part of servicing our customers is understanding the software and solutions available in the market, and our account managers understand these solutions and how they can affect or benefit our customers. They spend 90 per cent of their time consulting and 10 per cent selling, which was the opposite 18 years ago.

Are clients surprised by how many functions and uses are in the multifunctional devices and how these products can be used as a valuable administration resource? Yes! There are more features on an MFP (copier) these days than there are on most cars! We try to customize their product to their needs and workflow and train their key users on how to use the features they need. We have a team of CSR’s and IT installers that

are solely focused on the customer experience. If set up and demonstrated properly that big photocopier everyone loves to hate can become a real asset to your business.

What do you personally �nd rewarding about Digitex?I love the opportunity to build relationships with our customers, suppliers and employees. We have some awesome people working for and with this company and it’s inspiring to be around so many people that care. How is Digitex active in the community?

We support as many local charities as we can. We nominate an employee of the month every month and along with their award, we match the donation to a local charity of their choice. We offer a free copier to all registered non-profit organizations that ask. Additionally, we support the Ronald MacDonald House, breast cancer research, the Salvation Army and the United Way. What’s next for Digitex?Our industry is constantly evolving and focus has shifted to managed services and software that allows businesses to work more efficiently. We have an IT team that is focused on our software offering and we are always looking for ways to offer more services to our loyal customer base. I would like to continue to grow Digitex across this great province and expand our footprint. One thing that is an absolute must when we look at acquisitions is that they must also offer the best service available in their region and have a strong track record for doing so. Our industry is very competitive. To offer a higher level of service you need to be responsive and quick…this all needs to be done with a ‘live’ friendly voice answering your call, not a call center in another country or an automated message centre. If you could tell your clients one thing, what would it be?Alberta is very loyal to local Alberta Business. I’d tell them I appreciate their business.

9943 - 109 Street Edmonton, AB T5K 1H6Telephone: 780.442.2770 • Fax: 780.426.1555 • www.digitex.ca

Hugh Porter

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The Flux of ExportsDealing with ups and downsBY DAN COOPER

It’s a mixed bag of good news, bad news, encouraging news, discouraging news and even some confusing news

when it comes to making sense of export/import trends and the impact on Calgary, Alberta and Canada.

Export Development Canada’s (EDC) Global Export Forecast is a semi-annual summary that identifies some of the major forces acting on the world economy and their implications for Canadian exporters.

It describes which foreign markets will offer the best opportunities for Canadian exporters for the coming year and analyzes the sales outlook by sector. It also discusses the major risks faced by exporters and offers expert overviews about the economy’s overall impact on exports.

According to the EDC’s fall 2014 report, “Canada has been pretty lucky lately. Crisis hit in 2009 and overnight we lost a quarter of our international sales. Normally, this would have been enough to sink the rest of the economy. But miraculously, that didn’t happen. Instead of following exports into the abyss, the domestic economy – consumption, housing, internal business investment and the government sector – came to the rescue.

“Why so different this time? In short, Canada didn’t carry U.S.-style excesses into the recession. Sure, our pre-crisis activity was arguably as excessive in relative terms as America’s, but with one key difference: when Americans started over-consuming and investing, their market was roughly balanced and every bit of over-activity from 2004-08 accumulated into a mountain of pure excess. In contrast, Canada began in deficit; fiscal consolidation and a prolonged jobless recovery through much of the 1990s created a vacuum in the economy.

“When crisis hit, we were far more balanced than our U.S. neighbours,” says the EDC report. “This was seen in our housing market, which slumped in 2009, but to levels three times greater than those in the U.S., in relative terms.”

Alberta exports and their impact on life and doing business in Calgary is an important perspective. But Canada’s overall export story shows that the merchandise trade deficit with

the world widened as of last December, to $649 million, as imports rose faster that exports. It was a lower deficit than many economists had expected, but an increase from the revised $335 million recorded in November 2014, according to Statistics Canada.

Imports rose 2.3 per cent to $44.7 billion, with a sharp increase in motor vehicles and parts and energy products.

But the export numbers were encourag-ing and positive, up 1.5 per cent to $44.1 billion for December, despite falling oil prices. The expected decline in energy exports resulting from the more than 50 per cent decline in oil prices since last summer was more than offset by stronger

exports of manufactured goods and mineral products.In the here and now, and dealing with mid-2015 reality,

there’s no denying that the slump and very slow rebound of oil prices have taken their toll, especially on Alberta as well as Canadian export numbers.

Economists, analysts and some oil industry insiders suggest the short-term pain may work out to be longer-term export gain.

The unique oil export formula explains the export quirk that the potent U.S. dollar and the bounce in the U.S. economy combined with the sagging loonie may actually boost Alberta oil export volumes. Sharply lower prices will continue and prove to be an actual Alberta revenue hit, as it has been since prices dropped in the fall. We will export more but get less money for it.

Of course the discouraging dark cloud of weak oil prices is a vital concern in Calgary-based oil company head offices. The overall science of exports and imports is more heavily impacted by other factors like interest rates, the strong U.S. dollar versus the lame Canadian dollar, supply and demand, U.S. markets, global markets and the global economy.

“Three months ago, the total value of international exports from Alberta was just under $8.8 billion, the highest since October 2008 when the global economy was spiralling into recession,” according to Todd Hirsch, senior economist with ATB Financial.

Todd Hirsch, senior economist with ATB Financial

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Despite diehard patriotism to the contrary, the U.S. matters! Particularly for Canadian exports and imports. They always have and likely always will. The undisputable facts and stats are that 88 per cent of all Alberta exports are headed to the States. China is a distant second and the U.K. is third.

A sagging loonie will make exports – from oil and gas, industrial machinery, forestry products, beef, canola oil and other crops and 2015 Calgary tourism – irresistible good-deal bargains, especially for Americans. But the bottom-line fact remains that energy exports are the linchpin of Alberta exports.

Oil accounts for 75 per cent of Alberta’s total exports, with 98 per cent of Alberta’s crude going to the U.S. While the charts and graphs about total exports will show a spike, actual profit will likely take a major hit.

The damage from the 25 per cent oil price drop, calculated with provincial oil energy numbers from 2013, when Alberta times were good and oil prices were stable and oil exports were $77 billion, works out to be about $19-20 billion. Factoring in a hypothetical 25 per cent USD premium, the equation siphons more than $19 billion from the profit side of the energy export ledger.

There is no way to downplay the export dollar value hit that is caused by the oil price slump but it is not all gloom and negativity for Alberta’s and Canada’s export story. There are upsides.

Now that Americans have learned their lessons and sorted out their scandalous home financing issues and the U.S. economy is rebounding, the recovery and resurgence of the American housing market is encouraging news for Alberta’s construction, lumber and transportation sectors.

Alberta’s agriculture and food business, which accounts for about eight per cent of Alberta’s exports, is turning out to be an encouraging export success story (especially thanks to emerging markets) and is surging with close to 20 per cent growth.

The world population is growing (particularly China, Indonesia, India and Brazil) triggering an exponential demand for food, particularly meat. Export analysts suggest that, while much of the export attention is focused on traditional export-intensive products like oil, lumber and machinery, the fortunes of Canada’s – and particularly Alberta’s – meat production industry could well be the sleeper of the export sector.

Meat products were a strong international export last year and volumes are rising by more than 18 per cent a year. The meat industry could well be earning its rank as a long-term export trend. Growing world wealth – particularly in emerging markets – is increasing the appetite for processed meat. As a high-quality producer and exporter, Alberta is poised to benefit.

Hirsch underscores a sometimes overlooked aspect of the export good news/bad news story. “Don’t forget, the price of oil fell before the Canadian dollar took a big plunge or the

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value of exports would have dipped even more. If the Canadian dollar was still at or near par, things would be about 20 per cent more difficult for the economy. But Alberta is in fairly good shape. Almost 20 per cent of our exports are agriculture and forestry. Cattle and lumber prices are strong.”

Hirsch points out that it’s not such bullish news for anything Canadi-ans buy or import. Everything from American cars and car parts, bananas and mangoes to Phoenix, Las Vegas or Hawaii vacations will be indefinitely much more expensive. “Buy apples and cherries, not pineapples or kiwis!” the upbeat Hirsch laughs.

The good news continues from the export sector. Canada’s annual merchandise trade balance with the world swung from a deficit of $7.2 billion in 2013 to a surplus of $5.2 billion in 2014.

Statistics Canada numbers show that imports from the United States rose 0.8 per cent to $30 billion in December, 2014 while exports were up 0.6 per cent to $33.1 billion, narrowing Canada’s trade surplus with that country from $3.2 billion in November to $3.1 billion in December.

Exports to other countries increased

4.5 per cent to $11.0 billion in December, while imports were up 5.3 per cent to $14.7 billion. (see charts above)

According to 2014 stats, and despite the ailing loonie, Canada’s exports to the U.S. amounted to $364.8 billion or 76.8 per cent of overall exports.

The top 10 selling exports are: • oil: $120.9 billion• vehicles: $56.9 billion• industrial machines, engines,

pumps: $23.8 billion • plastics: $11.7 billion • electronic equipment: $9.8 billion • wood: $8.8 billion• aluminum: $7.4 billion• aircraft/spacecraft: $7.3 billion• paper: $7.1 billion• gems and precious metals: $6.9

billion

China is Canada’s second biggest export customer. In 2014, exports to China were $17.5 billion.

The top 10 Canadian exports to China are:

• wood pulp: $2.6 billion• oilseed: $2.5 billion• ores, slag, ash: $2 billion

• lumber: $1.7 billion • oil: $933.3 million • industrial machines, engines,

pumps: $746.8 million• chemicals: $586.6 million• aircraft/spacecraft: $493.5 million• fish: $465.2 million• animal/vegetable fats and oils:

$453.5 million

Recent Statistics Canada numbers paint a relatively positive Alberta and Canada export story. The numbers, charts and graphs show that 2014 may go down in the books as a record year for Canadian exporters.

For the year as a whole, international sales were up 10.3 per cent over 2013 levels, reaching a new all-time high of $529 billion. It ended up taking six years but with that total, Canada has finally moved past its pre-recession peak in international trade. The previous record year in exports was 2008, when Canadian businesses sold $487 billion in goods to foreign customers.

As oil prices creep back up, the export news is encouraging for oil, Alberta’s undisputed biggest export. The EDC report – and its number crunching – forecasts that Alberta exports, driven by crude oil sales to the U.S., will continue to grow. BiC

USA77%

China2.2%

UK2.7%

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By Sandy McNair

Searching for a Leading Indicator to Future Performance of Calgary’s O�ce Markets?A Close Look at Sublet Available

Much like the canary in the coal mine in the early 20th century, sharp increases in the amount of office space available for lease on the sublet

market is often viewed as a key leading indicator of danger. Noticing that your canary had died meant you had better get above ground fast before you died, too. As early warning systems go, this may have been much better than nothing, but still had material drawbacks.

During the past seven months, the amount of office space available for lease on the sublet market in Calgary’s

central core class A buildings has leapt from 646,819 square feet or 2.8 per cent in October 2014 to 1,515,840 square feet or 6.6 per cent of the total inventory today. The current conditions nearly parallel those of July 2009 when 476,108 square feet or 2.6 per cent of the total inventory was sublet available. Only nine months later in March 2010 sublet peaked at 1,406,350 square feet or 6.7 per cent of total downtown central core class A inventory. As the chart below shows, the amount of space available for lease on the sublet market climbed very

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Searching for a Leading Indicator to Future Performance of Calgary’s O�ce Markets?A Close Look at Sublet Available

Much like the canary in the coal mine in the early 20th century, sharp increases in the amount of office space available for lease on the sublet

market is often viewed as a key leading indicator of danger. Noticing that your canary had died meant you had better get above ground fast before you died, too. As early warning systems go, this may have been much better than nothing, but still had material drawbacks.

During the past seven months, the amount of office space available for lease on the sublet market in Calgary’s

central core class A buildings has leapt from 646,819 square feet or 2.8 per cent in October 2014 to 1,515,840 square feet or 6.6 per cent of the total inventory today. The current conditions nearly parallel those of July 2009 when 476,108 square feet or 2.6 per cent of the total inventory was sublet available. Only nine months later in March 2010 sublet peaked at 1,406,350 square feet or 6.7 per cent of total downtown central core class A inventory. As the chart below shows, the amount of space available for lease on the sublet market climbed very

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sharply in 2009/2010 (three quarters) and then again in Q4 2014/Q1 2015 (even faster in only two quarters). The decline in Q2 2010 through Q2 2012 (nine quarters), all the way down to a tiny 40,372 square feet or 0.2 per cent of total inventory was almost as dramatic. While some of this space was leased to new tenants, much of it was taken off the market and retained by the initial tenant.

Even with a canary in hand, there is no way to know if sublet has peaked today or if the eventual decline in sublet will be as sharp or as dramatic as it was in the previous cycle.

Taking a deeper look at the dynamics within the current sublet market begins with understanding the number of big blocks of space, the term remaining and the age of the buildings with sublet space. The five buildings with the most sublet space available range from 229,000 to 95,000 square feet in each building which totals 726,159 square feet or 47.7 per cent of the total sublet available in the downtown central core class A market. The next 15 buildings contain 40.4 per cent of the total sublet available space and the remaining 27 buildings contain only 11.9 per cent of the total avail-able sublet space. As Canada’s energy industry has matured the big firms have become bigger resulting in a more fragmented office market where the pressure is more concentrated on a smaller number of buildings rather than distributed evenly across the entire downtown central core class A market.

Looking more specifically at the five largest blocks of sublet space avail-able, the remaining terms on the leases are two years, four months; four years, nine months; seven years, seven months; nine years, nine months; and 10 years, five months from today. Four of these large spaces are located in nearly new buildings, completed between 2005 and 2010. Given the long terms remaining on these subleases (an average of seven years) the pres-sure is felt less by the owners and managers of these buildings and more by everyone else in the market who is trying to lease any space in the market, be it direct or sublet, under construction, nearly new or pre-2000 vintage. In other cycles, typically the sub-landlords have been willing to discount rents in order to obtain some recovery. However, if the outlook for energy prices improve, we have seen in other cycles some of these sub-landlords retain the space for their own use and retract it from the sublet market. Busi-ness confidence and the outlook for future energy markets have a material impact on tenants’ office leasing behaviour and leasing velocity.

Another source of pressure is from buildings that are currently under con-struction. Currently seven office buildings containing four million square feet are under construction in downtown with 942,022 square feet remain-ing to be leased. These buildings will be completed between 2015 and 2018. These new spaces will be competing with all of the other options including the larger blocks of sublet space available.

Significantly not all of the direct or sublet space currently being marketed is immediately available. Some spaces are not available until a new office building is completed or a major energy project is completed. So far we have only looked at downtown central core class A buildings. Looking at all classes of office buildings across all of Calgary, there are currently 268 sublet spaces available in 127 buildings with a total of 3.2 million square feet of sublet space available.

Much like the canary in the coal mine, a rapid increase in sublet space available signals an increase in danger, but it does not provide very much lead time for office building owners and managers to protect themselves. Operational excellence and tenant engagement continues to play a key role in successful commercial real estate investing and management.

SANDY MCNAIR IS THE PRESIDENT OF ALTUS INSITE, A DIVISION OF ALTUS GROUP. SINCE 1997 ALTUS INSITE HAS CONDUCTED MORE THAN 1.8 MILLION TENANT SATISFACTION SURVEYS

FOR MANY OF CANADA’S LEADING OFFICE BUILDING OWNERS AND MANAGERS. [email protected] | WWW.ALTUSINSITE.COM

BOMA Calgary NewsBOMA Calgary News is a co-publication of BOMA Calgary and Business in Calgary.

Business in Calgary 1025, 101 - 6 Ave. SW, Calgary, AB T2P 3P4Tel: 403.264.3270 • Fax: [email protected]

BOMA Calgary120, 4954 Richard Road SW, Calgary, AB T3E 6L1Email: [email protected] • Web: www.boma.caTel: 403.237.0559 • Fax: 403.266.5876

Communications CommitteeLeah Stewart, Chair, Sizeland Evans Interior Design

Carly Chiasson, Vice-Chair, Bee-Clean Building Maintenance

Kim Wiltse, 20 VIC Management, Inc.

Serah Nguyen, Bentall Kennedy

Rita Reid, Artis REIT

Jesse Buhler, Artis REIT

Giovanni Worsely, MNP LLP

Aydan Aslan, BOMA Calgary

Board of DirectorsCHAIRKen Dixon, Strategic GroupCHAIR-ELECTChris Nasim, GWL Realty AdvisorsSECRETARY TREASURERLee Thiessen, MNP LLPPAST CHAIRChris Howard, Avison Young Real Estate

DirectorsDustin Engel, Alberta InfrastructureLoy Sullivan, 20 Vic ManagementSteve Weston, Brookfield PropertiesRichard Morden, Bentall Kennedy (Canada) LPCorrine Jackman, Hopewell Real Estate ServicesJay de Nance, Fairfield Commercial Real Estate Inc.Steve Walton, Oxford Properties GroupTodd Throndson, Avison YoungGuy Priddle, Cadillac Fairview

The Building Owners and Managers Association of Calgary publishes BOMA Calgary News quarterly. For advertising rates and information contact Business in Calgary. Publication of advertising should not be deemed as endorsement by BOMA Calgary. The publisher re-serves the right in its sole and absolute discretion to reject any advertising at any time submitted by any party. Material contained herein does not necessarily reflect the opinion of BOMA Calgary, its members or its staff.

© 2015 by BOMA Calgary.Printed in Canada.

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sharply in 2009/2010 (three quarters) and then again in Q4 2014/Q1 2015 (even faster in only two quarters). The decline in Q2 2010 through Q2 2012 (nine quarters), all the way down to a tiny 40,372 square feet or 0.2 per cent of total inventory was almost as dramatic. While some of this space was leased to new tenants, much of it was taken off the market and retained by the initial tenant.

Even with a canary in hand, there is no way to know if sublet has peaked today or if the eventual decline in sublet will be as sharp or as dramatic as it was in the previous cycle.

Taking a deeper look at the dynamics within the current sublet market begins with understanding the number of big blocks of space, the term remaining and the age of the buildings with sublet space. The five buildings with the most sublet space available range from 229,000 to 95,000 square feet in each building which totals 726,159 square feet or 47.7 per cent of the total sublet available in the downtown central core class A market. The next 15 buildings contain 40.4 per cent of the total sublet available space and the remaining 27 buildings contain only 11.9 per cent of the total avail-able sublet space. As Canada’s energy industry has matured the big firms have become bigger resulting in a more fragmented office market where the pressure is more concentrated on a smaller number of buildings rather than distributed evenly across the entire downtown central core class A market.

Looking more specifically at the five largest blocks of sublet space avail-able, the remaining terms on the leases are two years, four months; four years, nine months; seven years, seven months; nine years, nine months; and 10 years, five months from today. Four of these large spaces are located in nearly new buildings, completed between 2005 and 2010. Given the long terms remaining on these subleases (an average of seven years) the pres-sure is felt less by the owners and managers of these buildings and more by everyone else in the market who is trying to lease any space in the market, be it direct or sublet, under construction, nearly new or pre-2000 vintage. In other cycles, typically the sub-landlords have been willing to discount rents in order to obtain some recovery. However, if the outlook for energy prices improve, we have seen in other cycles some of these sub-landlords retain the space for their own use and retract it from the sublet market. Busi-ness confidence and the outlook for future energy markets have a material impact on tenants’ office leasing behaviour and leasing velocity.

Another source of pressure is from buildings that are currently under con-struction. Currently seven office buildings containing four million square feet are under construction in downtown with 942,022 square feet remain-ing to be leased. These buildings will be completed between 2015 and 2018. These new spaces will be competing with all of the other options including the larger blocks of sublet space available.

Significantly not all of the direct or sublet space currently being marketed is immediately available. Some spaces are not available until a new office building is completed or a major energy project is completed. So far we have only looked at downtown central core class A buildings. Looking at all classes of office buildings across all of Calgary, there are currently 268 sublet spaces available in 127 buildings with a total of 3.2 million square feet of sublet space available.

Much like the canary in the coal mine, a rapid increase in sublet space available signals an increase in danger, but it does not provide very much lead time for office building owners and managers to protect themselves. Operational excellence and tenant engagement continues to play a key role in successful commercial real estate investing and management.

SANDY MCNAIR IS THE PRESIDENT OF ALTUS INSITE, A DIVISION OF ALTUS GROUP. SINCE 1997 ALTUS INSITE HAS CONDUCTED MORE THAN 1.8 MILLION TENANT SATISFACTION SURVEYS

FOR MANY OF CANADA’S LEADING OFFICE BUILDING OWNERS AND MANAGERS. [email protected] | WWW.ALTUSINSITE.COM

BOMA Calgary NewsBOMA Calgary News is a co-publication of BOMA Calgary and Business in Calgary.

Business in Calgary 1025, 101 - 6 Ave. SW, Calgary, AB T2P 3P4Tel: 403.264.3270 • Fax: [email protected]

BOMA Calgary120, 4954 Richard Road SW, Calgary, AB T3E 6L1Email: [email protected] • Web: www.boma.caTel: 403.237.0559 • Fax: 403.266.5876

Communications CommitteeLeah Stewart, Chair, Sizeland Evans Interior Design

Carly Chiasson, Vice-Chair, Bee-Clean Building Maintenance

Kim Wiltse, 20 VIC Management, Inc.

Serah Nguyen, Bentall Kennedy

Rita Reid, Artis REIT

Jesse Buhler, Artis REIT

Giovanni Worsely, MNP LLP

Aydan Aslan, BOMA Calgary

Board of DirectorsCHAIRKen Dixon, Strategic GroupCHAIR-ELECTChris Nasim, GWL Realty AdvisorsSECRETARY TREASURERLee Thiessen, MNP LLPPAST CHAIRChris Howard, Avison Young Real Estate

DirectorsDustin Engel, Alberta InfrastructureLoy Sullivan, 20 Vic ManagementSteve Weston, Brookfield PropertiesRichard Morden, Bentall Kennedy (Canada) LPCorrine Jackman, Hopewell Real Estate ServicesJay de Nance, Fairfield Commercial Real Estate Inc.Steve Walton, Oxford Properties GroupTodd Throndson, Avison YoungGuy Priddle, Cadillac Fairview

The Building Owners and Managers Association of Calgary publishes BOMA Calgary News quarterly. For advertising rates and information contact Business in Calgary. Publication of advertising should not be deemed as endorsement by BOMA Calgary. The publisher re-serves the right in its sole and absolute discretion to reject any advertising at any time submitted by any party. Material contained herein does not necessarily reflect the opinion of BOMA Calgary, its members or its staff.

© 2015 by BOMA Calgary.Printed in Canada.

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BOMA Insider

Golf Classic Co-Title Sponsor

Welcome New BOMA Member Companies!

Lawson Projects, Bruce Yorga

Stephenson Engineering, Johnson Leong

McCuaig & Associates Engineering – Bruce Byun

Extreme Quality Restoration – Rick Canfield

National Music Centre – Lee Mayne

Epic Group – Lance Merrifield

New Member Companies; L-R, Graham Halsall, Energy Pro�les; Hugh Roberts, Snap Cab; Brendan MacFarlane Revive Pipe and Restoration; Aydan Aslan, BOMA Calgary

New Member Companies; L-R Ken Dixon, BOMA Board Chair, Andrea Wenz, Davignon Architecture & Interior Design; James Zolkavich, MSZ Restoration & Contracting; Trevor Johnson, Innocapital Corporation; Sheldon Racz, Rocky View County; Lloyd Suchet, BOMA Calgary

Calgary Flames President & CEO Ken King at the BOMA March Luncheon. (L-R) Lee Thiessen, Todd Throndson, Ken King, Ken Dixon, Steve Walton

Todd Hirsch, ATB Economist, at the BOMA April Luncheon. (L-R) Lloyd Suchet, Todd Hirsch, Ann Loewen, Aydan Aslan, Ken Dixon, Bill Sharpe

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(L-R) Ronay Shelton, Maglin; Aydan Aslan, BOMA Calgary; Victoria Shearer Gry�yn , i-Level Design

BOMA Members at the Ski Day. (L-R) Graham Halsall, Lloyd Suchet, Michel Luhnau, Randy Yee, David Taguchi

BOMA Board of Directors at the BOMA Calgary’s 50th Anniversary Reception. (L-R) Steve Weston, Lee Thiessen, Lloyd Suchet, Richard Morden

BOMA Calgary 50th AGM, Chris Nasim, Chair-elect

BOMA Board of Directors at the BOMA Calgary’s 50th Anniversary Reception. (L-R) Jay De Nance, Dustin Engel, Lloyd Suchet, Aydan Aslan, Ken Dixon

BOMA group volunteered at the Calgary Drop-In Centre in April

2014 BOMA Canada National Pinnacle Award - Customer Service

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We are construction partners who are passionate about what we do and about creating successful outcomes for our clients which lead to our mutual success.

We look beyond the immediate project needs to see the bigger picture: to understand your business goals, share your vision of success and work tirelessly to exceed your expectations.

TOGETHER WE BUILD SUCCESS.

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We are construction partners who are passionate about what we do and about creating successful outcomes for our clients which lead to our mutual success.

We look beyond the immediate project needs to see the bigger picture: to understand your business goals, share your vision of success and work tirelessly to exceed your expectations.

TOGETHER WE BUILD SUCCESS.

| BUILDINGS | CIVIL INFRASTRUCTURE | SPECIAL PROJECTS |

Glacier Skywalk

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BOMA Insider

Golf Classic Co-Title Sponsor

Welcome New BOMA Member Companies!

Lawson Projects, Bruce Yorga

Stephenson Engineering, Johnson Leong

McCuaig & Associates Engineering – Bruce Byun

Extreme Quality Restoration – Rick Canfield

National Music Centre – Lee Mayne

Epic Group – Lance Merrifield

New Member Companies; L-R, Graham Halsall, Energy Pro�les; Hugh Roberts, Snap Cab; Brendan MacFarlane Revive Pipe and Restoration; Aydan Aslan, BOMA Calgary

New Member Companies; L-R Ken Dixon, BOMA Board Chair, Andrea Wenz, Davignon Architecture & Interior Design; James Zolkavich, MSZ Restoration & Contracting; Trevor Johnson, Innocapital Corporation; Sheldon Racz, Rocky View County; Lloyd Suchet, BOMA Calgary

Calgary Flames President & CEO Ken King at the BOMA March Luncheon. (L-R) Lee Thiessen, Todd Throndson, Ken King, Ken Dixon, Steve Walton

Todd Hirsch, ATB Economist, at the BOMA April Luncheon. (L-R) Lloyd Suchet, Todd Hirsch, Ann Loewen, Aydan Aslan, Ken Dixon, Bill Sharpe

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(L-R) Ronay Shelton, Maglin; Aydan Aslan, BOMA Calgary; Victoria Shearer Gry�yn , i-Level Design

BOMA Members at the Ski Day. (L-R) Graham Halsall, Lloyd Suchet, Michel Luhnau, Randy Yee, David Taguchi

BOMA Board of Directors at the BOMA Calgary’s 50th Anniversary Reception. (L-R) Steve Weston, Lee Thiessen, Lloyd Suchet, Richard Morden

BOMA Calgary 50th AGM, Chris Nasim, Chair-elect

BOMA Board of Directors at the BOMA Calgary’s 50th Anniversary Reception. (L-R) Jay De Nance, Dustin Engel, Lloyd Suchet, Aydan Aslan, Ken Dixon

BOMA group volunteered at the Calgary Drop-In Centre in April

2014 BOMA Canada National Pinnacle Award - Customer Service

4 0 3 . 2 6 3 . 8 1 7 0 w w w . S e r V a n t a g e . c a

We are construction partners who are passionate about what we do and about creating successful outcomes for our clients which lead to our mutual success.

We look beyond the immediate project needs to see the bigger picture: to understand your business goals, share your vision of success and work tirelessly to exceed your expectations.

TOGETHER WE BUILD SUCCESS.

| BUILDINGS | CIVIL INFRASTRUCTURE | SPECIAL PROJECTS |

Glacier Skywalk

We are construction partners who are passionate about what we do and about creating successful outcomes for our clients which lead to our mutual success.

We look beyond the immediate project needs to see the bigger picture: to understand your business goals, share your vision of success and work tirelessly to exceed your expectations.

Watch us build at PCL.com

TOGETHER WE BUILD SUCCESS.

| BUILDINGS | CIVIL INFRASTRUCTURE | SPECIAL PROJECTS |

Glacier Skywalk

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L loyd Suchet was appointed as the executive director of BOMA Calgary in March, 2015. After growing up in Regina, Suchet’s educational and professional expe-

rience took him from Edmonton to Ottawa to Calgary. He brings experience as a former political aide to a member of parliament and a federal cabinet minister and was a policy researcher at the University of Calgary School of Public Pol-icy. Suchet now makes sure Calgary’s commercial real estate industry has a voice at every level of government in Alberta.

1. Why does this particular line of work interest you? How did you get started?

Like many people I sort of “fell into” BOMA and commercial real estate. My past experience is in the government and academic research, so when BOMA decided to hire a staff person to lead their advocacy and government affairs files it was a natural fit.

2. How did your previous experience prepare you for this role?

No matter where you work, you likely have some identifiable stakeholder who you are accountable to.

You might refer to them as clients in business, or vot-ers in politics, but it always exists. In government, the way we approached governing was to create and support initiatives that delivered value to Canadians. While we communicated with voters and stakeholders frequently, every four years or less they told us how they felt about it in elections. BOMA is no different in that we are accountable to our members, and therefore everything we do seeks to maximize the value of membership to them. We constantly seek our member’s feedback, but at the end of the day they give their final verdict in their decisions to renew their membership or not. So the lesson I have learned that I bring with me to BOMA is that you need to constantly engage with members with the goal of staying relevant and providing that value for membership.

I’ve also had the advantage of working for a number of great bosses, so I had a solid understanding of my own management style and how to best motivate staff towards our shared goals.

Up Close with BOMA’s Lloyd Suchet

By Lloyd Suchet, Executive Director, BOMA Calgary Interviewed by Leah Stewart, Chair, BOMA Communication Committee

SAIL SHADESWhat sets us apart?

Sail shades engineered towithstand the wind, the rain,the snow, and even, the sun.

403.245.3371

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Up Close with BOMA’s Lloyd Suchet

Calgary’s Sky Refusing to

3. What do you enjoy most about the BOMA community?

This one’s easy – the people. And I like the term “community” because that is definitely the way it feels at any BOMA event. What I’ve noticed since starting at BOMA nearly two years ago is that members really have a sense of shared purpose in promoting the industry as a whole. They give up their time not just to gain experience, but because they believe in what BOMA is doing. So when a group of people dedicate themselves to this shared purpose it is no surprise that a real com-munity atmosphere emerges, and the energy it creates is contagious to me and I hope others.

4. What is the most rewarding part of your job?The most rewarding part of my job is hearing from

members that this program or that session helped them in doing their jobs better. That is the type of value for membership that we are constantly striving for. I cer-tainly wouldn’t presume we do everything right all the time, but it is hearing those personal success stories that makes our jobs personally rewarding as staff.

5. What is your five-year vision for BOMA Calgary?

BOMA Calgary just had the benefit of going through a strategic planning process that engaged a wide range of our volunteers and leadership on where BOMA Calgary should be focusing its priorities. The short version is that BOMA should be focusing on advocacy, education and professional development, BOMA Building Environmental Standards (BOMA BESt), and networking. If we focus on those four things and do them well, BOMA Calgary will grow and thrive. This will be achieved through more effective and coordinated committees, and through strategic partnerships with other associations, stakeholders, as well as BOMA Canada and other local BOMA associations. BOMA Calgary’s committees have already refocused their work plans and will be expected to show measurable results towards the strategic plan goals. Our vision is to be the valued source of knowledge and leadership for commercial real estate, and this plan will help us get there.

6. How long have you lived in Calgary?I’ve been in Calgary for nearly four years now, via

Ottawa and Edmonton, but like many Calgarians I was raised in Saskatchewan. Mayor Nenshi actually makes this point often, but my favourite thing about Calgary is that it is as close to a true meritocracy as we have in Canada. Hard work and an entrepreneurial spirit are valued above everything else, and our industry is rife with examples proving this point.

I’m also an avid snowboarder, hiker and fly fisherman so I’d be remiss if I didn’t mention the beauty of this area’s natural environment and the quality of life it affords all Calgarians.

Dream believes in better communities to live in

and work in. Our goal is to be Canada’s top real

estate investment, development and

management company.

dream.ca

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L loyd Suchet was appointed as the executive director of BOMA Calgary in March, 2015. After growing up in Regina, Suchet’s educational and professional expe-

rience took him from Edmonton to Ottawa to Calgary. He brings experience as a former political aide to a member of parliament and a federal cabinet minister and was a policy researcher at the University of Calgary School of Public Pol-icy. Suchet now makes sure Calgary’s commercial real estate industry has a voice at every level of government in Alberta.

1. Why does this particular line of work interest you? How did you get started?

Like many people I sort of “fell into” BOMA and commercial real estate. My past experience is in the government and academic research, so when BOMA decided to hire a staff person to lead their advocacy and government affairs files it was a natural fit.

2. How did your previous experience prepare you for this role?

No matter where you work, you likely have some identifiable stakeholder who you are accountable to.

You might refer to them as clients in business, or vot-ers in politics, but it always exists. In government, the way we approached governing was to create and support initiatives that delivered value to Canadians. While we communicated with voters and stakeholders frequently, every four years or less they told us how they felt about it in elections. BOMA is no different in that we are accountable to our members, and therefore everything we do seeks to maximize the value of membership to them. We constantly seek our member’s feedback, but at the end of the day they give their final verdict in their decisions to renew their membership or not. So the lesson I have learned that I bring with me to BOMA is that you need to constantly engage with members with the goal of staying relevant and providing that value for membership.

I’ve also had the advantage of working for a number of great bosses, so I had a solid understanding of my own management style and how to best motivate staff towards our shared goals.

Up Close with BOMA’s Lloyd Suchet

By Lloyd Suchet, Executive Director, BOMA Calgary Interviewed by Leah Stewart, Chair, BOMA Communication Committee

SAIL SHADESWhat sets us apart?

Sail shades engineered towithstand the wind, the rain,the snow, and even, the sun.

403.245.3371

7

Up Close with BOMA’s Lloyd Suchet

Calgary’s Sky Refusing to

3. What do you enjoy most about the BOMA community?

This one’s easy – the people. And I like the term “community” because that is definitely the way it feels at any BOMA event. What I’ve noticed since starting at BOMA nearly two years ago is that members really have a sense of shared purpose in promoting the industry as a whole. They give up their time not just to gain experience, but because they believe in what BOMA is doing. So when a group of people dedicate themselves to this shared purpose it is no surprise that a real com-munity atmosphere emerges, and the energy it creates is contagious to me and I hope others.

4. What is the most rewarding part of your job?The most rewarding part of my job is hearing from

members that this program or that session helped them in doing their jobs better. That is the type of value for membership that we are constantly striving for. I cer-tainly wouldn’t presume we do everything right all the time, but it is hearing those personal success stories that makes our jobs personally rewarding as staff.

5. What is your five-year vision for BOMA Calgary?

BOMA Calgary just had the benefit of going through a strategic planning process that engaged a wide range of our volunteers and leadership on where BOMA Calgary should be focusing its priorities. The short version is that BOMA should be focusing on advocacy, education and professional development, BOMA Building Environmental Standards (BOMA BESt), and networking. If we focus on those four things and do them well, BOMA Calgary will grow and thrive. This will be achieved through more effective and coordinated committees, and through strategic partnerships with other associations, stakeholders, as well as BOMA Canada and other local BOMA associations. BOMA Calgary’s committees have already refocused their work plans and will be expected to show measurable results towards the strategic plan goals. Our vision is to be the valued source of knowledge and leadership for commercial real estate, and this plan will help us get there.

6. How long have you lived in Calgary?I’ve been in Calgary for nearly four years now, via

Ottawa and Edmonton, but like many Calgarians I was raised in Saskatchewan. Mayor Nenshi actually makes this point often, but my favourite thing about Calgary is that it is as close to a true meritocracy as we have in Canada. Hard work and an entrepreneurial spirit are valued above everything else, and our industry is rife with examples proving this point.

I’m also an avid snowboarder, hiker and fly fisherman so I’d be remiss if I didn’t mention the beauty of this area’s natural environment and the quality of life it affords all Calgarians.

Dream believes in better communities to live in

and work in. Our goal is to be Canada’s top real

estate investment, development and

management company.

dream.ca

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Wendy Ellen Inc. | 10 Years | 1

The Outsourced HR DepartmentWendy Ellen Inc. is the HR Answer for Small and Mid-sized Companies

By Rennay Craats

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By David Parker

It was a bit of a squeeze to get through to the BOMA networking function at Township 24 in Bow

Valley Square because the bar was packed – and that was at 4:00 in the afternoon. And walking a little later along 8th Avenue Mall it seemed like every restaurant/bar was full of people enjoying an $8 beer and a $15 hamburger.

This city is a humming in both the restaurant and retail industries.

And the warmer weather is bring-ing out many more pedestrians on the mall – until the bikes arrive at least – to wander those bars and stores that stretch from city hall to 8th Street SW.

I wonder if there is another city with so much current expansion going on?

Doesn’t seem long since we were wondering if Deerfoot Meadows would be a reality? If the planned expansions at Chinook Centre and Market Mall would be able to attract enough new shops? Yet today there are many more shopping centres and strip malls working on devel-opment or big expansion projects throughout all areas of the city.

One of the most welcome will be the coming of retail into East Vil-lage; especially a grocery store on the former Calgary Police Associa-tion block that will serve a wide audience from Bridgeland to Ingle-wood as well as downtown.

But people living in the core can also look forward to seeing – at last – the redevelopment of Eau Claire Market that is inching its way through departments at city hall.

People living in the deep south

have no worry of where to buy gro-ceries. Shepard Regional Centre has nine food stores and Seton, already sporting a Save-On, will soon have a Real Canadian Superstore.

Retail was also a while getting off the ground in CrossIron Mills but is bustling today with shoppers mak-ing the quick trip from Calgary’s northern districts along the so-handy Stoney Trail. Deerfoot Mall was never a huge success but new owner Shape Properties is promising a new name, Deerfoot City, and a pedestrian-friendly re-merchandis-ing of the centre.

Also on the north side of the river, look for a complete change to come to Northland Village Mall. Anchored north and south by Best Buy and Walmart the mall itself will not be recognizable when improvements are made. Same with Stadium Shop-ping Centre that has been a long time under review but will eventually be reborn into a classy new venue.

The four new highrise condos in Brentwood have already affected Brentwood Village Mall somewhat and watch for the Co-op to be totally revitalized, including a new larger grocery store, gas station and liquor store.

Over on the west side I was excited to see the plans for the lands across the highway from Can-ada Olympic Park and off one of the city’s most affluent corridors, 85th

Street SW, to be redesigned with a Main Street stretching eastwards from 85th to 81st, providing locations for more high-end retailers.

Calgary is a shopper’s paradise; so let’s spend our dollars here.

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A Shopper’s Paradise Abounds in Calgary

Serving Alberta

since 1985

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Wendy Ellen Inc. | 10 Years | 1

What a difference a decade makes. Ten years ago, Wendy Giuffre hung out her shingle as a one-person consultant business brokering group benefit programs to small and mid-sized businesses in Calgary. Now she’s celebrating her 10-year

anniversary in Wendy Ellen Inc.’s new beltline offices alongside her growing team of human resources consultants.

The success and growth her company has enjoyed has been truly organic, rising from the realization that there was a definite need for HR expertise in the marketplace merging with her experience and drive to fill that void. With 16 years as an in-house HR specialist for a major oil company and then nine years consulting in all areas of HR as an independent consultant, Giuffre was in the perfect position to help move small and mid-sized companies forward.

Over the past 10 years, she and her dedicated staff of seven consultants and coaches have done just that — they have helped approximately 100 companies across varied industries in Alberta, British Columbia and the United States become more successful by providing them with a variety of HR services.

The Outsourced HR DepartmentWendy Ellen Inc. is the HR Answer for Small and Mid-sized Companies

By Rennay Craats

Wendy Giuffre (third from left) and her growing team of

human resources consultants at Wendy Ellen Inc.

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By David Parker

It was a bit of a squeeze to get through to the BOMA networking function at Township 24 in Bow

Valley Square because the bar was packed – and that was at 4:00 in the afternoon. And walking a little later along 8th Avenue Mall it seemed like every restaurant/bar was full of people enjoying an $8 beer and a $15 hamburger.

This city is a humming in both the restaurant and retail industries.

And the warmer weather is bring-ing out many more pedestrians on the mall – until the bikes arrive at least – to wander those bars and stores that stretch from city hall to 8th Street SW.

I wonder if there is another city with so much current expansion going on?

Doesn’t seem long since we were wondering if Deerfoot Meadows would be a reality? If the planned expansions at Chinook Centre and Market Mall would be able to attract enough new shops? Yet today there are many more shopping centres and strip malls working on devel-opment or big expansion projects throughout all areas of the city.

One of the most welcome will be the coming of retail into East Vil-lage; especially a grocery store on the former Calgary Police Associa-tion block that will serve a wide audience from Bridgeland to Ingle-wood as well as downtown.

But people living in the core can also look forward to seeing – at last – the redevelopment of Eau Claire Market that is inching its way through departments at city hall.

People living in the deep south

have no worry of where to buy gro-ceries. Shepard Regional Centre has nine food stores and Seton, already sporting a Save-On, will soon have a Real Canadian Superstore.

Retail was also a while getting off the ground in CrossIron Mills but is bustling today with shoppers mak-ing the quick trip from Calgary’s northern districts along the so-handy Stoney Trail. Deerfoot Mall was never a huge success but new owner Shape Properties is promising a new name, Deerfoot City, and a pedestrian-friendly re-merchandis-ing of the centre.

Also on the north side of the river, look for a complete change to come to Northland Village Mall. Anchored north and south by Best Buy and Walmart the mall itself will not be recognizable when improvements are made. Same with Stadium Shop-ping Centre that has been a long time under review but will eventually be reborn into a classy new venue.

The four new highrise condos in Brentwood have already affected Brentwood Village Mall somewhat and watch for the Co-op to be totally revitalized, including a new larger grocery store, gas station and liquor store.

Over on the west side I was excited to see the plans for the lands across the highway from Can-ada Olympic Park and off one of the city’s most affluent corridors, 85th

Street SW, to be redesigned with a Main Street stretching eastwards from 85th to 81st, providing locations for more high-end retailers.

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“Basically, we are like an outsourced HR department,” Giuffre says. “We can be there for the full lifecycle of the employee from the hiring process through to development and engagement and ending with the exit strategy. We focus on the whole gamut of the people side of the business.”

Depending on the size and requirements of the company, which usually ranges from 5 to 100 employees, this ‘people side’ can involve any combination of the specialized services available at Wendy Ellen Inc.

Smaller companies benefit greatly from outsourcing efficient and timely professional payroll processing services. This way they are ensured that their practices adhere to all confidentiality and compliance requirements without the extra cost of devoting an in-house staff member to handling the job. With benefit options to fit every budget and employee need — whether traditional insured plans or flexible and blended benefit plans — Wendy Ellen Inc. offers individual and group benefits management consulting to help employers navigate the potentially convoluted waters of company benefits.

Larger companies avail themselves of Wendy Ellen Inc.’s expertise in these areas as well, but many also look to Giuffre for help in further developing and growing their businesses. The firm offers extensive leadership and management coaching to help clients build on their strengths and work through shortcomings in order to be more effective in the workplace.

Recruitment is another key area in which Wendy Ellen Inc. is helping clients build their businesses. “Our HR consulting often involves how to attract and keep your people, and then how to be competitive and develop within your organization,” Giuffre says. “We do individualized recruiting at a much lesser rate than the big houses.”

The firm’s consultants view their clients as partners, so entrusting Wendy Ellen Inc. with their recruitment needs is a natural progression. “We focus on the culture of the company and we make a point of getting in there and getting to know the people,” she says.

Consultants get to know their client’s companies well, and therefore have a clear idea of whom the best candidates are for job openings. Then they recruit and pre-interview prospective employees to vet the individual so their clients only meet the candidates that are best suited for the position. Wendy Ellen Inc. can effectively build a client’s business by adding the right people into the mix while lifting the time commitment and burden of the hiring process from the client’s shoulders.

While in an upturn market, clients are focused on hiring and retaining staff, in an economic downturn like what Calgary is currently experiencing, the focus can switch for HR professionals. Giuffre and her team are now faced with assisting their clients with how to properly exit employees from an organization.

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“Basically we are like an outsourced HR department. We can be there for the full lifecycle of the employee from the hiring process through to development and engagement and ending with the exit strategy. We focus on the whole gamut of the people side of the business.”

~ Wendy GiuffreWendy Ellen Inc. | 10 Years | 3

The strong entrepreneurial spirit

of the city means there are many small and

mid-sized companies that can’t support an

HR department of their own but recognize the importance of proper hiring and

HR practices.

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“Basically, we are like an outsourced HR department,” Giuffre says. “We can be there for the full lifecycle of the employee from the hiring process through to development and engagement and ending with the exit strategy. We focus on the whole gamut of the people side of the business.”

Depending on the size and requirements of the company, which usually ranges from 5 to 100 employees, this ‘people side’ can involve any combination of the specialized services available at Wendy Ellen Inc.

Smaller companies benefit greatly from outsourcing efficient and timely professional payroll processing services. This way they are ensured that their practices adhere to all confidentiality and compliance requirements without the extra cost of devoting an in-house staff member to handling the job. With benefit options to fit every budget and employee need — whether traditional insured plans or flexible and blended benefit plans — Wendy Ellen Inc. offers individual and group benefits management consulting to help employers navigate the potentially convoluted waters of company benefits.

Larger companies avail themselves of Wendy Ellen Inc.’s expertise in these areas as well, but many also look to Giuffre for help in further developing and growing their businesses. The firm offers extensive leadership and management coaching to help clients build on their strengths and work through shortcomings in order to be more effective in the workplace.

Recruitment is another key area in which Wendy Ellen Inc. is helping clients build their businesses. “Our HR consulting often involves how to attract and keep your people, and then how to be competitive and develop within your organization,” Giuffre says. “We do individualized recruiting at a much lesser rate than the big houses.”

The firm’s consultants view their clients as partners, so entrusting Wendy Ellen Inc. with their recruitment needs is a natural progression. “We focus on the culture of the company and we make a point of getting in there and getting to know the people,” she says.

Consultants get to know their client’s companies well, and therefore have a clear idea of whom the best candidates are for job openings. Then they recruit and pre-interview prospective employees to vet the individual so their clients only meet the candidates that are best suited for the position. Wendy Ellen Inc. can effectively build a client’s business by adding the right people into the mix while lifting the time commitment and burden of the hiring process from the client’s shoulders.

While in an upturn market, clients are focused on hiring and retaining staff, in an economic downturn like what Calgary is currently experiencing, the focus can switch for HR professionals. Giuffre and her team are now faced with assisting their clients with how to properly exit employees from an organization.

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“Basically we are like an outsourced HR department. We can be there for the full lifecycle of the employee from the hiring process through to development and engagement and ending with the exit strategy. We focus on the whole gamut of the people side of the business.”

~ Wendy GiuffreWendy Ellen Inc. | 10 Years | 3

“It’s good when the owners and managers take the time and spend the money to do it right, both for them and their employees,” Giuffre says.

Wendy Ellen Inc.’s transition services help clients ensure they are handling this delicate part of business properly while offering a career counseling program (which includes resume preparation, career planning and interview coaching) to assist in transitioning someone to their next job.

Wendy Ellen Inc. provides a comprehensive menu of quality services and tailors them specifically to the unique needs of each client. In fact, it is this attention to the individual needs of clients that has made Wendy Ellen Inc. such a well-respected firm and a leader in the field. Giuffre and her experienced consultants aim to simplify the process of creating and implementing HR practices, which sometimes requires some out-of-the-box thinking — and this fits with Wendy Ellen Inc.’s mission to a tee.

“We’re grassroots and highly collaborative. Communicating face-to-face with employees and management with as little policy and bureaucracy as possible is what we strive for,” Giuffre says.

The Wendy Ellen Inc. consultants spend a great deal of time off-site at client locations to facilitate this personal relationship and are available for whatever clients may need, whenever they need it. This 24/7 commitment ensures that outsourced HR isn’t a faceless entity for these clients and it keeps Giuffre’s team in touch with the corporate climate and evolving needs.

And needs are growing, especially in a location like Calgary. The strong entrepreneurial spirit of the city means there are many small and mid-sized companies that can’t support an HR department of their own but recognize the importance of proper hiring and HR practices. These companies look to firms like Wendy Ellen Inc. for the professional and knowledgeable support of an external HR team.

The strong entrepreneurial spirit

of the city means there are many small and

mid-sized companies that can’t support an

HR department of their own but recognize the importance of proper hiring and

HR practices.

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“I’m always accepting new work and am able to accommodate with my consultants to fit the bill. I have a really strong team and that’s what makes me successful,” Giuffre says.

Her success is due in large part to her consultants’ high level of skill and experience but it speaks to the philosophy of Wendy Ellen Inc. as well. The consultants are flexible and responsive in how they work with clients and are invested in their clients’ success. They are true partners, forging strong connections between clients and consultants.

After all, at the end of the day, Giuffre and her staff want to help create for their clients a corporate culture that promotes employee engagement and retention through their initiatives and support.

“We want your employees to love to come to work for you so we really try to focus on what works for your business,” she says.

For the past 10 years, Wendy Giuffre and her team of HR professionals have provided practices and advice to clients to manufacture the best work environment for employees while taking care of the HR needs of the employer. Giuffre and her team know what works for businesses, and they look forward to providing quality service for decades more to come. •

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“We want your employees to love to come to work for you so we really try to focus on what works for your business.”

~ Wendy Giuffre

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Calgary golfers, like golfers putting around the world, spend a lot of time on the game and their swing, often taking the course for granted.

It’s understandable because – from Shaganappi and Springbank Links to Confederation Park, Priddis Greens and McCall Lake – it’s fairways, greens, bunkers, holes. Like a familiar and comfy pair of old shoes, it’s just there.

But whether it’s a familiar course, the favourite course, a home course or just a course that’s convenient, closest to home or where friends play, Calgary golf courses – private or public – are complex and challenging projects and mostly efficient and successful local businesses.

On the 260 acres of McCall Lake, the 130 acres of Springbank Links, the 135 acres of Shaganappi, the 177 acres of Maple Ridge and on the other popular Calgary-area golf courses, they have three things in common: they involve a lot of people doing a lot of work; they are all self-sufficient businesses; and they are all taken for granted.

Thanks to infamous and unpredictable whims of Calgary weather (like last year’s mid-September snow) and aside from other courses in locations like La Crete, Peace River and Grimshaw, Calgary golf courses can offer some of the shortest golf seasons in Canada.

Golf course basics are playing the game on three-, four- and five-par holes but the strategic layout of most golf courses tries to accommodate the low handicap, the high handicap and the lovable weekend warrior. And on most courses, the length of the fairway, the condition of the grass, the placement of the bunkers, the slope of the green, the placement of the holes and the rest of the course conditions are, give or take, standard.

Some golfers insist that the way a course or an individual hole is laid out can and does impact the golf that is played on it.

From the tees, along the fairway, the area between the fairway and the out-of-bounds markers (the intentional rough) where the grass is cut higher and is generally not a great place to hit from to the neatly trimmed greens and the quality of the grasses that often influence the roll of the ball as well as the ability of the player to take a divot.

And yes, despite how random it may seem, the placement of water hazards and bunkers have a method-to-the-madness purpose. Designers explain that it adds to the game by requiring golfers to think their way around the course, instead of just hitting the longest ball they can.

The putting green is the area of truth: very closely trimmed grass on relatively even, smooth ground surrounding

The public business of rounds played • Golf

The Public Business of Rounds PlayedCalgary’s six public golf coursesBY JOHN HARDY

Wendy Ellen Inc. | 10 Years | 4

“I’m always accepting new work and am able to accommodate with my consultants to fit the bill. I have a really strong team and that’s what makes me successful,” Giuffre says.

Her success is due in large part to her consultants’ high level of skill and experience but it speaks to the philosophy of Wendy Ellen Inc. as well. The consultants are flexible and responsive in how they work with clients and are invested in their clients’ success. They are true partners, forging strong connections between clients and consultants.

After all, at the end of the day, Giuffre and her staff want to help create for their clients a corporate culture that promotes employee engagement and retention through their initiatives and support.

“We want your employees to love to come to work for you so we really try to focus on what works for your business,” she says.

For the past 10 years, Wendy Giuffre and her team of HR professionals have provided practices and advice to clients to manufacture the best work environment for employees while taking care of the HR needs of the employer. Giuffre and her team know what works for businesses, and they look forward to providing quality service for decades more to come. •

www.wendyelleninc.ca | 1-855-QUESTHR (783-7847)

“We want your employees to love to come to work for you so we really try to focus on what works for your business.”

~ Wendy Giuffre

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the hole, allowing players to make precision strokes. The hole (or cup) on the green has a regulation diameter of 108 millimetres (4.25 inches) and a depth of at least 10 centimetres (3.94 inches).

Some casual golfers aren’t aware that a hole’s placement is not fixed and is regularly changed by the greens crew, mostly to prevent excessive localized wear and damage to the closely trimmed turf.

What most golfers rarely consider is that, aside from “the look” of their favourite Calgary golf course and making enjoyable games happen, from the maintenance, co-ordinating the crews, staffing and payroll, accounting and growth strategy, Calgary golf courses are terrifically managed and efficient businesses. Private courses have membership fees and other dues but “rounds played” is the lifeline and the main revenue stream in the business of Calgary golf courses.

In malls, on C-Trains, light poles and all over town, there are banners and signs as historic reminders and deserved bragging rights about 100 Years of Golf at Calgary’s Shaganappi Point Golf Course.

Business in Calgary dug for some other tidbits of Shaganappi Point history.

Before designated as a golf course, Shaganappi was the Town of Calgary’s cemetery (all remains were relocated to Union Cemetery by 1892).

• The location was also considered at one time as a possible site for city hall.

• The golf course development started in 1915 and catered to about 80,000 Calgarians who lived in the area.

• Construction costs were $637.26. The first-year revenues were $420.

• Only the 105-year-old Calgary Golf and Country Club is older than Shaganappi.

• Shaganappi is one year older than the Centre Street Bridge.

• Shaganappi Point is the second oldest municipal course in Canada (next to Victoria Golf Course in Edmonton).

• Shaganappi doubled as a downhill ski slope in the 1940s.

• The majestic, big willow tree (Willowmena) has been protected and officially designated as an “Alberta Heritage Tree.”

Happy Birthday, Shaganappi Point!

The spectacular Calgary view from Shaganappi Point.

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As random examples, there were 25,000 rounds played last year at Springbank Links, according to general manager Kevin Heise. “We were happy with this end result because spring 2014 was so cold, wet and miserable, [plus] the sudden snow in September, but we had a great summer and managed to golf late, almost up to Halloween which is more than two weeks late for us.”

The two courses of Priddis Greens had 49,692 rounds played in 2014.

The six Calgary public courses – Confederation Park, Lakeview, Maple Ridge, McCall Lake, Richmond Green and Shaganappi Point – hosted a combined 236,000 rounds played with an impressive 70,000 rounds played just at Calgary’s historic and popular Shaganappi Point.

According to rounds played stats, Shaganappi by far the busiest public course, Maple Ridge is close second and Confederation Park is third.

Everything that it takes to keep Calgary’s public golf courses viable and enjoyable are the job description and passion of Kyle Ripley, the affable and multitasking manager of golf course operations with the City of Calgary’s recreation department.

“On a central level we treat all six public courses as one operation and we manage the system centrally, broken down into clubhouses and grounds organizations. We have 160 Calgary golf staff and a terrific complement of 320 volunteers. Each course has its own superintendent and staff and of course the day-to-day issues and things like scheduling of crews and maintenance matters are dealt with at the individual course level,” Ripley explains.

The city is not involved in most aspects of golf course operations other than a mandate that most

Calgarians don’t realize. “Despite the very common but false assumption that the city has a subsidy for its public courses, the only city involvement is the mandate that the public courses function on 100 per cent cost recovery. And we do!”

“We do have a golf course management advisory committee, with representatives of player groups and men’s and ladies’ clubs, [that] meets quarterly or more often and discuss many operational aspects of the six courses. They do not set rules but deal with issues like the recent modification of fee structure.”

Ripley explains that the City of Calgary positions itself emphasizing golf for families and seniors but the overall, annual budget of the six public courses is $10 million and virtually all costs are offset by fees for rounds played. “Greens fees used to be $9.70 a round. It was an incredible deal but not sustainable as a business plan for six courses that must pay for themselves.”

“On the recommendation of the committee, we revised our fee structure to include a discount system (100 rounds for $1,960), a frequent loyalty program, discounts to drive our off-peak times and up to 65 per cent discount for seniors.

”After all, we are 100 per cent cost recovery. We must pay our own way,” Ripley smiles. “And we are a very efficient, rub-every-nickel-twice operation.” BiC

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Kyle Ripley, manager of golf course operations with the City of Calgary recreation department.

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Chamber Member Spotlights

The Calgary Chamber is proud to represent many Calgary businesses large and small; this month we are highlighting some of our industry leading members.

Harper’s TireHarper’s Tire is a longtime supporter of the Calgary Chamber

and is celebrating 71 years of membership this month. Selling tires for any vehicle make and model, Harper’s Tire is a premier tire ser-vice company that has been serving customers in southern Alberta for the past 84 years. In addition to tires, Harper’s Tire also provides mechanical and maintenance service. With 22 bay facilities between their two locations, Harper’s Tire provides prompt, efficient and cost-effective service.For more information visit HarpersTire.com

Bayer CropScienceAfter 150 years, Bayer continues to fulfil its mission of “science for

a better life” through its core competencies in the fields of health care, agriculture and high-tech materials. Bayer CropScience, the subgroup of Bayer AG responsible for the agricultural business, is one of the world’s leading innovative crop science companies in the areas of seeds, crop protection and non-agricultural pest control. Headquartered in Calgary and well represented with hands-on, local expertise across the country, Bayer CropScience Canada remains a leader within the crop production industry through its innovation, people and expertise.For more information visit BayerCropScience.ca

Gordon Food Service®Gordon Food Service is a food service distributor delivering excel-

lence, expertise and quality products to customers coast-to-coast in Canada. The Calgary operation services 3,000 customers in south-ern Alberta, with over 12,000 items for the restaurant, hotel and institutional trade. Gordon Food Service began serving customers in 1897 and entered the Canadian market in 1994. The 2001 purchase of Bridge Brand, a 70-year-old, family-run business, allowed Gordon Food Service to enter the southern Alberta market. Gordon Food Service continues to grow and will soon move into a new, state-of-the-art, 290,000-square-foot facility. For more information, visit GFS.ca.

The Chamber thanks the following long standing member companies for their years of support to the Calgary Chamber, and their commitment to the growth and development of Calgary.

Member name Years as a member

Harpers Tire (1931) Ltd. 71

Brunel Commercial Interiors Inc 35

C.H. Robinson Project Logistics Ltd 30

Cal-Alta Auto Glass 10

Cash Connection 10

Dreco Energy Services 10

Manchester Properties Inc 10

ATCO Energy Solutions Ltd. 5

ATCO Ltd. 5

Enerplus Corporation 5

Riverwood Photography 5

Roke Technologies Ltd. 5

Thanks

Canada’s meat exports have grown significantly over the past 15 years. The meat industry is Canada’s largest food industry, bringing in $21.4 billion and employing 67,500 people. The U.S. is Canada’s largest meat export market, however delays

due to re-inspection of Canadian meat products at all Canada/U.S. border crossings are costing the Canadian meat industry serious time and money. With 28,000 trucks carry-ing 560,000 tons of Canadian meat across the border each year, these delays, if not dealt with, will have a serious effect on the Canadian meat industry’s ability to stay competitive.

Food that has been produced under the regulatory systems in both Canada and the U.S. are some of the safest in the world. All Canadian meat being exported to the U.S. is inspected by Canadian Food inspection agents to the same standard, and using the same guidelines followed by U.S. health officials.

Despite these thorough inspections, every Canadian meat truck that hits the Canada/U.S. border is being subjected to unnecessary product re-inspection. If the inspection process of Canadian meat products meets the same quality standards as meat being inspected in the U.S., then why are Canadian meat products being inspected again when it hits the Canada/U.S. border? Redirecting Canadian meat trucks to U.S. inspection centres delay shipments, introduces product marketing risks and costs Canadian meat processors upwards of $3.6 million a year in fees, which are charged every time a shipment is re-inspected. Furthermore, and perhaps worst of all, these re-inspections are nearly useless given that the meat products are already packaged. In fact it exposes them to possible heightened risk of contamination.

In addition, re-inspection centres waste time, fuel and cause extra wear and tear on vehi-cles through additional mileage being used. Every driver loses two to four hours of driving time at a re-inspection centre, costing the Canadian meat industry additional money.

In February 2011, Prime Minister Harper and President Obama announced support of a Joint Action Plan called “Beyond the Border,” which was developed to accelerate the flow of goods and services across the Canada/U.S. border. As part of this plan, a pilot review project was created to review and identify any policy adjustments that could be made to ease regulatory inefficiencies, specifically in the area of Canadian and American meat exports. This project works as a road map in the hopes of alleviating unnecessary regulatory delays of Canadian meat products at the Canada/U.S. border.

Agriculture remains a growing sector and a huge contributor to the Canadian economy. By 2020, Canada is forecast to be one of only six net food exporting nations, with the bulk of those exports coming from Alberta and Saskatchewan. It is important that the right practices and policies are in place to ensure this industry continues to thrive. The Calgary Chamber continues its strong advocacy for the agriculture sector and will be taking this issue forward to the federal government to ensure that the re-inspection issue is dealt with and that this review project identifies cross-border re-inspection as a problem area.

2015 Board ofDirectorsExecutive

Chair: Rob Hawley, Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Immediate Past Chair: Leah Lawrence, President, Clean Energy Capitalists Inc.

Chair Elect: Denis Painchaud, Director, International Government Relations, Nexen Inc.

Second Vice Chair: David Allen, President, Calgary Land, Brookfield Residential Properties Inc.

Vice Chair, Finance: Bill Brunton, Chief Communications Officer, Calgary Board of Education

CEO: Adam Legge, President and CEO, Calgary Chamber

Directors

David Allen, President, Calgary Land, Brookfield Residential Properties Inc.

Carlos Alvarez, Audit Partner, KPMG

Lorenzo DeCicco, Vice-President, TELUS Business Solutions

Rob Hawley, Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Wellington Holbrook, Executive Vice-President, ATB Financial

Phil Roberts, Director of BD & Marketing, Vintri Technologies

Linda Shea, Senior Vice-President, AltaLink

Mike Williams, Executive Vice-President, Corporate Services, Encana

James Boettcher, Chief Idea Officer, Fiasco Gelato

Brent Cooper, Partner, McLeod Law LLP

Management

Adam Legge – President and CEO

Michael Andriescu – Director of Finance and Administration

Kim Koss – Vice President, Business Development

Scott Crockatt – Director of Marketing and Communications

Rebecca Wood – Director of Member Services

Justin Smith – Director of Policy, Research and Government Relations

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Chamber Member Spotlights

The Calgary Chamber is proud to represent many Calgary businesses large and small; this month we are highlighting some of our industry leading members.

Harper’s TireHarper’s Tire is a longtime supporter of the Calgary Chamber

and is celebrating 71 years of membership this month. Selling tires for any vehicle make and model, Harper’s Tire is a premier tire ser-vice company that has been serving customers in southern Alberta for the past 84 years. In addition to tires, Harper’s Tire also provides mechanical and maintenance service. With 22 bay facilities between their two locations, Harper’s Tire provides prompt, efficient and cost-effective service.For more information visit HarpersTire.com

Bayer CropScienceAfter 150 years, Bayer continues to fulfil its mission of “science for

a better life” through its core competencies in the fields of health care, agriculture and high-tech materials. Bayer CropScience, the subgroup of Bayer AG responsible for the agricultural business, is one of the world’s leading innovative crop science companies in the areas of seeds, crop protection and non-agricultural pest control. Headquartered in Calgary and well represented with hands-on, local expertise across the country, Bayer CropScience Canada remains a leader within the crop production industry through its innovation, people and expertise.For more information visit BayerCropScience.ca

Gordon Food Service®Gordon Food Service is a food service distributor delivering excel-

lence, expertise and quality products to customers coast-to-coast in Canada. The Calgary operation services 3,000 customers in south-ern Alberta, with over 12,000 items for the restaurant, hotel and institutional trade. Gordon Food Service began serving customers in 1897 and entered the Canadian market in 1994. The 2001 purchase of Bridge Brand, a 70-year-old, family-run business, allowed Gordon Food Service to enter the southern Alberta market. Gordon Food Service continues to grow and will soon move into a new, state-of-the-art, 290,000-square-foot facility. For more information, visit GFS.ca.

The Chamber thanks the following long standing member companies for their years of support to the Calgary Chamber, and their commitment to the growth and development of Calgary.

Member name Years as a member

Harpers Tire (1931) Ltd. 71

Brunel Commercial Interiors Inc 35

C.H. Robinson Project Logistics Ltd 30

Cal-Alta Auto Glass 10

Cash Connection 10

Dreco Energy Services 10

Manchester Properties Inc 10

ATCO Energy Solutions Ltd. 5

ATCO Ltd. 5

Enerplus Corporation 5

Riverwood Photography 5

Roke Technologies Ltd. 5

Thanks

Canada’s meat exports have grown significantly over the past 15 years. The meat industry is Canada’s largest food industry, bringing in $21.4 billion and employing 67,500 people. The U.S. is Canada’s largest meat export market, however delays

due to re-inspection of Canadian meat products at all Canada/U.S. border crossings are costing the Canadian meat industry serious time and money. With 28,000 trucks carry-ing 560,000 tons of Canadian meat across the border each year, these delays, if not dealt with, will have a serious effect on the Canadian meat industry’s ability to stay competitive.

Food that has been produced under the regulatory systems in both Canada and the U.S. are some of the safest in the world. All Canadian meat being exported to the U.S. is inspected by Canadian Food inspection agents to the same standard, and using the same guidelines followed by U.S. health officials.

Despite these thorough inspections, every Canadian meat truck that hits the Canada/U.S. border is being subjected to unnecessary product re-inspection. If the inspection process of Canadian meat products meets the same quality standards as meat being inspected in the U.S., then why are Canadian meat products being inspected again when it hits the Canada/U.S. border? Redirecting Canadian meat trucks to U.S. inspection centres delay shipments, introduces product marketing risks and costs Canadian meat processors upwards of $3.6 million a year in fees, which are charged every time a shipment is re-inspected. Furthermore, and perhaps worst of all, these re-inspections are nearly useless given that the meat products are already packaged. In fact it exposes them to possible heightened risk of contamination.

In addition, re-inspection centres waste time, fuel and cause extra wear and tear on vehi-cles through additional mileage being used. Every driver loses two to four hours of driving time at a re-inspection centre, costing the Canadian meat industry additional money.

In February 2011, Prime Minister Harper and President Obama announced support of a Joint Action Plan called “Beyond the Border,” which was developed to accelerate the flow of goods and services across the Canada/U.S. border. As part of this plan, a pilot review project was created to review and identify any policy adjustments that could be made to ease regulatory inefficiencies, specifically in the area of Canadian and American meat exports. This project works as a road map in the hopes of alleviating unnecessary regulatory delays of Canadian meat products at the Canada/U.S. border.

Agriculture remains a growing sector and a huge contributor to the Canadian economy. By 2020, Canada is forecast to be one of only six net food exporting nations, with the bulk of those exports coming from Alberta and Saskatchewan. It is important that the right practices and policies are in place to ensure this industry continues to thrive. The Calgary Chamber continues its strong advocacy for the agriculture sector and will be taking this issue forward to the federal government to ensure that the re-inspection issue is dealt with and that this review project identifies cross-border re-inspection as a problem area.

2015 Board ofDirectorsExecutive

Chair: Rob Hawley, Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Immediate Past Chair: Leah Lawrence, President, Clean Energy Capitalists Inc.

Chair Elect: Denis Painchaud, Director, International Government Relations, Nexen Inc.

Second Vice Chair: David Allen, President, Calgary Land, Brookfield Residential Properties Inc.

Vice Chair, Finance: Bill Brunton, Chief Communications Officer, Calgary Board of Education

CEO: Adam Legge, President and CEO, Calgary Chamber

Directors

David Allen, President, Calgary Land, Brookfield Residential Properties Inc.

Carlos Alvarez, Audit Partner, KPMG

Lorenzo DeCicco, Vice-President, TELUS Business Solutions

Rob Hawley, Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Wellington Holbrook, Executive Vice-President, ATB Financial

Phil Roberts, Director of BD & Marketing, Vintri Technologies

Linda Shea, Senior Vice-President, AltaLink

Mike Williams, Executive Vice-President, Corporate Services, Encana

James Boettcher, Chief Idea Officer, Fiasco Gelato

Brent Cooper, Partner, McLeod Law LLP

Management

Adam Legge – President and CEO

Michael Andriescu – Director of Finance and Administration

Kim Koss – Vice President, Business Development

Scott Crockatt – Director of Marketing and Communications

Rebecca Wood – Director of Member Services

Justin Smith – Director of Policy, Research and Government Relations

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Policy BitesEliminating Unnecessary Border Re-Inspections on Canadian Meat Exports into the U.S.

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Upcoming Events

Monday, June 29, 2015Leaders Classic Golf Tournament - Presented by TELUSEarl Grey Golf Club – 6540 – 20 Street SW

It’s hard to find a better place to build, deepen and strengthen business relationships than on the golf course. Where else would you have the opportunity to network and share business tips with some of the most influential business and political leaders in our city, other than the Chamber’s annual Leaders Classic Golf Tournament? Attracting the top busi-ness and political leaders, as well as special guest celebrities, this tournament is really about high-level networking at its finest. Join us and other top business professionals for Calgary’s most prestigious business golf tournament.

Contact [email protected] to register.

Friday, July 3rd, 2015Calgary Chamber Stampede breakfast7:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.

They say some of the best business deals in Calgary are dur-ing Stampede, so mark your calendar for the Calgary Chamber’s annual Stampede breakfast. More details will be posted shortly on CalgaryChamber.com. A limited number of seats will be available, which also include premium parade bleacher seating, so get your tickets soon!

Contact [email protected] to register.

Sponsorship opportunities with the Calgary ChamberWhether you are looking to build your company’s brand and presence, attract your target market, leverage lead devel-

opment or position yourself as a community leader, the Calgary Chamber is the perfect platform to grow your company’s influence in Calgary’s business community.

With over 60 keynote and political events per year to choose from, your brand has the potential to reach over 10,000 Calgary business leaders from a wide variety of industries. We have many event focus areas to enhance your company’s exposure and give you greater impact for your sponsorship investment. The Chamber’s wide range of events allows you to easily align the strategic issues of your business with community development.

As every company’s goals are different, you will work closely with our sponsorship department to tailor a package that addresses either your company’s short-term, or long-term objectives, and enhance your marketing strategy.

Our events are highly publicized and often have local, national and even international coverage. Position your company as an innovator, leader and raise the profile of your organization through Calgary Chamber sponsorship opportunities.

Contact Paige Ross, sponsorship coordinator, at [email protected] for more details.

For details and to purchase tickets for any of the Calgary Chamber’s events, please visit CalgaryChamber.com.

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THE MEETINGS AND CONVENTIONS INDUSTRY IN CANADA TODAY Part 2 of an interview with Rod Cameron Executive Director of the Convention Centres of Canada.

Cities across Canada are investing in expansions and upgrades to existing convention facilities to adapt to increasing competition and the rapidly changing demands of the global marketplace. Clients today are more discerning in their venue selection and seek locations that will provide substantial support to their organization, demonstrate excellence in service, offer the latest in technological services, and facilities that can adapt quickly and seamlessly to any required changes.

Rod Cameron, the Executive Director of the Convention Centres of Canada and the Executive Director of the International Association of Convention Centres, says that the Canadian meetings and conventions industry is doing well in comparison to many other parts of the global industry. The relative stability of the Canadian economy during a tumultuous period in international finance contributed to the ongoing success of Canadian venues during this time and created a momentum that has carried through into 2015 when Canada is facing some economic challenges of its own. However, Canadian centres still need to be able to compete in the face of growing customer expectations.

Over time, Canadian centres were typically more market-diversified than their counterparts in many other parts of the world, including paying more attention to the international market. That meant they were better equipped to manage a downturn in any one market or sector as a slump in one area could be compensated for by increasing business from others. Most Canadian venues now have clients from a diverse range of industries and operate a broad geographic approach to developing business.

The Calgary TELUS Convention Centre (CTCC) has a strong reputation for service excellence and destination

appeal (international airport, attractive surroundings, good proximity to accommodation). But, as Cameron points out, any destination these days can only remain competitive in the facility marketplace if there is the ongoing investment required to respond to the changing needs and expectations of clients.

There are new developments in several Canadian cities including Vancouver, Winnipeg and Halifax that are attracting clients with expanded venues and the ability to offer more than just additional square footage to clients.

Calgary has been able to compete successfully for domestic and international business, but without ongoing investment Calgary will struggle to remain competitive against new facilities in other Canadian cities with newer, larger, more adaptable venues.

“Calgary is well ahead of many other destinations in terms of how it handles marketing of meetings and conventions,” states Cameron. Management at the CTCC have confronted many of the same challenges facing other destinations by focusing on business-to-business marketing and avoiding the challenges that increasingly arise these days in a market that wants to characterize its events as “all about business.” Cameron says, “The use of leisure messaging in the meetings market can be detrimental for a convention facility and has the potential to alienate some clients, particularly those in areas like the medical industry that have strict compliance requirements for destination selection.”

The Calgary TELUS Convention Centre continues to attract a wide range of clients from many industries. A shift in the Centre’s business strategy ensures the CTCC is aligned with Calgary’s key industry sectors and opens up potential new business opportunities.

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Upcoming Events

Monday, June 29, 2015Leaders Classic Golf Tournament - Presented by TELUSEarl Grey Golf Club – 6540 – 20 Street SW

It’s hard to find a better place to build, deepen and strengthen business relationships than on the golf course. Where else would you have the opportunity to network and share business tips with some of the most influential business and political leaders in our city, other than the Chamber’s annual Leaders Classic Golf Tournament? Attracting the top busi-ness and political leaders, as well as special guest celebrities, this tournament is really about high-level networking at its finest. Join us and other top business professionals for Calgary’s most prestigious business golf tournament.

Contact [email protected] to register.

Friday, July 3rd, 2015Calgary Chamber Stampede breakfast7:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.

They say some of the best business deals in Calgary are dur-ing Stampede, so mark your calendar for the Calgary Chamber’s annual Stampede breakfast. More details will be posted shortly on CalgaryChamber.com. A limited number of seats will be available, which also include premium parade bleacher seating, so get your tickets soon!

Contact [email protected] to register.

Sponsorship opportunities with the Calgary ChamberWhether you are looking to build your company’s brand and presence, attract your target market, leverage lead devel-

opment or position yourself as a community leader, the Calgary Chamber is the perfect platform to grow your company’s influence in Calgary’s business community.

With over 60 keynote and political events per year to choose from, your brand has the potential to reach over 10,000 Calgary business leaders from a wide variety of industries. We have many event focus areas to enhance your company’s exposure and give you greater impact for your sponsorship investment. The Chamber’s wide range of events allows you to easily align the strategic issues of your business with community development.

As every company’s goals are different, you will work closely with our sponsorship department to tailor a package that addresses either your company’s short-term, or long-term objectives, and enhance your marketing strategy.

Our events are highly publicized and often have local, national and even international coverage. Position your company as an innovator, leader and raise the profile of your organization through Calgary Chamber sponsorship opportunities.

Contact Paige Ross, sponsorship coordinator, at [email protected] for more details.

For details and to purchase tickets for any of the Calgary Chamber’s events, please visit CalgaryChamber.com.

calgary-convention.com | expandthecentre.ca

THE MEETINGS AND CONVENTIONS INDUSTRY IN CANADA TODAY Part 2 of an interview with Rod Cameron Executive Director of the Convention Centres of Canada.

Cities across Canada are investing in expansions and upgrades to existing convention facilities to adapt to increasing competition and the rapidly changing demands of the global marketplace. Clients today are more discerning in their venue selection and seek locations that will provide substantial support to their organization, demonstrate excellence in service, offer the latest in technological services, and facilities that can adapt quickly and seamlessly to any required changes.

Rod Cameron, the Executive Director of the Convention Centres of Canada and the Executive Director of the International Association of Convention Centres, says that the Canadian meetings and conventions industry is doing well in comparison to many other parts of the global industry. The relative stability of the Canadian economy during a tumultuous period in international finance contributed to the ongoing success of Canadian venues during this time and created a momentum that has carried through into 2015 when Canada is facing some economic challenges of its own. However, Canadian centres still need to be able to compete in the face of growing customer expectations.

Over time, Canadian centres were typically more market-diversified than their counterparts in many other parts of the world, including paying more attention to the international market. That meant they were better equipped to manage a downturn in any one market or sector as a slump in one area could be compensated for by increasing business from others. Most Canadian venues now have clients from a diverse range of industries and operate a broad geographic approach to developing business.

The Calgary TELUS Convention Centre (CTCC) has a strong reputation for service excellence and destination

appeal (international airport, attractive surroundings, good proximity to accommodation). But, as Cameron points out, any destination these days can only remain competitive in the facility marketplace if there is the ongoing investment required to respond to the changing needs and expectations of clients.

There are new developments in several Canadian cities including Vancouver, Winnipeg and Halifax that are attracting clients with expanded venues and the ability to offer more than just additional square footage to clients.

Calgary has been able to compete successfully for domestic and international business, but without ongoing investment Calgary will struggle to remain competitive against new facilities in other Canadian cities with newer, larger, more adaptable venues.

“Calgary is well ahead of many other destinations in terms of how it handles marketing of meetings and conventions,” states Cameron. Management at the CTCC have confronted many of the same challenges facing other destinations by focusing on business-to-business marketing and avoiding the challenges that increasingly arise these days in a market that wants to characterize its events as “all about business.” Cameron says, “The use of leisure messaging in the meetings market can be detrimental for a convention facility and has the potential to alienate some clients, particularly those in areas like the medical industry that have strict compliance requirements for destination selection.”

The Calgary TELUS Convention Centre continues to attract a wide range of clients from many industries. A shift in the Centre’s business strategy ensures the CTCC is aligned with Calgary’s key industry sectors and opens up potential new business opportunities.

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Twelve years ago, Calgary Economic Development was newly constituted and had a staff of six people. Bruce Graham had been tapped from Ontario to come west

and shape the new organization that is now considered among the best economic development organizations in Canada. In fact, over the past 12 years, Calgary Economic Development has been the recipient of more than 150 national and international industry and marketing awards.

As Calgary Economic Development presented its annual Report to the Community on May 26, the accomplishments not only from the past year, but also over the past 12 years were apparent across the city. With Graham at the helm, Calgary Economic Development assisted with the siting and facilitating of The Bow project, Canada’s second largest office building project for Encana/Cenovus, helped to facilitate Imperial Oil’s move and staff relocation from Toronto to Calgary, and helped to create and acted as the inaugural chair of the Consider Canada City Alliance which unites the foreign direct investment attraction efforts of Canada’s 11 largest city regions in collaboration with the federal government.

“Bruce has had a very successful term as the president and CEO of Calgary Economic Development. Not only is Calgary Economic Development a respected organization here in Calgary, but under Bruce’s leadership the organization has made a marked difference in getting Calgary on the radar for investment, business and people attraction from around the world. His effort has been selfless and he will be greatly missed,” says Steve Allan, board chair at Calgary Economic Development.

As Graham’s term with Calgary Economic Development comes to an end in June, he has left the organization in a strong position. This past year Calgary Economic Development achieved major milestones for many initiatives. After two years of engagement with hundreds of community members to refresh the Economic Strategy for Calgary, Building on our Energy, the strategy received unanimous support from city council. This community-wide strategy is meant to guide the organization, civic partners, the city, post-secondary institutions, private sector and other community partners through both the good times and bad times. It brings together a leadership and implementation team to achieve purposeful diversification, embrace shared prosperity and build a strong community.

After much anticipation, ground was broken on the Calgary Film Centre, an initiative the Calgary Economic Development team has worked on for the past four years. Scheduled to open in early 2016, the Film Centre will provide thousands of Calgarians a place to hone their industry skills, allow the city to better compete for screen-based production globally and continue to diversify the Alberta economy.

The Calgary-born WORKshift program in support of flexible work arrangements – that is to focus on results and to enable people to work where, when and how they are most effective – expanded to other jurisdictions across Canada adding the 14 municipalities in the Greater Toronto Hamilton Area to join the cities of Calgary, Halifax and Ottawa who have already adopted WORKshift.

Three years after launching the Calgary. Be Part of the Energy. campaign, Calgary Economic Development conducted perception research to understand if Canadians’ views on Calgary as a destination to live, work and make a life have changed. Perceptions saw a marked improvement over the last few years – while the business opportunity and sense of community is clearly understood, opportunity remains with respect to spreading the word on cultural experiences. The national marketing campaign continues to be a strong platform and call to action for inviting people and businesses to thrive in Calgary.

The business trade and development team continued to connect businesses with opportunities for trade and investment. Calgary Economic Development helped 23 organizations with their decision to relocate, stay, expand or invest in Calgary. These companies created 2,379 jobs and will occupy 2.7 million square feet of space in the region.

In the face of more economic challenges, Calgary Economic Development will continue to engage the Calgary business community and all orders of government to maximize opportunities for Calgary. With the Economic Strategy completed and a focus on implementation with many partners in economic development, Calgary Economic Development will continue to steward the leadership and implementation team to be nimble and adaptive to best serve the community.

The landscape of Calgary has fundamentally changed over the past 12 years. As Bruce Graham moves on to pursue his next endeavour, his impact on both the organization and the city will be felt for years to come.

Making a Difference Bruce Graham’s leadership in Economic Development

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Tourism in Calgary had an exceptional year in 2014. With a strengthened focus on putting Calgary on the world’s map, over eight million travellers visited the

city, contributing $1.7 billion to the economy – a 6.3 per cent increase over 2013. These efforts were supported by the 16,000 Calgarians employed in the tourism and hospitality industry.

To attract travellers and encourage their spending, Tourism Calgary’s strategy was at the forefront of all initiatives. As reported at Tourism Calgary’s recent annual general meeting, some significant achievements by the destination marketing organization in 2014 include:

• A record 59 sport and major event bids won;• Named 2014 Ultimate Sports City (Best Small Sports City

category) and fifth overall globally by SportBusiness International;

• A re-imagined membership structure, offering differ-ent options for involvement, from voting member to partner. At the end of 2014 Tourism Calgary had 559 partnering industry members;

• 201,612 referrals to industry partners (156,122 from visitcalgary.com and 45,490 from Visitor Information Centre interactions);

• 147 White Hat ceremonies hosted, making more than 2,100 visitors honorary Calgarians;

• Honoured over 650 exceptional tourism and hospitality professionals nominated for 25 award categories at the

52nd annual Calgary White Hat Awards gala attended by more than 1,300 industry leaders;

• Developed new campaign platforms to market Calgary regionally, nationally and internationally. In total, 27 partners participated in 2014 marketing campaigns, enhancing the experiential appeal of the city as a des-tination;

• Partnered to develop trade-ready experiences to incor-porate into national and international itineraries;

• Enhanced partnerships with Travel Alberta, the Canadian Tourism Commission and other destination marketing organizations including Banff/Lake Louise Tourism con-tributed to marketing and awareness efforts regionally, nationally and internationally;

• Gained inclusion in key tour operator tariffs;• Energized the Calgary brand by earning over $7.1 million

in media coverage around the world (equivalent value);• Achieved over 1.45 million visits to Tourism Calgary’s

website, visitcalgary.com, and over 212,000 social media engagements.

Tourism Calgary will continue to build on the successes of 2014 in the years to come, with the mandate of increasing the economic impact of the tourism economy in Calgary and the objective of working with the community to grow tourism revenues to $2.3 billion by 2020.

To learn more about Tourism Calgary, see visitcalgary.com.

BY CASSANDRA MCAULEYAULEYBY CASSANDRA MC

Tourism Calgary is Putting Our City on the Map

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As the energy sector looks to stabilize, it is becoming increasingly impor-tant to support innovation in the

oil and gas industry not only to increase stability but to reap the benefits new tech-nologies can bring such as lower operation costs, improved efficiencies and increased competitive advantages.

“The competitiveness of the energy indus-try is increasing. In today’s price environment, with our region’s higher operating costs, the industry is being challenged to address and adapt,” says Kevin Frankowski, executive director, Kinetica. “Innovation is one of the key aspects to the solution, especially with regards to reducing costs and increasing our competitiveness. Technology innovation is the path forward to achieve our future potential and establish economic stability in this space.”

Wrapping up its founding year, Kinetica, a division of Innovate Calgary, was launched with support from the Can-ada Accelerator and Incubator Program (CAIP) and Alberta Innovation and Advanced Education in order to facilitate the acceleration of world-class, game-changing energy technologies.

Joined by their associate members – Bennett Jones, Calgary Economic Development, Collins Barrow and SAIT Polytechnic – Kinetica announced their plan earlier this year to be a key facilitator towards developing innovation in the energy sector.

“This initiative provides a focused opportunity to deliver targeted innovation to the energy industry,” says Frankowski. “With many of the world’s largest energy com-panies headquartered here, Alberta is poised to lead the way in the commercialization of new energy technologies that have the potential to positively affect the industry.”

Along with their strategic partners, Kinetica aims to work with technology developers to help de-risk and accelerate the most promising solutions using a commercialization model that includes access to expertise, capital and relationships.

Based on the needs of the energy sector, four key areas of focus have been identified by Kinetica as opportunities for growth and improvement: hydrocarbon recovery; energy transport; renewables; carbon capture, storage and reuse.

“With our key targets for innovation identified, we are now working to facilitate collaboration on specific projects between the technology users in the energy industry and the technology developers,” says Frankowski. “We are developing relationships with more industry partners, professional service pro-viders, industry associations and government agencies as we look to fulfil our targets.”

Kinetica has reached significant mile-stones in its launch year that are helping to pave the way for bringing innovation to industry. Along with securing valuable strategic partnerships with key service pro-viders via their associate members, Kinetica has established industry partnerships with

Canada’s Oil Sands Innovation Alliance (COSIA) and the Petroleum Technology Alliance of Canada (PTAC).

Strong collaboration is critical in affecting change and the partnerships that Kinetica has fostered with the business ecosys-tem and industry leaders will prove to be important aspects for the successful commercialization of new technologies.

Currently, Kinetica is working with more than 15 client companies, three of which are at the commercialization stage, and one of which has moved on to active field tri-als – nFluids Inc., a startup spun out of the University of Calgary that is developing a cutting-edge fluid additive for the oil and gas industry. Their product has the potential to significantly reduce the loss of fluid during drilling, provid-ing direct benefits to efficiency, the environment and safer drilling operations.

“It’s companies like nFluids that demonstrate exciting inno-vations happening for the energy sector,” says Frankowski. “With Kinetica, we are able to link companies like nFluids with industry partners who are looking for solutions.”

Growth, improvement and stability can be achieved through innovation in the energy sector, and as energy prices continue to change, energy companies with enhanced access to innovative technologies will enjoy an increasingly important competitive advantage.

To learn more about Kinetica, visit www.kineticaventures.com. To learn more about Innovate Calgary and how it supports new and emerging technology, visit www.innovatecalgary.com.

Technology Innovation is Key in the Energy Sector

Kevin Frankowski is executive director of Kinetica, an initiative that is bridging the gap between industry and innovation. Photo Courtesy: Innovate Calgary

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Just a couple of years ago Edelman Calgary had a staff of half a dozen. Today that count is up to 18 with

latest additions Carla Benyon, former CBC reporter and television news anchor; Stephen Kent who was with the University of Calgary’s School of Public Policy; and Nithya Ramachandran who was a communications specialist with PwC Canada and prior to that the national vice president of organizational development for AIESEC, an educational organization in Spain.

Edelman has been doing some exciting work here including the rebranding of the Calgary Public Library and co-hosted the annual Edelman Trust Barometer with the Calgary Chamber of Commerce.

More recently it published Trust + Energy and has been presenting it to energy companies around town; many have requested the data set and Edelman’s analysis of its implications for Calgary energy organizations. Some key findings include that trust in the energy sector is down in Canada, and that energy is the most targeted sector by activists.

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Boutique executive search firm Pekarsky Stein has hired Orange Door, the creative agency wholly owned by West Canadian Digital Imaging, to work with its team on rebranding the firm. Director Kathy Levinski says Orange Door is working on a wide variety of elements that will be revealed during Pekarsky Stein’s annual Rooftop Stampede Party.

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I thank agencies that enter compe-titions as they promote the talented creative community in this city.

Jump Studios is a regular winner of the big contests and must be applauded for being nominated for a National Academy of Arts and Sciences Emmy in Outstanding Post Produced Graphic Design that it produced, along with its partner ESPN, for the 2014 NBA Draft.

And Jump received recognition at the Davey and Pixie Awards.

Six silver and gold Daveys in commercial, children’s audience for projects like Betty White, Cats and National Daytona. Then there were six more Pixies including platinum and gold in visual effects, motion graphics and animation categories for others like its work for ESPN’s tennis graphics package and Sabal Homes’ 20th anniversary video.

The award shelves at Jump might need some firmer brackets.

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Another Calgary firm that must be among the best known in the event management category is e=mc2, a perennial winner of awards.

President Jocelyn Flanagan received a personal high honour at the 2015 Canadian Special Events Conference being presented with the Spirit of the Industry Award – a prestigious achievement being recognized by her peers.

And she stayed around to accept five other company awards including Best Event Produced for a Corporation by a Third Party Planner for Vermilion Energy’s “Celebrate 20” event in recognition if its 20th anniversary.

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ZGM Collaborative Marketing was the big winner at this year’s Ad Rodeo.

The full-service agency with offices in Calgary and Edmonton was awarded the Best in Show Anvil Award for a TV spot produced for the Alberta government’s

Joint Utility Safety Team (JUST) as part of its “Where’s The Line” campaign.

ZGM received a total of eight Anvils this year, the most awarded agency at the event. Beside JUST it took them away for the National Music Centre Out Loud Gala, Western Financial Group, and the Nature Conservancy of Canada.

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For the past 11 years Julie Copeland-Stene did a fine job in telling the world about the great wines from Tinhorn Creek Vineyards in Oliver, B.C. as its marketing manager.

No more travel time as she has accepted the position as manager of marketing and special events at Heritage Park.

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Paula Worthington has headed north.The longtime staffer at Brookline PR

has moved over to North Strategic to manage its Calgary office in the role of senior account director.

North is based in Toronto with other offices in Calgary, Vancouver and Montreal.

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RedCity Creative has been awarded AOR for Junction 9 Yoga and Pilates, the new Inglewood facility opened by two members of the Beddoe family. And is about to launch new websites for Yann Haute Patisserie and Cappuccino King.

Parker’s Pick:

I like to follow the marketing of firms that shorten their names to initials; some with nervousness carry their lengthened version for some time. Best of the bunch is RBC. But coming close must be Calgary-based MNP who did a great job in abandoning Meyers Norris Penny.

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TRENDY PARKDALE

PRESTIGIOUS ELBOW PARK

$2,100,000

516 35A ST NW MLS C4001754

[email protected]

Welcome to prestigious Elbow Park. This custom built energy efficient home by McKinley Masters Custom Homes boasts over 6900 sq.ft of luxury living and is handicap accessible. This fully developed walkout bungalow borders the Elbow River providing unparalleled outdoor living and stunning views. The massive 4-car garage will easily accommodate lifted vehicles and has elevator access.

$6,999,000

611 SIFTON BLV SW MLS C3652931

Mark D. Evernden & Associates

403.516.6265

[email protected]

E&V

34 STRATHRIDGE GROVE SW

MLS C4005387 $1,989,000

Mark D. Evernden & Associates 403.516.6265

Located close to the Waterton National Park on over 10 acres, this estate is surrounded by panoramic views of the Waterton mountain range. The main residence has 2150 sq.ft of living space, and a separate 2-suite guest house with 5 stars from Trip Advisor. This is a must see

3507 RANGE ROAD 28-5

MLS C4004818 $728,000

Mark D. Evernden & Associates 403.516.6265

One of the premier developments in Springbank Hill perched atop the hill with south , west and east exposure ranging from 10,037 sqft to 14,571 sqft. The developer is waiting for final approval with the city of Calgary but will be ready to build your home soon.

42 ELVEDEN DRIVE SW

Sheila Morrison

403.399.9996

RURAL ROCKYVIEW

$915,000

255222 WOODLANDMLS C4005922

[email protected]

Immaculate 6.86 acre walkout bungalow in Bearspaw's desirable treed woodland area. This home has been meticulously maintained and shows like new. Situated South West backyard exposure and partial mountain views, this location compliments the larger 6.86 acre parcel. Inside you will enjoy an open kitchen design including a large island, oak cabinets, built in oven and lots of light. Three gas fireplaces bring warmth to the living room, nook, and downstairs family room. Formal dining room will impress guests. This home features an exquisite master suite, recreation room and solarium. A can't miss opportunity.

Jeffrey Bone E&V

Located a block from walking paths alongside the bow river and five minutes from downtown Calgary, this custom built executive style home epitomizes the best combination of modern design, superior construction and the finest materials. Built by West Ridge Fines Homes this home offer almost 5000 square feet of extraordinary style in close proximity to the Foothills Hospital, major roadways and amenities. This property is completed with a heated attached triple car garage rarely seen in the neighbourhood and beautifully and professionally designed landscaped yard.

VICTORIA CALGARY TORONTO UPTOWN YORK VANCOUVER ISLAND

140 - 215 · 9TH AVE SW · CALGARY

+ 1 587 387 2228 · calgary.evcanada.com

Justyne Lis

403.472.5330

MLS C4006723 $1,348,000

Phenomenal location backing onto the ravine with magnificent mountain views. This fully developed executive 2-story family home boasts over 4100 sqft of luxury living space featuring a bright open floor plan with tile and hardwood throughout. Enjoy the beautiful landscaped backyard.Mark D. Evernden & Associates 403.516.6265

TRENDY PARKDALE

PRESTIGIOUS ELBOW PARK

$2,100,000

516 35A ST NW MLS C4001754

[email protected]

Welcome to prestigious Elbow Park. This custom built energy efficient home by McKinley Masters Custom Homes boasts over 6900 sq.ft of luxury living and is handicap accessible. This fully developed walkout bungalow borders the Elbow River providing unparalleled outdoor living and stunning views. The massive 4-car garage will easily accommodate lifted vehicles and has elevator access.

$6,999,000

611 SIFTON BLV SW MLS C3652931

Mark D. Evernden & Associates

403.516.6265

[email protected]

E&V

34 STRATHRIDGE GROVE SW

MLS C4005387 $1,989,000

Mark D. Evernden & Associates 403.516.6265

Located close to the Waterton National Park on over 10 acres, this estate is surrounded by panoramic views of the Waterton mountain range. The main residence has 2150 sq.ft of living space, and a separate 2-suite guest house with 5 stars from Trip Advisor. This is a must see

3507 RANGE ROAD 28-5

MLS C4004818 $728,000

Mark D. Evernden & Associates 403.516.6265

One of the premier developments in Springbank Hill perched atop the hill with south , west and east exposure ranging from 10,037 sqft to 14,571 sqft. The developer is waiting for final approval with the city of Calgary but will be ready to build your home soon.

42 ELVEDEN DRIVE SW

Sheila Morrison

403.399.9996

RURAL ROCKYVIEW

$915,000

255222 WOODLANDMLS C4005922

[email protected]

Immaculate 6.86 acre walkout bungalow in Bearspaw's desirable treed woodland area. This home has been meticulously maintained and shows like new. Situated South West backyard exposure and partial mountain views, this location compliments the larger 6.86 acre parcel. Inside you will enjoy an open kitchen design including a large island, oak cabinets, built in oven and lots of light. Three gas fireplaces bring warmth to the living room, nook, and downstairs family room. Formal dining room will impress guests. This home features an exquisite master suite, recreation room and solarium. A can't miss opportunity.

Jeffrey Bone E&V

Located a block from walking paths alongside the bow river and five minutes from downtown Calgary, this custom built executive style home epitomizes the best combination of modern design, superior construction and the finest materials. Built by West Ridge Fines Homes this home offer almost 5000 square feet of extraordinary style in close proximity to the Foothills Hospital, major roadways and amenities. This property is completed with a heated attached triple car garage rarely seen in the neighbourhood and beautifully and professionally designed landscaped yard.

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VICTORIA CALGARY TORONTO UPTOWN YORK VANCOUVER ISLAND

140 - 215 · 9TH AVE SW · CALGARY

+ 1 587 387 2228 · calgary.evcanada.com

Justyne Lis

403.472.5330

MLS C4006723 $1,348,000

Phenomenal location backing onto the ravine with magnificent mountain views. This fully developed executive 2-story family home boasts over 4100 sqft of luxury living space featuring a bright open floor plan with tile and hardwood throughout. Enjoy the beautiful landscaped backyard.Mark D. Evernden & Associates 403.516.6265

TRENDY PARKDALE

PRESTIGIOUS ELBOW PARK

$2,100,000

516 35A ST NW MLS C4001754

[email protected]

Welcome to prestigious Elbow Park. This custom built energy efficient home by McKinley Masters Custom Homes boasts over 6900 sq.ft of luxury living and is handicap accessible. This fully developed walkout bungalow borders the Elbow River providing unparalleled outdoor living and stunning views. The massive 4-car garage will easily accommodate lifted vehicles and has elevator access.

$6,999,000

611 SIFTON BLV SW MLS C3652931

Mark D. Evernden & Associates

403.516.6265

[email protected]

E&V

34 STRATHRIDGE GROVE SW

MLS C4005387 $1,989,000

Mark D. Evernden & Associates 403.516.6265

Located close to the Waterton National Park on over 10 acres, this estate is surrounded by panoramic views of the Waterton mountain range. The main residence has 2150 sq.ft of living space, and a separate 2-suite guest house with 5 stars from Trip Advisor. This is a must see

3507 RANGE ROAD 28-5

MLS C4004818 $728,000

Mark D. Evernden & Associates 403.516.6265

One of the premier developments in Springbank Hill perched atop the hill with south , west and east exposure ranging from 10,037 sqft to 14,571 sqft. The developer is waiting for final approval with the city of Calgary but will be ready to build your home soon.

42 ELVEDEN DRIVE SW

Sheila Morrison

403.399.9996

RURAL ROCKYVIEW

$915,000

255222 WOODLANDMLS C4005922

[email protected]

Immaculate 6.86 acre walkout bungalow in Bearspaw's desirable treed woodland area. This home has been meticulously maintained and shows like new. Situated South West backyard exposure and partial mountain views, this location compliments the larger 6.86 acre parcel. Inside you will enjoy an open kitchen design including a large island, oak cabinets, built in oven and lots of light. Three gas fireplaces bring warmth to the living room, nook, and downstairs family room. Formal dining room will impress guests. This home features an exquisite master suite, recreation room and solarium. A can't miss opportunity.

Jeffrey Bone E&V

Located a block from walking paths alongside the bow river and five minutes from downtown Calgary, this custom built executive style home epitomizes the best combination of modern design, superior construction and the finest materials. Built by West Ridge Fines Homes this home offer almost 5000 square feet of extraordinary style in close proximity to the Foothills Hospital, major roadways and amenities. This property is completed with a heated attached triple car garage rarely seen in the neighbourhood and beautifully and professionally designed landscaped yard.

VICTORIA CALGARY TORONTO UPTOWN YORK VANCOUVER ISLAND

140 - 215 · 9TH AVE SW · CALGARY

+ 1 587 387 2228 · calgary.evcanada.com

Justyne Lis

403.472.5330

MLS C4006723 $1,348,000

Phenomenal location backing onto the ravine with magnificent mountain views. This fully developed executive 2-story family home boasts over 4100 sqft of luxury living space featuring a bright open floor plan with tile and hardwood throughout. Enjoy the beautiful landscaped backyard.Mark D. Evernden & Associates 403.516.6265

TRENDY PARKDALE

PRESTIGIOUS ELBOW PARK

$2,100,000

516 35A ST NW MLS C4001754

[email protected]

Welcome to prestigious Elbow Park. This custom built energy efficient home by McKinley Masters Custom Homes boasts over 6900 sq.ft of luxury living and is handicap accessible. This fully developed walkout bungalow borders the Elbow River providing unparalleled outdoor living and stunning views. The massive 4-car garage will easily accommodate lifted vehicles and has elevator access.

$6,999,000

611 SIFTON BLV SW MLS C3652931

Mark D. Evernden & Associates

403.516.6265

[email protected]

E&V

34 STRATHRIDGE GROVE SW

MLS C4005387 $1,989,000

Mark D. Evernden & Associates 403.516.6265

Located close to the Waterton National Park on over 10 acres, this estate is surrounded by panoramic views of the Waterton mountain range. The main residence has 2150 sq.ft of living space, and a separate 2-suite guest house with 5 stars from Trip Advisor. This is a must see

3507 RANGE ROAD 28-5

MLS C4004818 $728,000

Mark D. Evernden & Associates 403.516.6265

One of the premier developments in Springbank Hill perched atop the hill with south , west and east exposure ranging from 10,037 sqft to 14,571 sqft. The developer is waiting for final approval with the city of Calgary but will be ready to build your home soon.

42 ELVEDEN DRIVE SW

Sheila Morrison

403.399.9996

RURAL ROCKYVIEW

$915,000

255222 WOODLANDMLS C4005922

[email protected]

Immaculate 6.86 acre walkout bungalow in Bearspaw's desirable treed woodland area. This home has been meticulously maintained and shows like new. Situated South West backyard exposure and partial mountain views, this location compliments the larger 6.86 acre parcel. Inside you will enjoy an open kitchen design including a large island, oak cabinets, built in oven and lots of light. Three gas fireplaces bring warmth to the living room, nook, and downstairs family room. Formal dining room will impress guests. This home features an exquisite master suite, recreation room and solarium. A can't miss opportunity.

Jeffrey Bone E&V

Located a block from walking paths alongside the bow river and five minutes from downtown Calgary, this custom built executive style home epitomizes the best combination of modern design, superior construction and the finest materials. Built by West Ridge Fines Homes this home offer almost 5000 square feet of extraordinary style in close proximity to the Foothills Hospital, major roadways and amenities. This property is completed with a heated attached triple car garage rarely seen in the neighbourhood and beautifully and professionally designed landscaped yard.

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