Sobeys will buy 213 Canada Safeway grocery stores Supermarket chain Sobeys says it has reached a deal to buy more than 200 Canada Safeway stores for $5.8 billion – in cash. Sobeys’ parent company Empire Company Limited made the announcement on Wednesday. “The acquisition of Canada Safeway represents an excellent strategic fit, strengthening our presence [...]
Young Canadian entrepreneurs headed to Moscow for Entrepreneurs’ Alliance Summit Eighteen young Canadian entrepreneurs are preparing to travel to Moscow on Tuesday as delegates of the G20 Young Entrepreneurs’ Alliance Summit. Being held from June 15-17, 2013, the 400-leader Summit will highlight how youth entrepreneurship can address some of the global economy’s most significant challenges [...]
Low taxes and natural resources fuel optimism among Alberta business owners Alberta business owners are the most optimistic in Canada about their province’s prospects for growth, according to a new BMO poll. Nearly one-third (31 per cent) of Alberta business owners expect the number of their employees to increase in 2013, with just 2 per cent expecting their [...]
City dwellers don’t understand BC economy By Jock Finlayson British Columbia is a province with an increasingly urban-based population whose economic success has historically been tied to the efficient extraction, processing and exporting of commodities. In 2011, approximately four-fifths of B.C.’s international merchandise exports consisted of goods produced by the forestry, energy, mining and [...]
Province hopes agreements with European countries will expand Alberta business The province will sign a series of international agreements with European partners during an upcoming four-country trip to expand Alberta business. Deputy Premier Thomas Lukaszuk will visit Switzerland, Germany, France and the United Kingdom to sign research, innovation and investment agreements and launch new commercial partnerships with European [...]
BC First Nations economic growth good news for everyone By Roslyn Kunin, Troy Media If it bleeds, it leads. This old media maxim, that it is always the bad news that makes the headlines, is certainly re-enforced with respect to First Nations and the economy in British Columbia. First Nation Threatens to Shut Down Mine [...]
BC First Nations economic growth good news for everyone By Roslyn Kunin, Troy Media If it bleeds, it leads. This old media maxim, that it is always the bad news that makes the headlines, is certainly re-enforced with respect to First Nations and the economy in British Columbia. First Nation Threatens to Shut Down Mine [...]
Pink Truck program donates portion of a cent from every litre of propane delivered Calgary company Superior Propane raised over $53,000 for breast cancer research in 2012 through its Pink Truck program. Superior donates a portion of a cent from every litre of propane delivered by one of its distinctive pink trucks. The Pink Truck program delivered over [...]
Social Enterprise World Forum taking place from October 2-4 in Calgary Calgary has been selected as the first Canadian city to host the 2013 Social Enterprise World Forum (SEWF). SEWF is a global event that is dedicated to furthering social enterprise, bringing together 1,000 delegates from more than 30 countries. Hosted by Trico Charitable Foundation, SEWF will [...]
Brookfield Residential Properties CEO is ‘champion for ending homelessness’ Alan Norris, president and CEO of Brookfield Residential Properties Inc., has been named the recipient of the 2013 Distinguished Business Leader Award. The Distinguished Business Leader Award, presented by the Haskayne School of Business at the University of Calgary and the Calgary Chamber, recognizes outstanding leaders in the [...]
