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News and opinion pieces from some of the smart minds at the Calgary Chamber.

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Non-competition aspects might be a non-starter
Post date: June 18, 2013
Posted by: Michelle Berg
This is a guest post from Michelle Berg, CEO of Elevated HR Solutions, the Calgary Chamber's human resources advisor.    You have a successful business. You have hired some really talented people...
Managing the impact of employee absences on productivity
Post date: June 18, 2013
Posted by: Jesse Semko
This is a guest post from Barry Cook, partner at Western Compensation and Benefits Consultants (WCBC), an affinity partner of the Chamber. WCBC helps organizations determine how much to pay, reward...
Business needs to manage the growing risk of severe weather, insurance industry warns
Post date: June 11, 2013
Posted by: Catherine Stone
Alberta received a strange honour last month – it was dubbed the natural disaster capital of Canada. Last year, 62 per cent of insurance losses from natural catastrophes in the country occurred here...
Putting Calgary’s business concerns on the political agenda
Post date: June 4, 2013
Posted by: Robert Rolfe
The Calgary Chamber attended the Alberta Chambers of Commerce Annual General Meeting in Drumheller this past weekend to press for our members’ business issues. During this meeting we put forward five...
Calgary has become a victim of its success
Post date: June 3, 2013
Posted by: Adam Legge
What keeps me up at night is wondering whether Calgary has overshot the perfect wave and will struggle with it falling back on itself. Let me explain. The surfing analogy is this – that there is a...
The Chamber is moving!
Post date: June 3, 2013
Posted by: Catherine Stone
Wait, didn’t we just move? Don’t worry, we’re not going far this time. On Friday, June 7 we’ll be moving three floors up into our permanent office space on the sixth floor of the Burns Building. As...
Dealing with Calgary’s growth: It’s all about smart planning
Post date: June 3, 2013
Posted by: Catherine Stone
Alberta’s population is exploding. It could hit just under 6 million by 2041, with 1.7 million more people in Calgary alone. This places greater pressure on Calgary and the province’s other major...
Breaking the pipeline bottleneck
Post date: May 28, 2013
Posted by: Catherine Stone
Alberta’s oil and gas industry is in a bind. They need to get their product to new and existing markets but the country’s existing network of pipelines is already operating at full capacity and the...
Entrepreneurs are essential for economic growth
Post date: May 21, 2013
Posted by: Catherine Stone
Entrepreneurs play a vital role in our economy. Small and medium-sized enterprises account for 99 per cent of businesses in Canada, employing 60 per cent of working Canadians and contributing roughly...
Extreme weather costs Alberta businesses big bucks
Post date: May 14, 2013
Posted by: Catherine Stone
Alberta is the natural disaster capital of Canada. Last year, 62 per cent of insurance losses from natural catastrophes in Canada happened in Alberta. This trend is hitting industry hard in the...
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