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2. CONSUMPTION BENEFITS OF NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE GAME TRIPS ESTIMATED FROM REVEALED AND STATED PREFERENCE DEMAND DATA.
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WHITEHEAD, JOHN C., JOHNSON, BRUCE K., MASON, DANIEL S., and WALKER, GORDON J.
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CONSUMPTION (Economics) ,PROFESSIONAL sports ,HOCKEY ,ECONOMICS ,CANADIAN economy ,ECONOMIC history - Abstract
This paper examines the demand for hockey game trips among metropolitan and nonmetropolitan residents of Alberta, Canada. Using data on both revealed and stated preference game-trip behavior from a telephone survey conducted throughout Alberta, we estimate the effect of ticket prices, team quality, arena amenities, and capacity on the latent demand for National Hockey League hockey games. We find that lower ticket prices, higher team quality, and additional capacity encourage attendance. In the status quo scenario, consumer surplus per game is $50 for those who had attended hockey games and about 50% less for those who had not attended games. Exploiting the stated preference data, we develop a number of other consumer surplus estimates. We also include travel costs in the estimation of the demand function and estimate the full value of the game trip considering both ticket prices and travel costs. Sold-out arenas in Calgary and Edmonton generate annual consumption benefits of $40 and $35 million when only ticket prices are used to calculate consumer surplus (i.e., excluding travel costs). Considering the full-price consumer surplus for the Calgary Flames of $103 per game trip, the annual consumption benefits may be as high as $82 million. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2013
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3. Landscape evolution and human occupation during the Archaic period on the northern Plains.
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Oetelaar, Gerald A.
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ARCHAEOLOGICAL excavations ,RADIOCARBON dating ,HISTORIC sites ,SEDIMENTS - Abstract
Copyright of Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences is the property of Canadian Science Publishing and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract. (Copyright applies to all Abstracts.)
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- 2004
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4. Interspousal violence.
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Brinkerhoff, Merlin B. and Lupri, Eugen
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MARITAL conflict ,SPOUSES' legal relationship ,MARITAL violence ,INTERVIEWING - Abstract
This initial paper, from a planned series, presents an introductory survey of interspousal violence from 562 Calgary couples. Assumptions from conflict and exchange theories guide the analyses which focus on selected structural and interactional factors. Questionnaires and interviews from both partners provide the responses for both single-item indicators and scales, built through factor analysis, which are analyzed using simple percentages and Pearson's zero order coefficients. Three types of violence, husband-to-wife, wife-to-husband, and mutual, are investigated and found to be pervasive. All occur in every SES, educational, and income level. Although age, marital status, length of marriage, and number of children are associated with interspousal violence, the strongest relationships are classified as interactional. These include aggression, marital conflict, and work strain. Although violence is negatively correlated with marital satisfaction, significantly large proportions of highly satisfied couples report conjugal violence. Such evidence lends support to the dialectic notion that love and affection exist simultaneously with conflict and violence.
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- 1988
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5. Society News.
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SPORTS medicine ,MEDICAL care ,SPORTS medicine conferences ,MEDICAL research ,MEDICAL research personnel ,AWARDS ,PHYSICIAN awards - Abstract
The article offers several information of general interests. The American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine conducted its 2007 Annual Meeting in Calgary, Alberta, Canada wherein there was a constructive dialogue regarding common misconceptions on the procurement and processing of allografts commonly used in sports medicine. Meanwhile, several personalities in sports medicine were recipient of several awards given the sports medicine organization to individuals who had made valuable contribution to the field. Moreover, several research papers on sports medicine have been recognized by the sport medicine organization due the valuable information the papers shared.
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- 2007
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6. Academe on trial.
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Kaihla, Paul and Howse, John
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- ALBERTA, CALGARY (Alta.), CANADA, FRY, Prem, FRASER, Murray, UNIVERSITY of Calgary
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Outlines a controversial chain of events surrounding the early retirement of Prem Fry, an award-winning Calgary professor. Her impressive list of appointments and achievements in the highly competitive world of academia; Her sudden departure from her job at the University of Calgary; Series of disturbing questions that hang over her academic record and University of Calgary president Murray Fraser's handling of her departure.
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- 1994
7. Solar Energy Modelling over a Residential Community in the City of Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
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Hassan, Quazi K., Rahman, K. Mahmud, Haque, Anis S., and Ali, Ahad
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SOLAR energy ,GREENHOUSE gases ,RENEWABLE energy sources ,SANDSTONE ,PHOTOVOLTAIC cells ,REMOTE sensing - Abstract
Solar energy is an abundant source of renewable/sustainable energy, which has an enormous potential in reducing the foot print of the greenhouse gases. In this paper, we presented a modelling framework of estimating solar energy over a portion of a residential community of Sandstone in the northwest of Calgary, Canada. We calculated the actual daily incident solar radiation as a function of latitude, day of year, and possible day light hours; and also employed high-resolution remote sensing images to calculate the effective roof area for installing photovoltaic cells. Strong relationships (r²: 0.91-0.98) were observed between the ground-based measurements and the modelled actual incident solar radiation at three test locations in Alberta. Over the portion of Sandstone, ~1706.49m² roof surface area was suitable for potential installation of the photovoltaic cells. With 15% efficient photovoltaic cells, our analysis revealed that we might be able to produce significant amount (i.e., in the range of ~67-100%) of electrical energy needs of the residents of Sandstone community during the period between April and September. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2011
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8. A Century of Library Support for Teacher Education in Calgary.
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Brydges, Barbara
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TEACHER training ,EDUCATION libraries ,TEACHERS college libraries ,OCCUPATIONAL training ,EDUCATION - Abstract
This paper traces the century-long history of a library that has served teacher preparation programs in Calgary, Alberta, since 1909. It looks at how this library's role and collections adapted to shifting notions of what constituted good teacher education and changing economic circumstances. In recounting this history, the paper examines the historical circumstances that created a separate education library at the University of Calgary and how issues of group and professional identity contributed to its continuing existence. The various themes which emerge may be common to many North American education libraries. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2009
9. News of the Association / Chronique de l’Association.
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ECONOMICS conferences ,ECONOMICS ,CONFERENCES & conventions - Abstract
Presents the minutes of the 36th annual general meeting of the Canadian Economics Association held on June 2, 2002 in the University of Calgary in Alberta. Report of the secretary-treasurer; 2002 election results; Nominations for 2003.
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- 2002
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10. A review of trauma systems using the Calgary model.
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Kortbeek, John Barry and Kortbeek, J B
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TRAUMATOLOGY ,TRAUMA centers - Abstract
Surgeons caring for severely injured patients have witnessed tremendous change over the past 2 decades with the rapid evolution of trauma systems. This paper describes the evolution of trauma systems in Canada, using the one in Calgary as a model. Canadian system guidelines were produced by the Trauma Association of Canada in 1993. Participation in Canadian accreditation is accelerating as increasingly more centres across the country undergo external review each year. Reporting of trauma outcomes, including standardized mortality and a variety of performance measures, is becoming the norm. Injury is being treated as a disease with comprehensive control strategies aimed at reducing death and disability rates through prevention, treatment and rehabilitation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2000
11. Animal Protection, Law Enforcement, and Occupational Health: Qualitative Action Research Highlights the Urgency of Relational Coordination in a Medico-Legal Borderland.
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Rault, Dawn, Adams, Cindy L., Springett, Jane, and Rock, Melanie J.
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ANIMAL welfare ,INDUSTRIAL hygiene ,LAW enforcement ,ACTION research ,BORDERLANDS - Abstract
Simple Summary: In this article, we report on action research in the Canadian province of Alberta, based on forging alliances with officers who enforce federal, provincial, and municipal legislation involving animals. Some of these officers worked in rural areas, and others worked in urban areas. Some mainly enforced Alberta's Animal Protection Act, while a few specialized in enforcing Canada's Criminal Code. For the most part, however, participating officers had a mandate to enforce animal-related local bylaws. Such ordinances or rulebooks exist because Alberta's Municipal Government Act allows local councils to enact legislation regarding domestic and wild animals, particularly as regards people's health, property, safety, and welfare. Many professionals refer to policies such as these, which are deeply rooted in the western legal tradition, such as "animal control." Our findings illuminate how animal-control policies and personnel can help to protect domesticated animals, not just people. Even so, our research highlights that animal-control policies as well as animal-protection policies routinely fail to protect officers who enforce legislation involving animals. Furthermore, whenever officers who enforce legislation involving animals work in unsafe conditions, this endangers human as well as non-human lives. Across Canada and internationally, laws exist to protect animals and to stop them from becoming public nuisances and threats. The work of officers who enforce local bylaws protects both domestic animals and humans. Despite the importance of this work, research in this area is emergent, but growing. We conducted research with officers mandated to enforce legislation involving animals, with a focus on local bylaw enforcement in the province of Alberta, Canada, which includes the city of Calgary. Some experts regard Calgary as a "model city" for inter-agency collaboration. Based on partnerships with front-line officers, managers, and professional associations in a qualitative multiple-case study, this action-research project evolved towards advocacy for occupational health and safety. Participating officers spoke about the societal benefits of their work with pride, and they presented multiple examples to illustrate how local bylaw enforcement contributes to public safety and community wellbeing. Alarmingly, however, these officers consistently reported resource inadequacies, communication and information gaps, and a culture of normalized disrespect. These findings connect to the concept of "medico-legal borderlands," which became central to this study. As this project unfolded, we seized upon opportunities to improve the officers' working conditions, including the potential of relational coordination to promote the best practices. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2022
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12. Endurance Test.
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Bergman, Brian
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LABOR unions ,LABOR disputes ,NEWSPAPER employees ,ACTIONS & defenses (Law) - Abstract
Discusses the labor dispute between the 'Calgary Herald' newspaper in Calgary, Alberta, and its employees. How the strike leaders want newsroom employees to be certified; How former publisher Ken King revamped the writing of news copy that seemed to lean toward conservative stories offering only one view; Other changes employees are disputing.
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- 1999
13. A First Nation Framework for Emergency Planning: A Community-Based Response to the Health and Social Effects from a Flood.
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Montesanti, Stephanie, Thurston, Wilfreda E., Turner, David, and Traveller, Reynold Medicine
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EMERGENCY management ,FIRST Nations of Canada ,SOCIETAL reaction ,RIPARIAN areas ,FLOODS - Abstract
In June 2013, a severe flooding of the Bow and Elbow Rivers affected southern Alberta, a province in Canada. The flood was subsequently described to be the costliest natural disaster in Canadian history. Among the hardest hit communities was the Siksika First Nation, located on the Bow River banks about 100 kilometers east of the city of Calgary. A community-university partnership was formed to qualitatively document the Siksika First Nation community-based response to the health and social impacts to their community resulting from the flood. Our findings informed the development of a culturally appropriate framework for disaster and emergency planning in First Nations communities. The Siksika Nation's work to mitigate the impacts from the flood followed a holistic and socio-ecological approach that took the determinants of Indigenous peoples' health into consideration. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2019
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14. AINA NEWS.
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ARCTIC research - Abstract
Presents updates regarding the Arctic Institute of North America (AINA) as of March 2001. AINA Arctic Science and Technology Information System's work on a contract from the Canadian Polar Commission to select, index and gather statistics on papers about northern Canada and the Antarctic; Establishment of Arctic Circumpolar Studies Major and the University of Calgary, Alberta.
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- 2001
15. Unraveling Ethics: Reflections from a Community-based Participatory Research Project with Youth.
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Walsh, Christine A., Hewson, Jennifer, Shier, Michael, and Morales, Edwin
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ETHICAL problems ,CONDUCT of life ,PARTICIPANT observation ,SOCIAL work research ,COMMUNITIES ,YOUTH - Abstract
There is limited literature describing the ethical dilemmas that arise when conducting community-based participatory research. The following provides a case example of ethical dilemmas that developed during a multi-method community-based participatory action research project with youth in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Several ethical dilemmas emerged during the course of the study related to the community in which the research was being undertaken, the recruitment of participants, and the overall research process. As important are possible harms that may arise when the researcher is no longer involved. These ethical dilemmas and potential solutions are discussed in relation to social work research and community-based practice to raise awareness about the essential role of community in informing ethical research practices. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2008
16. Supercritical sewer flows at a combining junction: A model study of the Edworthy trunk junction, Calgary, Alberta.
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Can-Hua Zhao, Zhu, David Z., and Rajaratnam, Nallamuthu
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SEWERAGE fluid dynamics ,SEWERAGE ,SUPERCRITICAL fluids ,SEWER districts ,FLUID dynamics - Abstract
Copyright of Journal of Environmental Engineering & Science is the property of Canadian Science Publishing and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract. (Copyright applies to all Abstracts.)
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- 2004
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17. Health service costs for patients on the waiting list.
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Hude Quan, Lafreniere, Rene, and Johnson, David
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SURGERY ,HOSPITAL waiting lists ,COST - Abstract
Determines the cost of surgery for patients in waiting lists in Calgary, Alberta. Delay in surgery due to lack of resources; Consideration of costs for physician claims; Use of home care and pharmaceutical prescriptions.
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- 2002
18. ICE RUBBLE BEHAVIOR IN PUNCH TESTS.
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Azarnejad, Azita and Brown, Thomas G.
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ICE on rivers, lakes, etc. ,ENGINEERING meteorology - Abstract
Provides information on a study that summarized the results of a series of punch tests conducted on freshwater ice rubble at the University of Calgary in Alberta. Description on tests; Results and discussion on the study; Conclusions and recommendations.
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- 2001
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19. Using block courses for teaching logistics.
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Grant, David Bruce
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BUSINESS logistics ,CURRICULUM ,HIGHER education - Abstract
Describes the use of seminar or block formats in delivering logistics and services marketing courses as pilot projects at the University of Calgary in Alberta. Design of undergraduate business logistics and services courses; Importance of block courses; Benefits of the pedagogical process involved in the research to logistic educators.
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- 2001
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20. CRACKS IN THE TORY MONOLITH.
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Köhler, Nicholas
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ALBERTA politics & government, 1971- - Abstract
The article reports on the possibility that the Progressive Conservative (PC) Party might lose power in Alberta after governing the Canadian province for decades. The rural parts of the province are reliably conservative, but the growing cities of Calgary and Edmonton are not, and observers say provincial premier Ed Stelmach is not doing a good enough job cultivating urban voters to keep the party from being tossed out in an upcoming election.
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- 2007
21. EIGHT WRONG WAYS TO THINK ABOUT THE FUTURE OF ENERGY.
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Nikiforuk, Andrew
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ENERGY industries ,COAL ,NATURAL gas ,LIQUEFIED natural gas ,COMMON misconceptions ,GEOLOGISTS ,CONSERVATION of natural resources ,COALBED methane ,COAL industry ,OIL sands industry - Abstract
The article discusses the realities of the energy industry. One of Canada's most serious examiners of energy trends and forecasts is Dave Hughes, a Calgary-based geologist with Natural Resources Canada. Hughes has put together an exhaustive open file on oil and gas supplies. The facts not only question the country's pervasive energy myths; they warn that Canadian business will face crippling bills and shortages if the country takes a business-as-usual approach to energy supplies. The world may have lots of oil, but it is running out of cheap conventional crude. In 2004, the BP Statistical Review of World Energy, the gold standard for real numbers on oil and gas, looked at 54 producing countries and outlined the disturbing face of oil depletion. Costs and natural gas are operational obstacles in processing oilsands. Canada's natural gas supply is being burned to extract bitumen, a tarlike mixture of hydrocarbons that is cooked into synthetic crude. Places like the Middle East, Russia and Venezuela hold close to three-quarters of the world's remaining gas reserves and will soon become the new gas czars. Coal-bed methane production is not expected to make up for conventional declines. Liquefied natural gas (LNG) has powerful drawbacks. It requires costly infrastructure that takes about five years to build. The process consumes 15% to 30% of the resource transported. Dirty coal is experiencing a resurrection for the simple reason that it is the one hydrocarbon resource the world still has in abundance. Coal boasts a much lower heat cost than gas or oil, is easier to transport, and provides the lowest electricity costs on the planet. But coal also comes with toxic side effects: it produces twice the greenhouse gas emissions of natural gas.
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- 2005
22. Paul Whitney Lackenbauer.
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HISTORY students ,CANADIANS ,STUDENTS - Abstract
Profiles Paul Whitney Lackenbauer, a doctoral student at the University of Calgary in Alberta. His interest in Canadian history and aboriginal rights; Family background in Ontario; Scholarship awards.
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- 2000
23. Duellin' barbecues.
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Zimmerman, Kate
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BARBECUE cooking ,COOKING competitions - Abstract
Presents an insider's view of the annual Labour Day BBQ on the Bow barbecue competition in Calgary, Alberta. Names of barbecue teams; Domination of males in the competition; Typical scenario on the contest grounds; Real motivation behind competitive barbecue; Cooking techniques.
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- 2000
24. Fresh fruit, veg and paranoia.
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Köhler, Nicholas
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FARMERS' markets ,LEGAL status of farmers ,ACTION & defense cases ,AGRICULTURAL marketing - Abstract
The article reports on an increase in personality conflicts and tensions which has been seen among farmers who sell their produce at the Calgary Farmer's Market in Calgary, Alberta in Canada. A discussion of a lawsuit between Sharla Dube, the owner of the Cherry Pit fruit stand and the Calgary Farmers' Market NGC Inc, the market's general manager, is discussed.
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- 2009
25. Silence is golden.
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Verburg, Peter
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RICH people ,BILLIONAIRES ,FAMILY-owned business enterprises - Abstract
Focuses on the Mannix family of Calgary, Alberta, who are among the richest clans in Canada. Their passion for privacy; How the family empire was started; A brief look at their businesses; What the Mannix brothers, Frederick Phillip and Ronald Neil, are estimated to be worth.
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- 1999
26. A top cop blazes a gender trail.
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Nemeth, Mary
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POLICE chiefs ,POLICEWOMEN - Abstract
Praises the appointment of Christine Silverberg who was named chief of the 1,132-member Calgary Police Service, the first woman appointed to head up a major metropolitan force in Canada. How blazing a gender trail in a predominantly male profession required persistence; Silverberg's background, education, and and career.
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- 1995
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