I have been following world commodity pricing with some interest over the course of the past 30 months or so. How governments and society at large have chosen...
Category - Columnists
Columnists - Tricia Ingram
When the Grocery Bill Gets Too High…Grow Your Own!
Columnists - Nick Jeffrey
More beer than you can drink in a week
With spring nearly here, your intrepid liquor reporter has been waiting with bated breath for the sampling and tasting season to get underway. The winter...
Columnists - Tricia Ingram
The Nuts on Peanuts
Have you ever wondered why peanuts play such a permanent role in North American society and abroad? With all of the growing incidences of peanut allergies and...
Columnists - Rob Anderson
Did Premier Redford Lie to Albertans? You decide.
Last week, Premier Redford shocked the media and Albertans when she flip-flopped on her commitment (made repeatedly during and after the PC leadership race) to...
Columnists - Nick Jeffrey
Life Is Too Short To Drink Bad Wine
If there’s one thing your intrepid liquor reporter can be called in February, it would be predictable. That’s right gentle reader, February marks...
Columnists - Bill Biko
Can You Believe It’s Been Five Years?
At about this time in 2007 the economic environment here in Alberta was still running at a frantic pace. Unfortunately, it was also at a pace that was shortly...
Columnists - Nick Jeffrey
Pass the Rauch
Your intrepid liquor reporter has been passing a few Rauches back and forth with his drinking buddies lately. No, gentle reader, that’s not the same...
Columnists - Bill Biko
Rent Control Talks Will Be Coming Back
With a less than 2% vacancy rate for rental units, it’s only a matter of time before the various political parties bring up rent control. After all...
In the election prior to the collapse of the federal Progressive Conservatives in 1993, then Prime Minister Kim Campbell (who when first selected PC leader had...
Columnists - Bill Biko
ROI – Part Two
A few weeks ago, I wrote an article talking about Return on Investment or ROI and talked about how it applies to Real Estate investments. Now ROI can actually...
