Apr 22
The Calgary Flames will try for a fifth consecutive victory Thursday night over the Dallas Stars in the first of four meetings between the Western Conference rivals over the next 20 games.
http://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/nhl/story/2012/02/16/sp-nhl-flames-stars-preview.html?cmp=rss
Apr 15
A small piece of corporate Calgary now sits on top of the highest peak in Africa.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/story/2012/02/16/calgary-enmax-kilimanjaro.html?cmp=rss
Apr 8
Some health workers at the Rockyview General Hospital are joining an illegal strike, supporting their Alberta Union of Provincial Employees colleagues in Edmonton who are already off the job.
Apr 1
Canmore’s mayor is playing down union concerns about cuts to the town’s fire department.
Mar 31
Publishing articles online is an Internet marketing technique that has been made use for many years yet remains popular for good reason. The article you’re currently reading may even be part of an Internet marketing campaign. By sharing valuable information online businesses have the opportunity to demonstrate competence of value. Unfortunately there are those who simply want to establish an online presence and create redundant useless materials.
On the upside, many professionals doing business online know that they need to get your attention and establish themselves as experts in their fields. In order to do this they are willing to provide information for free that lets you know who they are and what they can do for you and will also help with what the problem is that you are seeking to solve. Salespeople know that customers will buy from you when they like you and trust you. Providing knowledgeable articles is a great way to let people feel like they know you and what you are about.
Where article marketing loses value is when those posting the articles are not in fact experts in their fields but simply marketers out to make money. For them, the goal is “backlinks”, or links back to their sites from articles posted around the web. This gives them a better chance of ranking highly in search engine results.
One of the key ways that search engines determine which website will receive top rankings is by the number of links found elsewhere on the Web that point back to that site. This is interpreted as meaning that other Internet users are finding material on that site relevant. Thankfully, search engines have become very sophisticated in the last few years and are no longer giving high credence to poorly written or copied articles.
Article marketing is a terrific way of providing a service to readers, while establishing yourself as an expert in your field. Or at least a helpful source of information. Give people something and they will want to give something back. In internet marketing, as in all things, remember to take the honorable path, as all else will come back to haunt you.
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Mar 25
A sheriff accused of roughly evicting a deaf and mute man from the Red Deer courthouse is no longer working for the provincial government.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/story/2012/02/16/calgary-red-deer-sheriff.html?cmp=rss
Mar 18
Hundreds of service workers at the Royal Alexandra Hospital walked off the job 7 a.m. Thursday morning in a wildcat strike.
Mar 11
The Calgary Flames will try for a fifth consecutive victory Thursday night over the Dallas Stars in the first of four meetings between the Western Conference rivals over the next 20 games.
http://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/nhl/story/2012/02/16/sp-nhl-flames-stars-preview.html?cmp=rss
Mar 4
The mother of 17-year-old Brittney McInnes told a packed Calgary courtroom during victim impact statements Wednesday she feels guilty for allowing the teen’s stepfather and murderer, Bradley Rietze, into their lives.
Feb 27
Some health workers at the Rockyview General Hospital are joining an illegal strike, supporting their Alberta Union of Provincial Employees colleagues in Edmonton who are already off the job.