+ You can’t get lucky if you don’t take action. The best opportunity in the world is just a missed opportunity if you don’t grab it. – James Clear
+ Without laughter, the rough and rocky places on the path might be too painful to bear. Humour not only lightens your load, it also broadens your perspective. To be deadly serious, is to suffer tunnel vision. To be able to laugh at yourself clears the vision. – George Leonard
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+ Todd Schulte to Interim CEO @ Dye & Durham Limited~ If you know of other people moves in Calgary-impact organizations and/or would like us to consider your announcement, send your appointment notices to kolke@facilitycalgary.com ]
REMEMBRANCE
+ Al Owen; Edmonton entrepreneur, oriented strand board pioneer, yacht-preneur, hotelier, and philanthropist; 95
+ mental health index – TELUS Mental Health Index: Cost-of-living is the number one financial stress for 63 per cent of workers in Canada as financial anxiety hits workplace productivity
+ Alberta fire risk ... 2 of 3 active Alberta fires is under control; 1 is being held, 2 are under control, and none are out of control; Alberta totals for 2026 to date: 726 fires extinguished / 17,740 hectares of forest burned
+ Anthropic is laying the groundwork for a Canadian data centre buildout, with a second hiring notice pointing to Alberta as its first identifiable target market. The developer of the Claude artificial intelligence models is recruiting a compute country lead to oversee “site selection”
~ capacity, power, and continuity matter in a ‘huge’ way to users and therefore must matter to data center operators and their suppliers of power. Growing NIMBY reactions and government/regulators conscious of pressure on energy costs combine to make this burgeoning industry of significant concern for everyone.
~ the importance of agriculture is fundamental to Calgary and the history of Alberta’s pioneering spirit; we’re now covering news items that fit this category, impacting Albertans – not just Calgary; we will also include news items from other parts of Canada for this section.
~ the growth of defence, aviation and space related business in Calgary is on-the-grow so we’ve begun covering news items that fit this category and Alberta – not just Calgary and we will include news items from other parts of Canada that connect to this sector
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