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Piikani Nation and Karoleena Homes Pave Way for Sustainable Modular Buildings

At last year’s Home and Garden show, Terry Metatawabin, a First Nation Eastern Cree man who specializes in First Nation project development, stumbled upon the Karoleena Homes display of durable, modular homes. He immediately saw the potential for this innovative business to improve housing conditions for First Nations peoples. The company’s high-end modular homes are built at an environmentally controlled manufacturing-site, limiting both debris and construction time. Plus, the homes are equipped with steel framing and are...

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Piikani Nation and Karoleena Homes Pave Way for Sustainable Modular Buildings

At last year’s Home and Garden show, Terry Metatawabin, a First Nation Eastern Cree man who specializes in First Nation project development, stumbled upon the Karoleena Homes display of durable, modular homes. He immediately saw the potential for this innovative business to improve housing conditions for First Nations peoples. The company’s high-end modular homes are built at an environmentally controlled manufacturing-site, limiting both debris and construction time. Plus, the homes are equipped with steel framing and are...

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UEnd Poverty Drives for 5,000 Members During Holiday Season

If you’re looking for a gift that will keep on giving without being re-gifted, then look into buying your loved one a year-long membership to UEnd poverty’s U:Powered program. UEnd Founder and CEO — and 2009 Top 40 Under 40 alumni — Jay Baydala is trying to recruit 5,000 micro-philanthropists willing to dish out $5 a month so UEnd can hire some full-time staff, lease an office space, upgrade their website...

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Zahra Al-Harazi named Chatelaine’s Woman of the Year

In August, we announced Top 40 Under 40 2009 alumnus Zahra Al-Harazi, creative director and partner of the design firm Foundry Creative, was a nominee for the Top Entrepreneurs category of Chatelaine’s Women of the Year awards. Al-Harazi’s hard work and dedication to her company has paid...

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Zahra Al-Harazi named Chatelaine’s Woman of the Year

In August, we announced Top 40 Under 40 2009 alumnus Zahra Al-Harazi, creative director and partner of the design firm Foundry Creative, was a nominee for the Top Entrepreneurs category of Chatelaine’s Women of the Year awards. Al-Harazi’s hard work and dedication to her company has paid...

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Zahra Al-Harazi named Chatelaine’s Woman of the Year

In August, we announced Top 40 Under 40 2009 alumnus Zahra Al-Harazi, creative director and partner of the design firm Foundry Creative, was a nominee for the Top Entrepreneurs category of Chatelaine’s Women of the Year awards. Al-Harazi’s hard work and dedication to her company has paid...

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Chris Turner Takes the Leap in His New Book

In 2007, Chris Turner released The Geography of Hope: A Tour of the World We Need, a national bestselling book about green technologies and policies around the world. In 2009, he was one of the people who founded CivicCamp, a community building workshop. These two achievements led to Turner becoming a Top 40 Under 40 in 2009. Now, two years after becoming a Top 40, Turner has...

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Chris Turner Takes the Leap in His New Book

In 2007, Chris Turner released The Geography of Hope: A Tour of the World We Need, a national bestselling book about green technologies and policies around the world. In 2009, he was one of the people who founded CivicCamp, a community building workshop. These two achievements led to Turner becoming a Top 40 Under 40 in 2009. Now, two years after becoming a Top 40, Turner has...

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Chris Turner Takes the Leap in His New Book

In 2007, Chris Turner released The Geography of Hope: A Tour of the World We Need, a national bestselling book about green technologies and policies around the world. In 2009, he was one of the people who founded CivicCamp, a community building workshop. These two achievements led to Turner becoming a Top 40 Under 40 in 2009. Now, two years after becoming a Top 40, Turner has...

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Village Brewery to give back to Calgary

Jim Button is a marketing dynamo who over his 14 year career in Calgary has worked with such big name clients as Molson Brewery, Big Rock Brewery and Tourism Calgary. We inducted Button into the Top 40 Under 40 in 1999 and he has been on the judge’s panel numerous times since, helping us to select several Top 40 Under 40 classes. Button is an admitted beer nerd, which shows in his work history. His first job in advertising was at MacLaren Lintas where he bought TV ads for Molson Brewery. In...

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