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.

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

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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.

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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.

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The Smalltown DJs Go Big-Time with Commonwealth Bar and Stage

Pete Emes and Mike Grimes, the duo behind Smalltown DJs, were added to our 2010 Top 40 Under 40 winners because of their impact on the local music community and their global reach achieved by playing at festivals like Lollapalooza and SXSW.

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Emily Barnett: Providing Global Exposure for Calgary Artists

Emily Barnett, the president and owner of Skew Gallery, joined Avenue's Top 40 Under 40 in 2005 for the acclaim her gallery had accumulated since opening in 2004 and for its potential to raising the profile of artists in Calgary, which is exactly what has been happening for the past six years.

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Beer Barons: Ravinder and Manjit Minhas of Minhas Craft Brewing

The craft brew trend has hit Calgary hard and hot on its heels are Ravinder and Manjit Minhas, a brother and sister duo who have made the Top 40 list in 2005 and 2007, respectively.

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Blaine Penny Creates Some Energy for Mitochondrial Disease

Those suffering from mitochondrial disease, an incurable affliction that stops the body from producing a sufficient amount of energy to sustain life, have a new beacon of hope thanks to Top 40 Under 40 alum Blaine Penny.

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Zahra Al-harazi vies for Chatelaine Woman of the Year Award

Zahra Al-harazi, the creative director and a partner at Foundry Creative is a finalist in the “Top Entrepreneurs” category for Chatelaine’s “Women of the Year” where she is up against, amongst others, Christine Magee, president and co-founder of Sleep Country Canada.

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Dr.Brad Krusky: On Fluoride in Calgary

Pediatric dentist, Dr. Brad Krusky is an Avenue Top 40 under 40 alumni from 2006. The four dentists at his practice, Pediatric Dentistry in Marda Loop, peer into the mouths of more than 15,000 kiddies each year.

We thought he’d be the perfect expert to weigh in on city council’s recent decision to eliminate fluoride from the water supply.

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