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Hundreds of service workers at the Royal Alexandra Hospital walked off the job 7 a.m. Thursday morning in a wildcat strike.
Canmore’s mayor is playing down union concerns about cuts to the town’s fire department.
More people than ever are using smart phones for everything. With our society on the go, only having a website that is optimized for a laptop or desktop is no longer good enough. If you are out on the town and trying to find a certain restaurant and pull its website up on your phone only to find that it does not load properly and constantly has you scrolling every which way, you now understand the need to have a mobile-optimized website.
If you want everyone to find you, you need to have a proper configured website. A good mobile optimized website is different than those of your original website and work better with smart phones, tablet computers or devices. They need to work for a slower processor and a smaller screen than that of your home computer or laptop. Do not assume that just young people need a good mobile website.
If you have a business, you run the risk of losing steady business without a properly optimized website geared towards mobile devices. In fact by the year 2015, a report shows that about half of our population will be accessing the internet from a mobile device, up from 25% usage now. There are many people over the age of 45 that use their smart phones and this number will double their usage of mobile internet by the year 2015.
It is highly recommended that all businesses that advertise to new customers invest in mobile web design as soon as they can. There are many offers out on the market today advertising mobile website software that are supposed to build a mobile site for you. However, it is always best to hire the best and most experienced mobile website designer.
A great mobile website designer can keep the same branding and website experience as your original site has but just have mobile-friendly. They can take a look at how your website users are currently using your website and take that equation into mind while designing a mobile optimized one. A software program cannot know what your needs are or who your targeted audience is, however a mobile optimization expert will know how to design your new mobile optimized site while keeping all of your needs in mind.
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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.
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.
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
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.
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
A family east of Calgary woke up to a bang when a set of wheels burst through their front door early Wednesday morning.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/story/2012/02/15/calgary-semi-wheels-smash-home.html?cmp=rss
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