Entries for May, 2011

Hashman built many of Calgary’s landmarks

Many people are remembered as ones who built Calgary, but Sam Hashman holds particular claim to that title. The planetarium. Mount Royal College. Westbrook Mall and Marlborough Mall. Royal Bank Building. Calgary Place, whose 31 storeys made it the city’s tallest in the late 1960s. He’d started Hashman Construction in 1950, a 21-year-old with a [...]

Firm Order Backlog Now in Excess of US$ 1.3 billion

FOLLOWS NEW ORDERS FOR LONG-RANGE & NEXT GENERATION BOMBARDIER AIRCRAFT ORDERS FOLLOW STRATEGIC DECISION IN Q4 2010 TO EXPAND MARKET-LEADING POSTION ACROSS BRINC* COUNTRIES AND FAST-GROWTH DEVELOPING MARKETS… …CONFIRMING RELEVANCE OF VISTAJET’S BUSINESS MODEL ACROSS FAST-GROWTH MARKETS… …AND REINFORCING VISTAJET’S MARKET POSITION IN PRIVATE BUSINESS AVIATION AND AS THE LARGEST OPERATOR OUTSIDE OF THE US [...]