David Parker

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Parker’s Pen – June 2025 - Business In Calgary

1 month ago | businessincalgary.com | David Parker

I’m sure glad we took the opportunity to enjoy some incredible overseas vacations, providing stored up memories of Italy, Spain, Portugal and France.
Parker’s Pen – May 2025 - Business In Calgary

2 months ago | businessincalgary.com | David Parker

I looked up the word ‘statesman’ during this past election campaign, and found that a statesman is a wise person, skilled, experienced and a respected political leader. By the time this column is printed it will be all over in Canada, but to my mind neither political party leader came anywhere near to being called a statesman. Lacking experience for the job, and certainly guilty of showing no respect for their opponent, in fact being quite rude. Where do you find a statesman today?
518. Resting State EEG Impairments in 22q11.2 Deletion Syndrome

2 months ago | biologicalpsychiatryjournal.com | David Parker |Gabrielle Ruban |Brett Henshey |Nicholas Massa

22q11.2 deletion syndrome (22q11DS) is one of the most robust genetic predictors of psychosis and other psychiatric illnesses. Resting-state neural oscillations have been implicated in psychosis syndromes and are associated with excitatory and inhibitory imbalances involving NMDA and GABAergic neurotransmission. We examined both periodic (rhythmic) and aperiodic (ongoing) neural activity across frequency bands in 22q11DS.
Parker’s Pen – April 2025 - Business In Calgary

Mar 31, 2025 | businessincalgary.com | David Parker

Hard to believe that the Ottmann brothers have been publishing Business in Calgary for 35 years, and that I have had the privilege of knowing them for almost all of that time. We first met when I was with Calgary Economic Development Authority when it was located on the fourth floor of the Burns Building, across from City Hall. Naturally, interested in Calgary’s businesses, I went through the building introducing myself to the other tenants to find out what they were all about.
Parker’s Pen – March 2025 - Business In Calgary

Feb 28, 2025 | businessincalgary.com | David Parker

I’ve been very lucky in not being too much of a burden on our health care system, but the unfortunate experience of visiting the Rockyview Hospital daily for nine weeks was a real eye opener to some of the problems I have read about in Letters to the Editor. Neatly made-up gurneys are lined up every night awaiting emergency arrivals. We arrived at 3:30 p.m. and guess we weren’t classed as a real emergency as we didn’t get to see a doctor until 7:40 p.m. From then on, the attention was great.
Competition | Win an Esse 1 stove worth £695

Feb 19, 2025 | theprizefinder.com | David Parker

Combining style, environmental responsibility and over 170 years of experience, ESSE stoves are something to get fired up aboutMarch can be a funny old month, and the weather is often reliably unreliable, as the adage suggests – in like a lion and out like a lamb. But despite spring sending snippets of brighter and warmer days, we know that once the sun goes down, the chill will return.
Parker’s Pen – February 2025 - Business In Calgary

Jan 31, 2025 | businessincalgary.com | David Parker

Don’t want to put a downer on this new year, but elections always mean an extra expense. In an attempt to back the right horse, many businesses will put money on all of the legitimate candidates for fear of not being recognized by the winner. One of my last emails of 2024 was reminding me that I could make a donation before the end of the year. Sorry, but the request fell on deaf ears.
Parker’s Pen – December 2024 - Business In Calgary

Nov 30, 2024 | businessincalgary.com | David Parker

Sad to see the Famous Five uprooted from Olympic Plaza; they have served as an inspirational reminder of their courage in the fight to achieve women’s rights. A tribute visited by thousands of tourists over the past 25 years, giving voice to a cause while becoming one of this city’s must-see attractions. They really should remain on that site. Why didn’t CMLC think to mention to the out-of-town designers of the new urban park the importance of incorporating the statues into any new plan?
Parker’s Pen – November 2024 - Business In Calgary

Oct 31, 2024 | businessincalgary.com | David Parker

I’m not very good at listening to politicians, so when I settled down to listen to Premier Smith at a Canadian Club luncheon, I expected to hear the usual puffery and make-me-feel-good-about-living-here stuff. But as she went on, I must say I became more and more impressed with her delivery and plans for the future of this province. So why, a few days later, did she give her faithful such a slap in pandering to a small faction in suggesting she would promote the right to bear firearms.
Parker’s Pen – October 2024 - Business In Calgary

Sep 30, 2024 | businessincalgary.com | David Parker

The more I read about the Excited States of America, the happier I am that I chose Canada to be my escape from England. In a country where it’s easy for anyone to wander into a store and buy a gun designed not to shoot game for dinner, but to kill human beings, children are being sheltered from reading The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. Mark Twain’s beloved book that has certainly stood the test of time, is on the new list of books banned in Florida schools.