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  • Mar 7, 2024 | blog.share.org | Tom Ross |Peter Wassel

    The invention of Common Business Oriented Language (COBOL), a compiled English-like computer programming language, did not mark the end of its evolution. Like the wheel has evolved since its invention around 3,500 BCE, COBOL has evolved from its most basic iterations into the more mobile COBOL of today. Too often invention and innovation are considered synonymous, leaving many to believe that technology is only the latest software and hardware made visible to the market.

  • Sep 26, 2023 | cbc.ca | Tom Ross

    Legal costs to blame for high auto insurance in Alberta: Insurance Bureau of Canada | CBC News LoadedCalgary·NewFor many years, Alberta has been among the priciest provinces in Canada when it comes to car insurance rates. This has continued to worsen over the last five years and a new report suggests that legal costs are largely to blame.

  • Aug 11, 2023 | cbc.ca | Tom Ross

    CalgaryA major intersection in Calgary's East Village will be closed through most of the fall as crews relocate utilities as part of the LRT project. Work expected to last through much of the fall and finish before end of 2023 · CBC News ·  A major intersection in Calgary's East Village is closed for work related to the Green Line LRT.

  • Aug 11, 2023 | cbc.ca | Tom Ross

    CalgaryAhead of the start of a two year timber harvest in Kananaskis, environmental groups hope people can convince the province to rethink the decision due to potential wildlife impacts. 1,100 hectares of forest will be harvested in two year operation near Highwood River · CBC News · Starting this fall, a timber harvest will begin in an area of Kananaskis Country in southwest Alberta and it is sparking worries among some environmentalists.

  • Aug 9, 2023 | cbc.ca | Tom Ross

    As the Canmore Folk Music Festival was approaching its conclusion on Monday, organizers were faced with a tough choice. Huddled together backstage, festival director Jenna Klein-Waller and others were tracking a major storm moving right toward the mountain town west of Calgary. As the music was still playing, they realized a difficult decision had to be made in the interest of safety.

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