Ambassadors program revived

The International Ambassadors Program is back in the business of attracting business.

Launched about three years ago, the program was created to support Central Alberta: Access Prosperity in its mandate of supporting local businesses, attracting investment from international businesses, and promoting business-to-business relationships that benefit the region.

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U.S. ambassador assures Canadian oil producers

CALGARY — The United States will continue to import Canadian crude oil even if it succeeds in winning net energy self-sufficiency as predicted, its ambassador to Canada assured a Calgary crowd on Friday.

David Jacobsen, representative of the U.S. in Canada for the past three and a half years, said he doesn’t see an end to two-way energy trade between the countries that now exceeds $100 billion per year.

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