Influential Albertans make for an interesting mix in Alberta Venture

Anti-censorship crusader (and ex-editor of the ex-Western Standard magazine) Ezra Levant, shares the honour of being named among the top 50 most influential people in Alberta with Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Rick George, CEO of Suncor Energy Inc. (cover subject, seen at right).

The profiles of the 50 are published in the July issue of Alberta Venture magazine. Among the others selected by the magazine -- a somewhat eclectic mix -- are: neuroscientist Bruce McNaughton, telecommunications mogul Jim Shaw, culture donors Prem & Saroj Singhmar and Iris Evans, Alberta's finance minister. The complete list is available on the magazine's website.

"Some of these people are well known, some less so, but they all have done something over the past year that really says something about Alberta at this time. They are a testament to the diversity of this place we call home," says editor Michael McCullough.