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  • Marcone Investigates Ep. 6: How minimum wage laws destroy jobs

    Minimum wage is jumping to $15/hour in Alberta and Ontario, which will be devastating for lesser skilled workers, teenagers and small businesses in Canada. In the sixth episode of Marcone Investigates, we explain why minimum wage laws directly harm the very people they intend to help. * The $100/hour minimum wage thought experiment is not…

  • Marcone Investigates Ep 5: Testing the Wim Hof Method in -39C

    In the fifth episode of Marcone Investigates, I teach Jordan Maskell how to use the Wim Hof breathing method to trigger the release of adrenaline and survive the extreme cold. Wim’s method is the first to show conclusive proof that we have the ability to strengthen and influence our own immune systems, allowing us to…

  • Three day canoe trip with the Dene Tha: Habay to Meander River, Alberta

    Ahead of the Dene Tha Annual Assembly in Meander River, Alberta in June 2017, a group of 21 people took part in a traditional cultural canoe trip, which dates back hundreds of years. For the first time, we had the amazing honour of capturing this experience and being a part of the trip, which was…

  • Mackenzie County considering surveillance cameras

    By: Matthew Marcone Mackenzie County’s administration has been asked to gather information and cost estimates to install video surveillance cameras, which was presented at a regular council meeting on November 7, 2017. Doug Munn, Director of Community Services, said that ten cameras could be installed for $53,000 but hat the cost can vary depending on…

  • La Crete Sawmills: How lumber products are made!

    We take a tour through La Crete Sawmills in northwestern Alberta, Canada, a company that employs over 100 people. Here we were taken through the entire process of how lumber products are made; from harvesting to shipping.

  • Marcone’s Mind: Free Trade trumps protectionism

    “It’s an interesting thing, in times of war, we blockade our enemies from getting goods from us. In times of peace, we do to ourselves by tariffs what we do to our enemy in times of war.” By: Matthew Marcone The Trump Administration’s decision to slap a 20 per cent tariff on Canadian Lumber has…

  • James and the North Shore: A bio on one of Canada’s up and coming bands

    By: Matthew Marcone James and the North Shore is a Canadian band performing in the Okanogan, Shushwap, British Columbia area and they have recently returned from their first cross country tour Their style is a combination of Alt/folk, alt/country and alt/pop. basically twangy make out songs for sad people,” said lead songwriter, rhythm guitarist and…

  • Entrepreneur sees THCK as $1 billion business

    By: Matthew Marcone When Principal Consultant with BizFix Solutions Eric Duffus decided to become a partner in THCK, nobody would accuse him of thinking small. “We’re not a bunch of jokers growing weed in someone’s basement,” said Duffus. “It’s a legi timate operation and we’re trying to make a $1 billion company with this. We…

  • Unified 32 Live from Edmonton: Play-by-Play

    Liberty Multimedia is live at Unified MMA 32 in Edmonton at The Royal Palace. We’ll be updating live play by play as the fights develop and also doing exclusive post-event coverage with the fighters. Stay tuned…   Fight #1: Cam MacDonald vs Dallyn Wirachowsky (lightweight) Round 1: Cam MacDonald is making his pro MMA debut…

  • Marcone’s Mind: Mistaken for a sex predator!

    I’ve got a wild personal story for you that I’ve been eager to write about publicly for a few weeks. I’ve been mistaken for someone else in one of the weirdest possible ways, and it has been a major test to my philosophy that, “it doesn’t matter what other people think, so long as I…