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Alberta Stock Exchange
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The Alberta Stock Exchange was incorporated on October 25, 1913 by an act of the Province of Alberta. It began operations in 1914 in the Lougheed Building, 604-1st Street SW, Calgary, with Edmund Taylor as the first president. It has always been closely linked with the province's oil and gas industry, and has been the principal petroleum industry exchange in Canada.

It ceased operations from 1917 to 1925, partly as a result of the war, and when it reopened in 1926 it was renamed the Calgary Stock Exchange. In 1975 the name changed again to the Alberta Stock Exchange. The rules and regulations of ASE are modeled on those of the Toronto Stock Exchange. It is currently located at 300-5th Avenue SW, Calgary. In 1999 the exchange merged with the Vancouver Stock Exchange.

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Alberta Cooperative Sugar Beet Growers was established in Lethbridge, Alberta in 1925, the same year in which the Canadian Sugar Factories Ltd. factory was built in Raymond. The first president was Arthur Dahl. The name was changed to the Alberta Sugar Beet Growers' Association in 1941 and to Alberta Sugar Beet Growers' Marketing Board in 1984. The association serves the sugar beet growing areas of southern Alberta, including Bow Island, Coaldale, Diamond City, Iron Springs, Lethbridge, Magrath, Picture Butte Raymond and Taber. Concerns of the association have included the lack of workers for this labour-intensive industry, poor relations with the sugar refineries, and the lack of a national sugar policy. During the Second World War large numbers of interned Japanese and German prisoners of war were used as labour, and in more recent years First Nations peoples from Western Canada have been employed. ASBG has had close links with the Canadian Sugar Beet Producers' Association, the presidency of the latter being rotated among the provincial organizations. By the 2000s ASBG was the sole remaining member of the CSBPA.

Alberta Sulphate
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Alberta Sulphate Ltd. of Calgary, Alberta was incorporated in 1968. Eric Harvie was involved as an investor and director.

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The Alberta Table Tennis Association, based in Calgary, was incorporated under the Societies Act in 1970. It had affiliated clubs in Edmonton, Calgary, Lethbridge, Brooks, Smoky Lake and Okotoks. Table tennis was one of the games at the 1984 Alberta Winter Games, held in the Crowsnest Pass.

Alberta Theatre Projects
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Alberta Theatre Projects of Calgary, Alberta was founded as a non-profit organization in 1972. It has evolved from a small group of artists to an established company in the Canadian theatre scene. Its founding members were Douglas Riske, artistic director, and Lucille Wagner, managing director. Paddy Campbell provided many original children's works for the company. In 1983 the two directors' positions were merged into one producing director, filled by Michael Dobbin, who continued in this capacity until 1999. The original mandate was to use new work to bring Canadian history to life for young people. The Theatre-in-Education division of ATP was established in coordination with the Calgary Public and Separate School Boards. The mandate was expanded in 1973 to include an adult subscription season with emphasis on new Canadian works. ATP operated at the Canmore Opera House in Heritage Park until 1984, when it moved to the Martha Cohen Theatre in the Calgary Centre for Performing Arts. In 1987 it began PlayRites, a mid-winter festival of new works by Canadian playwrights. For further information see Zina Barnieh's article, "Alberta Theatre Projects", in The Oxford Companion to Canadian Theatre / Eugene Benson and L.W. Connolly, eds. -- Toronto : Oxford University Press, 1989, p. 12-13.

Alberta Theatres Association
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The Alberta Theatres Association was formed in 1943 to represent the majority of motion picture theatres in the province. Members included the Alberta Independent Theatre Exhibitors Organization, Edmonton Theatres Association and Calgary Motion Pictures Exhibitors Association as well as individual theatre owners in the province. The first president was Matt Park of Wetaskiwin, and the first secretary was Roy Chown of Calgary. During the 1940s the association lobbied the government about regulations affecting theatre projectionists and the wartime amusement tax. The association was a member of the National Committee of Motion Picture Exhibitors' Association of Canada.

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The Alberta Thoroughbred Horse Association was established in 1917 to promote the improvement of the breed in the province. The association was incorporated in 1953.