Rotary Club of Calgary Downtown Luncheon with Prestige Speaker Diane Francis
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September 22, 2026
12:00 pm—1:30 pm
Fairmont Palliser Hotel
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Join Us for Our Upcoming Luncheon with Diane Francis We are pleased to welcome Diane Francis as our featured speaker. Diane Francis is an expert on Canada, the United States, Canada-US relations, Silicon Valley, future technology, geopolitics, the Ukraine-Russia conflict, Putin, energy, business, and white collar crime. Always provocative, her direct and forceful writing has established her international reputation in covering the personalities, trends, and financial backstories that affect companies, individuals, governments and societies.
Join Us for Our Upcoming Luncheon with Diane Francis We are pleased to welcome Diane Francis as our featured speaker. Diane Francis is an expert on Canada, the United States, Canada-US relations, Silicon Valley, future technology, geopolitics, the Ukraine-Russia conflict, Putin, energy, business, and white collar crime. Always provocative, her direct and forceful writing has established her international reputation in covering the personalities, trends, and financial backstories that affect companies, individuals, governments and societies.
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