Recent law grad working in Calgary Big Law...
Can't really give you much advice on the small to mid-size firms; from what I've seen, the Calgary market is still pretty good, but has slowed a few notches from the scorching pace of 2-3 years ago. The income trust ruling and the Alberta royalties issue has put a dent into things, but there is still lots of work to go around.
Good luck with finding articles and have fun with CPLED