Tannas has spent the majority of his life in High River, except for a 2-year period, where his parents served with the Canadian International Development Agency in Uganda.
Tannas also worked the local dance club scene as a DJ and was known for his sound system and light show.
[7] After leaving college, Tannas stayed in the Calgary and Banff area working in the tourism industry and taking side jobs to build up capital.
Tannas had accumulated enough capital to move back to his hometown of High River and purchased Hi-Alta Agencies, an established insurance firm in town, which had been operating since 1905.
[14] Tannas' first venture into politics was when he served as campaign manager for Ken Hughes, the Progressive Conservative MP for Macleod, in the 1993 federal election.
Tannas said that he had followed all the rules and health protocols required to undertake international travel and that he would shortly be returning to Alberta.