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“Survival” has taken on a different meaning in the past couple of months, and a well-known B.C. company that uses the word in its name has pivoted accordingly. Burnaby-based Mustang Survival has been creating high-end outerwear, life-jackets and other gear...
Sue Paish sums up the Canada’s Technology Supercluster quite simply. “We solve big problems, and we do it quickly,” says the CEO of the B.C.-based, federal government–funded outfit, which brings together organizations in different industries across the country in the...
You can’t have a beer in Electric Bicycle Brewing’s colourful tasting room right now, but the brewery hasn’t shuttered operations. Besides opening an online store where customers can grab hazy pale ales and IPAs, the East Vancouver outfit has pivoted...
“I’ve never been in the business of forecasting, but now even less so,” says Iglika Ivanova when asked about the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. “We are going to see a lot of disruption,” adds the Vancouver-based senior economist and public interest researcher with the Canadian Centre for Policy...
A graduate of Western’s Ivy Business School, Rosy Atwal worked as a brand manager for companies like Nature’s Path Foods and Sleeman Breweries before she founded wellness outfit Maple Organics in 2016. The Surrey-based business, which dubs itself Canada’s “first organic pharmaceutical...
A chartered professional accountant by trade, Suzanne Siemens founded Lunapads (since renamed Aisle) with fashion designer Madeleine Shaw in 2000 to produce and market a sustainable collection of menstrual products, including washable cloth menstrual pads and period underwear. The pair were far ahead...
Gather ’round, ladies and gents! You sir, with your thumbs hooked into the belt loops of your dungarees! Come on in, get a little closer. We’re all friends, right? And as your friend, it is a true honour to share...
BCBusiness + Orchard Recovery Center These behaviours—along with workplace injuries, accidents, and emotional instability—are all potential effects of addiction in the workplace. But there is nothing to be gained from letting go of an otherwise good person and employee. Firing someone...
BCBusiness + Pollock Clinic For more than 25 years, Dr. Neil Pollock and the team at Pollock Clinics have been assisting men of all ages improve their sexual wellness. But Pollock hasn’t just worked in this industry—he has changed it fundamentally with a number of proprietary treatments and techniques that continue...
BCBusiness + BC Perio Whether following celebrity trends or following your heart, you want to look your best—and there is nothing like a beautiful smile to help create a sense of confidence and readiness to face the world. “Hollywood smiles” is a term used for what most people perceive to be...