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Well, at least we can stop reading about doughnuts and royals. (Still very much down for royal doughnuts, though.) In case you haven’t heard, Uber and Lyft have arrived in B.C. (well, at least in Vancouver)! Get ready to be subjected to...
Do you remember that old Rolaids commercial? “How do you spell relief?” “R-O-L-A-I-D-S.” What a great campaign. I still recall it vividly it after all these years. Recently I was out for a coffee with a friend I hadn’t seen in ages. We both...
Dan Eisenhardt has led a few lives. After growing up a competitive swimmer in Aalborg, Denmark, Eisenhardt earned a scholarship to Indian River College in Florida, where he won NJCAA All-American honours. Spending a couple of years in the States, he went...
Have a dresser you want to send to Kelowna as your niece moves into her first apartment? In Manning Park and forgot your ski poles? As it stands, no dice: shipping anything fast in that cross-section between “old” and “bulky” will cost you big—probably more than the item is worth. That...
Surprisingly, the highest-priced property to sell last week wasn't a single-family detached home. Although houses are still in demand across B.C., the most expensive was a three-bedroom, three-bathroom condo in the popular Yaletown neighbourhood in downtown Vancouver. The condo, which was built in 1995, stayed on the market for just over a...
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Our sister publication, Vancouver magazine, has once again put a call out for the best makers in the city. The second annual Made in Vancouver awards program is now accepting your entries so it can spotlight even more of our province's serious creative talent. This year...
BCBusiness + UBC Sauder School of Business UBC Sauder Executive Education has partnered with UBC Centre for Environmental Assessment Research, Warwick Business School, Oxford Institute for Energy Studies, LNG Canada and the Province of British Columbia to offer LNG in Canada: Global Challenges and Local Opportunity, an interactive 2.5-day program that...
BCBusiness + Simon Fraser University and University of British Columbia Enrolment numbers in Canadian universities have risen steadily over the past nine years averaging 3% per year between 2014 and 2019. Business and management programs continue to post the highest gains at around +5,700 per year, and these numbers tell a...
BCBusiness + AgriForce Growing Systems Ltd. The global population is expected to reach nearly 10 billion by 2050. This will place enormous pressure on countries worldwide that are facing already-inadequate food supplies, drastically declining access to arable land, and an increase...