BC Business
These are the stories our readers clicked on the most in the year that was
There’s always some ooh-ing and aah-ing involved when the time comes to compile this list (mostly from me). We’ve done it before and we’re doing it again—from industries spanning finance, government, retail and tourism, these are the top 10 stories that resonated with you (our readers) the most this year.
Let’s get to it.
What BCBusiness editor-in-chief Nathan Caddell witnessed at a BC United Party press conference in August was stranger than fiction. He reports what he overhead Kevin Falcon (loudly) telling the party’s MLAs.
The 2023 WOTY Awards was on our list last year, and its reappearance on this year’s list confirms what we already knew: the competition’s popularity has not changed one bit. We were so impressed by the applications we received for our 2024 competition that we expanded the list of recipients from 15 to 21. These are the winners and finalists.
Like many Canadians, writer Ryan Stuart grew up shopping at MEC. So when he heard that the outdoor retail brand was opening a new store in B.C., he decided to analyze the twists and turns the company has taken over the years. This is Stuart’s deep dive on MEC’s journey back to profitability.
In 2024, we presented one of the biggest features we’ve ever done on EY’s Entrepreneur of the Year – Pacific Region program by celebrating 36 people from 27 different organizations in B.C. The stories we spotlight in this package point to what the future holds for industries ranging from tech, health and education to insurance, real estate and construction.
Riley Webster digs into how Pitt Meadows-based Hopcott Farms cares for its community.
Michael McCullough has been a contributor and sometime staff member of BCBusiness since 1991. In this finance story on Aritzia, he takes stock of the Vancouver-based fashion retailer’s performance in the market.
This story on the sisterhood of the Oliver Osoyoos Wine Country (the women behind the Okanagan’s wine industry) has been on our list of most popular BCBusiness stories since we published the story in May. Click to read about winemakers like Val Tait, Catherine Coulombe, Danielle Dhaliwal and more.
B.C.’s young guns are pushing the province forward—even in one of the toughest economic climates of our time. We love to tell their stories.
We ranked B.C.’s biggest companies by revenue (as well as industry) and took the liberty of analyzing top revenue winners and losers of the year.
Longtime contributor Charlene Rooke took her travel column to new heights this year. Her article pitting YVR against Singapore’s Changi Airport (and recommending Seray’s sleepwear for planes and hotel) turned out to be the most-read BCBusiness story of 2024. Check it out.