Rushmila Rahman

Imagine winning a Limited Entry Hunting draw that allows you to go shoot a caribou in B.C.’s Itcha mountain range. That would mean driving 10 hours from Vancouver, jumping on a Beaver float plane and getting dropped off in the...

For Alex Cristall, who recalls Vancouver’s Jewish Community Centre (JCC) being a big part of his formative years, it’s the “community” part of the centre that resonates with him the most. “The JCC welcomes everyone in the city and province,” he...

Mother-daughter duo Gabriela Schonbach and Amanda Giannakos channelled their passion for yoga and wellness into a COVID project back in 2020: Movement by NM. They started the subscription-based platform to blend “art, fitness and life” for $15/month or $99/year. Members...

Kathleen Reid caught the entrepreneurial bug early. She claims to always have been “that kid”: the one who had a babysitting club, did the lemonade stand and shovelled walks on snow days. Now, after nine years as the founder and...

When you give your bar a name like “The Narrow” you know what kind of a place you want it to be. Which is why, despite its reputation for chaos and insanity, founder David Duprey has been able to maintain...

Growing up watching his dad build houses for a living, Harv Sidhu had higher ambitions—quite literally. “At a very young age, I told my dad, I'm going to build towers, even though my dad was building houses,” he says with...

Life in B.C. is great—cool mountains, good food and a welcoming, diverse population are attractive enough features to convince anyone that it’s the place to be in Canada. But is it actually possible to live here? Well, for some. But based...

So you're part of the BIPOC or immigrant community looking to make a living in B.C. Where do you start? Entrepreneurship is exciting and scary, but British Columbians are all about it. Of the five-plus million people in the province, one...

If you thought the world of technology was stagnating, think twice. This year we saw creative ideas of all sizes sparking up B.C.’s position as a hub for innovation and crystallizing faith in the province’s talent pool. From edtech and...

Alexander Dungate got hooked onto fishing at a very young age. “My first introduction to it was with my great uncle John, who was a lifetime fisherman and Captain,” he remembers of his time growing up on Vancouver Island. “I...

Steven Burton felt like he was dying. The Vancouverite had several bouts with food poisoning throughout his life, but that first one in 1980 Egypt had him lose 30 pounds to the bug. Later on, when he had children who also...

This year, we focus on those who have taken on new roles at the top of an organization recently, and quiz them about the changing landscape of leadership. On his first day as CEO of the British Columbia Lottery Corporation, Pat...