Jacob Parry

Coast Capital, London Drugs and the BCGEU are sounding the alarm and throwing their heft behind Pink Shirt Day in support of the CKNW Orphans’ Fund. The annual anti-bullying event began in 2007 when two Grade 12 students at a high school in Cambridge, Nova Scotia, witnessed a group of kids...

The so-called "raw material" of the 20th century bears big promises, but where does the hype end and its practical use begin? And how much private information do we want ending up on a startup's server? Held Tuesday at SFU’s Segal Graduate School of Business, Vancouver’s first Open Data Summit addressed the opportunities...

Tesla Motors, the American electric-car manufacturer, is coming to the Lower Mainland. Growing consumer interest in going electric, pro electric vehicle municipal and provincial policies and the fall retail launch of the all-electric Model S sedan all mark Tesla’s move into the B.C. auto market. Nappa leather interiors, a 17-inch touchscreen...

Whether it's a two-day refresher course to a two-year degree, going back to school has never made more sense. If you’re considering upping your business cred, gone are the days when your choices were a matchbook correspondence course or a two-year commitment to classrooms and textbooks. Local options today range from two- to three-day executive education courses, to one- and two-year master’s programs delivered full- or part-time, on campus or wherever you’re able to log on. And if mobile learning is your...