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In many executive offices, the desk dominates the space. Frank Palmer’s is in a corner, facing a wall of windows overlooking downtown Vancouver. A thick three-ring binder of colour printouts sits on a coffee table between two couches. Genial and...
Like all entrepreneurs, Nicole Smith is at the front line of seeking funds for her business. We’re meeting in Vancouver between her appeal at the Forum for Women Entrepreneurs’ Pitch for the Purse competition (after skipping breakfast with a “nervous...
An Abbotsford industrial office park flanked by a diesel truck repair shop, a towing company and a granite fabricator is hardly the place you’d expect to find some of the heaviest hitters in music. Hang around awhile, though, and you...
More than 800 attended the sold-out 2018 BCBusiness Top 100 event at the Fairmont Hotel Vancouver on June 28. The afternoon began with a stand-up networking luncheon followed by an interview with Goldcorp chairman and director Ian Telfer with Canada Wide...
More than 200 people attended the Diabetes Canada Midsummer’s Eve gala on June 20. Held at the new Polygon Gallery on North Vancouver's Lonsdale Quay and presented by the Sandman Hotel Group, the event raised over $111,000 for diabetes research. Celebrating...
More than 540 guests attended the 3rd annual Canucks Autism Network (CAN) Reveal Gala at Rogers Arena on June 9, raising more than $1.1 million for families living with autism in B.C. The arena was transformed into “St. Tropez” with...
Over 240 business, community and social leaders attended the 28th annual Face the World gala at Jacqui Cohen’s Point Grey waterfront home with special guest and legendary singer Sir Tom Jones. The event, held on June 4, raised more than...
More than 500 guests attended the Heart of Gold Gala at Parq Vancouver on June 1. Presented by Goldcorp in support of the Heart and Stroke Foundation, the event raised over $900,000 to support women’s heart and brain health. The evening...
1. How would you rate the NDP government so far, and why? They’re showing themselves to be erratic and not well prepared to govern. They just did a complete revision on their speculation tax because they figured out they hadn’t...
More than 900 guests, including past and present inductees, attended the BC Sports Hall of Fame Induction Gala at Parq Vancouver on May 31. Presented by Victory Square Technologies, the event raised over $180,000. The evening of sport celebration and recognition...