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I started [wrestling] when I was 13, my first year in high school, and I was terrible, lost every single match, about 30 of them. I was going to quit and not show up for the next year, but a...
Once again it’s time for something that’s become a rite of passage for the local technology sector: the British Columbia Innovation Council’s Ignite Awards. BCBusiness is a media sponsor of the event, which takes place on Wednesday, March 28, at Telus...
It’s business as usual at Roundhouse Radio. Jody Vance is taking calls on the #MeToo movement, the conversation turning to Louis CK and men who masturbate in public. In the lobby, local restaurateur and Top Chef Canada alum Trevor Bird...
That’s how much the average British Columbian in a 2017 Ipsos poll said they expected to lay out for their family over March break—the highest spend in the country, more than 50 percent above the national average. But the big...
A sold-out crowd of 350 guests attended the fifth annual Children’s Wish Foundation’s Night of Wonders Gala at the London Aviation Centre on March 8. Presented by Pacific Blue Cross, the live and silent auctions raised a record-setting $550,000 to enable...
Today’s Vancouver Whitecaps FC shares a name with the soccer club that Rachel Lewis joined in 2003, but the similarities end there. Back then, the Whitecaps were in the second division of the United Soccer Leagues (USL) and had four...
A sold-out crowd of over 400 wine lovers attended the 30th annual Bacchanalia Gala + Auction at the Fairmont Hotel Vancouver on February 24, raising $225,000 for beneficiary Bard on the Beach Shakespeare Festival. The evening began with a Cava...
Willie Mitchell jovially recounts sitting in Hot Springs Cove near Tofino on a Valentine’s Day shortly before asking his future wife, Megan, to marry him. Having flown up early to beat the crowds to the popular spot on the west...
Over 630 business owners attended the 15th annual Small Business BC Awards Gala at the Vancouver Convention Centre on February 23. The gala, which was sponsored by Canada Post and emcee’d by TV personality Erin Cebula, celebrated the best of...
A sold-out crowd of 650 symphony lovers came together for the 28th annual Vancouver Symphony Ball at the Vancouver Convention Centre on February 22, raising over $790,000 for the program and music education of the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra. The evening...