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It isn’t every day you get to chase a talk by a best-selling author with some of the world’s best whiskies. More than 200 people recently had that privilege when they gathered at the Imperial Vancouver for the latest instalment of the Be Wise Speaker Series & Whisky Festival. The event...
Originally from South Africa, Craig Daniell swapped life in New York City to work in animal welfare in Ontario and B.C. With his charity’s Offleashed fundraising gala fast approaching this month, the BC SPCA chief executive talks about being a risk taker and why he’s always hoping to do himself out of a job…
A sold-out crowd of 375 guests gathered for an intimate fundraiser for Glow, a gala benefiting BC Women’s Hospital Foundation, at the Pan Pacific Hotel on October 13. Presented by Telus, the evening featured a performance by B.C. superstar Michael...
Over 430 guests attended an elegant evening October 11 to help dreams come true for the kids of Ronald McDonald House BC and Yukon. Beedie was presenting sponsor for the event, held at the JW Marriott Parq Vancouver. Guests entered the...
More than 1,200 people attended the EY Entrepreneur Of The Year Awards at the Vancouver Convention Centre on September 25. Entrepreneur Of The Year (EOY) is an annual global awards program administered by Ernst & Young (EY). Every year an impressive...
For the fourth time in his 20-year career, David Shepheard has set up a film commission office from scratch. The British transplant landed in Vancouver from London in late 2016 as one of only 350 film commissioners worldwide, to promote...
The fall after he graduated from the University of St. Andrews in Scotland with an MA in economics, Peter Muench started work as an associate at the Vancouver branch of Toronto-based real estate giant Colliers International. That was five years...
Tiffany Ottahal, a working mother of two children aged three and one, knows how lucky she is. Her son and daughter are in licensed child care, and she and her husband own, together with the bank, the roof over their...
1. What’s the challenge in taking over from Bill Millerd, who was at the Arts Club for 47 years?I would say it’s not a challenge; it’s an amazing opportunity. Bill’s created this fantastic legacy. The Arts Club is an incredibly vibrant...
Some 200 guests attended the White Envelope Event at the West Vancouver waterfront home of Obakki Foundation founder Treana Peake and her husband, Ryan, on August 28. The evening, which raised more than $450,000, included a backyard acoustic stage with celebrity friends...