The Vancouver Symphony Orchestra was front and centre for everyone's enjoyment at its 23rd annual Symphony Lovers' Ball. Guests indulged in fine wine and cuisine while dancing the night away to beautiful music performed by the VSO—a truly remarkable and unique experience.
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 35th annual Bacchanalia Gala dinner and auction, presented by Goldcorp Inc., is a must-do event for any serious wine collector and is attended by more than 550 guests each year. The evening provided an unparalleled opportunity to enhance one's wine cellar through auctions of rare, valuable and unusual wines, donated by some of the world’s top winemakers and private collectors.
From tech incubators feeding homegrown innovation to visionary CEOs building bridges across the Pacific, BCBusiness reveals the people behind the people—those pulling the strings for others’ success and holding sway over industries and sectors. Some of these women and men may be household names, most of them are not, but one thing is certain: you need to know them to get the job done right on the West Coast in 2013.
B.C. couples who rate high on our influencer index.
President and CEO of Army and Navy Jacqui Cohen is as philanthropic as she is glamorous. Still, she’d like to be taller. And predict the future.
Small Business B.C. and the Insurance Bureau of Canada welcomed 300 business professionals at one of the year's biggest small-business celebrations and networking events. This province-wide contest recognizes the top small businesses from across British Columbia and celebrates the important contributions of B.C.'s entrepreneurs to their local communities and the wider Canadian economy.
Watch our models transform into Christy Clark and Adrian Dix. In the coming weeks the gloves will come off as the hopefuls fight to show businesses how they'll defend a fragile economy.
If his ruddy, snow-kissed cheeks are anything to go by, Eddie Wood’s lungs are filled with nothing but pure mountain air at today’s lunch.
You made the move from Arc’teryx Equipment Inc.’s parent company, Amer Sports, which runs seven global sporting-goods brands. How has the corporate culture shifted for you, going from the international level in Finland to a Vancouver-based brand?
BCBusiness invited guests to lunch for a peek inside the March 2013 redesigned magazine, a look at the new responsive website design and daily newsletter, plus a special preview of the iPad app. Canada Wide Media chairman and CEO Peter Legge and BCBusiness editor-in-chief Tom Gierasimczuk spoke to attendees about the new era of the magazine, which has been in publication for 40 years.
On March 5, 2013, Best Buy Canada announced Ron Wilson as the company’s new president and COO, taking over for recently resigned Mike Pratt, who had held the position since 2008.
The Royal Columbian Hospital Foundation hosted its sixth annual SHINE gala, raising $280,000 for the hospital. More than 400 guests attended the event emceed by CBC Radio One's On the Coast team, Stephen Quinn and Lisa Christiansen. The evening featured dining, jewel-studded live and silent auctions, and late-night dancing courtesy of Jesse Cahill's NightCrawlers, with special guest Jim Brynes.
We’ve come a long way since our inaugural Innovators of the Year competition five years ago. This year’s big lesson? The true mark of innovation isn’t just a good idea; it’s one that can be scaled and replicated.
Ric Slaco is tieless when we meet for lunch. There’s nothing that unusual about a B.C. businessman forgoing this sartorial extra, but he proffers an intriguing reason for dropping it some 15 years ago.
