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NHL lockout boosting business for B.C. company

NHL lockout boosting business for B.C. company

Victoria's SendtoNews inks multi-year sports video deal with American Hockey League as demand for broadcast-quality content from other leagues grows
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Attention skiers and boarders: season starts this weekend

Attention skiers and boarders: season starts this weekend

The slopes at Whistler Blackcomb are set to open for business earlier than planned this season.
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Rainmaker studios posts $3m loss, appoints new CEO

Rainmaker studios posts $3m loss, appoints new CEO

Vancouver animation studio Rainmaker Entertainment Inc. (TSX:RNK) has appointed a new CEO, following a $3 million loss.
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Struggling domestic filmmakers battle for slice of Asian capital

Struggling domestic filmmakers battle for slice of Asian capital

Chinese studios set to invest up to $15 million in domestic Canadian projects
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Vancouver-based ski association loses major sponsor

Vancouver-based ski association loses major sponsor

Agent blasts Canadian sports organizations for failing to capitalize on Games exposure
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Whistler offers marketing to NHL sponsors affected by lockout

Whistler offers marketing to NHL sponsors affected by lockout

Whistler Blackcomb is holding a contest for companies that were sponsors of either a National Hockey League team or the league itself – with the prize being a free marketing package that includes advertising covering the exterior of a gondola cabin.
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Luongo's poker endorsement fee and expenses revealed

Luongo's poker endorsement fee and expenses revealed

Vancouver Canucks' goaltender and BC Lottery Corp. poster boy Roberto Luongo was paid $160,000 last year for endorsing the Crown corp's online poker site and appearing in casino poker tournaments, Business in Vancouver has discovered.
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D Publishers files for creditor protection

D Publishers files for creditor protection

Vancouver-based D&M Publishers Inc., which includes Douglas & McIntyre, has announced plans to restructure under creditor protection.
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Minors in B.C. now banned from tanning beds

Minors in B.C. now banned from tanning beds

Salons and fitness centres in B.C. that allow teens under the age of 18 to use tanning beds face fines of $345 per offence. The ban officially went into effect yesterday.
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Hockey lockout helps fuel local concert sector

Hockey lockout helps fuel local concert sector

A comparatively robust local economy and the National Hockey League lockout makes Vancouver a prime destination on the concert circuit for major recording artists.
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