Entertainment, Media & Sports

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Why drama trumps data in business-to-business marketing

A new $32.5 million Whitecaps soccer development centre is to be built at the University of British Columbia’s Thunderbird Park, with the B.C. government covering half the cost.

The Vancouver International Film Festival (VIFF) announced yesterday that Fidelity Investments Canada had signed on as a major partner in a multi-year, six-figure deal.

Vancouver-born Olympic gold medallist Ashleigh McIvor is suing YJ Sciences Inc. (YJS) for $45,000 in damages, claiming that the company reneged on a sponsorship deal.

Economic conditions are right for Canada’s existing professional sports clubs to prosper and for new Canadian-based franchises to succeed – including a possible return of professional basketball to Vancouver – over the next 25 years

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The National Collegiate Athletic Association’s (NCAA) executive committee on August 1 approved Simon Fraser University’s (SFU) application to become the first non-American school in the prestigious sports league.

Vancouver’s Rainmaker Entertainment announced August 1 that 99.91% of the votes cast by shareholders July 31 approved the sale of the company to Rainmaker Studios Inc., which is a wholly owned subsidiary of China-based Xing Xing Digital Corp.

Vancouver ticket brokers are doing a brisk business selling tickets to London 2012 Olympic events partly because Scotland Yard is cracking down on scalpers on London streets. Vancouver Ticket and Tour Service Ltd.