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Medical training, technology trump geography in northern B.C.

Medical training, technology trump geography in northern B.C.

High technology and ramped-up training are proving vital to the delivery of health services to more than 300,000 people in 27 communities across a region twice the size of Great Britain
Ballard appoints new president and CEO Randall MacEwen

Ballard appoints new president and CEO Randall MacEwen

Burnaby’s Ballard Power Systems (TSX:BLD) has appointed Randall (Randy) MacEwen as president and CEO, the fuel cell technology company announced September 1.
‘Restore, don’t replace’: Vancouver company capitalizes on U.S. military budget cuts

‘Restore, don’t replace’: Vancouver company capitalizes on U.S. military budget cuts

In the years following 9-11, the U.S. became engulfed in wars in both Afghanistan and Iraq.
Vancouver photo company reinvents itself as tech firm using ‘holy grail’ of cloud platforms

Vancouver photo company reinvents itself as tech firm using ‘holy grail’ of cloud platforms

For more than a decade, VRX Studios shot and accumulated thousands of pictures for its customers — mostly hotels.
Vancouver company helps Victoria filmmakers pioneer digital distribution model

Vancouver company helps Victoria filmmakers pioneer digital distribution model

When Mike Hanus and Silvana Azurdia first planted the creative seeds for Jackhammer, the Victoria real estate agents never imagined they’d become film distribution revolutionaries six years later.
External Development Summit to showcase Vancouver's video game talent

External Development Summit to showcase Vancouver's video game talent

Vancouver gamers hoping for an inside look at the gaming industry may have to hit the pause button if they show up at the city’s second annual External Development Summit (XDS).
Rogers and Shaw teaming up to try to take on Netflix

Rogers and Shaw teaming up to try to take on Netflix

Should Netflix Canada be concerned?
Hootsuite on the cusp of scoring investment from U.S. mutual fund giant: media report

Hootsuite on the cusp of scoring investment from U.S. mutual fund giant: media report

Vancouver start-up darling Hootsuite is on the cusp of scoring an investment from Boston’s Fidelity Investments, according to an anonymous source cited by the Wall Street Journal.
Learn to code craze spreads to toddlers

Learn to code craze spreads to toddlers

Could your three-year-old learn to code? The founders of a days-old Vancouver startup think so. Entrepreneurs Nathan Slee and Alexandra Greenhill have started Littlecodr , a card game that teaches kids the basics of software programming.
Hootsuite on hiring hunt as Vancouver tech talent crunch looms

Hootsuite on hiring hunt as Vancouver tech talent crunch looms

Ask an executive about Vancouver’s tech-sector talent crunch and he or she would be unlikely to point a finger directly at the lack of young people entering the industry.