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E-technology hollowing out human contact and promoting ascendancy of faceless geekocracy

Some day, maybe not all that distant, dissenters will be punished by taking away their technology and leaving them alone in the cybernetic desert
How I did it: Lisa Fraser

How I did it: Lisa Fraser

Embracing business success with an inflatable vest that calms people with autism
Ted Seraphim: Saw bucks

Ted Seraphim: Saw bucks

With Ted Seraphim at the helm, West Fraser Timber has come out of a depressed lumber market stronger than ever and positioned for growth, especially outside of B.C.
Advertising: short-term brilliance or long-term strategy?

Advertising: short-term brilliance or long-term strategy?

Imagine that you are an established company who creates a product that is valued by consumers. You devote a $50,000 advertising budget to boosting your market presence – but your revenue doesn't change. Who's to blame? The magazines for misrepresenting their readership? The radio stations for exaggerating their audience? The agency for not being "clever" enough? Let's look at a few places where this process can (and often does) go wrong.

Batteries floating Campion Marine’s green energy boat

In BIV’s Top 100 paid executives report, reporter Richard Chu cites Strandberg Consulting’s study that found that only 34 of the TSX 60 companies mentioned sustainability as a factor in their executive pay packages.

Employers and employees can’t afford to lose the TransLink referendum

TransLink’s plans for the coming 15 years need to be clarified, prioritized and reduced to basic issues
Life Lessons: Alan Oishi

Life Lessons: Alan Oishi

Let ego go and define your own success
How I did it: Edward Wright

How I did it: Edward Wright

The CEO of CRH Medical explains how selling his product direct to gastroenterologists changed his company's fortunes
Religious groups receive blessing of landlords

Religious groups receive blessing of landlords

Theatre possessed

Despite free dinner, Canucks fans restless at Summer Summit

“Just a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down” may have been the theme of the Vancouver Canucks’ Summer Summit on July 23.