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David “Mullenator” Mullen leads Fulcrum Capital Partners, a new Vancouver-headquartered private equity firm recently spun out of HSBC Bank Canada

Apartment sales rise

CEO Murray Driediger is using his family farming background to help BCfresh reap revenue that has grown to approximately $45 million per year

Burnaby’s year?

In 2011, Vancouver hosted the Vanier Cup, Grey Cup and the RBC Canadian Open, and, most famously, the Stanley Cup.

Imagine that you’ve descended into Earth’s orbit from some distant planet where Spock-like reason was normal. Imagine, too, that you’re then forced to ponder those of us who are slightly less-than-rational on occasion. I’d guess, looking back on 2011, this alien among us would have a few questions about human behaviour.

2012 already? But are we through with 2011 yet? Last January, my theme for 2011 was “Get Apple” with tech companies increasingly feeling the need to challenge the fruit-logoed company’s smartphones, tablets and slim and light laptops.

Canadian tech companies had a banner second quarter in 2011, closing more than 30 deals – a nearly 50% increase in deal volume over Q2 2010.

Now that we’ve digested the biggest newsmakers of the year, spare a moment for a quieter newsmaker, one of those creeping trends that flow into the mainstream and irrevocably change the flow of our lives. For 2012 it’s the increase in transportation choices – and not just more buses, SkyTrains and bike lanes.

Any healthy debate about Canada’s medical system would require that politics be eliminated from the equation.