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Don’t bet on getting a better bang for your booze bucks in B.C.

Demon Alcohol is back in the news again.

What Alberta’s recent election means for B.C.

The PC win in Alberta will put more pressure on provincial budgets in both provinces
Grave matters complicate Marpole condo plans; South Van properties target of development, investment interest

Grave matters complicate Marpole condo plans; South Van properties target of development, investment interest

One of this columnist's first real estate stories was a 1996 feature for the Fredericton Daily Gleaner that examined issues associated with the discovery of remnants from an ancient Maliseet settlement on the banks of the Jemseg River in New Brunswick.
How I did it: Alexander Fernandes

How I did it: Alexander Fernandes

How Avigilon's IPO raised $25 million in tough economic times

Assessing options for running Office on your tablet

Popular wisdom holds that a tech device needs to run Microsoft Office to be successful with business users.

Star power and cultural business plans

I had an idea last year. (One.) It’s our Stratford Shakespearian Festival’s 60th anniversary. Why not stage famed British director Tyrone Guthrie’s first play there, Richard III – which starred the great Alex Guinness – recreating the fabled designs of Tanya Moiseiwitsch? And promote the Guthrie 60th like hell – posters, nostalgia about the festival’s birth?
Dave Cobb: Pattison's Acquisition Man

Dave Cobb: Pattison's Acquisition Man

He has held some of the most sought-after executive positions in the province with the Vancouver Canucks, VANOC and BC Hydro – now Dave Cobb is working alongside B.C.'s best known entrepreneur at The Jim Pattison Group

A tech incubator that’s incubating real growth and economic benefits

I have never believed in incubators.
How I did it: Jake Kerr

How I did it: Jake Kerr

In 2007, Lignum Forest Products founder Jake Kerr decided to combine his business acumen and love of baseball to buy the Vancouver Canadians . The team went on to win the Northwest League championship in 2011.

Negotiation, not legislation, key to closing public-private pay gap

The Canadian Taxpayers Federation (CTF) is right: the growing gap between compensation for public sector jobs and equivalent private sector jobs has to be brought under control.