Health minister: Innovation crucial before health eats half province’s budget Innovation and productivity will be the province’s focus going forward in health care as British Columbia faces an “unsustainable situation,” according to health minster Kevin Falcon in his speech to The Vancouver Board of Trade. Read more...
Business After Business The Spirit of Vancouver House presented its latest Business After Business trade show at the Hyatt Regency Vancouver. Read more...
Buy America clause lifted on projects Today, Friday, Feb. 5, the Canadian and US governments have announced an agreement on Canadian access to U.S. projects previously restricted under the Buy America clause, an issue The Vancouver Board of Trade has been working on. See media release(PDF)
WLC: What makes successful women leaders? Why aren’t there more women leaders and what do the ones who have made it have in common? Read more...
We’re not building white elephants,’ Olympics minister says of Games’ legacy “You gotta be here!” Mary McNeil, Minister of State for the Olympics and ActNow BC, Province of British Columbia, told the audience just two weeks before the 2010 Winter Games Opening Ceremony at the Spirit of Vancouver House at The Bay. Read more...
Security screening in effect at YVR’s South Airport and float plane facilities As of last Friday, January 29, 2010, passengers flying out of YVR's South Airport, corporate aviation operators and float plane facilities are subject to screening by Canadian Air Transport Security Authority (CATSA) for at least the duration of the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games. Plan ahead and confirm times and procedures with your carrier. For the latest information, visit www.yvr.ca or follow Twitter @yvrairport.
Get ‘sociable’ online to grow your brand The ‘polished’ marketing of old is going by the wayside, and according to social media enthusiasts Shane Gibson and Stephen Jagger, getting ‘sociable’ online is crucial to long-term organizational success. Read more...
National Chief Atleo receives standing ovations National Chief Shawn A-in-chut Atleo, Assembly of First Nations, received standing ovations from a crowd of 350 both at the beginning and end of his speech on “the renaissance of reconnection.” Read more...
February 10, 2010 Members' Reception at Tapestry at The O'Keefe - Arbutus Walk
February 12, 2010 RALLY IN RED for the Torch Relay after breakfast! Bruce MacMillan,President and CEO, Meeting Professionals International; Former Executive Director, Vancouver Whistler 2010 Bid Society SPIRIT OF VANCOUVER HOUSE
March 18, 2010 Gayle Hallgren-Rezac, Chief Engagement Officer and Judy Thomson, Chief Operating Officer, Shepa Learning Company, and co-authors, Work the Pond! ALL ACCESS Networking Event
RCI Capital Group Inc. Residential Construction Industry Training Organization Superior Signs & Graphics/Environmental Graphics Ltd. The Magical Marketing Booth Dr. Nicole Duffee, ND
Know before you go! Going to an Olympic event? There's more to it than you think! For the latest tips on being prepared—from security checks to the size of your bag alowing you to use express lanes—check out chair Sue Paish's latest Chair's 2010 Update: Backstage Pass #12
Be engaged! Register your business with the 2010 Commerce Centre We’re just TWO weeks away! The Vancouver Board of Trade encourages members to post your company profile and register for free with the 2010 Commerce Centre. See Message from the Managing Director
Bank rethinks charging businesses for online payment Scotiabank is rethinking a fee it planned to charge
businesses that wanted to let customers, who were Scotiabank
clients, pay their bills... Read More
Street vendor puts on the dog for popular Japanese figure skater Every day, Misa Tamura hand-punches gold and red-coloured
maple leaves out of yuba -- membrane-like dried tofu skin -- to
sprinkle on... Read More
Australia's PM losing ground over climate change as election nears It's election year in Australia and Prime Minister Kevin Rudd
is facing grief over his central policy of a cap-and-trade program
to try to... Read More
Finance oficials fired as unrest over economic crisis grows If Kim Jong-il put half the energy, imagination and skill
into running his country as he does into his criminal enterprises,
North Korea... Read More
Air New Zealand swaps 'cougars' for 'Cuddle Class' 3 After last week's news that Air New Zealand is pulling TV
ads aimed at "cougars" -- older women who prey on younger men --the
carrier is... Read More
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