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Business in Vancouver: PR Guru Back in the Game and Doing What he Does Best
As the old adage goes, you never quite forget your first love.
And after taking a hiatus from what was already a well-established career as a leader and innovator in the public relations sector to co-found Amicus Global Relief Solutions – a software technology platform that redefines the way donors give to non-profits and provides transparency to charities’ use of those endowments – Paul Welsh is back doing what he loves best.
Vancouver Is Awesome: Airlines Put Flights of Fancy on the Menu
Local. Seasonal. Farm to fold-out table.
Not exactly the set of foodie-forward buzzwords one normally applies to airline food, but they best reflect the current culinary trend for a number of carriers that are collaborating with pedigreed chefs to elevate inflight dining experiences for long-haul passengers travelling around the globe.
North Shore News: Famous Last Words: Bracelets Keep Quinn Keast’s Memory Alive
It might seem an absurd notion to try and encapsulate one person's life in two simple words.
But that's all it takes to sum up the late Quinn Keast: "No regrets."
Quinn, the Handsworth Royals senior boys basketball team captain who was struck and killed by a city transit bus in Vancouver on the eve of his graduation, June 11, lived his life both on and off the court by that mantra.
Business Traveller: The Jet Set
Interminable layovers. Last-minute cancellations. Screeching infants. Stale pretzels. There can often be plenty more pricks than petals when it comes to navigating bustling airports and crowded aisles on business trips, but there’s always a reason to look up when touching down in a far-flung locale — even if it only means you’re just one step closer to coming home again.
We asked five business travellers for their best advice, harried tales and favourite destinations when it comes to flying the frequently all-too-familiar skies.
Red Sox Life: The Curious Case of Benjamin’s ‘Nuttin’: Sox Garner Big Win for Ben Affleck
Take heart and breathe easy, fellow Red Sox Nation members: The Olde Towne team may be in the midst of a season-long kamikaze death spiral, but at least Ben Affleck’s long irrational nightmare is over.
Red Sox Life: We’re Really Talking About 1918 Again? Yes — And Here’s WHY.
Yes — the Red Sox are on the verge of winning a World Series crown at Fenway Park for the first time since 1918.
You’ve heard of that distinguished year, no doubt, without end, amen, up until 2004, when the Sox finally broke through and ended 86 icy years of dashed hopes, bad tidings and being ill with want.
Life Sciences Magazine: In Full Boom
Two Vancouver-based companies are creating industry leading research tools and technology and helping B.C. stake its claim as a world-class burgeoning biotech hub.
Precision NanoSystems Inc. (PNI) and Stemcell Technologies Inc. are just two of a growing field of Vancouver-based biotechnology companies cultivating a reputation for making big strides when it comes to enabling precision medicine.
Gateway: New Life for New Brighton
A collaboration between the Vancouver Fraser Port Authority, the Vancouver Board of Parks and Recreation and three First Nations bands is breathing new life into New Brighton Park and restoring and enhancing a high-value parcel of shoreline habitat.