Bereishit Dance Company – Balance & Imbalance. Photo Credit: Niki Nath

In the Eye of the Storm: Dance Victoria Prepares to Pull off its first...

The phrase that’s become eponymous with Dr. Bonnie Henry may not have become famous at the time, but it was certainly ringing in Stephen...
Chef Castro Boateng

Taste of Langford spotlights eateries in business booster campaign

If you haven’t been out for dinner in the West Shore lately, here’s a great incentive. The City of Langford has launched the latest...
DER3

VIATEC Offers Digital Mentorship and Support for Business through DER3 Program

As the economic effects of a pandemic continue impacting small business, the B.C. government and local tech communities are stepping up to help them...

Urban Grocer has an Innovative Mindset

Despite the notion that crises are bad times to launch businesses, a 2009 study by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation found 57 per cent...

Mary Lou Newbold, Mayfair Optometric Clinic

Mary Lou Newbold owns Mayfair Optometric Clinic, one of Victoria’s the leading eye care specialists, alongside her partner Dr. Stephen Taylor. As an alumna...

COVID Lessons: Have an Innovative Business Mindset

As we move into the reboot phase of the COVID-19 pandemic, Douglas asked local business leaders to share lessons learned. They've told us that...
photo of busy restaurant in downtown Victoria, B.C.

Relief promised for restaurant industry – will it help?

The B.C. government announced on April 8th that it will provide more than $50 million to help the 14,000 restaurants, bars, breweries, wineries, gyms...
Pacific Football Club

How They Did It: Pacific Football Club Salvages a Season through COVID-19

At the beginning of March this year, Rob Friend and his partners had checked a lot of boxes on their short term goals. After...
City of Victoria Launches Re-opening Toolkit for Small Business

How Victoria 3.0 Is Addressing the Local Business Economy

When the City of Victoria hosted roundtable discussions last fall, to create their ambitious Victoria 3.0 plan, COVID-19 wasn't on its - or anyone's...

Mark Mawhinney, Odlum Brown

Mark Mawhinney is an Associate Portfolio Manager and Investment Advisor with BC-based, employee-owned investment firm, Odlum Brown Limited (a Member-Canadian Investor Protection Fund). He...