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Barnacle Systems Takes its Technology to CES 2019

Barnacle Systems took its BRNKL boat safety and security solution to the global this January as a Canadian Pavilion exhibitor at the Consumer Electronics...

Syrian Refugees Launch Successful Food Business in Victoria

“Canadians love lentils,” Ibrahim Hajibrahim says with a laugh when asked which of Saraya Hot Bread’s six Syrian food products is the most popular. Hajibrahim...
Shannon Graham, Karmen McNamara, The Kindness Factory

Masked Up for Success – New Entrepreneurs Find Niche, Support Community

The saying ‘every cloud has a silver lining’ is particularly applicable to a trio of emerging entrepreneurs who have found unexpected success through the...
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B.C. brothers expand uBreakiFix to Vancouver Island

While many manufacturers have moved to online repair services —  mail in your phone and they’ll mail it back — Sumeet Thapar, co-owner of...
10 to Watch Awards 2020

10 to Watch Awards 2020 Celebrate the Island’s Best New Businesses

Douglas magazine's 10 to Watch Award winners for 2020 are looking to change the world. Their bold visions include slowing down climate change, helping...
Linda Biggs (L) and Jayesg Vekariya

Joni is the Local Business that is Changing Period Care

Many Global 'Fem Tech' Giants place an average mark up of 5000 per cent on feminine hygiene products that often take more than 300...
Jamie McCallum cutting hair

Community Salons: making hair care accessible to all

When the pandemic disrupted the world, hairstylist Jamie McCallum decided to pivot and launch his own salon.  “I felt I had to buy myself a...

Phillips Brewery’s New Tasting Room On Government Street Now Open

One of B.C.’s largest and most popular craft breweries now has its own tasting room, with 16 taps, its own sodas and tonics, and...
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Fictionary Software is Taking the Writing World by Storm

Sitting at anchor near George Town in the balmy Cayman Islands in the Caribbean, typing away on her third novel manuscript, Kristina Stanley, author...

Island Business Invents Greener Way to Freshen Air

When a client of interior designer and home contractor Christopher Tio wanted to build a bamboo fence, Tio waded deep into bamboo research. What...