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"Sixty years ago, being involved in the food
industry was a noble enterprise, a good
thing. Now a lot of jobs in the sector are rel-
egated to foreign workers because nobody
wants to work there anymore"
–p.23
COVER AND BOTTOM LEFT: TANYA GOEHRING. TOP LEFT: ARC'TERYX; TOP RIGHT: INDIGENOUS WORLD WINERY
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B.C. 2.0
We asked decision makers in nine
of the province's key industries,
from manufacturing to real estate to
education, how they're paving the
way past
COVID-19
by Nathan Caddell, Alyssa Hirose
and Nick Rockel
State of Shop
Whether they're independent
boutiques or big chains, B.C. retailers
have had to reinvent themselves in
the wake of the pandemic.
Fortunately, they were a nimble
bunch to start with by Frances Bula
Glass Half Full
The maturing provincial wine industry
faces several tests, but with help from new
players, products and visitor experiences,
there's no grape depression on the horizon
by Charlene Rooke
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(Clockwise from top left) Arc'teryx weathers
the storm; Indigenous World Winery owners
Bernice and Robert Louie; a careful consumer;
Walrus proprietor Caroline Boquist
The Top 100
Our annual ranking of B.C.'s largest
companies by revenue takes you back
to a simpler, pre-COVID
time–and looks
ahead to a much more complicated one
by Peter Mitham
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