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The Way We Work
In times as uncertain as 2024, we investigate how people get stuff done in a post-
pandemic world: whether that's bringing kids to the office, supercharging with AI or
working four days a week, here's how businesses are keeping things moving in B.C.
BY STEVE BURGESS, NATHAN CADDELL AND MICHAEL HARRIS
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Style & Substance
Out with the old, in with the new.
Welcome to the ultimate style guide,
where we crack the code on how people
are looking and feeling their best at work
today. Spot the trends, note the advice
and dress to impress yourself
BY ALYSSA HIROSE
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EOY at 30
We profile a few notable past winners
of the EY Entrepreneur of the Year –
Pacific Region competition in honour
of the program's upcoming 30-year
anniversary
BY NATHAN CADDELL AND MATT
O'GRADY
C H A T T E R
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EDITOR'S DESK
Working together
T H E I N B O X
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RETAIL
Vancouver-based
Kits Eyecare has seen
rapid expansion since
launching in 2018
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GO FIGURE
As students all over
the world take the
stage for their big day,
we show some school
spirit by noting fun
facts and figures about
graduation szn in B.C.
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BUSINESS CLIMATE
The pandemic has
cooled off, but climate
change and wildfires
have our hotel industry
feeling the heat
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THE CONVERSATION
CEO John Anderson talks
about how he plans to
keep Oppy—a company
as old as the province of
B.C. itself—growing for
years to come
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LAND VALUES
Step into the winding
debate around stair
restrictions in buildings,
where some local
architects argue that less
could be more
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SMALL TOWN
SUCCESS
How Nanaimo-based
Ivy Richardson's love
for boxing transformed
into a larger love for
movement
Q U A L I T Y T I M E
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WEEKEND WARRIOR
Busy health-care
entrepreneur Stefan
Fletcher takes care of
himself with meditative
hobbies like beekeeping
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SOCIAL CUES
Fitness studio/café
Turf has worked out an
excellent social strategy
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PACK LUNCH
Vishal Kumar, the
executive chef behind
Michelin-recommended
Karma Indian Bistro in
Vancouver, shares his
ace chicken tikka recipe
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INVENTORY
Six B.C. companies
blinging out with chic
permanent jewelry
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CARRY ON
Go off the beaten
path by checking out
destination dupes this
summer: explore Treviso
instead of Venice, or
Liverpool over London
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WORST DAY
ON THE JOB
Blume co-founder
Bunny Ghatrora talks
success and failure:
here's what losing
$30,000 worth of the
company's skincare
products taught her
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