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JUNE 2014 BCBusiness 5
June 2014
COVER: ROBERT KENNEY; aBOVE: PETER HOLsT
READY TO SERVE
Brassneck's Nigel Springthorpe
can't keep up with the demand
for local brew.
Volume 42 Number 6
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10 EdITOr's dEsK
Go north, young man.
12 FEEdBACK
You tell us.
Frontlines
14 TrANsPOrTATION
The truckers strike
may have ended,
but for many in the
industry, the bigger
problem—massive
wait times caused by
unyielding conges-
tion—is far from being
resolved.
17 CulTurE
Christopher Gaze
founded Bard on the
Beach, Vancouver's
phenomenally suc-
cessful Shakespeare
festival, 25 years ago.
During that time, bud-
gets have increased
from $35,000 a year
to over $5 million. The
British-born creative
director explains how
Bard has succeeded
where other Vancouver
theatre companies
have failed.
21 rETAIl
This time next year
on your way to
YVR,
you'll be able to stop at
the Lower Mainland's
latest experiment in
open-air malls—part
of an attempt by the
airport authority to
diversify revenues
away from air travel.
Cover Story
All Hopped Up
In less than fi ve years, the multinational beer companies have lost 10 points of
market share in B.C. to independent brewers. The thirst for locally produced
brew shows no signs of abating, drawing a growing —and unlikely—collection of
entrepreneurs into the business. by David Jordan
Features
Special Report: Northern B.C.
The north has long been an economic engine for the province, especially dur-
ing the heyday of forestry. Now, whole new industries are reshaping the region:
S Kitimat's surprising rise from "doom to boom" (p. 36). by Matt O'Grady
S The reimagining of Prince George (p. 51). by Kristen Hilderman and Jacob Parry
S How Smithers and Burns Lake will fare as tourist towns (p. 57). by David Godsall
The Road From Ruin
It was the biggest failure of a law fi rm in Canadian history. But from the ashes
of Heenan Blaikie two Vancouver fi rms have arisen, each hoping to prove that
bigger isn't always better. by Marcie Good
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