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June 2016 The Commuting Issue

With a mission to inform, empower, celebrate and advocate for British Columbia's current and aspiring business leaders, BCBusiness go behind the headlines and bring readers face to face with the key issues and people driving business in B.C.

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S P E C I A L F E A T U R E C I T Y O F B U R N A B Y S p e c i a l F e a t u r e Location The phenomenon of Burnaby as a business location began in the 1980s with the growth of lm and television studios. Bridge Studios was the rst, followed by Canadian Motion Picture Park Studios (Canada's largest), Mammoth Studios and a host of related infrastructure that today provides year-round employment for thousands of people. In the 1990s Burnaby also became a high-tech hub due to Electronic Arts, Ballard Power Systems and Telus. This momentum of Burnaby being a prime business location was further enhanced by the new media and digital entertainment sectors, whose focus on software was ideally suited to Burnaby's green values, and promised considerable future growth opportunities. Creativity Burnaby has been strongly promoted as a "creative city," and Mayor Derek Corrigan has frequently explained the concept by stating, "Burnaby's commitment to pursuing creative opportunities has resulted in the completion of many successful initiatives in many areas. We have found new ways to engage with citizens, businesses and visitors. Creative solutions require collaboration. You can't be creative if you're not having a dialogue to determine what people want Burnaby is situated in the heart of Metro Vancouver and is easily accessible by SkyTrain and from major highways #BusinessContent #CustomPublications #LifestyleContent #EventsAndMore!

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