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"What you want is money to
do research and conservation.
In this sense Vancouver is a
master lesson. They perform
200 events a year. We said: This
model has to be copied" –p.34
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Tidal Shift
How John Nightingale, CEO
of the Vancouver Aquarium
for almost a quarter-century,
transformed his organization
from local tourist attraction to
global conservation authority
by Marcie Good
Whistler's
New
Owners
B.C.'s iconic mountain resort
is now part of the Vail family,
North America's largest resort
operator. But what does the
sale mean for skiers, boarders
and residents of Whistler?
by Andrew Findlay
DECEMBER/JANUARY 2017 BCBUSINESS 5
DECEMBER / JA N UA RY 2017
COVER: ALEX HARVEY-WICKENS; THIS PAGE CLOCKWISE FROM LEFT:
TANYA GOEHRING; MIKE CRANE / TOURISM WHISTLER; ADAM BLASBERG
Best Cities
for Work
in B.C.
Our third annual ranking
of B.C.'s 36 best communi-
ties for work has a new
No. 1–and some surprising
rises and falls from the top
10. We look at who's up,
who's down–and why
by Matt O'Grady and
Jenny Peng
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RAISING THE BAR
(Clockwise from left) Arlene
Hall chats up Fairmont staff;
a view at Whistler; Vancouver
Aquarium CEO John Nightingale
