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"It's a direct attack on
our way of life. We
don't want to take on
the risk of an inevitable
spill" –p.21
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COVER AND TOP: ADAM BLASBERG; MODEL ON COVER (FAR LEFT): MICHAEL EULEY FOR LIZBELL AGENCY; HAIR & MAKEUP:
MELANIE NEUFELD FOR LIZBELL AGENCY; SHOT ON LOCATION AT FINGER FOOD STUDIOS; BOTTOM RIGHT: POOYA NABEI
Edge of Tomorrow
Innovators in fields as diverse as artificial
intelligence, construction, mining and financial
services, these 10 companies point to the future
of business in B.C. Plus: a special 45th-anniversary
timeline by Marcie Good, Matt O'Grady,
Nick Rockel and Felicity Stone
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THE FUTURE'S SO BRIGHT
(Clockwise from top) Finger Food
Studios CEO Ryan Peterson; Jerry
Kroll, chief executive of Electra
Meccanica Vehicles; Lithium X
Energy president and CEO Brian
Paes-Braga; a Kindred Systems
robot; a reproduction by Verus Art
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Clean
Break
Local entrepreneurs keep
looking for new ways to
capitalize on the global
shift toward green energy.
Meet six players helping
lead the charge
by Andrew Findlay
