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V O L U M E 4 5 N U M B E R 5
"Whenever someone
told me, 'You can't do
it,' I've always had the
idea that 'Oh, yes, I
can.'" –p.38
JUNE 2017 BCBUSINESS 5
J U N E 2017
COVER: CLINTON HUSSEY; ABOVE: TANYA GOEHRING; RIGHT: POOYA NABEI
Property Lines
B.C. has become a province where well-off
young people think they're too poor to buy
real estate and older homeowners may
have a false sense of prosperity. Our per-
sonal finance checkup also found wealth in
surprising places by Frances Bula
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LOSERS AND
WINNERS?
(From top) Renters
Nels and Tila
Anderson in their
Vancouver apartment;
retirees Kelly and
Helen Watkinson at
home in Comox
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Taking On
the World
The BC Chamber of Commerce's new
#TradeTalks forum gives three export-
minded teenage entrepreneurs a chance
to pitch to investors by Nick Rockel
Georgiy
Sekretaryuk