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"Some people ask me if I
had some sort of crystal
ball. Did I know marijuana
was going to be big?" –p.26
FEBRUA RY 2018
High Standards
By winning the race to sequence the cannabis genome, B.C. botanist Jonathan Page
became a top marijuana expert. The Anandia Labs co-founder has spun that knowl-
edge into a budding business that could boom with pot legalization by Andrew Findlay
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(Clockwise from left) Marijuana
plant at Vancouver's Anandia
Labs; Shaun Grant of South
Peace Grain Cleaning Co-op;
Clubhouse 36, supported by the
Bosa Properties Foundation
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Two Economies,
One Province
From software to spirits, from restaurant
meals to building supplies, rural and urban
residents are working together to make
British Columbia stronger
by Nathan Caddell & Nick Rockel
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The Not-for-
Profit Motive
Ever wondered how to start a charity? A
private or public foundation? We talked to
three major players in B.C.'s philanthropic
world about what they've learned and why
they do what they do by Felicity Stone
