BIV Today

Kevin Hamoaka is the Senior Vice President of Commercial Banking at TD Bank; he is also the first BC-based person to hold this position. Kevin assumed his new role in the height of the pandemic in a time when many employees and customers faced unprecedented new challenges. Kevin can provide insights on what a BC perspective in this role means to the business overall and what small businesses in BC are uniquely facing because of the pandemic.

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Amar Doman has dreamt of owning the BC Lions for two decades and finally has his wish. He talks about his ambitions for the team’s operations and the importance of the institution as an element of our identity in B.C. He is in conversation with BIV publisher and editor-in-chief Kirk LaPointe.

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 BIV celebrated BC’s Fastest Growing Companies with a virtual event that explored the data and held four conversations with executives of four of the leading firms. BIV executive editor Hayley Woodin and publisher/editor-in-chief Kirk LaPointe hosted the program. Sponsored by Gowling WLG.

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Quadrogen Power Systems is one of the province’s fastest-growing companies, placing fourth on the BIV list of 100 firms. CEO and president Alakh Prasad talks about the company’s technology and process to produce renewable energy. He is in conversation with BIV publisher and editor-in-chief Kirk LaPointe.

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The nutritional gummies business is booming as people pay more attention to their health. Richmond B.C.-based firm Herbaland is experiencing phenomenal growth. CEO Musharaf Syed and sales and marketing director Aisha Yang, the company’s co-founders, join BIV publisher and editor-in-chief to discuss the growth of their company.

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Mario Canseco, president of the Researchco public opinion firm, talks about the details and implications of his firm’s new federal poll for Glacier Media that indicates the Liberals have fallen in public opinion into a tie with the Conservatives in the first two weeks of the election campaign. He is in conversation with Kirk LaPointe, BIV’s publisher and editor-in-chief.

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As B.C. sets out to introduce vaccine certificates next month for everything from restaurants to sports game, Darktrace cybersecurity expert David Masson joins BIV Today to break down the safety features that will be needed to make the program work. Tyler Orton hosts. 

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Renee Merrifield moved from a successful business career into politics a year ago and has entered the field for the BC Liberal leadership. The Kelowna-Mission MLA talks to BIV publisher and editor-in-chief Kirk LaPointe about her ideas for the party and the province and about her values.

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Nolan Marshall III drove his family from New Orleans earlier this summer, quarantined, then started into one of Vancouver’s most intriguing roles as the CEO and president of the Downtown Vancouver Business Improvement Association (DVBIA). He talks to BIV publisher and editor-in-chief Kirk LaPointe about his early impressions of the city, how his experience will inform his role, and his initial vision for the association.

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It's time for a retail industry check-in with Craig Patterson, editor-in-chief of Retail-Insider.com. Craig discusses the new Canadian owner of Toys R Us, the state of Metro Vancouver's most prolific malls and what back-to-school shopping means for retailers this year. Tyler Orton hosts.

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