Security sector booms but hiring remains an issue
The security industry is growing so rapidly that the sector faces huge hurdles in hiring and retaining enough employees, industry insiders say. Dan Popowich, CEO of security firm Commissionaires BC, said multiple industries including airports, local governments,...
TransLink beginning public consultations for new projects
Public consultations for the extension of the Millennium Line along Broadway and the building of a Surrey-Newton-Guildford light rail transit line will begin next week, TransLink announced January 17. Consultations begin January 24 for the Surrey project and January...
126 year-old Vancouver law firm takes the global stage
Bull Housser, one of B.C.’s most well respected law firms, has joined forces with a global law firm in a combination that will give the Vancouver-based firm and its clients worldwide reach. In September, Bull Housser and Norton Rose Fulbright announced that the two...
CIBC launches ski-thru ATM at Whistler Mountain
CIBC has launched what it calls Canada’s first ski-thru automatic teller machine (ATM) atop Whistler Mountain and outside the Roundhouse Lodge. The stand-alone red box that houses the ATM is 8.5 feet high, weighs 4,676 pounds and is located 6,069 feet above sea level....
2017 shaping up to be a pivotal year for the energy sector
Hundreds of millions of dollars are expected to start flowing into B.C. in 2017 in the form of energy infrastructure investments, from the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion to the Woodfibre LNG plant in Squamish to natural gas wells, pipelines and processing plants in...
Vancouver company PayByPhone acquired by Volkswagen
Vancouver-based company PayByPhone, a mobile payments service that allows drivers to forgo coins at meters by using a smartphone app to pay for parking, has been acquired by German auto giant Volkswagen. “The mobile payment movement has exploded recently, and...
New state-of-the-art grain terminal coming to the North Shore
A new leading edge grain terminal planned for the North Shore will be built on a 65-acre site leased from the Port of Vancouver, immediately west of the Second Narrows Bridge. It will speed the shipment of Western Canadian grain using a novel approach to the way grain...
‘Tis the season!
It's always go-go-go here at Impact, and the holiday season is certainly no exception! Despite everybody's busy schedules, we knew it was important to spend some time together as a team looking back on the past year and enjoying some Christmas festivities (and maybe...
Goldcorp plans to develop first all-electric mine
Vancouver-based mining company Goldcorp Inc. (TSX:G; NYSE:GG) is causing a stir in the industry after announcing plans to develop an all-electric mine. Located near Chapleau, Ontario, 160 kilometres west of the company’s Porcupine mine, the Borden mine site will be...
Shaw’s partnership with Mobi bike-share is a win-win deal
Shaw Communications Inc.’s decision to partner with Vancouver’s Mobi by Shaw Go bike-share program for at least five years is a win-win deal, according to marketing professors. Although the Calgary-based telecommunications giant is not revealing how much it is...
Canada’s economy grows 3.5 per cent in third quarter, beating expectations
The Canadian economy grew 3.5 per cent during the third quarter, bouncing back from the second quarter slump brought on by last May’s Alberta wildfires. The economy grew 0.9 per cent during the quarter, equivalent to an annualized rate of 3.5 per cent. That rebounds...
‘This might be our moment’ to attract top talent to Vancouver in Trump’s wake
Within days of this month’s U.S. presidential election, Cody Green’s Vancouver-based financial tech startup was facing “an influx of literally dozens of resumés coming in from the States.” Green, the founder and co-CEO of Canada Drives, says it’s too early to say if...