BC Business Magazine - 1 Dez 2025
The ENTREPRENEUR of the YEAR AWARDS
How floatel king Brian Grange built a global empire on water
16 game changers and industry trend setters in the 2025 EOTY Awards
3 winter getaways to add to your bucket list
Local Love: The ultimate B.C. gift guide
the perfect gift
At 28, this Vancouver-based freelance graphic designer makes $61K a year, trades square footage for lifestyle perks and saves aggressively to offset the unpredictability of self-employment.
Now in its 31st year, our partnership with EY Entrepreneur of the Year Pacific celebrates 17 finalists and winners whose vision and resilience are reshaping B.C. business and beyond.
’Tis the season for panicked mall runs and questionable wrapping jobs. Luckily, this year’s BCB Gift Guide has 25 locally sourced ways to make you look thoughtful—even if you’re not.
On B.C.’S Powder Highway, Big Red Cats offers one of the world’s largest cat-skiing operations. Eight mountains, 20,000 acres and seasoned guides deliver backcountry thrills worth the $659 ticket.
With Glimmer—an Okanagan-made, de-alcoholized bubbly— entrepreneur Jane Stoller is taking B.C. from wine country to non-alc test kitchen.
Our new column kicks off with a career switch that packs a jolt: from Marriott sous chef to electrical apprentice. Tarek Chellouf proves it’s never too late to rewire your life.
BC Children’s Hospital Foundation CEO Malcolm Berry turned personal tragedy into purpose. Now he’s leading the province’s top-earning charity with a mission to make B.C. a global leader in pediatric care.
In Victoria, developer Lenny Moy spent $20 million turning a rundown Tudor inn into Rosemead House— complete with 2,500 antiques, Savoy china and Buckingham Palace gates from The Crown.
No product? No problem. Before Meyu’s Asian-inspired fragrances hit shelves, the founders built buzz through late-night reels, sold-out gatherings and behind-the-scents honesty.
The local beer story by the numbers. Brewery closures, slipping pint sales and only 37 percent of craft operators profitable—cheers to a sobering reality.
The province is betting big on mass timber. Advocates call it the future; critics call it overhyped. The truth? Somewhere between climate hero and costly hassle.
CONTRIBUTORS
BUILDING WITH PURPOSE.
MAKING WAVES
BY THE NUMBERS
All That Glimmers
Hop to It
Mighty Kids, Mighty Mission
QUICK HITS
Mass Arguments
“How can I better support the health and wellbeing of my employees?”
The ENTREPRENEUR of the YEAR AWARDS
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Sim Desai CEO; Sarah Huggins COO & GC; Prab Rattan CRO; Stuart Eccles CPTO, HIIVE
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Cory Wright
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James Dean
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Phil Sham
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Husein Rahemtulla, Becky Brauer, Dhruv Sood
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Matt Lewis
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Benjamin Sparrow
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Shane Madden FOUNDER AND CEO; Vahid Shababi
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Aaron Joe
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Andrew Hansen
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Michael Hungerford, Andrew Hungerford
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David Luba HEAD OF PARTNERSHIPS & CO-FOUNDER; Stephen Emsley DIRECTOR OF INNOVATION & CO FOUNDER; Derrick Emsley Vik Kambli CEO & CO-FOUNDER; COO; VERITREE
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Joey St-aubin
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Sushant Trivedi
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HOW PARTNERING WITH VANCOUVER COMMUNITY COLLEGE BUILDS COMMUNITY AND REAL-WORLD CHANGE
THE RISE OF MICRO-CREDENTIALS
BACKCOUNTRY BLISS AND PRISTINE POWDER AWAIT IN THE KOOTENAY ROCKIES
Smithers, BC — Where Ambition Meets Adventure.
SNOWMOBILING PLUS FONDUE EQUALS
A PERFECT NIGHT ON BLACKCOMB MOUNTAIN
SNOWMOBILING PLUS FONDUE EQUALS
A PERFECT NIGHT ON BLACKCOMB MOUNTAIN
LIFT, LODGE, LOUNGE
FULL THROTTLE
FAMILY FUN AND SNOWY ADVENTURES DELIGHT AT SILVER STAR
FAMILY FUN AND SNOWY ADVENTURES DELIGHT AT SILVER STAR
HOW IS ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IMPACTING EDUCATION?
They came unsure. They left unstoppable.
THE 2025 BCB GIFT GUIDE
Banquets to blueprints
Meyu takes followers on a scent-imental journey
Inside a $20M maximalist makeover.
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WEALTH WISDOM
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