David Sidoo: The player

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Flying high: John Anderson

From produce to private planes: the improbable journey of John Anderson. more...

Education exporter

Toby Chu doesn't waste any time. The efficient and affable president and CEO of CIBT Education Group Inc. strides into the company's boardroom at the appointed hour, equipped with an armload of brochures, press clippings and analysts' reports. My opening question about his business in China triggers a well-rehearsed five-minute synopsis of CIBT's history, business strategy and growth prospects.

Chu has had ample opportunity to hone his spiel. As an entrepreneur who has seemingly had the inside track on cracking the massive China market, he has recently deli elevator pitch to investors, analysts, prospective business partners and the media – including Maclean's, which featured him in a full-page profile last spring. more...

Midnight at the oasis

What is it about Vancouver that attracts the eccentric fringe of the airline industry? The question seems only reasonable in the wake of this spring’s collapse of Oasis Hong Kong Airlines. It would be one thing if just one offbeat billionaire’s dreams of a low-cost long-haul airline went up in flames. But the collapse of Oasis came just one year after the sudden demise of Harmony Airways, another low-cost carrier started on the whim of a wealthy entrepreneur who saw a golden opportunity in Vancouver’s ties to Asia.

Harmony was started in November 2002 by reclusive Vancouver billionaire David Ho. Harmony initially flew to vacation sunspots such as Mexico and Hawaii. more...

Lane Merrifield

When you join a company like Disney, you’ve got a whole new set of tools at your disposal. One of the things we’re most excited about is international expansion, and this spring we’re going to be launching a dedicated U.K. version of Club Penguin.
It’s now an old story: how the trio of twentysomethings just wanted to build a safe social-networking site their kids could enjoy free of advertising more...

Driver's seat

Dale Parker’s office on the 17th floor of Metrotower II in Burnaby’s Metrotown is stripped bare. A shelf leans askew in an empty bookcase; the polished desk surface gleams in the afternoon sunlight. A blue and white wooden pole marked “bus stop” stands in the corner, bearing an empty coat hook.

Behind the desk, Parker looks on quizzically as an assistant leans over, tapping a few commands on the keyboard. more...

Wade Davis - Audio Clip

Listen to an audio clip from David Jordan's interview with Wade Davis, world-famous anthropologist and explorer in residence for the National Geographic. more...

dot.com 2.0

Once again, kids in basements are building websites that sell for billions, and a handful of Vancouver Internet start-ups have dollar signs dancing in their heads. Is it 1999 all over again? more...

Stephen Toope, President of UBC

“I’ll always have a strong commitment to civil liberties and equality” more...

Top class

David Strangway moved mountains – and sold some condos – to build B.C.’s first secular private university more...