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Calvin Ayre

Thu, 01 Nov 2007 14:45:04 -0700

By Tracy Tjaden

Calvin Ayre’s playboy image isn’t helped by his Alec Baldwin good looks. Or his talent for taunting the U.S. Department of Justice. Or his penchant for quaffing drinks with celebrities on party yachts.

Not that it needs any help. The 46-year-old billionaire owner of Bodog.com Entertainment Group, one of the world’s largest online-gambling websites, is sipping a dry martini in West Vancouver’s Browns Social House, which he used to own, talking to a journalist about mixed martial arts, pretty much the most violent form of legal fighting, which Bodog now promotes. His date, Zara, sips at her own martini, a fruity one, and doesn’t add much to the conversation.

Sullivan’s secret weapon

Thu, 28 Jun 2007 19:59:14 -0700

By Jessica Werb

When the media has a beef with the mayor, he dispatches Anna Lilly

Situation Critical

Fri, 01 Jun 2007 21:47:00 -0700

By Jessica Werb

Ida Goodreau took over the helm of Vancouver Coastal Health in 2002. Five years later, the job is not getting easier

Bath bombs and Beer

Tue, 01 May 2007 00:34:00 -0700

by David Jordan

Mark Wolverton left the family brokerage to oversee a bath-products empire – and open a string of brew pubs

Provincial referee

Mon, 02 Apr 2007 12:10:52 -0700

By David Jordan

Ken Dobell has spent his life negotiating agreements between testy public institutions

Soaring with the angels

Mon, 01 Jan 2007 09:52:38 -0800

by David Jordan

How do you rally millionaire investors? Ask Mike Volker

Judy Rogers keeps the city ticking

Mon, 02 Oct 2006 15:18:04 -0700

by David Jordan

Judy Rogers’s desk last July, she was concerned enough to take the issue to the mayor’s office, sparking a police board investigation.

King of Gastown

Sat, 01 Apr 2006 10:18:07 -0800

by Jessica Werb

Robert Fung stands in a dirty, graffiti-streaked Gastown alleyway, facing a pile of old bricks and rubble. A collection of hard-hatted workmen labour noisily with shovels, crowbars and hammers amid the ruins. Frankly, it looks a mess. But Fung doesn’t see the chaos. He sees the reinvigoration of Gastown.

Spirited discussions

Thu, 01 Dec 2005 13:24:32 -0800

by Tracy Tjaden

It’s a difficult job, but somebody has to get business and First Nations to play nice

Work cut out

Thu, 01 Sep 2005 09:41:52 -0700

by Brian Howell

Can Reid Carter fix B.C.’s shattered coastal forest industry?