Wednesday, July 8, 2026

Business

Thought of the day by Stoic philosopher Seneca: “The wise man is self-sufficient. Nevertheless, he desires friends, neighbours, and associates, no matter how much...

When I first arrived in Vietnamm more than a decade ago, my calendar filled up fast. There was a big group of us, most weeks had at least one meetup, and I thought this was just how expat life...

Opinion | The most magnetic people often aren’t the charming or witty ones — they tend to be the people whose visible ease quietly...

What follows is editorial reflection on research about how people read and affect one another, not psychological guidance. We are writers reading the literature, not clinicians or psychologists. The studies cited here describe patterns across groups, and population-level findings...

Photonic Adds Microsoft Quantum, UK Intelligence Veterans to Leadership Team

Vancouver’s Photonic is strengthening its leadership team as the quantum computing company moves deeper into commercialization. The company announced this week that Orlagh Neary has joined as Chief Marketing Officer, while Briony Shipman has been appointed Vice President of Global...

I spent years reaching for my phone the moment anxiety hit, and then I found out sound therapists engineered an eight-minute song to slow...

For years, the moment anxiety hit, my hand went to my phone before my brain had finished registering what was happening. Not to call anyone. Not even to look anything up. Just to hold it, unlock it, scroll it, as...

BC TechMap 2026 Charts the Players Powering B.C.’s Tech Ecosystem

The BC Tech Association has published its BC TechMap 2026, a visual snapshot of the companies, organizations, and ecosystem builders helping shape the province’s innovation economy. The annual map is designed to showcase the key players across B.C.’s technology sector...

My dad is almost 70 and has no close friends, and I’ve stopped trying to fix it, because I finally understood he doesn’t experience...

My father is almost seventy and he has no close friends. Not one. No mate he rings on a Sunday, no old colleague he meets for a beer, nobody who would notice, in the first day or two, if...

CIB and TELUS Collaborate to ‘Close the Connectivity Gap’ in Remote Regions

The Canada Infrastructure Bank and TELUS are expanding high-speed internet service across British Columbia. CIB and TELUS announced this week that they have formalized an agreement which sees a total of nearly $400M committed to the project. This includes a sizeable...

Startup Zamala Uses AI to Bring Cultural Context to Event Planning

When Juliana Morais and Raphael Andrade helped friends plan celebrations in Vancouver, they kept running into the same problem: finding the right local people for the right kind of event was harder than it should be. A wedding, birthday, quinceañera,...

WiseTech Global founder Richard White steps down as chair

Independent director Raelene Murphy, who only joined the WiseTech board in January, will replace him as chair. White remains a director and continues in his executive role as chief innovation officer. The change comes after WiseTech (ASX: WTC) share price plunged...

Founding a business also has its ‘terrible twos’: so here’s what I want other founders to know

What nobody tells you is that the hardest part isn’t the business, rather it’s shedding your identity. I had spent 15 years in banking, which is long enough to become someone whose career came with infrastructure: a team, a budget,...
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News Wrap: Attempt to collect election worker info rejected

In our news wrap Tuesday, a federal judge rejected the Trump administration's attempt to collect the names and contact...
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