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  1. Business titan turn philanthropist with Frank Giustra

    Frank Giustra, one of Canada’s most prominent business leaders, has in the last decade turned a large part of his attention to philanthropy. He talks in-depth with Kirk LaPointe, editor-in-chief of Business in Vancouver, about his mission to give back, about the lessons he learned in business…

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  2. Investigating B.C. money laundering with Peter German

    Peter German, the former RCMP deputy commissioner and former Corrections Services deputy commissioner, has chronicled the extent of money laundering in British Columbia casinos. In his newly released report for the provincial government, he identifies weaknesses in the system and prescribes...

  3. BIV Interview (episode 4): Life and times of Andrew Bibby, Grosvenor Americas CEO

    On this week's BIV interview, editor-in-chief Kirk LaPointe sits down with Grosvenor Americas CEO Andrew Bibby (0:09) talks to BIV editor in chief Kirk LaPointe about his life and times, his perspective on the city, his passion for rugby, and his plans for the future. Find Business in Vancouver...

  4. BIV Interview (episode 3): How drug users transformed Vancouver's addiction struggle

    On this week's BIV interview, editor-in-chief Kirk LaPointe sits down with Travis Lupick, a journalist with Georgia Straight and the Author of a new book, Fighting for Space, How a group of drug users transformed one city's struggle with addiction. The pair discuss the social and health crisis…

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  5. BIV interview (Episode 2): James Moore on trade, Trudeau and the Tories

    On this week's BIV interview, editor-in-chief Kirk LaPointe sits down with NAFTA Advisory Council member and former Conservative minister of industry, James Moore, who offers insights on trade, Trudeau and the Tories. See more of Kirk's commentary at https://biv.com/ See omnystudio.com/listener…

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  6. BIV Interview (episode 1): A matter of confidence

    On this week's BIV interview, editor-in-chief Kirk LaPointe sits down with B.C. legislative journalists Rob Shaw and Richard Zussman to discuss last year’s provincial election as chronicled in their best-selling book, A Matter of Confidence. See more of Kirk's commentary at https://biv.com/ See...

  7. Episode 169: Vacancy

    On today's show, BIV's Tyler Orton and Hayley Woodin discuss the amount of empty storefronts in the city. Later the pair discuss how Facebook's stock is fairing after news of the Cambridge Analytica scandal. To see more of Tyler's and Hayley's reporting go to www.biv.com/ See...

  8. Episode 168: New things in store for the BIV podcast

    On today's show, BIV's Hayley Woodin teases what Business in Vancouver has in store for its audio content. For more of Hayley's stories go to www.biv.com/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

  9. Episode 167: Responsible millennials, who knew?

    On today's podcast, BIV's Tyler Orton and Hayley Woodin are joined by Patrick Blennerhassett to discuss his resent story about a new study that found that millennials are twice as likely as baby boomers to pick investment options dedicated to “solving social or environmental problems.” Later…

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  10. Episode 166: Tricks of the trade

    On today's show, BIV reporters Hayley Woodin and Albert Van Santvoort discuss the difficulties of trade, both provincially and federally. The pair discuss the Supreme Court Case ruling that ruled that provincial government can place quantity restriction on the interprovincial import of alcohol....

  11. Episode 165: Economic update with BMO

    On today's show, BIV reporters Hayley Woodin and Nelson Bennett sit down with Lesley Marks, chief investment strategist with BMO private banking, and Doug Porter, chief economist with BMO financial group, to discuss the economic and investment impact of the strong Canadian dollar, ongoing NAFTA...

  12. Episode 164: Surrey's scurry to find a mayor

    On today's show, BIV reporters Hayley Woodin and Patrick Blennerhassett discuss the upcoming Surrey municipal elections after the announcement that Mayor Linda Hepner won't seek re-election. Later, the pair discuss new Alberta legislation that gives the provincial government power to restrict oil...

  13. Episode 163: A matter of confidence

    On today's show, BIV's Kirk LaPointe sits down with B.C. legislative journalists Rob Shaw and Richard Zussman to discuss last year’s provincial election as chronicled in their best-selling book, A Matter of Confidence. To see more of Kirk's commentary at www.biv.com/ See omnystudio.com/listener…

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  14. Episode 162: Back to our roots

    On today's show, BIV's Tyler Orton is joined by U.K. secretary of state for international trade Liam Fox to discuss Brexit, CETA and the future of Canada-U.K. trade. To See more of Tyler's reporting go to www.biv.com/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

  15. Episode 161: Grain on the brain

    On today's show, reporters Tyler Orton and Patrick Blennerhassett discuss the third largest construction start in the province, the G3 Grain Terminal in Vancouver. The pair discuss how the $600 million project does not have as many local benefits as it may have once had. Later, the pair talk…

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  16. Episode 160: Vancouver housing affordability hits all time low

    On today's show, BIV reporter Tyler Orton and Editor-in-cheif Kirk LaPointe sit down with RBC senior economist Robert Hogue discusses why Vancouver’s housing affordability has reached an all-time low, according to a new report. For more of Tyler's reporting and Kirk's commentary visit…

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  17. Episode 159: The future of work

    On today's show, BIV's Tyler Orton discuss how technology is changing the workforce. First, Tyler sits down with RBC’s senior vice-president, office of the CEO, John Stackhouse who explains why half of jobs in Canada stand to be impacted by automation within the next decade and how younger...

  18. Episode 158: How taxing will speculation be in B.C.?

    On today's show, BIV reporters Tyler Orton and Patrick Blennerhassett discuss how applying housing taxes sporadically may affect the housing market. Later, the pair talk about how attitudes are changing around internet privacy. See more of Tyler's reporting at www.biv.com/ See...

  19. Episode 157: Inflation nation

    On today's show, BIV's Tyler Orton sits down with the C.D. Howe Institute’s Steve Ambler to discuss how Canada’s aging population might actually be the underlying cause behind the country’s underwhelming inflation numbers. See more of Tyler's reporting at www.biv.com/ See omnystudio.com/listener...

  20. Episode 156: Speculating on taxes

    On today's show, BIV reporter Tyler Orton is joined by Patrick Blennerhassett to discuss the fallout from the B.C. government's housing speculation tax. Later, the pair discuss the development of the entertainment industry in Vancouver and why the city has so few T.V. writing rooms. See more of...

  21. Episode 155: Hot to trot on pot

    Is the recreational cannabis industry already too restrictive? The product has yet to be legalized but experts are raising concerns about limitations imposed on marketing and distribution. Is it possible recreational cannabis packaging will be as bland as vanilla? Tantalus Labs founder Dan Sutton...

  22. Episode 154: Japanada

    BIV's Tyler Orton and Kirk LaPointe sit down with Canada’s former ambassador to Japan, Don Campbell, to discuss new trading opportunities with Japan as the CPTPP moves forward. See more of Tyler's reporting and Kirk's commentary at www.biv.com/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

  23. Episode 153: Deep dive into behavioural economics

    BIV’s Hayley Woodin and Patrick Blennerhassett are joined by Lindsay Meredith, professor emeritus at Simon Fraser University to discuss various issues in marketing and behavioural economics. The trio discuss how the field of economics has changed and what economists have gotten right and wrong.…

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  24. Episode 152: Business opportunities of climate change

    BIV’s Tyler Orton is joined by Patrick Blennerhassett to discuss what they learned from the Globe Forum, an annual event that brings together the private and public sector to accelerate the shift to the clean economy. Later, Tyler is joined by Carbon Engineering’s Geoff Holmes to discuss how...

  25. Episode 151: Insurance sector takes on climate change

    BIV's Hayley Woodin hosts an armchair discussion at the GLOBE forum with Louis Gagnon, president of Canadian Operations for Intact Financial and Don Forgeron, the Chief Executive Officer for Insurance Bureau of Canada. The trio discusses how the insurance sector is using technology to mitigate...

  26. Episode 150: Fraser Institute on how to perform a fair referendum

    Political science professor and Fraser Institute senior fellow Lydia Miljan discusses best practices for ensuring a fair referendum ahead of any electoral reform in B.C. See more of Tyler's reporting at www.biv.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

  27. Episode 149: The continuing saga of the noncontroversial viaducts

    BIV’s Tyler Orton and Hayley Woodin are joined by Patrick Blennerhassett to talk about the continuing saga of the Vancouver viaducts. The trio wonder what the $200 million project to remove the viaducts will do to the city. Later, they discuss how the OECD raised Canada's projected GDP growth up…

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  28. Episode 148: Steel trap

    Journalists Tyler Orton and Kirk LaPointe sit down with Chris Sands, director of the Center for Canadian Studies at Johns Hopkins University, to discuss the future of Canada-U.S. relations amidst an explosive week in international trade. See more of Tyler's reporting at www.biv.com/ See...

  29. Episode 147: New Zealand ideas come to Vancouver

    On Today's BIV podcast, reporter Tyler Orton sits down with Fuud co-founder Thomas Buchan as the entrepreneur discusses how a trip to New Zealand inspired him to launch a meal-kit service in Vancouver, which has so far delivered 20,000 meals to B.C. residents. See more of Tyler's reporting at...

  30. Episode 146: The Whitecaps' Vancouver effect

    BIV’s Tyler Orton is joined by Patrick Blennerhassett to discuss what the Whitecaps have meant for Vancouver's downtown businesses. Later, the pair talks about innovations coming out of the Langley-based Genesis Robotics, which is developing new technologies to help everything from robot...

  31. Episode 145: Don Campbell talks real estate in Vancouver

    On Today's BIV podcast, reporters Tyler Orton and Patrick Blennerhassett sit down with senior real estate analyst at the Real Estate Investment Network, Don Campbell to discuss why housing affordability measures taken by various levels of government will struggle to make a dent in the current...

  32. Episode 144: Budgets budgets and more budgets

    On Today's BIV podcast, reporters Tyler Orton and Hayley Woodin discuss the not so splashy federal budget. The pair looks at what the government's third budget will mean for the country and for B.C. Later, Tyler and Hayley discuss troubles Mountain Equipment Co-op is facing after consumers…

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  33. Episode 143: Budge over B.C., time for the fed's budget

    On Today's BIV podcast, journalists Tyler Orton, Hayley Woodin and Kirk LaPointe sit down with experts to discuss the federal budget and what companies can do to improve cyber security. First, Tyler and Kirk talk with Rhys Kesselman, a professor at Simon Fraser University’s School of Public…

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  34. Episode 142: BIV takes a bite out of food news

    On Today's BIV podcast, reporters Tyler Orton and Hayley Woodin discuss how restaurants plan to handle the minimum wage increase. Owners that BIV talked to said they'd rather raise prices than cut jobs or hours. Later, Tyler and Hayley discuss a new partnership between Wal-Mart Canada and SPUD…

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  35. Episode 141: Too budget to quit

    BIV's Tyler Orton, Hayley Woodin and Kirk LaPointe sit down with experts to discuss B.C.'s 2018 budget. First, Hayley and Kirk are joined byJock Finlayson, chief policy officer for the Business Council of B.C. to talk about what he considers to be the big surprise of the budget, the employer...

  36. Episode 140: A suit that suits you

    BIV’s Tyler Orton is joined by Patrick Blennerhassett to discuss the future of fashion. Vancouver-based Aedelhard is teaming up with a Toronto tailor, Michael Nguyen, to make suits designed change with the wearers body. Nguyen has fitted custom suits for LeBron James and wants to make a suit that...

  37. Episode 139: Shaw you later, alligator

    On Today's BIV podcast, reporters Tyler Orton and Hayley Woodin discuss how Shaw got more than it bargained for after offering its employees a buyout. 3,300 Shaw employees, or 25%, took the buyout, five times more than the company was expecting. Later, Tyler and Hayley discuss how a West…

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  38. Episode 138: Vancouver's Smart Cities Challenge

    Uniserve CEO Nicholas Jeffery joins BIV on Roundhouse to discuss the federal government’s new Smart Cities Challenge, why Vancouver and Surrey should go in on a bid, and why it’s not altogether negative that the country lags the world when it comes to developing connected and cognitive cities.…

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  39. Episode 137: How does Andrew Wilkinson intend to lead the opposition?

    Newly minted BC Liberal Leader Andrew Wilkinson joins BIV on Roundhouse to discusses the B.C.-Alberta pipeline spat, recreational cannabis and whether ICBC can be fixed. See more of Tyler Orton's and Hayley Woodin's reporting as well as Kirk LaPointe's commentary at www.biv.com/ See...

  40. Episode 136: Getting Frank: The life of a Canadian advertising mogul

    DDB Canada CEO Frank Palmer joins BIV on Roundhouse to reflects on his decades-long career and trends in the advertising industry as he discusses his newly released biography, Let’s Get Frank. See more of Tyler Orton's and Hayley Woodin's reporting as well as Kirk LaPointe's commentary at...

  41. Episode 135: Tapping Canada's green energy potential

    Awesense CEO Mischa Steiner joins BIV on Roundhouse to explain why Canada’s cleantech industry hasn’t been able to tap into its full potential. See more of Tyler Orton's and Hayley Woodin's reporting as well as Kirk LaPointe's commentary at www.biv.com/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy...

  42. Episode 134: Mobility pricing or commuter tax?

    BIV's Tyler Orton and Hayley Woodin are joined by Patrick Blennerhassett to discuss the stories he's working on. The three discuss the current debate about mobility pricing and what it means for people living inside and outside of Vancouver. Later, Tyler, Hayley and Patrick discuss Motorola's...

  43. Episode 133: Point shifting and price fixing at Loblaws

    BIV reporters Tyler Orton and Hayley Woodin discuss the launch of PC Optimum rewards program and what it means for Canadian shoppers. Later, Tyler and Hayley discuss the bread price fixing scandal and what it means going forward for grocers in Canada. See more of Tyler's and Hayley's reporting at...

  44. Episode 132: Green Weaver

    BC Green Party leader Andrew Weaver joins BIV on Roundhouse with his thoughts on the NDP government’s first six months in office, his expectations for the government’s first full budget, and why he believes B.C. should entertain a blanket foreign buyer’s ban on real estate. See more of Tyler...

  45. Episode 131: Make room for soccer in Vancouver

    BIV's Tyler Orton and Hayley Woodin are joined by Patrick Blennerhassett to discuss the stories he's working on. The three discuss how the Whitecaps are garnering more support than other professional sports teams in Vancouver. Later, Tyler, Hayley and Patrick discuss the troubles the provincial…

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  46. Episode 130: Safeway chain not so safe

    BIV reporters Tyler Orton and Hayley Woodin discuss Safeway parent company's plan to shutter 10 B.C. stores. Later, Tyler and Hayley discuss the sixth round of NAFTA talks in Montreal will bring. See more of Tyler's and Hayley's reporting at www.biv.com/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy...

  47. Episode 129: How is southern Canada affecting the north

    In town for the AME Roundup mining conference, Northwest Territories Premier Bob McLeod joins Tyler Orton and Kirk LaPointe to discuss why he believes the policies and politics of southern Canada are having a devastating impact on northerners. See more of Tyler's and Hayley's reporting and Kirk's...

  48. Episode 128: Business in North Surrey

    BIV's Tyler Orton and Hayley Woodin are joined by Patrick Blennerhassett to discuss the stories he's working on. The three discuss how the Flamingo Hotel overhaul is signalling the rise of North Surrey. Later, Tyler, Hayley and Patrick discuss the launch of Amazon Go and what it means for the...

  49. Episode 127: Amazon doesn't add Vancouver to their shopping cart

    BIV's Tyler Orton and Hayley Woodin discuss how Vancouver will not be the home to the new Amazon headquarters and what cities made the short list. Later, Tyler and Hayley discuss what to expect from the sixth round of NAFTA talks. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

  50. Episode 126: Vancouver, the ‘cradle of fuel cell technology’

    BIV reporter Tyler Orton and Hayley Woodin sit down with Matthew Klippenstein, founder, Electron Communications, for a wide-ranging interview on the fuel cell and clean energy industries. See more of Tyler's and Hayley's reporting at www.biv.com/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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