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| x TELUS |
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Edmonton |
Telus (TSX: T, T.A; NYSE: TU) is a national telecommunications company in Canada that provides a wide range of communications products and services including data, Internet protocol (IP), voice, entertainment and video. The company is based in...
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| x Canfor | Vancouver |
Canfor Corporation (TSX: CFP) is an Canadian integrated forest products company based in Vancouver, British Columbia. The company traces its roots to the late 1930s, when brothers-in-law John G. Prentice and L.L.G. "Poldi" Bentley and their families...
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| x BC Hydro |
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1961 |
BC Hydro and Power Authority (BCHPA) is a Canadian electric utility in the province of British Columbia now known simply as BC Hydro. It is one of the largest electric utilities in Canada, serving more than 1.8 million customers in an area...
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| x Relic Entertainment |
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1997 | Vancouver |
Relic Entertainment is a Canadian game development company that specializes in 3D real-time strategy games and has released a number of innovative PC games.
Relic was started in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada by Alex Garden and Luke Moloney in...
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| x Angiotech Pharmaceuticals |
Angiotech (TSX: ANP) is a Vancouver, British Columbia pharmaceutical company. Its products enhance the performance of medical devices and biomaterials through the use of pharmacotherapeutics. Angiotech is a global specialty pharmaceutical and...
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| x HeliJet |
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1986 |
Helijet International is a helicopter airline based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. It operates scheduled services and has a charter division (Helijet Charters) servicing the film, television, aerial tour and general charter markets, as well...
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| x HSBC Bank Canada | 1981 |
HSBC Bank Canada (TSX: HSB), formerly the Hongkong Bank of Canada, is a bank in Canada that is part of British banking giant HSBC - one of the largest banking groups in the world. HSBC Canada is the seventh largest bank in Canada, with offices in...
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| x CHC Helicopter |
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1987 |
CHC Helicopter Corporation (sometimes known as Canadian Helicopter Corporation, Canadian Helicopters or Hélicoptères Canadiens) is the world’s largest global commercial helicopter operator. CHC has a fleet of 320 helicopters and has been providing...
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| x First Quantum Minerals | 1996 |
First Quantum Minerals Ltd. (TSX: FM) is a Vancouver, British Columbia based mining and metals company whose principal activities include mineral exploration, development and mining.
First Quantum's common shares are listed for trading on the...
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| x Institute for Cooperation in Space |
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2001 |
The Institute for Cooperation in Space (ICIS) is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt, non-profit foundation whose mission is to educate decision makers and the general public about why they believe space weapons should be banned.
ICIS was created in 2001 by Dr....
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| x Fasken Martineau DuMoulin |
Fasken Martineau is an international business law and litigation firm with more than 650 lawyers and offices in Vancouver, Calgary, Toronto, Ottawa, Montréal, Québec City, London, Paris and Johannesburg. As a multi-service law firm, Fasken Martineau...
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| x Finning |
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Vancouver |
For the town in Germany, see Finning, Bavaria.
For the removal of shark fins, see Shark finning.
Finning International Inc. (TSX: FTT), headquartered in Vancouver, British Columbia, is the world's largest distributor of Caterpillar products and...
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| x Teck Cominco |
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1906 |
Teck Resources Limited (TSX: TCK, NYSE: TCK) known as Teck Cominco until late 2008, is a Canadian mining company. It was formed from the amalgamation of Teck and Cominco in 2001.
Cominco started in 1906 as The Consolidated Mining and Smelting...
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| x Fraser Milner Casgrain |
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1839 |
Fraser Milner Casgrain LLP (FMC) is one of Canada’s leading business & litigation law firms. With more than 520 lawyers (175 litigators) it is the fifth largest law firm in Canada as well as the largest law firm in Western Canada. FMC is a fully...
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| x Propaganda Games |
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2005 |
Propaganda Games is a video game development studio based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada which was formed in 2005. Owned by Disney Interactive Studios, the interactive division of Buena Vista, the studio was formed by former employees of EA...
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| x Kerberos Productions |
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2003 |
Kerberos Productions Inc. is a third-party video game developer based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The company was formed in 2003 by former employees of Barking Dog Studios/Rockstar Games.
The company takes its name and logo from Cerberus...
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| x Next Level Games | Oct 2002 | Vancouver |
Next Level Games Inc. is a full-service third-party video game developer based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Founded in October 2002, Next Level Games specializes in creating console video games. Its first project was NHL Hitz Pro, which...
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| x Radical Entertainment | 1991 | Vancouver |
Radical Entertainment is a video game developer based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. It was founded in 1991 and previously developed games for game publishers such as THQ, Microsoft and Fox Interactive. It is now an entirely owned...
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| x Borden Ladner Gervais |
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Borden Ladner Gervais LLP (abbreviated as BLG) is the largest full-service Canadian law firm with over 750 lawyers and intellectual property agents, practising in offices in Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal, Calgary, Vancouver and Waterloo Region. BLG...
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| x Mailchannels |
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2003 | Vancouver |
MailChannels Corporation is an anti-spam technology company founded in 2004 and based in Vancouver, British Columbia. The firm was created by some former employees of ActiveState to develop new techniques for fighting spam. The company's current...
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| x Army and Navy Stores | 1919 |
Army & Navy is a department store chain in Canada billing itself as "Canada's Original Discount Store". It currently operates 6 stores in Alberta and British Columbia.
Samuel Joseph Cohen opened the first Army & Navy location in Vancouver, British...
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| x Antarctica Systems | 1999 |
Antarctica Systems Inc. is a business consultancy company. Its mission is to help organizations get more out of their investment in Business intelligence (BI).
It was founded in 1999 by Tim Bray.
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| x Intrinsyc |
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1996 |
"Center of excellence for mobile and embedded devices"
Intrinsyc (TSX: ICS) Intrinsyc provides software for creating handheld products including mobile handsets, smart phones, GPS devices and embedded systems. Intrinsyc's customers are device makers...
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| x Vancity |
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1946 | Vancouver |
Vancouver City Savings Credit Union, commonly referred to as Vancity is a member-owned financial institution in Vancouver, British Columbia and the largest English-speaking credit union in Canada. Founded in 1946, and the second oldest Credit Union...
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| x Rockstar Vancouver |
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Aug 2002 |
Rockstar Vancouver is a video game studio located in downtown Vancouver, British Columbia. Rockstar Vancouver released Bully, a controversial title exclusively for the PlayStation 2 on October 17, 2006. Rockstar Vancouver employs 75 people and...
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| x West Fraser Timber | Quesnel |
West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. (TSX: WFT) is a Canadian forestry company based in Quesnel, British Columbia. In 2006 it became the second largest lumber producer in North America.
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| x 1-800-GOT-JUNK? |
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1989 | Vancouver |
1-800-GOT-JUNK? is a full-service junk removal company with over 220 franchises in Canada, the United States and Australia.
1-800-GOT-JUNK? was founded in Vancouver, British Columbia in 1989 by founder and current CEO Brian Scudamore after seeing a...
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| x Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers |
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Kelowna |
Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers (NYSE: RBA & TSX: RBA), sells, through unreserved public auctions, a broad range of used and unused industrial equipment including equipment utilized in the construction, transportation, material handling, mining, forestry,...
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| x VersaCold |
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1946 | Vancouver |
VersaCold is a Vancouver, British Columbia based company that provides warehouse and distribution services.
VersaCold, founded in 1946, operates 73 modern, temperature-controlled warehouses across Canada and in the US, Argentina, Australia, and New...
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| x Canada Export Centre |
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2004 |
The Canada Export Centre was founded in Vancouver in 2004 to facilitate trade relations between client companies from Canada and international buyers from all over the world. The Canada Export Centre is a private company working with all levels of...
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| x Bantam Apparel | Vancouver |
Bantam Apparel is the parent company of a set of topical websites that sell t-shirts.
Although branded separately, the individual sites themselves Ice Cold T-Shirts, Echelon Shift, and Ajanta.org operate through a centrally management system that...
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| x Harmony Airways |
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2002 |
Harmony Airways was an airline headquartered in Richmond, British Columbia, Canada, a suburb of Vancouver. It operated holiday flights from Canada to Mexico, Las Vegas, Nevada and Manchester. Its main base was Vancouver International Airport.
On...
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| x Bryght Northern Research, Incorporated | Jun 19, 2004 | Vancouver | Employer | ||
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| x Static Photography | 2005 | Vancouver | Employer | ||
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| x Davis & Company | Vancouver |
Established in 1892, Davis LLP is a full-service Canadian law firm. Founded in Vancouver, BC the firm has grown to include seven offices in Canada and one in Japan. Davis has more than 220 lawyers working in 47 different practice groups.
Born in...
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| x Goodmans |
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Toronto |
Goodmans LLP is a Canadian corporate law firm with offices in Toronto and Vancouver. It is one of the seven sisters. First established in Toronto in 1917 by David Bertram Goodman, Goodmans LLP now has approximately 200 lawyers. The firm acts for...
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| x West Coast Air |
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West Coast Air is a scheduled and charter airline based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The airline flies routes between Vancouver and Victoria, primarily with de Havilland Canada float planes.
Along with Harbour Air, they operate the...
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| x Daytek |
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Delta |
Daytek is a Canadian consumer electronics company, which has offices in Vancouver and Toronto. It was established June 1, 1993. Daytek is manufacturing and marketing a line of products in the following categories; computer monitors, PC, PC...
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| x Lang Michener LLP | Toronto |
Lang Michener LLP is a full-service national law firm founded in 1926. With over 200 professionals and offices in Toronto, Vancouver, Ottawa and Hong Kong.
The firm provides a complete range of legal services to Canadian and multinational...
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| x Interim Capital Corp. | 2006 |
Interim Capital Corp. is a Canadian publicly traded company listed on the TSX Venture Exchange under the symbol INA.P.
Its board of directors include Jeff Berwick, Kirk Exner, Gregg J. Sedun and Keith Gilmour.
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| x Jim Pattison Group |
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Vancouver |
The Jim Pattison Group is Canada’s third largest privately held company and, in a recent survey by the Financial Post, The Jim Pattison Group was ranked as Canada’s 62nd largest company. Jim Pattison, a Vancouver-based entrepreneur is the Chairman,...
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| x Klei Entertainment Inc. | Jul 2005 |
Klei Entertainment is an independent game development studio located in Vancouver that develops downloadable video games for the PC and Xbox 360's Xbox Live Arcade.
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| x Citizens Bank of Canada |
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Vancouver |
Citizens Bank of Canada is a British Columbia, Canada-based virtual bank owned by Vancouver City Credit Union (Vancity). From 1997 until 2009 Citizens Bank offered personal and business banking services over the internet. On August 5, 2009, Citizens...
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| x Hothead Games | 2006 | Vancouver |
Hothead Games is an independent video game developer and publisher based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Hothead is best known for its role-playing/adventure video game series, On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness, based on the Penny...
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| x Florimex Vancouver | 2001 |
Florimex Vancouver is a flower distributor. It is the first company to offer certified fair trade cut flowers in Canada. The company is formally a member of Florimex International, although it is now a locally owned and independent.
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| x Fairchild Group |
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1983 |
The Fairchild Group (traditional Chinese: 新時代集團; pinyin: Xīnshídài jítuán) is a business conglomerate in Canada, with headquarters in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Fairchild Group operates various media properties under the Fairchild Media...
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| x Stockgroup Information Systems Inc. | 1993 |
Stockgroup Information Systems Inc. is a financial media company focused on user-generated content and collaborative technologies. The company¬タルs technology platform for web-based portfolio management, financial content and wireless market data is...
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| x Small potatoes urban delivery | 1997 |
Small Potatoes Urban Delivery (SPUD) is an online grocery store dedicated to being "the most socially responsible, environmentally sound, and financially profitable internet home delivery company in North America" The ideology behind SPUD and other...
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| x Gordon Stanfield Animation |
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Dec 3, 1987 |
Gordon Stanfield Animation (GSA) is an historic animation service company based in Vancouver, British Columbia with over 20 years of development, pre-production and production experience. GSA was the first sub-contract animation studio in North...
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| x McCarthy Tétrault |
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Toronto |
McCarthy Tétrault LLP is a law firm with offices in Canada’s major commercial centres and in London, UK. It provides business law, litigation, tax, real estate, and labour and employment law services.
The firm represents Canadian and international...
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| x Simba Technologies | 1991 |
Simba Technologies is a supplier of standards-based data access solutions located in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Simba Technologies specializes in connectivity for ODBC, JDBC, OLE DB for OLAP (ODBO) and XML for Analysis (XMLA). The company...
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| x Squirrel Systems |
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1984 |
Squirrel Systems is a Vancouver-based point of sale vendor specializing in turnkey hospitality management systems. Squirrel's corporate headquarters, research and development laboratories, and solution center are based in Vancouver, Canada; Squirrel...
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| x Macdonald Realty |
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Vancouver |
Macdonald Realty is a Canadian real estate brokerage firm with both Corporate and Franchise offices. It is currently one of the largest Independent Brokerage Firms in Western Canada with over 700 Agents in British Columbia and Alberta.
The company's...
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| x Choices Market |
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Vancouver |
Choices Markets is a Vancouver-based supermarket chain that is Western Canada's largest retailer of natural and organic food.
There are currently seven Metro Vancouver locations, including one Rice bakery, as well as one location in Kelowna (8...
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| x NowPublic Technologies, Inc. |
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NowPublic is a participatory news network which mobilizes an army of
reporters to cover the events that define our world. In twelve short
months, the company has become one of the fastest growing news
organizations with thousands of reporters in...
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| x Something Simpler |
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Something Simpler is a leading-edge company charting a new course in the
next-generation of the Web: a web that is personalized just for you; a
web that understands your needs and wants; and a web that allows the
things you’re interested in to...
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| x Utherverse Digital Inc |
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2002 | Vancouver |
Utherverse
Inc. (Also known as Utherverse Digital Inc.) is an internet networking
company focusing on bringing Web 2.0 technology, 3-D virtual
environments, and social situations together. It was formed with the
goal of creating massively...
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| x Dollar Giant | 2001 |
Dollar Giant is a chain of over 60 dollar stores in British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan and Ontario. The company was founded in 2001. It is headquartered in Vancouver and is Canada's 4th largest operator of "only at a dollar" stores. Approx. 30...
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| x Freshslice |
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1999 |
Freshslice Pizza is a Canadian franchised pizza chain in Metro Vancouver consisting of 19 stores. The first restaurant opened in 1999 in Vancouver, British Columbia. Today, Freshslice Pizza is the second largest pizza chain in Vancouver behind...
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