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10 to Watch Winner 2025 – Holocene Distilling Project

Douglas magazine — Thu, 24 Apr 2025 22:43:52 +0000

Sector: Distilling and Manufacturing Principals: Aisling Goodman, Dorian Redden Year launched: 2023 Unique selling proposition: Offering unique, herbal- forward spirits with a goal of becoming completely carbon neutral by 2030. Strategy: Combining a science-based, environmentally responsible approach to distilling with the bountiful ingredients offered by nature. Website: holocenedistillingproject.com Fourteen months of production — but nearly […]

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The Strath Seeks New Ownership

Thomas Stuart — Wed, 23 Apr 2025 17:40:14 +0000

For 79 years, The Strath has been a family-owned cornerstone of Victoria’s culture. In February, the Olson family who owns it announced the hospitality hub is on the market. The Olson family has shaped Victoria’s nightlife for three generations. In that time, the six-storey complex at 919 Douglas Street grew beyond the original Strathcona Hotel […]

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10 to Watch Winner 2025 – Swordfish Energy

Douglas magazine — Tue, 22 Apr 2025 20:32:02 +0000

Sector: Technology Principals: Dorn Beattie, Patrick Marshall Year launched: 2023 Unique selling proposition: Clean energy that harnesses the power of tides and rivers. Strategy: Delivering clean, safe and secure energy solutions for coastal economies at 30 per cent less than the levelized cost of other methods. Website: swordfish-energy.ca Oceans and rivers aren’t new sustainable energy […]

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Douglas Weekly – April 22

Douglas magazine — Tue, 22 Apr 2025 17:40:25 +0000

IN THE KNOW: Island partnership will fight fire with drones Campbell River’s Strategic Natural Resource Group and Squamish-based FireSwarm have announced a partnership that could make a big difference in future wildfire seasons. FireSwarm is adapting a Swedish-made drone to fight wildfires. Strategic Natural Resource Group supplies wildfire crews to support provincial government firefighting efforts. […]

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10 to Watch Winner 2025 – Eclective CoWorking

Douglas magazine — Thu, 17 Apr 2025 20:21:46 +0000

Sector: Professional Services Principals: Lauren Poyntz Year launched: 2024 Unique selling proposition: The first true coworking space in Sidney. Strategy: A vibrant coworking space designed to spark creativity, nurture connections and foster a community-centred work culture. Website: eclectivecoworking.ca The old jokes about Sidney being an enclave of retirees measuring out their sunset years in trips […]

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Carving Out a Better Way

Lionel Wild — Wed, 16 Apr 2025 21:53:11 +0000

“A really powerful and visceral experience.” That’s what Indigenous multidisciplinary artist Carey Newman calls watching a towering old-growth cedar cut down before his eyes deep in a West Coast forest a decade ago. “You just don’t hear it, you feel it. It shakes the ground around you.” It was the first time the 50-year-old master […]

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Douglas Reads – Spring 2025

Douglas magazine — Wed, 16 Apr 2025 18:50:52 +0000

We are living through what has been described as a “hinge moment in history,” when the future can easily go in drastically different directions. No one knows that better than author Mark Carney, the former Bank of Canada governor who was recently elected federal Liberal leader and simultaneously became the country’s prime minister. In his […]

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10 to Watch Winner 2025 – Regenerative Capital Group

Douglas magazine — Tue, 15 Apr 2025 23:02:49 +0000

Sector: Commerce Principals: Cordell Jacks, Mike Miller Year Launched: 2022 Unique selling proposition: As thousands of Canadian business owners are retiring, often without succession plans, buying the strong companies will ensure they survive. Strategy: Creating an investment fund and finding entrepreneurs who will grow the existing companies in a socially and environmentally superior way, a […]

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Douglas Weekly – April 14

Douglas magazine — Mon, 14 Apr 2025 15:17:27 +0000

IN THE KNOW: Former 10 to Watch winner among startup competition finalists Victoria’s Apricell Biotechnology (whose founders are pictured above) is one of 215 finalists vying for $250,000 in prizing in this year’s New Ventures BC Competition. A Douglas 10 to Watch winner in 2023, Apricell is developing advanced 3D tissue culture models for cancer […]

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Meet the Winners of Douglas Magazine’s 10 to Watch Awards 2025

Douglas magazine — Tue, 08 Apr 2025 22:12:57 +0000

On April 2, Douglas magazine announced the winners of its annual 10 to Watch Awards. Now in their 16th year, the 10 to Watch Awards celebrate innovative businesses less than three years old that demonstrate exceptional potential for growth and success in their field. More than 250 business leaders attended this year’s Awards Gala hosted […]

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