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Sidestix: Sick stunts from a Very Well Guy
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Sidestix: Sick stunts from a Very Well Guy

A group of us were talking at a recent economic development board meeting about the number of businesses from the Sunshine Coast that actually gained invitations to pitch on the popular Canadian TV show, The Dragon’s Den. There have been six – six! – make it on to the show, from our humble community of [...]

Holy Crap! It’s Creekers on the Dragons’ Den!
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Holy Crap! It’s Creekers on the Dragons’ Den!

*HAPI FOODS – HOLY CRAP CEREAL IS ON CBC’S DRAGON’S DEN WEDNESDAY NIGHT NOV 17* Come to the special screening at Magellan’s Restaurant in Sechelt (next to the Lighthouse Pub). Doors open 7pm! The Sunshine Coast success story of Holy Crap Cereal just keeps getting better and better. Love the name or hate it, it’s [...]

Naturopathic Medical Clinic open in Gibsons
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Naturopathic Medical Clinic open in Gibsons

Gibsons now has a naturopathic physician! Unbounded Naturopathic Medical Clinic has been open since May in the Coast Professional Centre in upper Gibsons. Dr. Jane Gartshore is the owner and practicing naturopathic physician and offers her patients holistic primary health care, focussing on healthy lifestyle, disease prevention, and minimally invasive treatment for health conditions. This [...]

Mike Killeen, Tourism AGM Speaker
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One AGM you don’t want to miss: Tourism

  by Laurie McConnell, Editor/Publisher So I received the invitation for the 2nd AGM for Sunshine Coast Tourism, and wouldn’t you know it, I am going to be away!  The one meeting I don’t want to miss. However, if your business is at all dependent upon or connected to the tourism industry here on the [...]

80+ business attendees at the Infusion 2009 forum
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Small Business Strategy on the Sunshine Coast

Breathing New Life into Business on the Sunshine Coast Sunshine Coast, BC – INfusion 2009, an innovative and interactive participant-driven business forum on Monday, November 30th, 2009 brought together 80+ business owners, entrepreneurs, artists, non-profits and local business organizations. This was a great opportunity for students attending accredited online colleges for business. Participants enjoyed an [...]

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Welcome to the Bigpacific.com directory

The Sunshine Coast is a great place for doing business, and has a higher-than average per-capita ratio of self-employed businesses rather than a predominance of chain outlets or big box stores. The creativity of Sunshine Coasters is apparent when you explore the directory. While you can find links to businesses throughout the pages of the magazine, and through using the search box in the upper right corner, here are some shortcuts to popular sections in the directory.

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2009 Social Enterprise Forum

GIBSONS, B.C. – Half-Day Community Leadership Conference for Coastal Nonprofits, Business Owners and Community Leaders Thursday, May 28th from 1 – 5:30 p.m. at Cedar’s Inn Hotel & Convention Centre promises to be a special opportunity of networking, learning, sharing, and capacity building as various local nonprofit groups, business owners and community leaders gather to [...]

Spring: cleaning & sunshine
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Spring: cleaning & sunshine

So, we have a bunch of dogs. The Pugs, Pompidou and Kaiser Soze. The Terrierist, Lucky, currently gallivanting around in a head cone post bad-bounce in the bush. And Luna – or Lunatic as we often call her. Luna It turns out Luna likes a lot of things she shouldn’t. Like CNN (she yanked the [...]

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SCBBCOA Spring Meeting a Packed House

Bigpacific.com is at the Seaside Centre in Sechelt, one of a number of businesses and community content/activity partners to the Sunshine Coast Bed & Breakfast, Cottage Owners Association (SCBBCOA). The Centre is packed, with all seats filled for the evening of business, visiting speaker from VANOC regarding the upcoming Winter Games next year, and the [...]

Business Awards of Distinction Sunshine Coast
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Sunshine Coast Business Awards of Distinction Winners Announced

Last night was an evening to remember! The 2nd Annual Business Awards of Distinction kept the buzz going after the wildly successful inaugural event last year, with this year’s event held at the Sechelt Golf & Country Club’s Augusta Grill. Top 3 finalists in each category were the guests of honour in the extravaganza, hosted [...]