There are many challenges facing the City of Vancouver in our drive to meet our Greenest City goals. Those challenges involve the City’s sourcing of sustainable products and technologies, and their methods of local sustainable business engagement. Read more here .

In its inaugural year, the BC Technology Industry Association’s (BCTIA) Centre4Growth program helped over 200 companies, with job growth increasing overall by nine percent or 76 new jobs.

The program also helped tech companies raise revenue and investment by $17 million, delivering an estimated $6.4 million in regional economic benefit.

Visual Effects Company now Has Facilities in Three Cities

LOS ANGELES, CA, October 18, 2011 – LOOK Effects announced today that they have opened a production facility in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. By establishing a presence in Vancouver’s Gas Town, LOOK offers visual effects supervision and production in three locations: Los Angeles, New York and Vancouver. LOOK’s newest studio is located at 1 Alexander Street, Vancouver, BC V6A 1E9, Canada. The new studio’s first project will be Summit Entertainment’s “Warm Bodies.”

For more info, please see this link: http://www.lookfx.com/hype.html