Archives: Success Stories

Nanaimo based AVIA Media Company continues to thrive

AVIA was formed in the summer of 2019. It was co-founded by local entrepreneur, Jason Simard, and social media content creator, Richard Kelly. Background...
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Engineering firm chooses Nanaimo to establish its first Vancouver Island office

Klohn Crippen Berger (KCB) have seen the benefits of Nanaimo to locate its first office on Vancouver Island. History of KCB Formed in 1951,...
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Another exciting announcement by the Port of Nanaimo

There are great things happening at the Port of Nanaimo. In June 2018 Minister of Transport Marc Garneau was in Nanaimo to announce a...
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Mid-Island Entrepreneurs are applying their passion and inspiration to all things including a Market.

Mei Dunlop shares her story of creating the Vancouver Island Market Ltd (VIM) Vancouver Island Market Ltd (VIM) was born out of the need...
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Film Community and expertise grows in Nanaimo driven by Film enthusiasts

Nanaimo has started to buzz with film making the past couple of years, but it wasn’t so long ago there was very little film activity...
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SRFax an Internet faxing service provider thriving in Nanaimo

SRFax is an Internet faxing service that was started in Vancouver by owner Mike Charalambous in 2004. By 2007, the company was growing with...
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Nanaimo Entrepreneurs secure Dragons Den Funding

By Ian Holmes – Nanaimo News Now Siblings from Nanaimo walked away from the CBC reality TV show Dragons’ Den with an investor for...
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Harmac mill is thriving, decade after rescue by its employees

By Andrew Duffy, Times Colonist – September 11th, 2018 It wasn’t supposed to last. And certainly not through a global economic meltdown and a depressed...
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Indaba a growing Parksville based company sourcing products around the World for the North American market

Indaba is an African word that means “a gathering of people.” Indaba was created as an idea that evolved into a thriving established wholesale...
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Tremain Media in their first year in Nanaimo

“The business community in Nanaimo has been truly welcoming to us.” Leah Tremain. Tremain Media is a full-service media and marketing company here on...
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