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Focuses on Emmie Leung, chief executive officer of International Paper Industries Ltd. of North Vancouver, British Columbia. The success the company has had since 1993; How she got into the business; Company revenues for 1998.

Reports on the lagging financial situation of MacMillan Bloedel Limited (MacBlo) located in Vancouver, British Columbia. MacBlo as one of Canada's largest forest product companies; Financial figures for MacBlo; MacBlo's migrating from traditional emphasis on timber and pulp to higher-margin value-added activities; The possible breaking up of MacBlo; Comments from president and CEO of MacBlo, Bob Findlay; The success of other logging companies on the West coast of Canada.

Focuses on Ike Barber, Entrepreneur of the Year in Canada for 1997. Barber being the founder of Slocan Forest Products Ltd. in Richmond, British Columbia; Barber's background in the forestry business; Barber's response to criticism of loggers.

The article presents the author's opinion regarding the Northern Gateway oil pipeline debate between British Columbia Premier Christy Clark and Alberta Premier Alison Redford in 2012, with a focus on Canada's energy industries. Topics include interprovincial trade in Canada, the economic benefits of the proposed pipeline project, and oil spill prevention measures.

The article features schools in Canada that offer master of business administration (MBA) degree. These include the University of Alberta's School of Business in Edmonton, University of British Columbia's Sauder School of Business in Vancouver, and Brock University's Faculty of Business at St. Catharines, Ontario. Details on the business school's strengths and tuition fees are also noted. INSETS: MBA PROGRAMS BY THE NUMBERS;WHAT'S THE PAYBACK?;EMBA'S BY THE NUMBERS.

The article reports on efforts to prevent white-collar crime in Canada. The stock-swindle case, Project Opulence, was cracked by a team of RCMP investigators working closely with agents from the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Ontario Securities Commission. The team effort worked so well on the Benlolo brothers' case that it was used as a model for the RCMP's new Integrated Market Enforcement Team, an elite fraud squad made up of experienced RCMP investigators, forensic accountants and securities market experts. Their mandate: to work with Canada's securities enforcement community to crack down on corporate crime and restore confidence in Canada's financial markets. RCMP Supt. Craig Hannaford's team might have only one minor arrest under its belt, but it is also investigating transactions between Toronto-based Royal Group Technologies and a St. Kitts resort controlled by chairman Vic De Zen, as well as possible criminal behavior at Nortel Networks. Across the country, in Vancouver, Insp. Bill Majcher, a 20-year veteran of the RCMP, is working the Howe Street beat for IMET. While Toronto concentrates on large-scale blue-chip corporate fraud, Majcher's unit is targeting the relatively smaller stock swindlers who have tarnished the reputation of the Vancouver equity markets. The RCMP hopes federal Bill C-13, which went into force in September, will alleviate some of the problems with search warrants. Besides giving police more power to execute search warrants, the bill includes new protection for corporate whistle-blowers and increases the maximum sentence for fraud to 14 years in prison from 10--the longest sentence that can be imposed short of life in prison. It also adds insider trading to the Criminal Code. INSET: The slow arm of the law.

The author discusses the OTC Bulletin Board stock quotation service in the United States and the proliferation of such companies in Canada. The OTCBB is a trading forum for about 3,300 issuers, most of them nascent companies with no established business--and many with no purpose other than to rip off investors. During the late 1990s, when British Columbia regulators embarked on a concerted campaign to clean up the Vancouver junior market, many scoundrel promoters sought refuge in the OTCBB. The B.C. Securities Commission reckons there are now several hundred OTCBB companies with Vancouver connections. Theoretically, OTCBB issuers that are based in Canada must run a double gauntlet of American and Canadian regulators. But the reality is that Canadian regulators tend to ignore OTC issuers because they don't trade on Canadian exchanges. And American regulators, to the extent that they bother with OTC companies, are less inclined to pursue foreign issuers, especially with Canada's abysmal record of extraditing Canadian residents who breach U.S. securities rules. Commission chairman Doug Hyndman says B.C. is working on some initiatives to deal with the problem, but isn't quite ready to talk about them. Insp. Bill Majcher, in charge of the new RCMP Integrated Market Enforcement Team in Vancouver, describes the over-the-counter stock business as a tremendous problem. The problem is not unique to Vancouver. There are also dozens of Bulletin Board stocks operating out of Toronto, for the most part unimpeded by provincial regulators. Michael Watson, the Ontario Securities Commission enforcement director whose principal constituent is the more senior Toronto Stock Exchange, admits that errant OTCBB companies are at the bottom of his priority list. Can/Am Auto Sales Inc., a Vancouver car dealer with no revenue and negligible assets, provides a good illustration of why investors, when dealing with Bulletin Board issues, can toss efficient-market pricing theories out the window.

Focuses on the investment firm of Glenn Anderson in Burns Lake, British Columbia. Government investigation by the B.C. Financial Institutions Commission (FICOM) of the company of Anderson, known as 439288 BC Ltd.; Way that much of the money advanced to borrowers was unsecured; Belief of investigators that the firm was insolvent and had become like a Ponzi scheme; Idea that the company had participated in money laundering.

Reports on the Case Competition co-winners for the University of Victoria's business school in British Columbia. Issues of concern for the university and need for depth of faculty members in individual functions or disciplines; Sample from the application of co-winner James Hernandez; Sample of the submission from co-winner Norman Embree; Details of the strategy being implemented at the university to address its challenges. INSETS: Case competition cowinner James Hernandez;Case competition cowinner Norman Embree.

Highlights the aggressive Asian businessmen who have turned Richmond, British Columbia into the hottest boomtown this side of the Pacific. Richmond has the highest concentration of Asians of any Canadian city. Examples of entrepreneurs Jack Lee, 42, and Howard Ho, 56; Others. INSET: China dollars (Buy & Sell Press' Chinese edition).

British Columbia's Okanagan Valley is an area of surpassing beauty. That housing boom, in turn, has created a lot of wealth and more than a few millionaires in the Okanagan. But no one has had a more dramatic and unlikely rise to riches and influence than local boy Ron Michael Derrickson. His eponymous RMD Group of Companies owns trailer parks, a marina, apartments, dozens of leased industrial and commercial properties, a family theme park, other residential and recreational developments--such as a brand-new executive golf course--and substantial tracts of prime undeveloped land. All told, Derrickson's holdings are worth an estimated $100 million. While building his businesses, Derrickson was elected chief of the Westbank Indian band in 1976, the start of five consecutive two-year terms. His motivation to run for office stemmed from a realization that "there were some things that needed to be done." Under Derrickson's leadership, the Westbank band's fortunes soared from squalor to being one of the wealthiest reserves in Canada, an entrepreneurial hothouse with 12 profitable businesses. Today, with his remaining substantial tracts of prime undeveloped land, Derrickson is a lightning rod for Okanagan developers. It's the reason he says he doesn't like to dine out locally, because people are always pitching him with deals. But deals there are aplenty.

Profiles David Jones, associate director of the University of British Columbia's (UBC) University-Industry Liaison Office (UILO), which acts as a business incubator. Jones' efforts to transform technologies with commercial potential from UBC's labs into start-up companies; Regulations which restrict equity participation by Jones and his colleagues.

Focuses on Charles Fipke, the daring 53-year-old geologist from Kelowna, British Columbia. The impact of his discovery of diamonds in the Northwest Territories; Biographical information; His intense drive and love of geology.

Reports on how Internet gaming companies, such as Starnet Communications International Inc., are cashing in on the lack of regulations imposed by the Canadian government. Status of Starnet as the only British Columbian gaming outfit that does not take bets from residents of Canada or the United States; How online gambling companies make their money.

This article offers Canadian business news briefs. The Canadian Securities Administration is clarifying executive compensation disclosure and capital market regulations starting on April 22, 2008. British Columbia's oil and gas revenue passed $1 billion for the first time in the 2007-08 fiscal year. Canada's Federal Court of Appeal rejected a government move to block a barley-monopoly by the Canadian Wheat Board.

Discusses politics and government in British Columbia (B.C.). General belief as of May 14, 2001 that the Liberal Party will take control of the government; Thoughts on the long-term economic potential of the area; Thoughts on economic and business renewal; How the Liberals could potentially help businesses in the area.

Focuses on Vancouver, British Columbia scientist-businessman Guy Cramer and his claim that he can predict stock performance based on the level of positive and negative ions in the air. His assertion that positive ions promote greed and stimulate buying while negative ions create panic and stimulate selling; Accuracy of his past forecasts; Opinion of scientists that his ideas are far-fetched.