® Best of Vancouver

City Life winners

Best community centre

  1. Roundhouse Community Arts & Recreation Centre, 181 Roundhouse Mews
  2. Hillcrest Community Centre, 4575 Clancy Loranger Way
  3. Mount Pleasant Community Centre, 1 Kingsway
  4. Trout Lake Community Centre, 3350 Victoria

Most environmentally responsible local company

  1. MEC
  2. Whole Foods Market, Various locations
  3. Vancity

Best example of city planning

  1. Bike lanes
  2. Olympic Village
  3. Seawall

Best criminal lawyer

  1. Jonathan Israels - Jonathan J. Israels Law Corporation
  2. David Karp -
  3. Christopher Drinovz - Fraser Valley Employment & Disability Law

Best lawyer/notary when buying/selling real estate

  1. David Watts, David Watts Notary

Favourite Vancouver Canadians player

  1. Brett Barber

Best lawyer/notary when buying/selling real estate

  1. Sima Mazarei, Notary Public

Favourite Vancouver Canadians player

  1. Boomer Collins

Best lawyer/notary when buying/selling real estate

  1. Jennifer Neville, Hammerberg Lawyers LLP

Favourite Vancouver Canadians player

  1. Mark Biggs
  2. Miguel Castro

Best place to buy RRSPs

  1. RBC Royal Bank
  2. Vancity
  3. TD Canada Trust

Best New Condo Development

  1. Vancouver House
  2. Marine Gateway
  3. Trump International Hotel & Tower Vancouver

Best public-relations firm

  1. Yulu Public Relations Inc., 212-55 Water Street
  2. Edelman, 1400–1500 West Georgia Street
  3. Jive Communications, 220-440 West Hastings Street

Best college/school/university for training in film or media

  1. Vancouver Film School
  2. Capilano University
  3. British Columbia Institute of Technology

Best local video-game/animation studio

  1. Electronic Arts, 4330 Sanderson Way
  2. United Front Games, 1128 Homer Street, 3rd floor
  3. Radical Entertainment, 369 Terminal Avenue, 7th floor
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