A Burnaby insurance broker is one of the top brokers in the country, according to Insurance Business Canada.
Tony Thompson, senior account manager of national and international accounts for Hub International, was Number 22 out of 30 elite brokers listed in the industry magazine.
This is the third year the magazine has compiled the ranking, according to a press release.
The brokers are ranked across five criteria to ensure a balanced playing field, the release stated. The criteria include premium income, revenue per client, awards and recognition, how many policies they’ve written, and their client book.
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Burnaby company donates $100,000 to autism centre
Pacific Blue Cross will have its own room at the Pacific Autism Family Centre when it opens.
The Burnaby-based company recently donated $100,000 to the Pacific Autism Family Centre Foundation, to go towards creating the Pacific Blue Cross preschool room, according to a press release from the foundation.
The centre is being built for children on the autism spectrum and their families, and will provide information and support, offer treatments and conduct research. It is being built in Richmond, and is scheduled to open next summer.
For more information, go to www.pacificautismfamily.com.
Choices celebrates
Choices Markets is celebrating its 25th anniversary with a year of prizes, according to an email from the Canadian company.
There will be weekly draws for 10,000 Choices points, which equals $100 in groceries, according to the Choices’ website. Those interested in entering can fill out a draw form at local stores, and each week a name will be drawn from each store location until the middle of November.
Those winners will then be invited to the store, and four winners from each location will win a $250 Choices gift card as well as a ballot for a grand prize of $25,000.
The grand prize draw is in December. For more information, go to www.choicesmarkets.com.
There are two Choices locations in Burnaby – one at 10th Avenue at Crest Plaza, and the new production facility and smaller store at New Haven Business Park at Glenlyon Parkway and Marine Way.
Dave Matthews ‘digs’ local farm
The Dave Matthews band performed at Rogers Arena at the end of August, and when they did, they ordered their food from Burnaby.
Chefs for the band and crew ordered meat and produce from Urban Digs Farm, according to a press release from Urban Digs.
“We are big fans of The Dave Matthews Band so it was a real thrill to get the call,” Julia Smith, co-owner of the farm, said in a press release. “Along with a great selection of organic fruits and veggies, we’re sending some beautiful dry-aged heritage pork chops that were pasture-raised less than 10 miles away from Rogers Arena and you can’t get any more local than that.”
Matthews is involved with Farm Aid, which holds annual concerts to raise funds for family farms in the U.S.
Burnaby company wins national landscaping award
A local company, ParaSpace Landscaping, recently won big at the National Awards of Landscape Excellence.
The Burnaby company won the Green for Life Community Award on Aug. 19 for its design and landscaping at Langley Hospital, according to a press release from the Canadian Nursery Landscape Association. The association is made up of more than 3,800 member companies across the country.
For more on ParaSpace, go to www.paraspaceinc.com.
