News Log
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February 1, 2012
A few of us took in the China Agri-Food and Seafood Market Seminar, put on by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada and the BC Ministry of Agriculture, on February 1.
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November 15, 2011
Wow. What a weekend. Corncupia can really take it out of an apple.
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November 7, 2011
Back in July we wrote about Helitech, one of a handful of companies in the world capable of repairing and rebuilding Bell rotary-wing aircraft, most notably the U1H1 or “Huey” helicopter. At that time, Tugboat was just at the beginning of a full rebranding and visual identity redesign.
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November 7, 2011
We are stoked to introduce you to Ashley Chura, 3rd Engineer, Marketing.
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November 7, 2011
"I'm not perfect," Grace Jones sang, "but I'm perfect for you."
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October 26, 2011
Blah, blah, blah.
We did this. We did that. Look at the picture. Yawn. So flaccid. So bereft of content. So stripped of meaning. Such is the sad life of a portfolio.
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October 26, 2011
Steve and Darren, from Tugboat, accompanied Jesse from Jind Fruit Co. to the annual Produce Marketing Association's Fresh Summit, held in Atlanta in October.
It took three full days to make it through the entire show (no word of a lie – Darren still has a slight limp).
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September 7, 2011

The summer nights of June and July have yielded to the brisk breeze of fall. So much summer, so little time. Sounds like a John Hughes movie (click - it's worth it!) and it tastes even better.
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September 6, 2011

The JIND Fruit Co. tagline has been brought to sweet, summer life on the web. When developing the theme and strategy for this site, we realized everyone knows what an apple looks like. Chances were also good that most humans can recognize cherries and peaches as well.
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August 10, 2011

It looks like the four horsemen have run through, bringing a whole lot of fear with them. London burns, stock markets crash, new diseases, floods, famine, extremism…the list goes on. It makes you want to close up your shop, move to the woods and write manifestos. Let us offer a little something from the past: Keep calm and carry on.
But they've been keel hauled.
It is, of course, the classic tale of the cobbler's kids having no shoes, but we are thrilled (finally) to present our new Tugboat website!
This site reflects the new Tugboat 3.0 and reveals the company's steady growth through 2009 with the addition of the principals and clients of two Vancouver creative and marketing firms – Kinky Logic and Lemonade Tactical Marketing.
Our communications kung fu is strong. We invite you to feel it.