Chamber of Commerce salutes another year of Business Excellence on the North Coast

Prince Rupert's own version of the Oscars took last weekend, a Saturday evening gala celebration to recognize the city's Business sector, with the Prince Rupert and District Chamber of Commerce announcing the final results from community online balloting that delivered the 2015 Business Excellence Awards.

Residents of the North Coast had from February 1st to 14th to cast their ballots, logging on each day to push their preference over the top, rewarding those local services and companies that go the extra bit to provide for a rewarding customer experience.

Fifteen Categories were recognized on the evening, providing a cross section of the commercial, industrial and service providers of the North Coast, highlighting some of the newest of entrepreneurs in the region, as well as many of the established firms that have called Prince Rupert home for years.

With 79 nominees in those fifteen categories the competition was strong, making the decisions of the voting public that much harder, you can review the run-up period to Saturday night's Awards ceremony from our Nominations feature of late January, which lists all those companies and individuals that were up for awards on Saturday.

And now, as they say at all awards shows, the envelope please, here are you 2015 Prince Rupert and District Business Excellence Awards Winners:

Aboriginal Entrepreneurship Award -- Empire Tree Services

Customer Service Excellence Award -- Eddie's News

Retail Excellence Award -- Eddie's News

Rookie Business of the Year Award -- Happy Little Clouds Art Studio

Family Friendly Business of the Year Award -- Good Times Games

Home Based Business of the Year Award -- The Ring Music System

Tourism and Hospitality Excellence Award -- The Fresh Onion Café and Catering

Sustainability Award -- The Argosy

Industry and Manufacturing Excellence Award -- Lighten Up Electric

Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award -- Kevin Pottle, Lighten Up Electric

Community Involvement Award -- Northern Savings Credit Union

Community Service Award -- Prince Rupert Rampage

Newsmaker of the Year Award -- DP World Port

Chamber Member of the Year Award -- Toronto-Dominion Canada Trust

Business of the year -- Wheelhouse Brewing Company

You can track the progress of the Prince Rupert Commercial sector each day through our Commercial Sector Archive.

For a monthly review of the openings, closings and other developments from the Commercial scene see our monthly Taking Stock Business Tracker feature here.