Prince Rupert's Commercial Class put on their finest duds and partied late into Saturday night as the Chamber of Commerce Business Excellence Awards were handed out at a gala celebration at the Lester Centre.
Saturday nights event brought a four month process of nominations and voting to an end, the successful winners on the night taking to the Lester Centre stage to accept the applause from the crowd, offering their recognition for hard work and in many cases some strong teamwork to make their mark in the community.
The evening not only featured award winners, but a night of entertainment with the festivities carrying over long after the final award of the night was presented.
And now, as they say at awards shows everywhere ... The winners are, or in this case, were ...
Business of the Year
Sponsor -- BDC
Stuck on Designs
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Young Entrepreneur
Sponsor -- Northern Savings
Fortitude Fitness and Training -- Jade Rowse
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Tourism and Hospitality
Sponsor -- Trans Canada Pipeline
Naomi's Grill
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Sustainability
Sponsor -- Prince Rupert LNG
Fukasaku of Prince Rupert
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Rookie Business
Sponsor -- City of Prince Rupert
Leblanc Boutique
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Retail Excellence
Sponsor -- Toronto Dominion
Cooks Jewellers
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Not For Profit
Sponsor -- Prince Rupert Grain
Harbour Theatre Society
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Industry and Manufacturing
Sponsor -- DP World Prince Rupert
Broadwater Industries
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Home Based Business
Nails by Dianne Marie
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Family Friendly Business
Success by Six
Dance Academy of Prince Rupert
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Customer Service
Sponsor -- Pacific NorthWest LNG
Eddie's News Stand
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Aboriginal Entrepreneurship
Sponsor -- CFNR Network
Empire Tree Services
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Community Involvement
Sponsor - CityWest
Good Times Games and Electronics
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Chamber Member of the Year
Sponsor - Ridley Terminals
North Coast Meeting and Convention Centre
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Newsmaker
Sponsor -- Northern View
DP World Prince Rupert
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The Prince Rupert and District Chamber Facebook page has a number of photos from Saturday's celebration available for your review, capturing the enthusiasm from the Red Carpet for the most anticipated evening that the City's Business community celebrates each year.
You can review the nomination list that brought us to Saturday's gala celebration here, with our blog item from January that highlighted the Finalists in each of the above categories.
You can follow developments in the city's ever changing business scene from our archive page here, as well as our month Taking Stock feature here.
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