Wednesday, February 20, 2013

Award Nominees Named

A total of 55 nominees in nine separate categories have been made for tomorrow's Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce business awards night.

The winners will be announced during the banquet.

Here's are all of the nominees.



Business of the Year – Award Sponsored by 93.1 The Border

·         Taggs Source for Sports
·         Rainy Lake Tribal Contracting
·         Tompkins Hardware
·         Nickle Lake Lumber
·         Norwest Animal Clinic
·         Harris Hill Resort
·         Angler’s Pro Shop
·         Rainy Lake Family Dental

Business Woman of the Year – Award Sponsored by the Professional Women’s Network

·         Heather Johnson, RBC Royal Bank
·         Grace Cridland, Gillons’ Insurance Brokers
·         Melanie Kozik, Living Art Emporium
·         Tonia Dolph, Northland Kitchen & Design Consulting
·         Sylvie Matthews, Certified Holistic Health & Life Coach

Customer Service – Business – Award Sponsored by TD Canada Trust

·         The Bargain Shop
·         North Auto
·         Greensides General Store
·         Fort Frances Times
·         Royal Bank
·         Sunset Country Ford
·         Rainy Lake Family Dental
·         Drs. Wu & Kennedy
·         Lowes Furniture & Appliances
·         J.D. Junction
·         Rocky Brown Auto Repair

Customer Service Award – Individual - – Award Sponsored by Good Impressions Printing

·         Andrea Whittle, Taggs Source for Sports
·         Jordan Marsh, Canadian Tire
·         Joleen Pettis, Canadian Tire
·         Peter Winik, West End Motors
·         Krista Kellar, Citifinancial
·         Kyle Glowasky, KG contracting
·         Pamela Bujold, Greensides General Store
·         Jay McFarlane, Taggs Source for Sports
·         Marjory Boileau, TD Canada Trust
·         Deb Emes, B93.1 The Border

Employee of the Year – Award Sponsored by the West End Weekly

·         Rebecca Webb, CIBC
·         Jay Caldwell, La Place Rendez Vous
·         Rosanne Farmer, Fort Frances Times

Entrepreneur of the Year – Award Sponsored by the Rainy River Futures Development Corporation

·         Chad Jackson, Pro Shine
·         Kevin Webb, Webb’s Power Shack
·         Inga Friesen, Inga Design
·         Jacquie Lampi Hughes, Energy Fitness
·         Just for Fun Power Sports

Home Based Business Award – Award Sponsored by M.L. Caron Electric

·         Kirsty Sinclair, K.I.D.S.
·         Lisa Jodoin, Scentsy
·         Jay Caldwell, Snicklefritz Custom T-shirts
·         Tonia Dolph, Northland Kitchen & Design
·         Patty Jorgenson, Sole Sister Reflexology
·         Travis Glowasky, Studio Gibbous

Small Business Trainer of the Year – Award Sponsored by NCDS

·         Steve MacNeil, Rainy Lake Tribal Contracting
·         Adam Jewell, ACO Electric
·         Andy Peters, Peters Plumbing & Heating

The Tony Beyak Memorial Volunteer of the Year Award – Award Sponsored by the Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce

·         Robert Schulz
·         Jan Judson
·         Leslie Danielson
·         Monica Armour