Fernie Chamber holds annual awards night

The Community and Business Excellence Awards were recently handed out by the Fernie Chamber of Commerce.

Owners of Fernie's Spa 901, Laura Oleksow and Jessica Riley, were also recognized by Kootenay Business with an Influential Women in Business Award earlier this year. They were winners of the Fernie Chamber's Community Tourism Achievement Award as well. — Photo courtesy Kootenay Business

It is fall and it is definitely awards season at the various Chamber of Commerce's around the region.

Congratulations to all the winners of the 2015 Fernie Chamber of Commerce Community and Business Excellence Awards:

Spirit of Fernie – Sponsored by Best Western Plus Fernie Mountain Lodge

• Emily Brydon Youth Foundation

Community Tourism Achievement – Sponsored by Tourism Fernie

• Spa 901

Outstanding Customer Service – Sponsored by Fernie Alpine Resort

• Healing Hollow

New Business of the Year – Sponsored by Majic, Purdy Law Corporation

• The Chopstick Truck

Entrepreneur of the Year – Sponsored by Community Futures East Kootenay

• Nourish Through Nature

Employee of the Year – Sponsored by EK Employment and Work BC

• Deanne Milley, Evolution Health and Fitness

Employer of the Year – Sponsored by College of the Rockies

• Super 8 Fernie

Fernie Business of the Year – Sponsored by Telus

• Super 8 Fernie

Chamber Business Excellence – Sponsored by Fernie Chamber of Commerce

• Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory

People’s Choice Award – Sponsored by Park Place Lodge

• Three Sisters Day Spa

Chamber Legacy Award – Sponsored by Fernie Chamber of Commerce

• Ingrid Sombrowski

Business Leadership Award – Sponsored by Finning

• Claris Media

Citizen of the Year – Sponsored by the City of Fernie

• Rick Ganter

Volunteer of the Year – Sponsored by the Free Press

• Kevin McIsaac

Congratulations to all the nominees and winners!