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Burns Lake businesses wing Indigenous business award

A Burns Lake company is one of the awardees for the 2020 Indigenous Business Awards.

On Monday (Oct 5), the BC Achievement Foundation announced that Top of the Line Catering won the Outstanding Business Achievement award.

According to a statement, the winners of the awards will be celebrated in a series of digital campaigns and films honouring their achievements.

The selection of the awardees was made by members of the 2020 jury panel.

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“I am particularly inspired by this year’s awardees. All of them exemplify resilience and innovation during this time of challenges. This year’s awardees demonstrate practices of the past with the economies of the future that fits all,” said foundation chair, Anne Giardini.

Eight Indigenous businesses, entrepreneurs, partnership entities, and community-owned enterprises will be recognized from across the province.

The IBA program is in its 12th year and launched in 2008.

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Lindsay Newman
Lindsay Newman
News Reporter Lindsay joined the MyBulkleyLakesNow news team in 2019. She was born and raised in Cambridge, Ontario where she then moved to Toronto to complete Journalism school at Humber College where she graduated in 2017. Lindsay started her news journey at 680 News- Toronto's largest talk radio station. Lindsay then moved on to 680 News, where she was an audio editor. She has always loved the idea of living in British Columbia since she was a teenager and was excited to make the to move out to Smithers, BC to branch out her journalism skills. In Lindsay's spare time she is usually relaxing with her two cats and in the warmer months going on hikes with her friends and partner.

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