The annual Evening of Excellence awards were handed out Monday night and for the first time there are two winners for business of the year for 16 plus employees.

Caisse Alliance and Voyageur Airways tied for the win.

Small business of the year for 6-15 employees is MetricAid (pictured above) while the small business award winner with 1-5 employees is Dupuis Properties (pictured below).

Other winners include BuzzMasters as new business of the year, Rebuilt Resources Skills Development Inc. as not for profit of the year and Ryan Drouin won young professional honours.

Chamber director of the year is Rebecca McGlynn.

(Photos submitted)