TWENTY-SEVEN entrepreneurs who have demonstrated leadership, drive and innovation have been selected as Atlantic region finalists in the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year 2006 awards.

The finalists are Claude Pothier, Bonte Foods Limited, Dieppe, N.B.; Norm Miller, Corridor Resources Inc., Halifax; Donald Dube, Mona Dube, EDFREX, Edmundston, N.B.; Stephen Wallace, Terrain Group Inc., Bedford; Gord McComb, Wayne MacDonald, Auction City Inc., Lower Sackville; Gene Fowler, FATKAT Animation Studios, Miramichi, N.B.; Sharon McNamara, Kiln Art , Chester Basin; Michael Snow, WES Power Technology Inc., St. John’s, N.L.; Dan Briggs, Briggs Engineered Wood Products Inc., Plaster Rock, N.B.; Chuck Cartmill, C-Vision Ltd., Amherst; Terry Malley, Malley Industries Inc., Dieppe, N.B.; Jeremy Wellard, HB Studios Multimedia Ltd., Lunenburg; Robert Pace, Maritime Broadcasting System Inc., Halifax; Paul Lavers, SportsDirect Inc., Halifax; Lily Durepos, Patrick Durepos, Alliance Assurance Inc. / Keal Technology Ltd. /Broadway Place Ltd., Grand Falls, N.B.; Maurizio Bertossi, Stephanie Bertossi, The Bertossi Group, Halifax; Ray Murphy, Murphy’s Pharmacies Inc., Charlottetown, P.E.I.; Bernard Collins, PF Collins Customs Broker Ltd., St. John’s, N.L.; Edward Lawlor, Mike Hennessey, Vince McKenna, DeltaWare Systems Inc., Charlottetown, P.E.I.; Neil Chaulk, ICAN, St. John’s, N.L.; and Michael Johnston, TeamSpace, Bedford...

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