Announcing the grand prize winners in the Québec - Entrepreneurship Contest

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1 Attention News Editors: Announcing the grand prize winners in the Québec - Entrepreneurship Contest QUEBEC CITY, June 21 /CNW Telbec/ - The excitement was palpable at the Capitole de Québec where the Québec Entrepreneurship Contest's Provincial and International Grand Prize Gala was in full swing. Welcomed by Honorary President Isabelle Courville, President of Bell Canada's Enterprise Group, and with Québec Premier Jean Charest in attendance, invited guests, dignitaries, finalists and partners had the opportunity to congratulate nearly 400 prize winners who shared 64 prizes totalling $ in award money. Ms. Courville and Mr. Charest were surrounded by numerous public figures, including Raymond Bachand, Minister of Economic Development, Innovation and Export Trade, Lawrence S. Bergman, Minister of Revenue, Laurent Lessard, Minister of Labour, Carole Théberge, Minister of Families, Seniors and the Status of Women, Lise Thériault, Minister of Immigration and Cultural Communities, and Yvan Bordeleau, Parliamentary Assistant representing the Minister of Education, Recreation and Sports In addition, Raymond Chabot Grant Thornton, the Mouvement des caisses Desjardins and the Chambre des notaires du Québec came together with all the other sponsoring partners for the awarding of the provincial grand prizes. The Honorary President was quick to point out that she was "happy to participate in the promotion and development of a new generation of entrepreneurs." The Contest, she said, "fosters the values of creativity, leadership, dynamism and innovation in both its divisions, Student Entrepreneurship and Business Creation. The diversity and quality of the candidates amply demonstrates the wealth of Québec's up and coming entrepreneurs." The Contest is proud to announce its 2006 grand prize winners and invites you to find out more about the winning projects in the Business Creation and Student Entrepreneurship divisions in each of Québec's 17 regions. The Cahier des lauréats (in French) will be available on the Contest Web site from the morning of Wednesday, June 21, It gives the names of the finalists and provincial prizewinners in all categories along with brief descriptions of their projects, and lists the jury members, collaborators, partners and Contest representatives. PROVINCIAL WINNERS BUSINESS CREATION << Bas-Saint-Laurent Grelots, Bâtons et Cie du Fou du cochon - Office franco-québécois pour la jeunesse Prize, business trip, value of Les ateliers d'intervention sur l'intimidation - Desjardins Cooperative Entrepreneurship Prize, 1st Prize, $5 000 Coopérative nautique de l'estuaire

2 - Office franco-québécois pour la jeunesse Prize, business trip, value of Bâtitech ltée Category: Business Operation/Processing/Production Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean Nutrableu - Défi de l'entrepreneuriat jeunesse Grand Prize, $ Cercle d'affaires des Bleuets Prize, $1 500 Taimi R & D inc. Capitale-Nationale Adénine BioInformatique - Cultural Communities Prize, 2nd Prize, $3 000 Mauricie A la Fût, coop de travail brassicole - Agence Québec Wallonie Bruxelles pour la jeunesse Prize, business trip, value of Estrie La Maison Cannelle - Young Women's Entrepreneurship Prize - Réseau des SADC du Québec, $ Office franco-québécois pour la jeunesse Prize, buniness trip, value of Montréal MANN soins masculins Category: Commerce Coop Kajou - Desjardins Cooperative Entrepreneurship Prize, 2nd Prize, $2 000 Anomalik inc. - Ingenio, a subsidiary of Loto-Québec inc. Prize, $5 000

3 Les Productions Pas de Panique - Agence Québec Wallonie Bruxelles pour la jeunesse Prize, buniness trip, value of Stinky Rice Studios - Office Québec-Amériques pour la jeunesse Prize, business trip, value of Outaouais Fabrication Dobermann inc. Category: Business Operation/Processing/Production - Internet Strategy Prize, Chambre des notaires du Québec, $5 000 Abitibi-Témiscamingue Clinique Vétérinaire Béchard - Place aux Jeunes du Québec and Canadian Youth Business Foundation Prize, $5 000 Gaspésie-Iles-de-la-Madeleine La Brûlerie du Quai - Office franco-québécois pour la jeunesse Prize, business trip, value of Laval Collago - 2nd prize, provincial level, $ Canadian Youth Business Foundation Prize, $2 000 GSS inc. - Office franco-québécois pour la jeunesse Prize, business trip, value of Lanaudière Mediaclip - Women's Entrepreneurship Prize, value of $ Office Québec-Amériques pour la jeunesse Prize, business trip, valeur de La Source bains nordiques inc.

4 - Agence Québec Wallonie Bruxelles pour la jeunesse Prize, business trip, value of Laurentides Kyvox Technologies - Office franco-québécois pour la jeunesse Prize, business trip, value of Montérégie Club PelicanLounge inc. Category: Commerce Coopérative de travail Replast2 - Cultural Communities Prize, 1st Prize, $5 000 Recycor Caoutchouc inc. Category: Business Operation/Processing/Production - Job Creation Prize, Réseau des SOLIDE and Association des CLD du Québec, $ Cirque du Soleil Prize, $4 500 Mimetyk Interactive inc. - Office Québec-Amériques pour la jeunesse Prize, business trip, value of PROVINCIAL WINNERS STUDENT ENTREPRENEURSHIP Bas-Saint-Laurent CuisiCEGEP Rimouski Cégep de Rimouski Le sens de l'organisation Ecole Paul-Hubert CS des Phares Category: Secondary school (group: 4 or more people) - Défi InteraXion Excellence Prize, $1 200 Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean Jeune coop Musigarde

5 Pavillon Wilbrod-Dufour CS du Lac-Saint-Jean Category: Secondary school (individual and small group: 1 to 3 people) - Fondation pour l'éducation à la coopération Prize, $1 000 Le Groupe Cyclone Collections Ecole secondaire Charles-Gravel CS des Rives-du-Saguenay Category: Secondary school, continuous education (group: 1 or more people) Chanelle Cégep de Jonquière Category: College (individual and small group: 1 to 3 people) Coopérative de soins La Vigie Collège d'alma - Fondation pour l'éducation à la coopération Prize, $1 000 Capitale-Nationale L'Ecolo-Boutique Ecole Anne-Hébert CS de la Capitale / Capitale Entrepreneur Category: Elementary Cycle One (1 or more people-grades 1 and 2) Emilie Jolie Ecole La Saumonière CS de Portneuf Category: Elementary Cycle One (1 or more people-grades 1 and 2) - Fondation pour l'éducation à la coopération Prize, $1 000 Le Coffre à jouets Ecole des Coeurs-Vaillants CS des Découvreurs Category: Elementary Cycle Two (1 or more people-grades 3 and 4) L'Art, une liberté / Art, a Liberty Ecole secondaire de Rochebelle CS des Découvreurs Category: Secondary school (individual and small group: 1 to 3 people) - Cultural Communities Prize, $1 000 La coopérative étudiante, le Dep-Explo Ecole secondaire Vanier CS de la Capitale / Capitale Entrepreneur Category: Secondary school (group: 4 or more people) - Fondation de l'entrepreneurship Prize, $2 000 La transformation Centre de formation professionnelle Fierbourg CS des Premières-Seigneuries Category: Vocational training and adult education (1 or more people) Les Excursions nordiques Cégep de Limoilou

6 Category: College (individual and small group: 1 to 3 people) - Réseau des Carrefours jeunesse-emploi du Québec Prize, $2 000 Magazine : Concrete Canoe Magazine Université Laval / Entrepreneuriat Laval Category: University (group: 4 or more people) Mauricie Spectacle-bénéfice Opération Enfant Soleil Ecole secondaire des Chutes CS de l'energie Category: Secondary school (individual and small group: 1 to 3 people) Eclosion Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières Category: University (group: 4 or more people) - Cultural Communities Prize, $1 000 Estrie Un petit geste pour un monde meilleur Collège Mont-Notre-Dame Category: Secondary school (group: 4 or more people) Campus Club Université de Sherbrooke Category: University (group: 4 or more people) - Cultural Communities Prize, $1 000 Abitibi-Témiscamingue Festival de films d'animation Folie-O-Skop Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue Campus de Rouyn-Noranda Category: University (individual and small group: 1 to 3 people) Côte-Nord Osons entreprendre pour notre région Cégep de Baie-Comeau - Cégep International Prize, $1 000 Gaspésie-Iles-de-la-Madeleine Saisons gaspésiennes Centre de formation C.-E.- Pouliot CS des Chic-Chocs Category: Vocational training and adult education (1 or more people)

7 - Association des cadres scolaires du Québec Prize, $1 500 Chaudière-Appalaches Concept'eau Bac Ecole du Tournesol CS des Appalaches Category: Elementary Cycle Three (1 or more people-grades 5 and 6) JEan-Presse Ecole secondaire de Saint-Damien CS de la Côte-du-Sud Jeunes entreprises de la région de Chaudière-Appalaches Category: Student Venture Program, Junior Achievement Québec Terre d'ici et d'ailleurs Cégep de Lévis-Lauzon - Association des clubs d'entrepreneurs étudiants du Québec Prize, $2 000 Lanaudière La jeune coop La grenouillère Ecole secondaire Jean-Baptiste-Meilleur CS des Affluents Category: Secondary school, continuous education (group: 1 or more people) - Fondation de l'entrepreneurship Prize, $2 000 >> For further information: Lise Castonguay, Administrative and information agent, Québec Entrepreneurship Contest, (418) , lise.castonguay@riq.qc.ca QUEBEC ENTREPRENEURSHIP CONTEST - More on this organization News Releases (5) Photo Archive 2005 CNW Group Ltd.