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Conestogaâ€"Rovers & Associates wins national award of excellence Conestogaâ€"Rovers & Associâ€" ates received their award durâ€" ing the 31st annual Canadian Consulting _ Engineering Awards held Oct. 20 in Toronto, Key to many of the awardâ€"winning _ projects, undertaken both in Canada and abroad, was the attention The bank recently launched its newest ViaSource team in Kitchenerâ€"Waterloo and would like small businessmen to take advantage of the service particâ€" ularly during Small Business Week Oct. 24â€"30. ViaSource is a national network made up of local teams of specialists from fields such as law, marketing. A Waterloo engineering firm has received one of 10 Awards of Excellence at the annual Canadian Consulting Engiâ€" neering Awards. Royal Bank launches advice service for small businesses The Royal Bank has launched a new service for Kitchenerâ€"Waterloo small busiâ€" nesspersons to gain free advice from professionals in such fields as law, accountancy, marâ€" keting, strategic planning and financing/banking n October 19, we held our 12" annual Young Entrepreneur Awards presentation. Some of Canada‘s most outstanding young entrepreneurs, each representing a different province or territory, were honoured. They were then matched with a distinguished business leader who will act as their personal mentor for a 12â€"month period. It‘s our way of encouraging their continued growth Business Development Rank of Canada Rangue de developpement du Canada ROYAL BANK VIA Rail Canae Conestogaâ€"Rovers & Associâ€" ates received their award for a novel engineering design they did to balance the collection of upper aquifer groundwater with varying creek water levels and to integrate municipal and upper aquifer treatment sysâ€" tems. Forty years worth of chemical and agricultural waste product disposal at the Uniroyal Chemical manufacâ€" turing plant in Elmira caused paid to the environment accounting, finance and manâ€" agement consulting who proâ€" vide _ free, _ confidential, faceâ€"toâ€"face meetings with entrepreneurs The ViaSource team in Kitchenerâ€"Waterloo is made up of the Royal Bank and its comâ€" munity partners â€" Platz & Associates (Human Resources consulting), Ernst & Young (chartered accountants), Sims, Clement, Eastman (business lawyers), Wayne Hussey Conâ€" sulting Inc. (strategic planâ€" Each meeting is dedicated to one small business owner at a time Canada The Business Development Bank of Canada and its partners are pleased to announce the 1999 Young Entrepreneur Award winner SenIQ® Publisher of Maclean‘s and viceâ€"President of Rogers Media ie onnurm r is ponsared by Royai Bank Dave Zakutin Zakutin Technologies Inc And his mentor: "Being able to sit down with a team of professionals and consult with them on any aspect of my operation was an opportunity not to be missed," Johnson said. soil, surface water and groundâ€" water contamination. The Canadian Consulting Engiâ€" neering Awards is an annual event that, since 1967, has seen more than 360 awards given for excellence in engineering. The event is coâ€"presented by the Association of Consulting Engineers of Canada and Canadian Consulting Engineer magazine, this year in collaboâ€" ration with the Consulting Engineers of Ontario. "ViaSource is a great idea and 1 highly recommend it to any small business owner who is looking for expert insight and ideas," said Dave Johnson, president of Trillium Printing in Kitchener and a recipient of a ViaSource consultation, in a recent news release. ning), and Marketing Magic (marketing) For more information call Paul Jones The Young Entreprenes Mentor Program for Ontario WATERLOO: | Ein smm 75 KING STREET S. | § 885â€"4011 L . s C es