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Community leaders were named in 10 different categories as well as one final Community Leader, won by Curtis McTavish, Axis Family Resources regional manager, helping area youth.

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Dozens of community leaders were honoured as part of the ceremony on Monday and the Capital News will publish a special supplement that will be released inside this Friday香蕉视频直播檚 newspaper.

In the coming days we will also publish a series of articles profiling the winners in each of the categories from the Community Leaders Awards.

Award winners are nominated within the community and an independent panel of community members votes on the award categories.

Other winners included Finn Pihl (youth volunteer), Phil Von Unruh (coach), Darlene Lesperance (service organization volunteer), Diane Entwistle (above and beyond), Shelley Pacholok (courage), Betty Cleland (mentor), Grant and Wendy Delcourt (community builder), Nate Matis (volunteer), Alex Lye (unsung hero).

Emergency Support Services, Red Cross Disaster Management, the Lady of the Lake Society, the Family Hub leadership team, as well as the Pihl family were also among the honourees.

For pictures of all the winners check out our Facebook page and Instagram account as well as profiles of everyone we honoured, pick up the Friday Capital News, and watch kelownacapnews.com.

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