ATTENTION: ASSIGNMENT EDITORS

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwired - Oct. 15, 2014) - The 6^th Annual BC Aboriginal Business Awards will be presented on October 15^th. A total of 17 aboriginal businesses, entrepreneurs, joint ventures and community owned enterprises will be recognized and honoured. An award will be presented to Councillor Gary Feschuk of the Sechelt First Nation for Individual Achievement. The Awards will be presented by the Honourable John Rustad, Minister of Aboriginal Relations and Reconciliation.

The BC Aboriginal Business Awards were launched in 2008 to honour, recognize and celebrate Aboriginal business excellence in BC and are presented by the BC Achievement Foundation.

Names of recipients can be found at bcachievement.com/aboriginalbusiness/recipients.

Date: Wednesday, October 15, 2014

Time: 7:00 p.m with awards presented at 7:20pm, 8:15pm and from 8:45pm to 9:45pm

Location:

Vancouver Convention Centre

1055 Canada Place,

West English Bay Ballroom D

Level One, West Building

Vancouver, BC.

(Access through Main Entrance on Burrard Street at Canada Place)