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BUSINESS NOTEBOOK: Trudeau at Women in Business awards Thursday in Surrey

SURREY — Federal Liberal party leader Justin Trudeau is the guest speaker at Surrey Board of Trade's Women in Business awards luncheon this Thursday, March 5.

Global BC's Steve Darling will emcee the event, at Eaglequest Golf Course in Surrey.

The annual gathering "recognizes the hard work of Surrey's businesswomen and their contributions to the community," in advance of International Women's Day (celebrated on Sunday, March 8).

Nominations were judged on the nominee's work in Surrey, business acumen, leadership, balanced lifestyle and community involvement and service.

Finalists in the Entrepreneur category are Angela Herd (The Family Hope Clinic), Marilyn Pearson (Cuisine Company) and Maria Nieves Santos-Greaves (Surrey Hearing Care).

In the Professional category, award finalists are Ruby Bains (GF Financial Group), Dr. Jane Fee (Kwantlen Polytechnic University) and Dr. Kimberly Tsang (FYiDoctors).

Finalists in the Not-for-Profit Leader award category are Sue McIntosh (Seniors Come Share Society), Susan Sanderson (The Realistic Success Recovery Society) and Coreen Windbiel (Surrey Association for Community Living).

In the Corporate /Leadership category, finalists are Karen Klein (ICBC), Hanne Madsen (GroYourBiz) and Sheida Shakib-Zadeh (Pizza Hut Restaurants).

For more event info, visit Businessinsurrey.com or call 604-581-7130.

In other SBoT news, nominations are open for the Surrey International Trade Awards in two categories. The deadline for nominations is April 10 via Businessinsurrey.com/surrey-international-awards. The awards reception will be held on May 7.

NEW STORES AT GUILDFORD TC

Guildford Town Centre welcomes a few new stores to the mall, including Ever New, a fashion clothing and accessories brand founded in Melbourne, Australia. Other retailers opening soon at GTC include Body + Salt. Also, Merle Norman recently opened in a new location, near Fibba's Jewellers.

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Tom Zillich

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I cover entertainment, sports and news stories for the Surrey Now-Leader, where I've worked for more than half of my 30-plus years in the newspaper business.
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