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Bayshore president Stuart Cottrelle named Ontario’s Health Services & Sciences Entrepreneur of the Year

Mississauga, Ontario, October 24, 2007—Bayshore Home Health president and founder, Stuart Cottrelle, has been named Ontario’s Health Services & Sciences Entrepreneur of the Year in the 2007 Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Awards.

“The award is testimony to the exemplary efforts of our management team, branch staff and more than 5,500 caregivers across Canada. They are the people that have brought success to our company, and deserve the recognition” Cottrelle says. “My main contribution has been to create a culture that’s based on mutual respect, continuous learning and improvement, and valuing our employees’ individuality and contributions.”

Cottrelle started Bayshore Home Health’s operations in 1993 and has more than 20 years experience in the home health care industry. He is a founding member of the Canadian Home Care Association and currently sits on the Board of the Ontario Home Care Association. He is a graduate of the Richard Ivey School of Business at The University of Western Ontario.

Cottrelle joins nine others who are business category winners of the Entrepreneur of the Year Award for Ontario. They are among the 50 entrepreneurs who competed for the overall provincial award, which was awarded to the winner of the Manufacturing category. The winner of the provincial award will move on to compete for the national and worldwide Entrepreneur of the Year awards.

The Entrepreneur of the Year Program was founded by professional services firm Ernst & Young to celebrate great entrepreneurs who have demonstrated excellence and extraordinary success in areas such as company development, financial performance and risk taking. To learn more about the awards, visit www.eoy.ca.

About Bayshore Home Health

Bayshore Home Health has been enhancing the quality of life, dignity and independence of Canadians in their homes since 1966. Canadian owned and operated, it is the country’s largest provider of home and community health care services, with more than 35 home care offices, 20 community clinics and 6,500 employees in eight provinces. Its specialties are in-home nursing, personal care and home support – offered directly to consumers and also delivered through government care programs, personal and group insurance plans, and workplace safety insurance. Its caregivers provide about 5 million hours of home care annually to 40,000 clients. The company’s other services include nurse and caregiver staffing, pharmaceutical support services, health education programs, infusion services and dialysis centres.

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