eBay Canada announced the winners of its third annual eBay Canadian Entrepreneur of the Year awards. Hundreds of Canadian online sellers entered the competition, submitting essays detailing their business philosophies and innovations and describing significant business challenges they have faced and how they overcame them.

Jade Pearce of Winnipeg, MB (eBay User ID: pnpgames) won the eBay Canadian Young Entrepreneur of the Year award and received $3,000, and Trevor Weldon of West Chezzetcook, NS (eBay User ID: cleblancweldon) won the 2007 eBay Canadian Entrepreneur of the Year and received $5,000. Other winners included James Applegath of Toronto, ON (eBay User ID: defunkd_vintage); Osnat Tzadok of Thornhill, ON (eBay User ID: os-box); and Jean-Francois Lapointe, Gatineau, QC (eBay User ID: nomade20000).

Winners of this year's awards were chosen by a panel of industry leaders and past winners including Brian Scudamore, CEO and Founder, 1-800-GOT-JUNK?; Marilyn Bild, eBay business owner and the 2006 eBay Canadian Entrepreneur of the Year; and Andrew Wahl, Senior Technology Reporter, Canadian Business magazine

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