2012 CCNA winners

Here are your CCNA winners. There are a lot of them. B.C./Yukon papers/reporters bolded.

Class 1011 – General Excellence, circulation up to 1249

Sponsored by News Canada

Best All-Round Newspaper

1 – Nanton News, Nanton, AB
2 – Advance, Gull Lake, SK
3 – The Valley Sentinel, Valemount/McBride, BC

Best Editorial Page

1 – Eagle Valley News, Sicamous, BC
2 – Herald, Whitewood, SK
3 – The Lake Cowichan Gazette, Lake Cowichan, BC

Best Front Page

1 – Nanton News, Nanton, AB
2 – The Lake Cowichan Gazette, Lake Cowichan, BC
3 – The Valley Sentinel, Valemount/McBride, BC

Blue Ribbon

Advance, Gull Lake, SK
Eagle Valley News, Sicamous, BC
Herald, Whitewood, SK
Nanton News, Nanton, AB
The Lake Cowichan Gazette, Lake Cowichan, BC
The North Thompson Times, Clearwater, BC
The Valley Sentinel, Valemount/McBride, BC

Class 1012 – General Excellence, circulation 1250 to 1999

Sponsored by News Canada

Best All-Round Newspaper

1 – The Chronicle, Ladysmith/Chemainus, BC
2 – The Hinton Voice, Hinton, AB
3 – Northern Journal, Fort Smith/Fort Chipewyan, NT

Best Editorial Page

1 – Express, Meaford, ON
2 – North Island Gazette, Port Hardy, BC
3 – The Eastern Door, Kahnawake, QC

Best Front Page

1 – The Macleod Gazette, Fort Macleod, AB
2 – Cobden Sun, Cobden, ON
3 – The Hope Standard, Hope, BC

Blue Ribbon

Cobden Sun, Cobden, ON
Express, Meaford, ON
Independent, Elmira, ON
News Express, Fergus-Elora, ON
North Island Gazette, Port Hardy, BC
Northern Journal, Fort Smith/Fort Chipewyan, NT
The Eastern Door, Kahnawake, QC
The Hinton Voice, Hinton, AB
The Hope Standard, Hope, BC
The Macleod Gazette, Fort Macleod, AB
The Weekly Press, Enfield, NS

Class 1013 – General Excellence, circulation 2000 to 2999

Sponsored by News Canada

Best All-Round Newspaper

1 – Hants Journal, Windsor, NS
2 – The Interior News, Smithers, BC
3 – The Advertiser, Grand Falls-Windsor, NL

Best Editorial Page

1 – The Williams Lake Tribune, Williams Lake, BC
2 – Independent, New Hamburg, ON
3 – Gazette, Grand Forks, BC

Best Front Page

1 – Deh Cho Drum, Fort Simpson, NT
2 – The Advertiser, Grand Falls-Windsor, NL
3 – The Interior News, Smithers, BC

Blue Ribbon

Deh Cho Drum, Fort Simpson, NT
Hants Journal, Windsor, NS
Independent, New Hamburg, ON
Salmon Arm Observer, Salmon Arm, BC
The Advertiser, Grand Falls-Windsor, NL
The Interior News, Smithers, BC
The Kincardine Independent, Kincardine, ON
The Labradorian, Happy Valley-Goose Bay, NL
The Williams Lake Tribune, Williams Lake, BC

Class 1014 – General Excellence, circulation 3000 to 3999

Sponsored by News Canada

Best All-Round Newspaper

1 – The Chief, Squamish, BC
2 – The Fitzhugh, Jasper, AB
3 – Gulf Islands Driftwood, Salt Spring Island, BC

Best Editorial Page

1 – The Saint Croix Courier, St. Stephen, NB
2 – The Powell River Peak, Powell River, BC
3 – Bugle Observer, Woodstock, NB

Best Front Page

1 – The Chief, Squamish, BC
2 – Gulf Islands Driftwood, Salt Spring Island, BC
3 – The Compass, Carbonear, NL

Blue Ribbon

Bonnyville Nouvelle, Bonnyville, AB
Bugle Observer, Woodstock, NB
Gulf Islands Driftwood, Salt Spring Island, BC
Northern Pride, Meadow Lake, SK
The Chief, Squamish, BC
The Compass, Carbonear, NL
The Fitzhugh, Jasper, AB
The Powell River Peak, Powell River, BC
The Saint Croix Courier, St. Stephen, NB

Class 1015 – General Excellence, circulation 4000 to 6499

Sponsored by News Canada

Best All-Round Newspaper

1 – Mountaineer, Rocky Mountain House, AB
2 – The Casket, Antigonish, NS
3 – The Packet, Clarenville, NL

Best Editorial Page

1 – The Packet, Clarenville, NL
2 – Yellowknifer, Yellowknife, NT
3 – Dauphin Herald, Dauphin, MB

Best Front Page

1 – Citizen, Brock, ON
2 – Vanguard, Yarmouth, NS
3 – Northern Pen, St. Anthony, NL

Blue Ribbon

Citizen, Brock, ON
Dauphin Herald, Dauphin, MB
Fort Frances Times, Fort Frances, ON
Kings County Record, Sussex, NB
Mountaineer, Rocky Mountain House, AB
Nanaimo Daily News, Nanaimo, BC
Northern Pen, St. Anthony, NL
The Casket, Antigonish, NS
The Packet, Clarenville, NL
Vanguard, Yarmouth, NS

Class 1016 – General Excellence, circulation 6500 to 12499

Sponsored by News Canada

Best All-Round Newspaper

1 – Prince George Citizen, Prince George, BC
2 – Question, Whistler, BC
3 – Rocky Mountain Outlook, Canmore/Kananaskis/Banff/Lake Louise, AB

Best Editorial Page

1 – Coast Reporter, Sechelt/Gibsons, BC
2 – Alberni Valley News, Port Alberni, BC
3 – Quesnel Cariboo Observer, Quesnel, BC

Best Front Page

1 – Prince George Citizen, Prince George, BC
2 – Mission Record, Mission, BC
3 – Star, Nelson, BC

Blue Ribbon

Alberni Valley News, Port Alberni, BC
Aldergrove Star, Aldergrove, BC
Mission Record, Mission, BC
NWT News/North, Northwest Territories, NT
Prince George Citizen, Prince George, BC
Scugog Standard, Port Perry, ON
Star, Nelson, BC
Sun/Tribune, Stouffville, ON
The Carillon, Steinbach, MB

Class 1017 – General Excellence, circulation 12500 to 24999

Sponsored by News Canada

Best All-Round Newspaper

1 – St. Albert Gazette, St. Albert, AB
2 – Observer, Elmira-Woolwich, ON
3 – Cowichan Valley Citizen, Duncan, BC

Best Editorial Page

1 – Independent, Brighton/Warkworth/Campbellford, ON
2 – Perth EMC, Perth, ON
3 – Western Wheel, Okotoks, AB

Best Front Page

1 – Observer, Elmira-Woolwich, ON
2 – Delta Optimist, Delta, BC
3 – Cowichan Valley Citizen, Duncan, BC

Blue Ribbon

Comox Valley Record, Courtenay Comox Valley, BC
Cowichan News Leader Pictorial, Duncan, BC
Cowichan Valley Citizen, Duncan, BC
Delta Optimist, Delta, BC
Dundas Star News, Dundas, ON
Goldstream News Gazette, Victoria, BC
Independent, Brighton/Warkworth/Campbellford, ON
Kawartha Lakes This Week, Kawartha Lakes, ON
Mirror, Midland/ Penetanguishene, ON
Observer, Elmira-Woolwich, ON
Perth EMC, Perth, ON
St. Albert Gazette, St. Albert, AB
The News, Parksville/Qualicum Beach, BC
The Record, New Westminster, BC
Victoria News, Victoria, BC
Western Wheel, Okotoks, AB

Class 1018 – General Excellence, circulation 25,000 and over

Sponsored by News Canada

Best All-Round Newspaper

1 – Peace Arch News, Surrey, BC
2 – Mountain News, Hamilton, ON
3 – The Leader, Surrey/North Delta, BC

Best Editorial Page

1 – Mountain News, Hamilton, ON
2 – The News, Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows, BC
3 – Stoney Creek News, Stoney Creek, ON

Best Front Page

1 – The Leader, Surrey/North Delta, BC
2 – The Now, Coquitlam/Pt. Coquitlam/Pt. Moody, BC
3 – Economist & Sun, Markham, ON

Blue Ribbon

Capital News, Kelowna, BC
Economist & Sun, Markham, ON
Kamloops This Week, Kamloops, BC
Langley Advance, Langley, BC
Mountain News, Hamilton, ON
Nanaimo News Bulletin, Nanaimo, BC
North Shore News, North Vancouver/West Vancouver, BC
Oshawa This Week, Oshawa, ON
Peace Arch News, Surrey, BC
Red Deer Express, Red Deer, AB
Saanich News, Saanich, BC
Stoney Creek News, Stoney Creek, ON
The Leader, Surrey/North Delta, BC
The News, Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows, BC
The Now, Coquitlam/Pt. Coquitlam/Pt. Moody, BC
The Vancouver Courier – West Side, Vancouver, BC
Tribune, Guelph, ON
Tri-City News, Coquitlam/Pt. Coquitlam/Pt. Moody, BC

Class 2011 – Best News Story, circulation up to 3,999

Stephen Shaw Memorial Award
Sponsored by Metroland Media Group Ltd.

1 – Martha Wickett, Salmon Arm Observer, Salmon Arm, BC
2 – Allyson Snelling, Gravenhurst Banner, Gravenhurst, ON
3 – Tyler Waugh, The Hinton Voice, Hinton, AB

Class 2012 – Best News Story, circulation 4,000 to 12,499

Stephen Shaw Memorial Award
Sponsored by Metroland Media Group Ltd.

1 – Nicole Veerman and Galit Rodan, NWT News/North, Northwest Territories, NT
2 – Carla Allen, Vanguard, Yarmouth, NS
3 – John Thompson, The Yukon News, Whitehorse, YT

Class 2013 – Best News Story, circulation 12,500 and over

Stephen Shaw Memorial Award
Sponsored by Metroland Media Group Ltd.

1 – Chris Hall, Port Perry Star, Port Perry, ON
2 – Lauren Gilchrist, Peterborough This Week, Peterborough, ON
3 – Tyler Olsen, Chilliwack Times, Chilliwack, BC

Class 2021 – Best Feature Story, circulation up to 3,999

1 – Lianne Lahaie, The Review, Vankleek Hill/Hawkesbury, ON
2 – Matt Driscoll, Examiner, Bracebridge, ON
3 – Rebecca Aldous, The Chief, Squamish, BC

Class 2022 – Best Feature Story, circulation 4,000 to 12,499

1 – Autumn MacDonald, Quesnel Cariboo Observer, Quesnel, BC
2 – Scott Howard, Citizen, Brock, ON
3 – Zoey Duncan, Fort Frances Times, Fort Frances, ON

Class 2023 – Best Feature Story, circulation 12,500 and over

1 – Jessica Barrett, WE/WestEnder, Vancouver, BC
2 – Chris Traber, Era-Banner, Newmarket/Aurora, ON
3 – Martin Millerchip, North Shore News, North Vancouver/West Vancouver, BC

Class 2031 – Best Feature Series, circulation up to 3,999

Saskatchewan Weekly Newspapers Association Trophy
Sponsored by SWNA

1 – Doug Neuman and Tim Bryant, The Westlock News, Westlock, AB
2 – Kyle Wells, The Powell River Peak, Powell River, BC
3 – Tyler Waugh, The Hinton Voice, Hinton, AB

Class 2032 – Best Feature Series, circulation 4,000 to 12,499

Saskatchewan Weekly Newspapers Association Trophy
Sponsored by SWNA

1 – Adrienne Fox, Wawatay News, Sioux Lookout, ON
2 – Dustin Walker, Nanaimo Daily News, Nanaimo, BC
3 – Juris Graney and Emma Graney, Northern Pen, St. Anthony, NL

Class 2033 – Best Feature Series, circulation 12,500 and over

Saskatchewan Weekly Newspapers Association Trophy
Sponsored by SWNA

1 – Andrew Livingstone, Enterprise, Caledon, ON
2 – Eric Welsh, The Chilliwack Progress, Chilliwack, BC
3 – Bill Tremblay, Banner, Orangeville, ON
Class 2041 – Outstanding Columnist, circulation open

George Cadogan Memorial Outstanding Columnist Award
Sponsored by Cadogan Foundation Inc.

1 – Angela Mombourquette, HRM West Community Herald, Halifax, NS
2 – Bram Lebo, Highlander, Haliburton, ON
3 – Michael Johansen, The Labradorian, Happy Valley-Goose Bay, NL

Class 2051 – Outstanding Reporter Initiative, circulation up to 9,999

1 – Paul MacNeill, The Eastern Graphic, Montague, PE
2 – Sean McIntyre and Gail Sjuberg, Gulf Islands Driftwood, Salt Spring Island, BC
3 – Juris Graney, Northern Pen, St. Anthony, NL

Class 2052 – Outstanding Reporter Initiative, circulation 10,000 and over

1 – Stacey Colwell, The Lunenburg County Progress Bulletin, Lunenburg, NS
2 – Jeff Nagel, The Leader, Surrey/North Delta, BC
3 – Diane Strandberg, Tri-City News, Coquitlam/Pt. Coquitlam/Pt. Moody, BC

Class 2061 – Best National Editorial, circulation up to 9,999

Charles Hawkins Memorial Trophy
Sponsored by the Manitoba Community Newspapers Association

1 – Erika Engel, Courier-Herald, Blue Mountains, ON
2 – George Brown, Ponoka News, Ponoka, AB
3 – Kevin Higgins, The Beacon, Gander, NL

Class 2062 – Best National Editorial, circulation 10,000 and over

Charles Hawkins Memorial Trophy
Sponsored by the Manitoba Community Newspapers Association

1 – Martin Melbourne, Orillia Today, Orillia, ON
2 – Jim Zeeben, Saanich News, Saanich, BC
3 – Michael Hall, The News, Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows, BC

Class 2071 – Best Local Editorial, circulation up to 3999

Sponsored by Glacier Media Group

1 – Vern Faulkner, Courier Weekend, St. Stephen, NB
2 – Francis Baker, News Express, Fergus-Elora, ON
3 – Robson Fletcher, The Fitzhugh, Jasper, AB

Class 2072 – Best Local Editorial, circulation 4,000 to 12,499

Sponsored by Glacier Media Group

1 – Richard Mostyn, The Yukon News, Whitehorse, YT
2 – Tracy Kibble, Topic, Bradford/West Gwillimbury, ON
3 – Paul Walton, Nanaimo Daily News, Nanaimo, BC

Class 2073 – Best Local Editorial, circulation 12,500 and over

Sponsored by Glacier Media Group

1 – Michael Hall, The News, Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows, BC
2 – Lois Tuffin, Kawartha Lakes This Week, Kawartha Lakes, ON
3 – Rod Jerred, Mountain News, Hamilton, ON

Class 2081 – Best Historical Story, circulation up to 3,999

1 – Greg Bennett, Coast Guard, Shelburne/Barrington, NS
2 – Christopher Vaughan, The Georgian, Stephenville, NL
3 – Elizabeth Nolan, Gulf Islands Driftwood, Salt Spring Island, BC

Class 2082 – Best Historical Story, circulation 4,000 to 12,499

1 – Belle Hatfield, Vanguard, Yarmouth, NS
2 – Greg Nesteroff, Star, Nelson, BC
3 – Zoey Duncan, Fort Frances Times, Fort Frances, ON

Class 2083 – Best Historical Story, circulation 12,500 and over

1 – Juanita Krause, Farm ‘n’ Friends, Lamont, AB
2 – Christina Myers, Burnaby Now, Burnaby, BC
3 – Paul J. Henderson, Chilliwack Times, Chilliwack, BC

Class 2091 – Best Headline Writing, circulation open

1 – The Now, Surrey/North Delta/White Rock, BC
2 – The Powell River Peak, Powell River, BC
3 – Chilliwack Times, Chilliwack, BC

Class 2101 – Best Local Cartoon, circulation up to 9,999

1 – Wyatt Tremblay, The Yukon News, Whitehorse, YT
2 – Patrick LaMontagne, Rocky Mountain Outlook, Canmore/Kananaskis/Banff/Lake Louise, AB
3 – Norm Muffitt, Deh Cho Drum, Fort Simpson, NT

Class 2102 – Best Local Cartoon, circulation 10,000 and over

1 – Bob Castle, Comox Valley Record, Courtenay Comox Valley, BC
2 – Ole Heggen, Victoria News, Victoria, BC
3 – Steve Nease, Peterborough This Week, Peterborough, ON

Class 2111 – Best Spot News Photo Coverage, circulation up to 3,999

1 – Sarah Burns, The Hinton Voice, Hinton, AB
2 – Dierra Maynard, The Similkameen Spotlight, Princeton, BC
3 – Astrid Tevely, The Valley Sentinel, Valemount/McBride, BC

Class 2112 – Best Spot News Photo Coverage, circulation 4,000 to 12,499

1 – Ian Stewart, The Yukon News, Whitehorse, YT
2 – Megan Cole, Star, Nelson, BC
3 – Craig Douce, Rocky Mountain Outlook, Canmore/Kananaskis/Banff/Lake Louise, AB

Class 2113 – Best Spot News Photo Coverage, circulation 12,500 and over

1 – Ryan Pfeiffer, Pickering News Advertiser, Ajax/Pickering, ON
2 – Seung-Chul Baik, The Richmond Review, Richmond, BC
3 – Jenna Hauck, The Chilliwack Progress, Chilliwack, BC

Class 2121 – Best Feature Photo, circulation up to 3,999

1 – Sarah Burns, The Hinton Voice, Hinton, AB
2 – Noel West, Courier, Carstairs, AB
3 – Amy Woolvett, Coast Guard, Shelburne/Barrington, NS

Class 2122 – Best Feature Photo, circulation 4,000 to 12,499

1 – Kelly Clemmer, Edge, Wainwright, AB
2 – Brent Wesley, Wawatay News, Sioux Lookout, ON
3 – Jeffrey Heyden-Kaye, Ponoka News, Ponoka, AB

Class 2123 – Best Feature Photo, circulation 12,500 and over

1 – April Bartlett, St. Albert Gazette, St. Albert, AB
2 – James Maclennan, Tri-City News, Coquitlam/Pt. Coquitlam/Pt. Moody, BC
3 – Tyler Garnham, South Delta Leader, South Delta, BC

Class 2131 – Best Sports Photo, circulation up to 3,999

1 – Tyler Waugh, The Hinton Voice, Hinton, AB
2 – Debbie Robinson, Cobden Sun, Cobden, ON
3 – Jon Muldoon, The Interior News, Smithers, BC

Class 2132 – Best Sports Photo, circulation 4,000 to 12,499

1 – Adam Jackson, Ponoka News, Ponoka, AB
2 – Noel West, Innisfail Province, Innisfail, AB
3 – Jerold LeBlanc, Times Advertiser, Wetaskiwin, AB

Class 2133 – Best Sports Photo, circulation 12,500 and over

1 – Graham Paine, Canadian Champion, Milton, ON
2 – Michelle Siu, Beaver, Oakville, ON
3 – April Bartlett, St. Albert Gazette, St. Albert, AB

Class 2141 – Best Photo Essay, circulation up to 3,999

1 – Derrick Lundy and team, Gulf Islands Driftwood, Salt Spring Island, BC
2 – Robson Fletcher, The Fitzhugh, Jasper, AB
3 – Rich Holmes, The Provost News, Provost, AB

Class 2142 – Best Photo Essay, circulation 4,000 to 12,499

1 – Juris Graney, Northern Pen, St. Anthony, NL
2 – George Brown and Charles Tweed, Ponoka News, Ponoka, AB
3 – Laurie Weir, Smiths Falls This Week, Smiths Falls, ON

Class 2143 – Best Photo Essay, circulation 12,500 and over

1 – Stan Howe, Advance, Barrie, ON
2 – Boaz Joseph, The Leader, Surrey/North Delta, BC
3 – Lance Anderson, Peterborough This Week, Peterborough, ON

Class 2151 – Best Photo Illustration, circulation open

George Holmes Memorial Trophy
Sponsored by the Holmes Family, Alberta

1 – Jenna Hauck, The Chilliwack Progress, Chilliwack, BC
2 – Michael Barrett, Georgina Advocate, Keswick, ON
3 – Justyna Krol, WE/WestEnder, Vancouver, BC

Class 2211 – Outstanding Community Service, circulation up to 9,999

1 – Kings County Register, Kentville, NS
2 – The Review, Vankleek Hill/Hawkesbury, ON
3 – Alberni Valley Times, Port Alberni, BC

Class 2212 – Outstanding Community Service, circulation 10,000 and over

1 – North Shore News, North Vancouver/West Vancouver, BC
2 – Burnaby Now, Burnaby, BC
3 – Prairie Post, Swift Current, SK

Class 2221 – Best Holiday Edition, circulation up to 3,999

Black Press Trophy
Sponsored by Black Press

1 – The Saint Croix Courier, St. Stephen, NB
2 – South Peace News, High Prairie, AB
3 – The Weekly Press, Enfield, NS

Class 2222 – Best Holiday Edition, circulation 4000 to 12499

Black Press Trophy
Sponsored by Black Press

1 – Mountaineer, Rocky Mountain House, AB
2 – The Carillon, Steinbach, MB
3 – The Lunenburg County Progress Bulletin, Lunenburg, NS

Class 2223 – Best Holiday Edition, circulation 12,500 and over

Black Press Trophy
Sponsored by Black Press

1 – Nanaimo News Bulletin, Nanaimo, BC
2 – The Morning Star, Vernon, BC
3 – North Shore News, North Vancouver/West Vancouver, BC

Class 2231 – Best Coverage of the Arts, circulation up to 9,999

Sponsored by Access Copyright

1 – Gulf Islands Driftwood, Salt Spring Island, BC
2 – Alberni Valley News, Port Alberni, BC
3 – Rocky Mountain Outlook, Canmore/Kananaskis/Banff/Lake Louise, AB

Class 2232 – Best Coverage of the Arts, circulation 10,000 and over

Sponsored by Access Copyright

1 – The Suburban, Montreal, QC
2 – WE/WestEnder, Vancouver, BC
3 – North Shore Outlook, North Vancouver, BC

Class 2241 – Best Sports Coverage, circulation up to 3,999

1 – The Hinton Voice, Hinton, AB
2 – The Beacon, Gander, NL
3 – Temiskaming Speaker, New Liskeard, ON

Class 2242 – Best Sports Coverage, circulation 4,000 to 12,499

1 – Rocky Mountain Outlook, Canmore/Kananaskis/Banff/Lake Louise, AB
2 – The Yukon News, Whitehorse/Yukon Territory, YT
3 – Alberni Valley News, Port Alberni, BC

Class 2243 – Best Sports Coverage, circulation 12,500 and over

1 – St. Albert Gazette, St. Albert, AB
2 – Cowichan Valley Citizen, Duncan, BC
3 – Nanaimo News Bulletin, Nanaimo, BC

Class 2261 – Best Website, circulation up to 3,999

1 – The Powell River Peak, Powell River, BC
2 – The Chief, Squamish, BC
3 – Journal, Humboldt, SK

Class 2262 – Best Web Site, circulation 4,000 to 12,499

1 – The Yukon News, Whitehorse/Yukon Territory, YT
2 – Kings County Register, Kentville, NS
3 – The Lunenburg County Progress Bulletin, Lunenburg, NS

Class 2263 – Best Web Site, circulation 12,500 and over

1 – Northern Life, Sudbury, ON
2 – The Now, Surrey/North Delta/White Rock, BC
3 – Oshawa This Week, Oshawa, ON

Class 2271 – Best Multimedia Feature, circulation up to 9,999

Sponsored by Canada Post

1 – Nanaimo Daily News, Nanaimo, BC
2 – The Yukon News, Whitehorse/Yukon Territory, YT
3 – Yellowknifer, Yellowknife, NT

Class 2272 – Best Multimedia Feature, circulation 10,000 and over

Sponsored by Canada Post

1 – The Now, Surrey/North Delta/White Rock, BC
2 – Victoria News, Victoria, BC
3 – Oshawa This Week, Oshawa, ON

Class 2311 – Best Canadian Forces Base Newspaper, circulation open

1 – Lookout Newspaper and Creative Services, CFB Esquimalt, BC
2 – Trident Newspaper, CFB Halifax – Maritime Forces Atlantic, NS
3 – Aurora Newspaper, CFB Greenwood, NS

Class 3011 – Best Environmental Writing, circulation up to 9,999

1 – Shawn Bell, Meagan Wohlberg and Don Jaque, Slave River Journal, Fort Smith/Fort Chipewyan, NT
2 – Tina Comeau, Vanguard, Yarmouth, NS
3 – Pat Peckover, Keri Dalman and Keith Solomon, Journal, Humboldt, SK

Class 3012 – Best Environmental Writing, circulation 10,000 and over

1 – Kyle Slavin, Saanich News, Saanich, BC
2 – Kevin Ma, St. Albert Gazette, St. Albert, AB
3 – Charlotte Prong Parkhill, Waterloo Chronicle, Waterloo, ON

Class 3021 – Excellence in Rural Reporting, circulation open

1 – Joel Wiebe, Peterborough This Week, Peterborough, ON
2 – Ashley Thompson, Hants Journal, Windsor, NS
3 – Susan Quinlan, Prairie Post, Swift Current, SK

Class 3031 – Best Business Writing Award, circulation up to 9,999

1 – Lisa Joy, Globe, Lacombe, AB
2 – Zoey Duncan, Fort Frances Times, Fort Frances, ON
3 – Rob Learn, Almaguin News, Burks Falls, ON

Class 3032 – Best Business Writing Award, circulation 10,000 and over

1 – Tyler Olsen, Chilliwack Times, Chilliwack, BC
2 – Doug Hallett, Tribune, Guelph, ON
3 – Krista Siefken, Cowichan News Leader Pictorial, Duncan, BC

Class 3041 – Best Agricultural Edition, circulation up to 9,999

1 – Independent, New Hamburg, ON
2 – The Eastern Graphic, Montague, PE
3 – World-Spectator, Moosomin, SK

Class 3042 – Best Agricultural Edition, circulation 10,000 and over

1 – Prairie Post, Swift Current, SK
2 – Cowichan Valley Citizen, Duncan, BC
3 – Embassy, Ottawa, ON

Class 3051 – Best Agricultural Story, circulation open

1 – Robert Mangelsdorf, The News, Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows, BC
2 – Sandor Gyarmati, Delta Optimist, Delta, BC
3 – Judie Steeves, Capital News, Kelowna, BC

Class 4011 – Outstanding Campus Newspaper, circulation open

1 – et cetera, Humber College, ON
2 – The Varsity, University of Toronto, ON
3 – The Reflector, Mount Royal College, AB

Class 4021 – Best Campus News Story, circulation open

1 – Jason Winders, Western News, University of Western Ontario, ON
2 – Alexandria Eldridge, The Gateway, University of Alberta, AB
3 – Justin Smirlies, The Cord, Wilfrid Laurier University, ON

Class 4031 – Best Campus Feature Story, circulation open

1 – Paul Mayne, Western News, University of Western Ontario, ON
2 – Sean Mackay, The Varsity, University of Toronto, ON
3 – Mariana Ionova and Vidya Kauri, The Eyeopener, Ryerson University, ON

Class 4041 – Best Campus Photography, circulation open

1 – Bernarda Gospic, The Varsity, University of Toronto, ON
2 – Paul Wayne, Western News, University of Western Ontario, ON
3 – Nick Lachance, The Cord, Wilfrid Laurier University, ON

B.C. Reporter Reporter stages (not-so-hostile) takeover of rival blog

This blog is now an empire. Or not. But good news: soon the person who runs the Northern Reporter blog will begin blogging here. He or she will write about, well, whatever he or she (we really need a better gender-mysterious pronoun) wants to. Likely it will include the same sort of anecdotes and opinion relayed on that very good blog during its tenure. Please see the press release attached below.

Of note(-ish), my colleague isn’t really my colleague. He or she works for a different company. I know his or her identity. If he or she wants to share it, it will be up to him or her (CHRIST this gender thing gets tiring).

Here’s what NR wrote last year about staying anonymous, and about that blog’s raison d’etre, which I hope will continue:

I was having a Twitter-sation with Mike Kellett today. Twitter-sation is the word I just came up with at this moment to describe conversing with someone using Twitter and I expect royalties for future use.

Anyway, it was an innocent enough conversation (and conluded as such, no controversy here) and I merely helped him figure out what to have for dinner. I suggested a meal that I had only recently been introduced to, curry with coconut milk, vegetables, meat and rice.

What inspired me to make this blog post from all this is he asked me if I worked for The Citizen, Prince George’s daily newspaper.

For the record I don’t, but it just brought to mind suddenly the fact that I don’t identify who I am in this blog. Got me to consider again the reasons I do that and to decide if it’s a good idea.

The main reason I do it is because when I started the blog the idea was to tell tales from the newsroom and the lessons I learn from what are usually mistakes. I guess I’ve been in papers longer than I think sometimes (not a long time by any stretch, however.) but I still think of myself as a wet behind the ears rookie. This blog was to help me sort through the business and help improve myself, while also providing some entertainment and hopefully a little bit of education to other newbies in the field.

Due to the fact that I’d be telling stories about people who bothered me in some way or who disagreed with what I’ve covered or how I’ve covered it or people who have outright shouted at me in the office, I decided I’d keep my name, and theirs, out of it.

Keeping theirs out of it is just a no-brainer. They didn’t sign up to be blogged about. Keeping mine out of it, well, I got it into my head that if people knew who I was, they might be able to put together some of the people I’d refer to. Considering it’s all small towns in northern B.C., I thought the potential for burning bridges was damn near 100 per cent.

And if it was known who I work for, it might get into some people’s heads, include my management’s, that I could be seen as representing the company, which I’m not. I’m only representing my own viewpoints.

Keeping anonymous just seemed the best way to go.

Perhaps one day, if I leave my post and move on to a new position or field, I’ll reveal myself. But for now you’ll have to only know me by my online persona, The Northern Reporter.

Did anyone else hear an echo when they read my moniker? I know I did.

As noted above The Northern Reporter has a Twitter account. Follow him that reporter of undisclosed gender here.

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Why invent the wheel? I thought I”d repurchase a recent Glacier release for my purposes. Insertions are in brackets]

Vancouver, [REDACTED] B.C., October 18, 2011 [April 26, 2012]— (TSX:GVC) Glacier Media Inc. [B.C. Reporter Reporter] is pleased to announce that, through its affiliates (collectively “Glacier [BCRR]” or the “Company[Blog]”), it has entered into definitive agreements with Postmedia Network Inc [Northern Reporter]. (“Postmedia[Northern Reporter]”) to acquire Postmedia [Northern Reporter]’s community newspapers [journalism] blog in British Columbia, the Times Colonist, [and] related digital media assets, and certain real estate assets.

The community newspaper media assets are comprised of two groups – the Lower Mainland Publishing Group (“LMP”) and the Vancouver Island Newspaper Group (“VING”).  The LMP properties include the North Shore News, the Vancouver Courier, the Burnaby Now, the New Westminster Record/Royal City Record, the Richmond News, the Delta Optimist, the Surrey Now, the Coquitlam Now, the Maple Ridge Times, the Langley Advance, the Abbotsford Mission Times, and the Chilliwack Times.  The VING properties include the Nanaimo Daily News, the Alberni Valley Times, the Harbour City Star, the Cowichan Valley Citizen, the Oceanside Star, the Pennyworth, the Westerly News, and the Campbell River Courier Islander/Campbell River Courier North Islander. 

The Times Colonist [Northern Reporter] was founded in 1858 [March of 2011] and serves Victoria, British Columbia’s [journalists] capital and Vancouver Island.  It is one of Canada’s oldest, most respected and award winning newspapers [community journalist-oriented blogs].

The purchase price for the acquired media assets and significant real estate properties is $86.5 million[$0] payable in cash [worthless Postmedia stock] at closing, subject to adjustment [beer] for working capital.  The acquisition will be financed with bank borrowings.  Glacier [The Blog] is amending its credit [Wordpress] facilities to fund [facilitate] the acquisition of the assets [Northern Reporter] and provide additional borrowing [posting] capacity for ongoing acquisition opportunities.

The assets acquired strategically broaden Glacier[BCRR]’s market presence in British Columbia.  Glacier [BCRR] now offers the broadest coverage of local newspaper [journalist anecdotes] markets in Western Canada, which increases market reach for local, regional and national advertisers [shit fuck all], provides for significant digital media opportunities and strengthens Glacier[BCRR]’s competitive [monopolistic] position.  The operations acquired also enhance the Company’s depth of personnel and operating resources and offer attractive synergy opportunities.

While the acquisition significantly strengthens the Company[Blog]’s community newspaper [blogging] and digital operations, Glacier [The Blog] intends to continue to build its business information operations (which include its trade and business & professional information properties) with particular focus on digital and rich information opportunities.

Management will focus in the short-term on a balance of paying down debt [chugging whiskey], integrating the operations acquired, continuing to develop existing operations, targeting select acquisition opportunities and returning value to shareholders [beleaguered readers].  While [Because] the transaction is being financed with bank borrowings [pogs]Glacier [The Blog] will be in a stronger position as a result of the acquisition with manageable [no] debt levels and increased cash flow.  In addition to operational needs and acquisitions, a portion of any increased cash flow [donations] could be returned to shareholders in the future through share buy backs and increased dividends [hilarious contests].

The transaction is expected to close on or about November 30, 2011 [April 26, 2012] and is conditional upon regulatory and other customary approvals [the parties not getting distracted by their respective jobs and/or lives].

Shares in Glacier [The Blog] can[not] be traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol GVC.

For further information please contact  Mr. Orest Smysnuik, Chief Financial Officer, at 604-708-3264 {BCRR at bclocalreporter@gmail.com].

About the Company [Blog]: Glacier Media Inc. [B.C. Reporter Reporter] is an information communications company [blog] focused on the provision of primary and essential information and related services through print, electronic and online media.  Glacier Media Inc. [B.C. Reporter Reporter] is pursuing this strategy through its core businesses [hobby]: the local newspaper [Google News searching "reporter location:British_Columbia every now and then], trade information [acquiring gossip] and business and professional information markets [bitterly contemplating the future of print journalism].

Trio of B.C. reporters up for CAJ award; job openings

Items of note, including three jobs not posted on Gaulin:

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Kamloops This Week reporter Tim Petruk, Vancouver Courier reporter Cheryl Rossi, and XTra! correspondent David P. Ball have all been named finalists in the Canadian Association of Journalists awards for community journalism. A pair of reporters in Ontario are also up for the award. Tim is nominated for his 28 Seconds series about the police shooting of a Kamloops man. Cheryl is up her her profile of an outdoor non-profit that works with high school students facing problems in class. And David was nominated for his article on the uneasy relationship between the police and the gay community.

The awards will be handed out at a gala April 28 in Toronto.

Also, the Courier‘s Barry Link, along with Nanaimo Daily News editor Cale Cowan, each won Jack Webster Foundation fellowships to attend a week-long seminar at the Poynter Institute.

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Speaking of Cale, he wrote a sweet little vignette about why the job of a newspaper reporter isn’t the fifth-worst job on the face of the planet.

Newspapering has meant that the past 23 years have been filled with days that are never the same; interesting people coming in and out of my life; the chance to travel; to live in four different provinces; and to write for a living.

Who gets to do that?

more…

If you were one of the few reporters to come across the survey, read and scoff about it here. (Our profession’s poor rating has more to do with job prospects than the actual job.)

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Staying in Nanaimo for a second, here’s a News Bulletin story on Merv Unger, who won the Eric Dunning Integrity Award at the Ma Murray Awards. Merv was the News Bulletin‘s first editor and also served as a city councillor.

“I’ve seen changes from very strict rules in journalism where news reporting and commentary were separated stringently. If you were a reporter, you had no opinion,” he said. “That has evolved all the way to today where I think one of the biggest dangers is advocacy journalism, where people take on causes and do not present an unbiased picture.”

more…

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The Vanderhoof Omineca Express is looking for a new editor. Former editor Hannah Wright, who did a fantastic job on the Cody Alan Legebokoff case, returned to the UK over the winter due to visa issues. She hopes to return, according to a January Twitter post.

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The Oceanside Star is looking for a reporter. Two-person newsroom. Small town (Parksville). Pretty nice location.

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And this is a pretty premiere gig, as far as mid-sized community papers go: the many-award-winning Whistler Question needs a new editor. Pretty decent gig. Also, this is a pretty spectacular headline: Nipples aren’t for chewing.

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Kristian Rasmussen is the Columbia Valley Pioneer’s newest reporter. Read his introductory column here. P.S. What’s the consensus on the website’s background, particularly behind the text?

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Finally, the 2012 Canadian Community Newspaper Awards will be announced today at a gala in T.O. Winners will be posted online afterwards. See the full list of finalists here. And if anyone is in Toronto and can send me anything of note, please do so by emailing bclocalreporter@gmail.com.

Thanks.

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Finally, stay tuned for a major-ish announcement about this blog. Post should be up around 11 a.m.

 

Show me the money

You may notice a new button on the right. It says “Donate.” It means just what you think. This is your chance to show just how much this blog means to you (that said, there is no way to extract donations from yours truly). If you want to give me money for operating this blog, that’s how to do so (I got the idea from Kamloops Daily News sports editor Gregg Drinnan‘s excellent WHL blog). At this point, my big goal is to make back the $10 or so that I spent to mail that Hunter S. Thompson book last week. Feel free to compensate me duly. Also, if you have any idea on how to spend Paypal dollars, I would appreciate the advice.

I promise to spend one-third of everything I receive on future silly and juvenile contests. In the interest of openness, I’ll maintain a running total of the amount of donations received (but donors will remain anonymous).

Is there a reason I shouldn’t take donations? Leave me a comment. There is, I guess, a risk of corruption. Somebody could (very, very, very etc. hypothetically) donate thousands of dollars to me with the hope that I would take it easy on a certain company, or aim my glare elsewhere. I promise to resist such urges. I’ll also point out that my current employer pays me tens of thousands of dollars (!!!) and I think I can reasonably say it has not altered what I write here.

A good news news story story

I got an email the other day from Chilliwack Times reporter Tyler Olsen regarding a story his paper published last Thursday about some local optician who set up shop in town after getting out of jail in Ontario. Turns out he broke a bunch of eye-related rules back east and is now pissing off the locals in Chilliwack.

Tyler writes:

Hi, thought you might be interested in this story. Of note, is the fact that this guy advertised in our paper prior to the story’s publication. Nevertheless, the advertising folks and Nick Bastaja, the paper’s publisher, never tried to kill the story. And my colleague Cornelia Naylor made it worth their effort by writing a real good, fair piece. It’s too bad that it’s noteworthy when a community paper has enough integrity to actually publish a somewhat-negative story about an advertiser. Still, given how much advertising influences editorial decisions at some papers, it’s worth bragging about.

Here’s how that story starts:

A former Ontario optician who was fined $17 million for contempt of court, served one year in jail and was stripped of his Ontario optician’s licence for repeatedly flouting his home province’s health legislation has set up shop in Chilliwack.

Now local opticians say he’s breaking the law here too.

more…

[UPDATE]: As Lachlan notes in the comments, the guy has an argument to make about the eyewear industry as a whole (which the story touches on).

Full list of 2012 Ma Murray Award winners

A week late — shut up! — here are your individual and special category 2012 Ma Murray Award winners (Newspaper excellence award winners were posted earlier. Pay attention). If your name is (BCYCNA general manager) George Affleck, STOP! I know you read this blog George. When you get around to publishing the names of the award winners next year, please, please, please do not post them as a PDF. Don’t to it! No! Bad general manager! That is all.

Without ado….

Eric Dunning Integrity Award Gold – Merv Unger

Writing Awards

 

Feature Series Award
Gold – Vancouver Courier, Mike Howell
Silver – Chilliwack Progress, Jenna Hauck & Eric Welsh
Bronze – Nanaimo Daily News, Dustin Walker

John Collison Memorial Award for Investigative 
Journalism
Gold – Surrey/North Delta Leader, Jeff Nagel
Silver – Revelstoke Times Review, Aaron Orlando
Bronze – Keremeos, The Review, Steve Arstad

Feature Article Award
Gold – Kamloops Daily News, Catherine Litt
Silver – Monday Magazine, Danielle Pope
Bronze – Chilliwack Times, Tyler Olsen

Arts & Culture Writing Award
Gold – Richmond News, Eve Edmonds, Alan Campbell, Michelle Hopkins and Chung Chow
Silver – Westender, Jessica Barrett
Bronze – Cowichan News Leader Pictorial, Ashley Degraaf

Neville Shanks Memorial Award for Historical Writing
Gold – Revelstoke Times Review, Aaron Orlando
Silver – Monday Magazine, Danielle Pope
Bronze – North Shore News, James Weldon

Sports Writing Award
Gold – Vancouver Courier, Bob Mackin
Silver – Abbotsford News, Dan Kinvig
Bronze – Langley Times, Gary Ahuja

Outdoor Recreation Writing Award
Gold – North Shore News, Manisha Krishnan
Silver – North Shore Outlook, Maria Spitale-Leisk
Bronze – Campbell River Mirror, Alistair Taylor

Environmental Initiative Award
Gold – Vancouver Courier, Naoibh O’Connor
Silver – Cowichan News Leader 
Pictorial, Peter W. Rusland
Bronze – Coquitlam Now, Jennifer McFee

Environmental Writing Award
Gold – North Shore News, James Weldon
Silver – North Shore Outlook, Sean Kolenko
Bronze – Monday Magazine, Mary Ellen Green

Columnist Award
Gold – Monday Magazine, Brian Kieran
Silver – Vancouver Courier, Mark Hasiuk
Bronze – Abbotsford News, Andrew Holota

Editorial Award
Gold – Monday Magazine, Grant McKenzie & Timothy Collins
Silver – Vancouver Courier, Barry Link
Bronze – Nanaimo Daily News, Paul Walton & Dustin Walker

Photography awards

 

Sports Photo Award, Over 25,000
Gold – North Shore News, Cindy Goodman
Silver – North Shore News, Mike Wakefield
Bronze – Penticton Western News, Mark D. Brett

Sports Photo Award, Under 25,000
Gold – Gulf Islands Driftwood, John Cameron
Silver – Quesnel Cariboo Observer, Percy N. Hébert
Bronze – Coast Reporter, Justin Samson

Spot News Photo Award, Over 25,000
Gold – Vancouver Courier, Dan Toulgoet
Silver – Campbell River Courier-Islander, Dan MacLennan
Bronze – Cowichan Valley Citizen, Kevin Rothbauer

Spot News Photo Award, Under 25,000
Gold – Yukon News, Mike Thomas
Silver – Quesnel Cariboo Observer, Percy N. Hébert
Bronze – Nelson Star, Megan Cole

Feature Photo Award, Black & White, Over 25,000
Gold – Victoria News, Sharon Tiffin
Silver – Cowichan News Leader Pictorial, Andrew Leong
Bronze – Maple Ridge Pitt Meadows News, Colleen Flanagan

Feature Photo Award, Black & White, Under 25,000
Gold – Yukon News, Justin Kennedy
Silver – Yukon News, Mike Thomas
Bronze – The Interior News, Jon Muldoon

Feature Photo Award, Colour, Over 25,000
Gold – Victoria News, Don Denton
Silver – Campbell River Mirror, Paul Rudan
Bronze – Richmond News, Chung Chow

Feature Photo Award, Colour, Under 25,000
Gold – Salmon Arm Observer, James Murray
Silver – Eagle Valley News, Lachlan Labere
Bronze – Shuswap Market News, James Murray

Photo Essay Award
Gold – Gulf Islands Driftwood, Susan Lundy & Team
Silver – Powell River Peak, Alicia Baas
Bronze – Cowichan News Leader Pictorial, Andrew Leong

Portrait/Personality Photo Award
Gold – Yukon News, Mike Thomas
Silver – Chilliwack Progress, Jenna Hauck
Bronze – Yukon News, Ian Stewart

Special awards

 

Ma Murray Community Service Award
Gold – North Shore Outlook, Greg Laviolette and staff
Silver – Richmond Review, Mary Kemmis
Bronze – Richmond News, Michelle Hopkins, Eve Edmonds & Chung Chow

Special Publications Award, Over 25,000
Gold – Surrey/North Delta Leader, Paula Carlson & Team
Silver – North Shore News, Vicki Magnison & Deana Lancaster
Bronze – Kamloops Daily News, Keshav Sharma & Team

Special Publications Award, Under 25,000
Gold – Coast Reporter, Joe James
Silver – Gulf Islands Driftwood, Lorraine Sullivan & Team
Bronze – Grand Forks Gazette, Chris Hammett & Team

Special Section Award, Over 25,000
Gold – The Now, serving Surrey, North Delta, White Rock, Marlyn Graziano, Beau Simpson, Kim Rose & Margot Gauley
Silver – Abbotsford News, Dan Kinvig, Cristine MacDonald & Anne Williams
Bronze – Cowichan Valley Citizen, Andrea Rondeau, Lexi Bainas, Sarah Simpson & Kevin Rothbauer

Special Section Award, Under 25,000
Gold – Whistler Question, Eric MacKenzie & John Magill
Silver – Coast Reporter, Ashley Doyle
Bronze – Oak Bay News, Oliver Sommer

Web Online Innovation Award
Gold – Kamloops Daily News, Mark Rogers
Silver – Abbotsford News, Don Barbeau & Cristine MacDonald
Bronze – Yukon News, Mike Thomas