Metroland members clean up at BNC Awards
Chris Seto of the Guelph Mercury Tribune won first place in the investigative reporting category for this story on how the fentanyl crisis has affected the Guelph community at the BNC Awards.
Unifor Local 87-M would like to congratulate our members at Metroland for their achievements at this year’s Ontario Community Newspapers Association BNC Awards. The awards recognize excellence in community newspapers. Unifor is proud of the contributions our members have made for their community publications. A full list of winners can be found here.
General Excellence Awards (awarded by circulation) were awarded to the following:
1st place: Dundas Star News
1st place: Hamilton Mountain News
2nd place: Orangeville Banner
2nd place: Niagara this Week, The Leader
2nd place: Listowel Banner
3rd place: Niagara This Week, Town Crier
3rd place: Waterloo Chronicle
Honourable Mention: New Hamburg Independent
Premier Awards were awarded to the following:
Arts & Entertainment
1st place: Niagara This Week, Town Crier
Honourable Mention: Listowel Banner
Best Editorial-3rd place: Waterloo Chronicle
Honourable Mention: Waterdown Flamborough Review
Feature Writing
2nd place: Waterloo Chronicle
3rd place: Burlington Post
Heritage Writing-1st place: Kitchener Post
Best Investigative News Story-1st place: Guelph Mercury Tribune
Best News Story, circ. over 10 000
2nd place: Burlington Post
3rd place: Guelph Mercury Tribune
Best Rural Story-2nd place: Waterdown Flamborough Review
Sport & Recreation Story
1st place: New Hamburg Independent
Best Headline Writing-1st place: New Hamburg Independent
Humour Columnist of the Year-3rd place: Niagara This Week, Fort Erie Post - James Culic
Columnist of the Year-1st place: Dundas Star News - Gordon Cameron
Reporter of the Year - Honourable Mention: Burlington Post - Tim Whitnell
Best Feature Photo-2nd place: Oakville Beaver
Best Sports Photo-Honourable Mentions: Cambridge Times, Grimsby Lincoln News
Best Spot News Photo-3rd place: Burlington Post
Best News Photo-3rd place: Dundas Star News
Photographer of the Year-2nd place: Milton Canadian Champion - Graham Paine
Cartoonist of the Year
1st place: Cambridge Times - C.A. Grey
Honourable Mention: Stoney Creek News - Mike Vukovich
Special Section-Honourable Mention: Guelph Mercury Tribune - Canada 150 supplement
In House Promotion-2nd place: Burlington Post
Original Ad Idea
1st place: Milton Canadian Champion
3rd place: Waterdown Flamborough Review
Honourable Mentions: Burlington Post
Use of Process Colour
1st place: Caledon Enterprise
2nd place: Haldimand County, The Sachem
Best Community Website-Honourable Mention: Burlington Post
Multimedia Online/Best Online Experience for a Story
1st place: Hamilton Mountain News
1st place: Stoney Creek News