2009 BNC Awards of Excellence Winners

Best Local News Story Sponsored by: Grant MacEwan College School of Communications

1. Yellowknife Yellowknifer
2. Red Deer Express
3. Sylvan Lake News

Best Feature Column By a Local Writer Sponsored by: Gordon Scott Memorial Award

1. Saint City News
2. Red Deer Express
3. Slave River Journal

Best Feature Story By a Local Writer Sponsored by: Southern Alberta Institute of Technology

1. Okotoks Western Wheel
2. Devon Dispatch News
3. Yellowknife Yellowknifer

Best Habitat Conservation Story Sponsored by: Ducks Unlimited Canada

1. Slave River Journal
2. Bonnyville Nouvelle
3. Strathmore Standard

Best Local Editorial Sponsored by: TELUS Corporation

1. Okotoks Western Wheel
2. Wainwright Edge
3. Consort Enterprise

Excellence in Healthy Communities Journalism Sponsored by: AWNA

1. Cochrane Times
2. Lethbridge Sun Times
3. Innisfail Province

Excellence in Arts & Culture Writing Sponsored by: AWNA

1. Jasper Fitzhugh
2. Saint City News
3. Lethbridge Sun Times

Best Agriculture Supplement or Section Sponsored by: The Canadian Wheat Board

1. Barrhead Leader
2. St. Paul Journal
3. Stettler Independent

Best Trades Technology Writing Sponsored by: The Northern Institute of Alberta

1. St. Albert Gazette
2. Okotoks Western Wheel
3. Slave River Journal

Excellence in Sports Writing Sponsored by: AWNA

1. Sherwood Park News
2. Fort Macleod Gazette
3. Lloydminster Meridian Booster

Excellence in Education Writing Sponsored by: Canada Post

1. Deh Cho Drum
2. Barrhead Leader
3. Yellowknife Yellowknifer

Excellence in Environmental Writing Sponsored by: AWNA

1. Okotoks Western Wheel
2. Slave River Journal
3. Yellowknife Yellowknifer

University of Alberta Writing Award Sponsored by: The University of Alberta

1. St. Paul Journal
2. Jasper Fitzhugh
3. Saint City News

Excellence in Community Service Sponsored by: AWNA

1. Leduc Representative
2. Brooks Bulletin
3. Whitecourt Star

Special Sections and Supplements Sponsored by: Metro Creative Graphics, Inc.

1. Inuvik Drum
2. St. Albert Gazette
3. Bonnyville Nouvelle

Newspaper Website Award Sponsored by: Mount Royal College

1. St Albert Gazette
2. SEE Magazine
3. CONNECT Fort McMurray

Excellence in Creative Advertising Sponsored by: AWNA

1. Camrose Canadian
2. St. Albert Gazette
3. Whitecourt Star

Effective and Original Use of Colour in Advertising Sponsored by: AWNA

1. Yellowknife Yellowknifer
2. Wainwright Review
3. Wainwright Star

Excellence in Ad Campaigns Sponsored by: AWNA

1. Stettler Independent
2. Whitecourt Star
3. St. Albert Gazette