2018 BNC Awards of Excellence Winners

Presented May 2019

Best Local News Story Sponsored by: AWNA

1. Airdrie City View for "Airdrie player survives Bronco's bus crash"
   Credits: Christina Waldner
2. Okotoks Western Wheel for "Maurice has all charges dropped"
   Credits: Krista Conrad
3. Lacombe Globe for "BOLT Transit escapes termination"
   Credits: Ashli Barrett

Sue Gawlak Best Local Editorial Sponsored by: St. Albert Gazette

1. Taber Times for "Town needs to tread lightly"
   Credits: Trevor Busch, Greg Price
2. Shootin the Breeze for "My Little Corner"
   Credits: Shannon Robison
3. Airdrie City View for "Silenced"
   Credits: Allison Chorney

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

1. Fort Macleod Gazette for "MAE Belles Women's club celebrates 70 years of perseverance and success"
   Credits: Frank McTighe
2. Mountain View Gazette for "Locally community-supported agriculture"
   Credits: Victoria Paterson
3. Drayton Valley Western Review for "Over 800 people attend outdoor rally at CETC in Drayton Valley"
   Credits: Cathy Weetman

Higher Education Writing Award Sponsored by: University of Alberta

Winner: St. Albert Gazette for "Squirrels kill rival offspring"
Credits: Kevin Ma

Excellence in Education Writing Sponsored by: Lethbridge College

1. St. Paul Journal for "Parent group holds protest, demands clarity"
   Credits: Janice Huser
2. Rocky Mountain Outlook for "Campaign aims to create single public education system"
   Credits: Paul Clarke
3. St. Albert Gazette for "Games teachers play"
   Credits: Kevin Ma

Best Habitat Conservation Story Sponsored by: Ducks Unlimited Canada

1. Rocky Mountain Outlook for "Motorized recreation forcing grizzly bears out of habitat"
   Credits: Cathy Ellis
2. Spruce Grove Examiner for "Study to examine economics of watershed infrastructure"
   Credits: Josh Aldrich
3. Okotoks Western Wheel for "Rancher makes commitment to nature"
   Credits: Tammy Rollie

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

1. Red Deer Express for "Prairie Living / The Heart of Alberta"
2. Drayton Valley Western Review for "2018 & 19 Drayton Valley"
3. Ponoka News for "Ponoka Stampede"

Healthy Communities Journalism Award Sponsored by: AWNA

1. Fort Macleod Gazette for "Fort Macleod man details Lyme disease struggles"
   Credits: Frank McTighe
2. Westlock News for "Beating prostate cancer"
   Credits: George Blais
3. Rocky Mountain Outlook for "Menstrual kits help fight 'period poverty'"
   Credits: Paul Clarke

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

1. Fort Macleod Gazette for "Prairie bus tragedy has touched all Canadians -- Macleod Notebook"
   Credits: Frank McTighe
2. Innisfail Province for "Jack walked a humble, beautiful path"
   Credits: Johnnie Bachusky
3. Lacombe Globe for "Reality doesn't spare feelings, so neither should the news"
   Credits: Ashli Barrett

Arts and Culture Writing award Sponsored by: AWNA

1. Rocky Mountain Outlook for "Stoney Nakoda Change Makers"
   Credits: Jordan Small, Aryn Toombs
2. Cochrane Times for "Symbolism in the medium"
   Credits: Patrick Gibson
3. Athabasca Advocate for "The thread through everything"
   Credits: Hannah Lawson

Best Environmental Writing Sponsored by: AWNA

1. St. Albert Gazette for "To catch a leak"
   Credits: Kevin Ma
2. Shootin the Breeze for "Eagle researcher seeks golden El Dorado"
   Credits: Jess Harrington
3. Rocky Mountain Outlook for "Catastrophic wildfire - is this the new normal?"
   Credits: Tanya Foubert

Sports Writing Award Sponsored by: AWNA

1. Rimbey Review for "Rimbey mother/daughter ready for another WWCFL season"
   Credits: Treena Mielke
2. Okotoks Western Wheel for "Proctor off and running across Canada"
   Credits: Bruce Campbell, Remy Greer
3. Ponoka News for "Weir remembers fun, crazy times as a Golden Seal "
   Credits: Jordie Dwyer

Best Agriculture Supplement Sponsored by: Genome Alberta

1. Lloydminster Meridian Source
2. Flagstaff Sedgewick Community News
3. Taber Times

Excellence in Creative Advertising Sponsored by: AWNA

1. Rocky Mountain House Mountaineer for "Choose your own adventure"
   Credits: Shelly Safronetz, Jean Vos
2. Taber Times for "Taber Bowling"
   Credits: Erin Lickiss, Meg Noguchi
3. Wainwright Star Edge for "The Golf Course Restaurant is Opening"
   Credits: Carrie Baumgartner

Creative Use of Colour in Advertising Sponsored by: AWNA

1. Jasper Fitzhugh for "Good morning early riser"
   Credits: Melissa Morris
2. Lloydminster Meridian Source for "Co-op Agro Grand Re-Opening Ad"
   Credits: Amanda Richard
3. Vermilion Voice for "Vermilion Voice Print Solution"
   Credits: Amr Rezk

Ad Campaign Award Sponsored by: AWNA

1. Wainwright Star Edge for "Armstrongs Clothing - Not Just the Classics"
   Credits: Carrie Baumgartner
2. Lloydminster Meridian Source for "Donny Lee"
   Credits: Angie Jerrett
3. Rocky Mountain House Mountaineer for "Caine's Jewellers Gifts to Cherish"
   Credits: Jean Vos, Shelly Safronetz