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
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