General Excellence – Best All-Round Newspaper ( Circulation 6500 to 9999,Circulation 10000 to 12499,Circulation 12500 to 17499)
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Place Name:
First Place
Contestant Name:
Okotoks Western Wheel (Okotoks, AB)
Entry Title:
Okotoks Western Wheel
Entry Credit:
Shaun Jessome, Ted Murphy, Remy Greer
Judge Comment:
This paper does all the important things well. It has a strong voice and personality, with solid writing, photography, ads, promotions.
Place Name:
Second Place
Contestant Name:
Pique Newsmagazine (Whistler & Pemberton, BC)
Entry Title:
Pique Newsmagazine
Entry Credit:
All Staff
Judge Comment:
A quality read and lovely to look at as well. The 30th-anniversary celebration coverage was particularly interesting, and it was great to see so many congratulatory ads in those pages.
Place Name:
Third Place
Contestant Name:
Observer (Elmira-Woolwich, ON)
Entry Title:
Observer - General Excellence
Judge Comment:
Except for having too many stories jump to second pages, this paper is a pleasure to read and thoroughly informs people about what's happening in their community.
Competition Comment:
Several publications in this broad category admirably touched as many subject bases as possible in editorial coverage, regardless of their page count, and went all out to focus on special events. Some papers carried excellent Remembrance Day sections, for example, with great ads, photos and stories. Impactful photography also made a big difference, and more is always better. Community-specific editorials written with conviction were wonderful to see, as were editorial pages that still carry cartoons. It’s unfortunate that some papers rely quite heavily on contributions from counterparts in other regions to fill their news or opinion holes.
