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