The Chronicle, the Voice of Montreal's West Island for over 80 years, has picked up 11 nominations, including Best Overall Newspaper, at the annual Quebec Community Newspapers Association awards.
The West Island Chronicle's sister papers, the West End Chronicle and the Westmount Examiner, also garnered two nominations each.
Aside from the Best Overall Newspaper category, the West Island Chronicle is also a finalist for Best Editorial Page (as is the Examiner), Best Special Section and Best Website.
Reporter Raffy Boudjikanian is up for Best Headline Writing, while former Chronicle staff reporter Andy Blatchford (who now works with Canadian Press) is up for Best Education Story and freelance writer Hollie Watson is up for Best Arts and Entertainment Story.
Meanwhile, Peter McCabe is up for Best Sports Photo and Best Feature Photo and Stephane Brunet is up for Best News Photo.
Cartoonist Stan Roach is up for Best Cartoon.
West End Chronicle editor Toula Foscolos is a finalist for Best Editorial (local affairs) and for Best Column Writing. Examiner editor Wayne Larsen is also a finalist in the latter.
The winners will be announced at a gala to be held May 23 in Montreal. For more information, check
www.qcna.org.
2007 QCNA NEWSPAPER AWARD WINNERS
(Alphabetical Short List)
BEST OVERALL NEWSPAPER AWARDS
A.l Best Overall Newspaper
Chronicle West Island
Low Down To Hull & Back News
Spec
A.2 Best Front Page
Gleaner - Huntingdon backs out of Arena … Mar 14.07
Low Down To Hull & Back News – Crash … and Burn ... July 4.07
Nunatsiaq News - Sealift snafu strands building … Oct 12.07
A.3 Best Editorial Page
Chronicle West Island - ADQ comes up short … Jan 31.07
Low Down To Hull & Back News - To train, no sanity … Nov 7.07
Westmount Examiner - Send a Westmounter to Ottawa … Apr 12.07
A.4 Best Feature Page
Low Down To Hull & Back News - Dark skies don’t dampen … July 4.07
Nation - The balance of power … July 20.07
Nunatsiaq News - Where dreams become Ranger reality … July 20.07
A.5 Best Sports Page(s)
Eastern Door … World Indoor Lacrosse Championship ... May 18.07
Equity … Junior ‘B’s within range … Jan 31.07
Suburban West Island ... St. Laurent dominate North Shore … Oct 24.07
A.6 Best Special Section
Brome County News - Eastern Townships Adventures… Summer 2007
Canadian Jewish News - Weddings 2007 – Feb 15.07
Chronicle West Island - Welcoming new citizens … July11.07
A.7 Best Community Newspaper Promotion
Eastern Door - On the road to health …Apr 6 – Oct 12.07
Laval News - Relief Fund for Fire Victims of Greece … Sept 6.07
Your Local Journal - Shave to save 2007 … Oct – Nov 2007
A.8 Best Ad
Laval News - Relief Fund for fire victims in Greece …Sept 6.07
Nunatsiaq News - Don’t Drink & Drive … Dec 21.07
Quebec Chronicle-Telegraph - Tailgate - St Pat’s vs Ste Anne … Sept 19.07
A.9 Best Website
Canadian Jewish News
Chronicle West Island
Quebec Chronicle-Telegraph
WRITERS’ AWARDS
B.1 Best News Story
Bonspiel, Steve – The Nation - Beleaguered Kashechewan … Mar2.07
Dupuis, Amanda – The Equity - Man shot after 10-hour … July 18.07
McCully, Sharon – The Outlet - Stolen lives … Aug 2007
B.2 Best Feature Story
George, Jane – Nunatsiaq News - Mystery of the serpentine … June 15.07
Rogers, Sarah – The Record - Good eats … Oct 10.07
Thompson, John – Nunatsiaq News - Owners, diners mourn … Feb2.07
B.3 Best Business Story
Alexander, Gordon – The Outlet - What you see is what you … Mar 2007
McLean, Wilbur – The Equity - Smurfit-Stone workers … July 25.07
Rogers, Sarah & Legault, Rita – The Record - Cross Border Shoppers … Oct 2.07
B.4 Best Investigative or In-Depth Reporting
Legault, Rita - The Record - Seeking justice … Sept 21.07
McCully, Sharon - The Outlet - Magog pioneers relegated … Nov 2007
Thompson, John - Nunatsiaq News - One small city’s big language … Nov2.07
B.5 Best Sports Story
Bonspiel, Steve – Nation – McGill camp revs up elite … June 8.07
Hickey, Mike – Record – Retiring Bobby Kay leaves … June 7.07
Lordon, Ian – Low Down to Hull & Back News – Obrecht mushes through … Apr 11.07
B.6 Best Arts and Entertainment Story
Joyce, Catherine – Low Down to Hull & Back News - When garbage turns … Mar 21-27.07
Standup, Jordan – Eastern Door - Jonas rocks packed … Mar 2.07
Watson, Hollie – Chronicle West Island - From Russia with love … Feb28.07
B.7 Best Column Writing
Foscolos, Toula – West End Chronicle - Commentary … Oct 17, Nov 21, Dec 5
Larsen, Wayne – Westmount Examiner - Commentary … Jan 25, Mar 15, Dec 13
Sundaram, Lakshmi – West Quebec Post – West Quebec Wisdom … Jan 12, Apr 27, Oct 5
B.8 Best Column / Feature (business)
Legault, Rita – The Record - Grapes and apples need … Jan 9.07
Lisbona, David – The Suburban West Island - This rise is loonie! … May23.07
Ryan, Fred – Pontiac Journal – What if your job got Wal-Marted? … Jan 17.07
B.9 Best Editorial (local affairs)
Foscolos, Toula – West End Chronicle – What’s everyone’s damn hurry?… Nov 14.07
Mantell, Nikki – Low Down to Hull & Back News – No train, no sanity … Nov 7.07
Ryan, Fred – West Quebec Post – Masson-Angers should be grand-fathered… June 15.07
B.10 Bob Phillips Award for the Best Editorial (general)
Deer, Kenneth – Eastern Door - Canada’s failed foreign … Oct 26.07
Ledbetter, Richard – Pontiac Journal - Reasonable accommodation … Feb 14.07
Nicholls, Will – The Nation - The silent crime … Dec 7.07
B.11 Best Headline Writing
Baxter, Sara – Your Local Journal
Boudjikanian, Raffy - Chronicle West Island
Fasciano, John – Courrier Laval Weekly News
B.12 Best French-language News Story
Laflamme, Parice – Gleaner/LaSource - Une cooperative naît à l’école … Dec 19.07
Pilon, Céline – Your Local Journal - Gerry Roufs ou la passion … July 12.07
Tessier, Lionel – Journal du Pontiac Journal - Victoire pour les métis … Feb 28.07
B.13 Best French-language Editorial / Column
del Burgo, Alberto – Nouvelles Parc Extension News - Achats chez nous … Nov 17.07
Laflamme, Patrice – Gleaner/La Source - Les dés pipes d’avance … Apr 11.07
Tessier, Lionel – Journal du Pontiac Journal - Action de Grâce? … Oct 10.07
B.14 Best Education Story
Blatchford, Andy – Chronicle West Island - Prechools denounce pre-K … May 2.07
Bonspiel, Steve – Nation - Northern teachers win … Aug 17.07
Thibeau, Michèle – Quebec Chronicle-Telegraph … DDO School Celebrates … Sept 26.07
B.15 Best Agricultural Story
Legault, Rita – The Record - People are tired of not … Apr 13.07
Rogers, Sarah – The Record - Getting to know you … Sept 17.07
Young, Jen – The Record - He steals from friends …June 7.07
B.16 Best Environmental Story
George, Jane – Nunatsiaq News - When the ground melts … Oct 12.07
Horak, Heather – Low Down To Hull & Back News - Dumpster diving with … Nov 21.07
Villeveuve, Nathalie – Courrier Laval Weekly News - Coliforms in tens of thousands …Oct 14.07
B.17 Best Municipal / Civic Affairs Story
Legault, Rita - The Record – Historic St. James Hall crumbles … May 3.07
McCully, Sharon - The Outlet – Small towns, big bills … Feb 2007
Thompson, John - Nunatsiaq News – Anger, boredom and battered buildings … Oct 12.07
B.18 Best Community Health Story
Dares, Rachel – Low Down To Hull & Back News - Cantley dump ‘a black … Oct 24.07
Dupuis, Amanda – The Equity - Battle of the Bulge … Sept 26.07
Legault, Rita – The Record - There’s no polite way … Nov 19.07
PHOTOGRAPHY AWARDS
B.19 Best News Photo
Baxter, Sara - Your Local Journal – Nadine Leduc and Sebastièn Larivière … Nov 8.07
Brunet, Stephane - Chronicle West Island – Nelligan MNA Yolande James … Mar 28.07
Horn, Greg - Eastern Door – Home destroyed by blaze … Apr 27.07
B.20 Best Feature Photo
Anderson, David – The Record - The Water’s Fine … June 26.07
McCabe, Peter – Chronicle West Island - Getting a closer look … July 18.07
Spooner, Natalie – Low Down To Hull & Back News - Hamming it up? … Oct 3.07
B.21 Best Sports Photo
Beaton, Perry – The Record - Sherbrooke-Estrie midget … July 3.07
McCabe, Peter – Chronicle West Island - Action from u-16 girls … June 20.07
Ouellet, Jay – Quebec Chronicle-Telegraph - Cheer on the Rouge et Or … Oct 31.07
B.22 Best Photo Essay
Beaton, Perry – The Record - Purple’s tops … Oct 1.07
Cannon D & Anderson, M – Quebec Chronicle-Telegraph - New venue for CQSB … Oct 10.07
Windeyer, Chris – Nunatsiaq News - Naval gazing … Aug 24.07
BEST EDITORIAL CARTOON
B.23 Best Editorial Cartoon
Bonaparte, Anthony – The Suburban West Island – Permis de conduire … May 14.07
Ewen, Ruby – West Quebec Post - Bon Cop Bad Cop … Aug 31.07
Roach, Stan – Chronicle West Island - Speaking of reasonable accommodation … Dec 5.07
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