Toot, toot — that is the sound of The Chief tooting its own horn.
The paper won several 2018 Canadian Community Newspaper Awards, it was announced Monday.
These national awards celebrate the best in community journalism from across the country. Newspapers that serve communities of a similar size compete against each other and are judged by a panel of industry experts.
So it is pretty cool to end up in the top three in any category, in other words.
The Chief took gold, silver or bronze in five categories.
Reporter Steven Chua won first place for this story on the closure of Britannia Beach businesses, “Shutting the doors.”
Michaela Garstin also won first place in the best historical story category for her feature on the internment of Japanese from the Woodfibre pulp mill lands, with “The day they were forced to leave Woodfibre pulp mill.”
The Chief won second place in its circulation for best all-round newspaper, and also second for its front page. We won third for our editorial page.
Thanks to our readers for keeping us on our toes and for pushing us to always strive to do better.
