The Vancouver Courier is nominated in five categories at this year’s Ma Murray Community Newspaper Awards. The Courier is one of three finalists for overall excellence in its circulation class among newspapers across British Columbia and Yukon, as well as for online innovation for the ongoing Vancouver Special series focusing on individual city neighbourhoods. The series will come to an end March 14 with a profile on Marpole but all neighbourhood features, including additional photos that couldn’t fit into the print editions and videos created by entertainment editor Michael Kissinger, can be found here.
Kissinger is also up for an environmental initiative award for his story Neighbours gather in a roundabout way about a Mount Pleasant traffic circle that has been turned into a community gathering area.
Reporter Mike Howell is nominated in the best feature category for his story Memorial for homeless man turns into emotional gathering on the legacy left behind by the late Rick Hofs.
Regular contributor Geoff Olson is nominated in the best cartoonist category.
The awards ceremony takes place April 26 at the River Rock Resort in Richmond.
