The Weyburn Review and Weyburn This Week newspapers earned some awards from the Saskatchewan Weekly Newspapers Association’s yearly Best Newspapers competition.
Normally presented during the SWNA’s annual convention in April, the event was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and the awards were announced in a Zoom meeting with newspaper publishers this past week.
Greg Nikkel won first place for Best Health/Health Care coverage, for a series of stories about a major community fundraiser for STARS air ambulance.
The series featured interviews with people whose lives were touched by a rescue by STARS.
In the General Excellence category, Weyburn This Week won first place for Best Editorial Page in its circulation class, Class C. The Weyburn Review won second place for Best Editorial Page in its circulation class, Class B.
