Windspeaker wins four NACS news awards

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Windspeaker took four of the eight National Aboriginal Communications Society awards at the NACS annual conference held in Whitehorse last week.

It received awards for best overall newspaper for its special section on drug abuse and alcoholism, titled 'People On The Edge'; best news photography -- 'Needle in neck' by Everett Lambert;

best design and layout; and best local column for Richard Wagamese's 'Vision and the Quest' in his weekly Touching the Circle column.

Fourteen newspapers entered the competition from all over North America.

Windspeaker has taken NAC's best local column, best news photo and best overall awards for two consecutive years. The paper has won best local column for three straight years.

Windspeaker General Manager Bert Crowfoot says the awards reflect the caliber of people that have worked at the newspaper.

"I'd like to give credit to all the staff who are working here and who have worked here in the past," he said.

"We've had some excellent people who've gone through here. The product continues to improve."

Awards for best feature photography went to Dan Sha News; Micmac News received the award for best news story for 'The Justice System: Donald Marshall'; best feature story went to Native

Press for 'Mesa Lake' and the Ye Sa To Communications won as best special publication.