Awards

First · Best ad design (circulation up to 3,999)

Casey365.com

House ad promoting the website

Vol. 2, No. 15

Third · Best photo essay (circulation up to 3,999)

Five days of good, clean fun

Parkhill Five Fun Days

Vol. 3, No. 4

Third · General excellence, Class 1

Best overall paper

Second · Photographer of the year

Casey Lessard

First · Best feature photo

Parkhill’s Deere Season

Kelly Wiseman at the Parkhill Fair, cover photo

Vol. 3, No. 9

First · Best creative advertising

Casey365.com

House ad promoting the website

Vol. 2, No. 15

Second · Education writing

Chicago!

South Huron District High School music trip

Read the story · Vol. 3, No. 1

Third · Best rural story

Fields of Gold

Marcus Koenig, potato farmer

Read the story · Vol. 2, No. 18

Third · Best photo layout

Five days of good, clean fun

Parkhill Five Fun Days

Vol. 3, No. 4

Third · Best sports photo

Hockey Night in Zurich

Mark Buruma in the dressing room

Read the story · Vol. 2, No. 15

Second · Best feature series

The Final Frontier

Wheelchair accessibility in Grand Bend, Exeter and Parkhill

The whole series · Vol. 2, No. 2 · Vol. 2, No. 3

Third · Best rural reporting

The Final Frontier

Wheelchair accessibility in Grand Bend, Exeter and Parkhill

The whole series · Vol. 2, No. 2 · Vol. 2, No. 3

Third · Best business writing

Life on the Water

A day in the life of Purdy’s fisheries in Sarnia

Read the story · Vol. 2, No. 8

Third · Best coverage of the arts

Various items

Third · Best in-house ad campaign

Caught Stripping

Vol. 2, No. 10 · Vol. 2, No. 11

First · Best editorial

No Lifeguards, No Problem

A tribute to Jule Kovar and an examination of Lambton Shores’ role in the drowning deaths of Kovar, Ryan Albrecht and Elizabeth Tse at Grand Bend beach

Read the story · Vol. 2, No. 8

First · Best sports and recreation story

No Lifeguards, No Problem

The August 13, 2008 water issue

Vol. 2, No. 8

Second · Best creative advertising

Caught Stripping

Vol. 2, No. 10 · Vol. 2, No. 11

First · Outstanding reporter initiative

Restore Us

A tribute to Bill and Helene Regier

The whole series · Vol. 1, No. 7

Second · Photographer of the year

Casey Lessard

Third · Best photo essay

All’s Fair in Parkhill

Photos from the Parkhill Fair

Vol. 1, No. 11