economist suntribune business satruday march 25 2000 19 metroland papers earn sna honours editorial writer wins top honour in north american competition leaders wanted call for details 18005658111 girl guides of canada guides du canada this message brought to you as a community service d hie economisttribune by patrick casey staff writer york regions metroland newspapers have wona north american newspaper award for editorial writing the editorials written by liberal edi tor david teetzel won first place in the class d division of the suburban newspapers association competition the three winning editorials were published in the erabanner markham economist sun stouffville tribune and the liberal and dealt with the oak ridges moraine an aurora girls death at a riding stable and labour unrest at local schools its nice to have my name on a north american award said teetzel but its not really an individual effort thats why we dont put bylines on editorials the positions in these editorials were dis cussed by all the editors and its the reporters who do all the tough work get ting the facts in the same competition the era- banner claimed third place in the class d category for best editorial page the oct 7 sept 23 and sept 9 edi tions featured teetzels editorials as well as a column by erabanner editor doug devine a cartoon by steve nease and letters from local readers the erabanner which won a sec ondplace award in the 1999 general excellence category from the sna fin ished third for best local election cover age its sunday june 6 edition last year recapped premier mike harris over whelming provincial election victory including a sweep of york region by progressive conservative candidates the past 12 months have proven to be an awardwinning year for york regions metroland division and includ ed reporter jennifer brown being named the best suburban journalist in north america by the sna reporter gianni colavecchia won a best breaking news story for his piece depicting the disappearance and tragic drowning of two young brothers in the scugog river colavecchia was working for metrolands lindsay this week news paper when he wrote the article the first awardwinning editorial published on nov 26 1998 said it was time to end all strike action in york regions schools and called on the provincial government to form one york region winery wins award in just five short years cilento wines has established itself as a leading pro ducer of wines and now the woodbridge winery has the backing of the ontario wine industry after winning the andrew s brandt tro phy for best general list white wine at the cuvee millennium awards celebration earlier this month billed as the academy awards of the wine industry the cuvee awards are a celebration of excellence in ontario winemaking cilento which is spon sored by the liquor control board of canada and named after its current chairperson captured the honour for its 1998 chardonnay nooak wine contestants were shortlisted before a panel of winemakers blindtasted all the entries as a young company i never thought we would win it seems you i have to earn your place explained j grace locilento 4 provincewide union representing all elementary and high school teachers the may 13 1999 editorial demand ed that recommendations from an inquest into the death of elizabeth hader who was dragged by a horse be followed through similar inquests in 1985 and 1977 recommended riders wear helmets and proper footwear but the rules were never adopted by the province a sept 23 editorial explained munic ipal governments do not have the money nor the clout to protect the oak ridges moraine as developers have already paved over a third of it it called on the provincial government to sup port efforts to save the moraine includ ing adopting a 1994 position paper drafted by the former ndp government the sna represents 2000 publica tions in canada and the united states with newspapers reaching more than 17 million households and more 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