SOMBA K'E/YELLOWKNIFE - NWT News/North earned another blue ribbon at the Canadian Community Newspaper Awards in Vancouver in late April.

A blue ribbon signifies that judges ranked the newspaper in the top third in its circulation class among all competitors across Canada.

Other Northern News Services publications also fared well at the event.

Editorial cartoonist Norm Muffitt earned first place for an Inuvik Drum cartoon depicting a pelican coated in oil at the Inuvik Petroleum Show. The Best Local Cartoon judge deemed it a timely topic with relevance both locally and internationally; "a light-hearted jab at a heavy subject."

Nunavut News/North rose to the top of the General Excellence and Best Front Page categories in its circulation class. It also earned a blue ribbon.

Yellowknifer was awarded second place for Best Business Writing for Guy Quenneville's feature on the closure of video stores.

Kivalliq News editor Darrell Greer took third place for Best Feature Series with his examination of an outfitter whose licence was revoked by the Government of Nunavut.

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