Davidson Leader publisher Tara de Ryk (left) accepts the “Best Feature Story” of 2018 award in the Saskatchewan Weekly Newspapers Association’s (SWNA) Better Newspapers Competition (BNC). Alison Squires, a member of the SWNA board of directors, presents the award during the BNC award ceremony in Saskatoon April 28. The award-winning story “Filipino family awaits reunion in Canada” was published in the June 26, 2017 edition of The Davidson Leader.

In the 2018 BNCs, The Davidson Leader won third place in the General Excellence Awards category for best front page, Class B – circulation 1,200 – 1,999. The Davidson Leader also won third place under the Best Agriculture Coverage, single story or feature category for the beekeeping story de Ryk wrote last September. Joel van der Veen, former editor of The Davidson Leader, won third place in the Best Saskatchewan Recreational Story or Series of Stories category for his series about the Strongfield curling rink.

(Leader photo by Daniel Bushman)