Congratulations to our 2023 Canadian honorees! The Globe and Mail led all outlets, outdoing their first-place showing last year with six gold awards and five silvers, which include wins for Report on Business Magazine. Bloomberg News was honoured with two golds and two silvers, while the Toronto Star earned three gold prizes. The Logic earned two gold and one silver, while CBC took home two silver awards.
View pictures from the Canada Best in Business Awards event.
Photo credit: Rohann Agalawatte
Thanks to this year’s esteemed judging panel:
Deborah Aarts, Brigitte Ayerves Valderas, Barbara Balfour, Divya Balji, Ilana Banks, Laura Bobak, Bryan Borzykowski, Mark Brown, Dawn Calleja, Rob Csernyik, Pranav Dixit, Paula Duhatschek, David Fielding, Kevin Hamilton, Lisa Hannam, Laura Hensley, Kate Hopwood, Yadullah Hussain, Peter Kuitenbrouwer, Amanda Lang, Nicole MacAdam, Sandra Martin, Josh McConnell, Joshua Mills, Alex Mlynek, Vipal Monga, Claire Neary, Jim Nelson, Cassidy Norton, Tekendra Parmar, Robert Price, Kristene Quan, Rosa Saba, Tamar Satov, David Scanlan, Marina Strauss, Renée Sylvestre-Williams, Tom Watson, Lori Weisberg
Here’s the complete list of this year’s BIB Canada winners:
Beat Reporting
Gold: Rachelle Younglai – Real Estate, The Globe and Mail
Silver: Christopher Reynolds – Airlines, The Canadian Press
Honourable Mention: Niall McGee – Mining, The Globe and Mail
Breaking News Coverage
Gold: OSFI takes control of Silicon Valley Bank’s Canadian unit –
Stefanie Marotta, Sean Silcoff, James Bradshaw, Tim Kiladze, Andrew Willis, The Globe and Mail
Silver: Traynor Ridge meltdown –
Derek DeCloet, Esteban Duarte, Christine Dobby, Layan Odeh, Bloomberg News
Honourable Mention: Alberta’s moratorium on renewable energy projects – Emma Graney, Jeffrey Jones, Carrie Tait, The Globe and Mail
Commentary
Gold: Kevin Carmichael, The Logic
Silver: David Milstead, The Globe and Mail
Honourable Mention: Adam Radwanski – Climate policy and politics, The Globe and Mail
Editorial Newsletter
Gold: The Logic Briefing – The Logic newsroom, The Logic
Silver: TLDR – Ben Mathis-Lilley, Devin Gordon, Stacey Woods, Sarah Rieger, Ambrose Martos, Ciara Rickard, Clare Douglas, Sara Black McCulloch, Mohini Tailor, Matthew Karasz, Jared Sullivan, Peter Martin, Kat Angus, Devin Friedman, Wealthsimple Media
Honourable Mention: MoneyFit – Justin Dallaire, Lisa Hannam, Jaclyn Law, MoneySense
Feature – Long-form
Gold: “Chip Wilson’s race against time” – Ari Altstedter, Bloomberg News
Silver: “Indigenous economic reconciliation and The Ring of Fire” – Niall McGee, Fred Lum, The Globe and Mail
Honourable Mention: “Doom, Inc.” – Claire Brownell, The Logic
Feature – Short-form
Gold: “How fuel giant Parkland is adapting to a low-carbon world” – Jason Kirby, The Globe and Mail
Silver: “Canadian farmers dream of blockchain sheep” – David Reevely, The Logic
Honourable Mention: “Canopy Growth’s downsizing leaves Smiths Falls in limbo” – Vanmala Subramaniam, The Globe and Mail
General Excellence – Small Publication
BetaKit
Investigative
Gold: “Work forced” – Sara Mojtehedzadeh, Rachel Mendleson, The Toronto Star
Silver: “Canadian corporate accountability, human rights, and a failed watchdog” – Tavia Grant, The Globe and Mail
Honourable Mention: “A 12,000-barrel oil pipeline spill exposes years of lax oversight” – Robert Tuttle, Ari Natter, Bloomberg News
Multimedia
Gold: “AI deepfakes” – Joe Castaldo, Patrick Dell, Jeremy Agius, The Globe and Mail
Silver: “Concrete solutions” – Kyle Bakx, CBC News
Package
Gold: “This is what economic reconciliation looks like” – Susan Nerberg, Report on Business Magazine, The Globe and Mail
Silver: “Women lead here” – Deborah Aarts, Report on Business Magazine, The Globe and Mail
Honourable Mention: “Following the money in the fight against human trafficking” – Rita Trichur, The Globe and Mail
Personal Finance and Investing
Gold: “Short changed” – Tim Shufelt, Clare O’Hara, Irene Galea, The Globe and Mail
Silver: “The financial toll of Canada’s housing crisis” – Erica Alini, The Globe and Mail
Honourable Mention: “Saving for retirement” – David Aston, Toronto Star
Podcast
Gold: “Millennial Money” – Ghada Alsharif, Kevin Sexton, Andrea Varsany, Julia DeLaurentiis Johnston, Sean Pattendon, Toronto Star
Silver: “Cost of Living” Season 5 – Paul Haavardsrud, Jennifer Keene, Danielle Nerman, Ellis Choe, Caroline Ferris, Tracy Johnson, CBC Radio
Honourable Mention: “COMMONS: Monopoly” – Arshy Mann, Jordan Cornish, and Noor Azrieh, Canadaland
Profile
Gold: “Chip Wilson’s race against time” – Ari Altstedter, Bloomberg News
Silver: “The anti-monopoly man” – Jake Edmiston, Financial Post
Honourable Mention: “Pierre Fitzgibbon is on a mission to supercharge Quebec’s economy — rules be damned” – Martin Patriquin, The Logic
Scoop
Gold: “Toronto’s WNBA dream dead: The inside story of how the MLSE walked away” – Richard Warnica, Toronto Star
Silver: “Volkswagen” – Brian Platt, Bloomberg News
Honourable Mention: “Investigation into Sustainable Development Technology Canada” – Jeffrey Jones, The Globe and Mail
Jeff Sanford Best Young Journalist
Josh Scott, BetaKit
Outstanding Achievement
Karen Howlett, The Globe and Mail
