The staffs of Colorado Politics and sister publication The Gazette won 13 awards in the Society of Professional Journalists’ four-state Top of the Rockies competition for news excellence throughout 2019.
Colorado Politics’ Joey Bunch received first place in personal column/humor for his “Insights” columns, including one where he discussed his brush with death. Marianne Goodland received first place in long-form features for her coverage of conservation easements, second place in personal column/humor for her “Capitol M” humor columns and third place in news reporting for covering a Gov. Jared Polis recall group.
Colorado Politics’ John C. Ensslin, Ernest Luning, Conrad Swanson and Andy Colwell won second place in breaking news for covering the Denver 2019 election. Alayna Alvarez received second place in best solutions journalism for her coverage on the Denver police co-responder program.
Colorado Politics’ Ernest Luning was awarded second place in news columns for his Trail Mix columns, as well as third place in long-form features for covering the University of Colorado’s “Fantastic Four” — four Colorado political leaders who worked together at CU’s student government years ago.
Colorado Politics’ Joey Bunch took second place in general reporting for a series or package with his in-depth coverage of Colorado’s lobbyists.
Colorado Politics competed against daily and weekly newspapers and magazines of up to 10,000 circulation in Colorado, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming.
The Gazette’s four awards included first-place honors for breaking news and news column, and third place honors for long form feature and agricultural/environmental reporting.
The Gazette competed against daily and weekly publications with circulations of 30,000 to 75,000, and against small market radio and TV stations.
First-place winners were David Ramsey for his news column at The Gazette, and Evan Ochsner, Olivia Prentzel, Leslie James, Jerilee Bennett and Hannah Tran for their breaking news coverage of the death of De’Von Bailey, a 19-year-old black man killed in an officer-involved shooting.
The Gazette’s Stephanie Earls took third place in long-form features for telling the story of a homeless man taken in by Monument’s Horseshoe Donuts. Seth Boster received third place in agricultural/environmental general reporting for his story about students tracking noise pollution in Colorado Springs.
OTTAWA – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the NDP is caving to political pressure from Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre when it comes to their stance on the consumer carbon price.
Trudeau says he believes Jagmeet Singh and the NDP care about the environment, but it’s “increasingly obvious” that they have “no idea” what to do about climate change.
On Thursday, Singh said the NDP is working on a plan that wouldn’t put the burden of fighting climate change on the backs of workers, but wouldn’t say if that plan would include a consumer carbon price.
Singh’s noncommittal position comes as the NDP tries to frame itself as a credible alternative to the Conservatives in the next federal election.
Poilievre responded to that by releasing a video, pointing out that the NDP has voted time and again in favour of the Liberals’ carbon price.
British Columbia Premier David Eby also changed his tune on Thursday, promising that a re-elected NDP government would scrap the long-standing carbon tax and shift the burden to “big polluters,” if the federal government dropped its requirements.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Sept. 13, 2024.
Simon Jolin-Barrette, minister responsible for consumer protection, has tabled a bill to force merchants to calculate tips based on the price before tax.
That means on a restaurant bill of $100, suggested tips would be calculated based on $100, not on $114.98 after provincial and federal sales taxes are added.
The bill would also increase the rebate offered to consumers when the price of an item at the cash register is higher than the shelf price, to $15 from $10.
And it would force grocery stores offering a discounted price for several items to clearly list the unit price as well.
Businesses would also have to indicate whether taxes will be added to the price of food products.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Sept. 12, 2024.
Quebec legislature member Youri Chassin has announced he’s leaving the Coalition Avenir Québec government to sit as an Independent.
He announced the decision shortly after writing an open letter criticizing Premier François Legault’s government for abandoning its principles of smaller government.
In the letter published in Le Journal de Montréal and Le Journal de Québec, Chassin accused the party of falling back on what he called the old formula of throwing money at problems instead of looking to do things differently.
Chassin says public services are more fragile than ever, despite rising spending that pushed the province to a record $11-billion deficit projected in the last budget.
He is the second CAQ member to leave the party in a little more than one week, after economy and energy minister Pierre Fitzgibbon announced Sept. 4 he would leave because he lost motivation to do his job.
Chassin says he has no intention of joining another party and will instead sit as an Independent until the end of his term.
He has represented the Saint-Jérôme riding since the CAQ rose to power in 2018, but has not served in cabinet.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Sept. 12, 2024.
