'It’s fitting to have Postmedia’s coverage celebrated for work on both coasts and in between'
Roy, a senior reporter for Wreckhouse Press, wrote the story in real time on a Saturday morning as the hurricane trashed her home town.
For their reporting on Indigenous issues and climate change, a team of three reporters from the Vancouver Sun and The Province won an award for the intensive project, which used data to investigate the readiness of British Columbia communities to handle the future impact of fires and floods.Article content
Harold Munro, the editor-in-chief of the Sun and Province, said the investigation “helped hold to account those who hold the purse strings and policy levers when it comes to building climate resiliency.” “The work of these three remarkable journalists exposed for the first time huge systemic gaps in our ability to protect local and First Nations communities from the increasing risk of catastrophic floods and fires,” Munro said.Article contentThat project was also a finalist for the John Honderich Award for Project of the Year.
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