Your North Island Gazette is up for a pair of awards in this year's edition of the Ma Murray awards, which honours the best in community newspapers in B.C. and the Yukon.
The annual awards program announced finalists today and the Gazette is one of three contenders in its category for general excellence.
Our intrepid drawer, Lawrence Woodall, was nominated in the best editorial cartoonist category.
Winners will be announced April 14 during a gala event in Richmond.