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Canada’s National Observer, CA – Government of Canada impacting Vancouver and BC, Vancouver, BC Canada’s National Observer, CA – Cortes and Quadra Islands Reporter, Cortes and Quadra Islands, BC Canada’s National Observer, CA – Ottawa Indigenous Reporter, urban Indigenous people in our nation’s capital, Ottawa, Ontario, ON IndigiNews, CA – Aboriginal Law, National, All of Canada, including every province and territory, CA Investigative Journalism Foundation of Canada (IJF), CA – Data-Driven Edmonton Affairs Reporter, Edmonton Metropolitan Region and Alberta Provincial Affairs, AB Ricochet, CA – Northern Ontario Indigenous journalist, Indigenous communities in Northern Ontario, ON Windspeaker.com, CA – Indigenous Canada: Breaking and quick turnaround news, calendar commemoration, Métis, B.C., Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba and Ontario; First Nations, urban and on reserve (Can), CA Alberta Native News, AB – Indigenous issues reporter, Central and Northern Alberta – Treaty 6 and 8; southern Alberta – Treaty 7, AB Claresholm Local Press, AB – Local Government Reporter, Municipal District of Willow Creek, AB Drayton Valley and District Free Press, AB – LJI reporter – Civic Issues coverage, Brazeau County region, AB Drumheller Mail, AB – Drumheller and area reporter, Drumheller and area, AB East Central Alberta Review, AB – East Central Alberta reporter, Coronation and East Central Alberta, AB Jasper Fitzhugh, AB – Ecology and Environment Reporter, Town of Jasper, Jasper National Park, Town of Hinton, AB Lakeland This Week, AB – Cold Lake and area community news, City of Cold Lake, AB Lakeside Leader, AB – Lesser Slave Lake Civics Reporter, Slave Lake, AB Lethbridge Herald, AB – Indigenous Issues Awareness, Southwestern Alberta – We are home to the largest Indigenous reserve(s) in Canada., AB Lethbridge Herald, AB – Homelessness and crime cause-effect investigation, Lethbridge, AB LiveWire Calgary, AB – Calgary’s most important uncovered beat (Education), Calgary -, AB Medicine Hat News, AB – LJI reporter, Agriculture and Education in depth, Medicine Hat, AB Rocky Mountain Outlook, AB – Stoney Nakoda First Nation and Kananaskis Country civic journalism, Stoney Nakoda First Nation (Bearspaw, Chiniki and Wesley bands), AB Shootin’ the Breeze, AB – Southwestern Alberta Civic Issues Reporter, Town of Pincher Creek, Municipal District of Pincher Creek, Municipality of Crowsnest Pass, AB South Peace News, AB – Peace River Civic Issues Reporter, MD of Smoky River (Falher, McLennan, Girouxville), First Nations, AB St. Albert Gazette, AB – Rural Municipal Reporter, Rural Alberta, AB Strathmore Times, AB – Strathmore Times, The Town of Strathmore, Siksika Nation and Wheatland County, AB Taber Times, AB – Communities Liaison/Civic reporter – Town and M.D. of Taber, M.D. of Taber, AB The Macleod Gazette, AB – Alberta Legislature Reporter, Alberta, AB Town & Country News, AB – Grande Prairie Civic News Reporter, Grande Prairie, AB Burnaby Beacon, BC – Municipal coverage in Burnaby, Burnaby, BC Capital Daily, BC – Equity-deserving communities, Victoria, Capital Regional District, Southern Vancouver Island, BC Coast Reporter, BC – Sunshine Coast civic and Indigenous, Port Mellon, Gibsons, Elphinstone, Roberts Creek, Halfmoon Bay, Pender Harbour and Egmont., BC Columbia Valley Pioneer, BC – Indigenous Affairs Reporter, Akisq’nuk First Nation (south of Windermere and north of Fairmont), Shuswap First Nation, BC Energeticcity.ca, BC – Northeast B.C. Indigenous Reporter, Northeast B.C. including the communities of Indigenous communities of the area., BC Fraser Valley Current, BC – Local government and governance reporting on the Fraser Valley’s First Nation councils and small municipal councils, Fraser Valley and Fraser Canyon, BC Gabriola Sounder, BC – Increased coverage of civic government – Gabriola Island, Gabriola Island, BC Ha-Shilth-Sa, BC – Indigenous Issues Reporter, West coast of Vancouver Island, BC IndigiNews, BC – APTN Okanagan Syilx Indigenous Reporter 1, Okanagan, BC IndigiNews, BC – Reporter, Indigenous Education and Child Welfare, British Columbia, BC Megaphone Magazine, BC – Downtown Eastside Beat Reporter/Mentor, Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside, BC North Shore News, BC – Indigenous and civic affairs reporter, District of North Vancouver, District of West Vancouver and City of North Vancouver, BC Penticton Herald, BC – Local community coverage, Penticton, Summerland, Oliver, Osoyoos, BC Pique Newsmagazine, BC – Lil’wat Nation, Mount Currie, Pemberton, BC Prince George Citizen, BC – Peace Region and Prince George Court Reporter, Fort St. John and area, BC Prince Rupert Northern View, BC – Prince Rupert/Haida Gwaii, Prince Rupert/Haida Gwaii, BC The Discourse, BC – Comox Valley Regional Environment, Comox Valley region, BC The Narwhal, BC – Northwestern BC Environmental Reporter, 16/37 group of communities, BC The Rocky Mountain Goat, BC – Robson and North Thompson Features Reporter, Valemount, McBride, Dunster, Blue River, Robson Valley, Upper North Thompson Valley, BC The Squamish Chief, BC – Squamish Indigenous affairs reporter, Squamish, BC The Tyee, BC – BC Healthcare Reporter, BC, BC The Tyee, BC – Labour: The changing nature of work life, British Columbia, BC The Wren, BC – Secwepemc Territory, Kamloops and specifically the traditional lands and communities of the Secwepemc peoples, BC Tri-Cities Dispatch, BC – Civic and Policing Reporter, Tri-Cities (Coquitlam, Port Coquitlam, Port Moody, Anmore, and Belcarra) for civic issues;, BC Valley Voice, BC – Kaslo, Nakusp and Area Reporter, New Denver, BC Williams Lake Tribune, BC – Williams Lake and region, Williams Lake, BC Brandon Sun, MB – Rural and Indigenous Affairs Reporter, Nine First Nations communities and rural communities, MB Portage Graphic Leader, MB – Portage area reporter, Portage la Prairie, MB Terra Indigena News, MB – Peguis First Nation, Peguis First Nation, MB The Niverville Citizen Inc., MB – Niverville and area civic reporter, Niverville, MB Winnipeg Free Press, MB – Education Reporter, Manitoba, MB Winnipeg Sun, MB – Northern Manitoba Reporter, Northern Manitoba, MB River Valley Sun, NB – Bridging rural news gaps in Western New Brunswick, Nackawic, Woodstock, Hartland, Florenceville-Bristol, NB Saint Croix Courier, NB – The Courier, St. Stephen, NB Telegraph-Journal, NB – New Brunswick Reporter 1, New Brunswick, NB The Daily Gleaner, NB – Indigenous issues, Fredericton, NB Shoreline News; Irish Loop; Pearl News; Business Post, NL – Children, Youth, Seniors and Associations reporter, Avalon Peninsula excluding St. John’s., NL The Independent, NL – Labrador Civic Reporter, Happy Valley-Goose Bay, North West River, Sheshatshiu, NL The Telegram, NL – Indigenous/Aboriginal Affairs reporter, Labrador and other Indigenous communities in province, NL Cape Breton Post, NS – Indigenous affairs reporter, Cape Breton Island, NS Guysborough Journal, NS – District of St. Mary’s and Area /Guysborough East Reporter, District of St. Mary’s, Guysborough East, NS Guysborough Journal, NS – St. Mary’s and Sheet Harbour Area Civic News, St. Mary’s and the Sheet Harbour area on Nova Scotia’s Eastern Shore, NS Ku’ku’kwes News, NS – Continuous Coverage of Indigenous News Stories in Atlantic Canada, Nova Scotia, NS The Advocate, NS – To cover the North Shore of Nova Scotia, River John through to Tatamagouche, NS The Coast, NS – Education reporting in Halifax, Halifax and Halifax Regional Municipality, NS Cabin Radio, NT – Indigenous Governance Reporter, 33 Indigenous communities of NT, NT Cabin Radio, NT – Dehcho Region Reporter, Dehcho Region, NT NWT News/North, NT – Indigenous Affairs Reporter, Northwest Territories, NT Kivalliq News, NU – LJI support for Kivalliq News, Rankin Inlet, Arviat, Whale Cove, Chesterfield Inlet, Baker Lake, Coral Harbour, Naujaat, NU Nunatsiaq News, NU – Nunavut/Nunavik Reporter, Nunavut/Nunavik, NU Nunatsiaq News, NU – Nunavik reporter, Nunavik, QC Nunavut News, NU – LJI support for Nunavut News, Nunavut, NU Aylmer Express, ON – St. Thomas civic issues, crime and community reporter, St. Thomas and immediate surrounding area (Central Elgin), ON Bancroft Times, ON – Bancroft Rural Areas Reporter, Bancroft, ON BarrieToday.com, ON – Essa, Springwater and Oro-Medonte, Essa Township, Springwater Township and Oro-Medonte Township, ON BayToday.ca, ON – Civic and Francophone Community / North Bay and Area Diversity, Civic and Francophone: Communities along highway 17 between West Nipissing and the city of North Bay, ON Brant Beacon, ON – Rural Issues and Agriculture Reporter, Blandford-Blenheim, ON Brantford Expositor, ON – Indigenous Affairs Reporter, Six Nations of the Grand River, Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation, Brantford, ON Brockville Recorder and Times, ON – Gananoque and Leeds-Thousand Islands Reporter, Gananoque/Leeds-Thousand Islands, ON Bullet Point News Stouffville, ON – Staying Connected: Keeping Stouffville Informed and Engaged, Whitchurch-Stouffville, ON Burlington Local-news.ca, ON – Diverse perspectives in Burlignton, Burlington, Halton, ON Caledon Citizen, ON – Caledon and Bolton Community Specific News Reporter, Caledon Township- all of Bolton, ON Chatham Voice, ON – Chatham-Kent Reporter, Chatham/Kent, ON CollingwoodToday.ca, ON – Blue Mountains and Grey Highlands Reporter, Blue Mountains/Grey Highlands, ON Dundalk Herald and Flesherton Advance, ON – Keeping the community informed, Markdale, Dundalk, ON Eganville Leader, ON – West and Central Renfrew County Reporter, Renfrew County, ON Essex Free Press, ON – Essex Local Civic Journalism Reporter, Town of Essex, ON Fort Frances Times, ON – Rainy River District First Nations Reporter, Rainy River District, ON GuelphToday.com, ON – Wellington County Reporter, Wellington County, ON Hamilton Spectator, ON – Haldimand County/Norfolk Reporter, Haldimand County, Norfolk, ON Hamilton Spectator, ON – County of Brant municipal affairs/major news reporter, County of Brant, ON KawarthaNOW, ON – Greater Kawarthas Region Reporter, Hastings County, Haliburton County, ON King Weekly Sentinel, ON – King Township Community Specific News Reporter, King Township – King City Nobleton, Schomberg, ON Lakeshore News Reporter (and LaSalle Post Reporter), ON – Lakeshore LaSalle Reporter, Lakeshore and LaSalle, ON Listowel Banner, ON – Listowel and Area Reporter, Listowel, ON London Free Press, ON – London area rural reporter, London, ON Manitoulin Expositor, ON – Court, Climate Change, Opiate crisis, Manitoulin Island, ON Middlesex Banner, ON – Rural Reporting – Strathroy-Caradoc, Southwest Middlesex & Adelaide-Metcalfe, Strathroy-Caradoc, Southwest Middlesex & Adelaide-Metcalfe, ON MidlandToday.ca, ON – Midland/Penetanguishene Area Reporter, Midland/Penetanguishene, ON Mississauga.com , ON – Community Impact Reporter, Peel Region – Mississauga, Brampton, Caledon, ON Morrisburg Leader, ON – South Dundas and Area Reporter, Municipality of South Dundas, ON Muskokaregion.com, ON – Huntsville, Lake of Bays and Algonquin Park civic reporter, Huntsville and Lake of Bays (Dorset, Baysville, Dwight), Algonquin Park, ON Napanee Beaver, ON – Greater Napanee civic reporter, Napanee, ON New Tecumseth Times, ON – New Tecumseth Hyper Local Community Newspaper Reporter, New Tecumseth, ON NiagaraThisWeek.com, ON – City of Port Colborne and Town of Fort Erie municipal affairs, major news reporter, Fort Erie, Port Colborne, ON North Renfrew Times, ON – Expanded North Renfrew news, Petawawa, ON NorthBayNipissing.com, ON – Almaguin Civic Issues Reporter, Almaguin Highlands Region, ON Orangeville Citizen (and Shelburne Free Press), ON – Keeping the Community Informed, Mono, Grand Valley, Amaranth, ON Peterborough Examiner, ON – Peterborough and area reporter, Peterborough, ON Sarnia Journal, ON – Civic Engagement in Sarnia-Lambton, Lambton County, ON Sault Star, ON – Regional, diversity reporter, Sault Ste. Marie. District of Algoma, ON Snnewswatch.com – Tbnewswatch.com, ON – Superior North, Superior North Region:, ON Stratford Times, ON – City of Stratford Civic Issues Reporter, Stratford, ON Sudbury Star, ON – Regional news/diversity reporter, Sudbury region, including Garson, Dowling, Lively, Chelmsford, Azilda, ON Tbnewswatch.com, ON – Thunder Bay reporter, Thunder Bay, Fort William First Nation, ON Temiskaming Speaker – Weekender, ON – Englehart-Temagami-Elk Lake, Englehart, Temagami, Elk Lake, ON The Canadian Jewish News, ON – Post-Secondary Education / University & College Reporter, Greater Toronto Area, ON The Chronicle Journal, ON – Civics reporter for rural Thunder Bay municipalities, The communities immediately surrounding Thunder Bay, ON The Chronicle-Journal, ON – Covid-recovery business reporter, Thunder Bay, ON The Kingstonist, ON – municipal government and courts, Kingston, ON The Lake Report / NiagaraNow, ON – Municipal and Indigenous, Niagara-on-the-Lake, ON The Lake Report / NiagaraNow, ON – Migrant workers rights, civic affairs and development, Niagara-on-the-Lake, ON The Milton Reporter, ON – MILTON REPORTER, Milton, Brookville, Campbellville, Moffat, ON The Picton Gazette, ON – Rural Development Reporter, Prince Edward County, ON The Pointer, ON – Brampton and Mississauga Reporter, Brampton/Mississauga, ON The Pointer, ON – Peel Region and Niagara Region environmental-planning reporter, Peel Region; Niagara Region, ON The Ridgetown Independent News, ON – Ridgetown and Area Civic News Reporter, Ridgetown, ON The Standard Newspaper, ON – Kawartha Lakes, Scugog and Brock Townships reporter, Kawartha Lakes, ON The Uxbridge Cosmos, ON – LJI=Local Journalist Investigates, Township of Uxbridge, Sunderland, Mount Albert, Greenbank, ON TheIFP.ca, ON – Community-Centered Coverage and Civic Engagement, Town of Halton Hills, ON Tilbury Times Reporter, ON – Tilbury and Area Reporter, Tilbury, ON TimminsToday.com, ON – Diversity reporter, Timmins, ON Vankleek Hill Review, ON – Serving Eastern Ontario and Western Quebec, North Glengarry including Alexandria and Maxville, ON Walkerton Herald-Times, ON – Walkerton and area reporter, Walkerton, ON Wilmot-Tavistock Gazette, ON – Wilmot, Wellesley and East Zorra-Tavistock Civic Issues Reporter, Wilmot, ON Woodstock Ingersoll Echo, ON – Oxford County Civic Issues Reporter, Oxford County, ON Woolwich Observer, ON – Environment, Agriculture and Industry reporter, Woolwich and Wellesley Townships, ON YGK News, ON – Kingston Equity Reporter, Kingston, Napanee, Gananoque, Frontenac Lennox and Addington, ON Yorkregion.com, ON – York Region Reporter, York Region, ON The Eastern Graphic – peicanada.com, PE – PEI Government Policy and Programming through a rural lens, Eastern PE or Kings County, PE; Alberton/West Prince, PE, PE The Guardian, PE – Climate Change MMJ, All of PEI Including Charlottetown, Summerside, PE ACCÈS le journal des Pays d’en Haut, QC – Villages et paroisses des Pays d’en Haut, Lac-des-Seize-Iles, Wentworth-Nord, CA Courrier Laval, QC – condition féminine, immigration, éducation, santé, Laval, CA Courrier Laval, QC – Reporter en réponse à la crise des médias, Laval, CA Iorì:wase, QC – Indigenous civic issues reporter, Kahnawake, QC Journal de Chambly, QC – Communautés rurales, Rougemont, Saint Césaire, Mont Saint Grégoire, Carignan, Marieville, CA Journal Le Lac St-Jean, QC – affaires civiques, Sud et Nord d’Alma, Sud et Nord d’Alma, CA Journal Le Manic, QC – L’environnement mieux desservie, Le territoire couvert par les médias des Éditions Nordiques., CA Journal Le Reflet, QC – Reporter, affaires civiques, Candiac et ses environs, Delson/La Prairie/Candiac/St-Constant, CA Journal Le Reflet Témiscamien, QC – Le Témiscamingue – journaliste à temps plein, Témiscamingue, CA Journal Le Soir, QC – Couverture de l’actualité dans les MRC de Rimouski-Neigette, de la Mitis et de La Matapédia, Rimouski-Neigette, Mitis and La Matapédia, CA Journal Le Soleil de Châteauguay, QC – Reporter, affaires civiques, Châteauguay et ses environs, Châteauguay, Mercier (West of the RCM of Roussillon), CA Journal l’Étoile du Lac, QC – Nord du Lac-Saint-Jean, Saint-Félicien, Roberval, Dolbeau-Mistassini, CA Journaldesvoisins.com, QC – affaires civiques et enquêtes, Bordeaux, Cartierville, Saraguay, CA La Sentinelle – Le Jamésien, QC – Affaires civiques et municipales, Jamésie, Baie-James, CA La Sentinelle – Le Jamésien, QC – Reporter, Environnement et Économie, Northern Quebec, Chibougameau to Nunavik, CA L’Argenteuil, QC – L’Argenteuil – Secteur Est de la MRC d’Argenteuil, Secteur Est de la MRC d’Argenteuil / Eastern sector of the RCM of Argenteuil, CA Le Charlevoisien, QC – Journaliste, affaires civiques et questions rurales – Munipalités hors des grands centres, MRC de Charlevoix-Est / RCM of Charlesvoix East, CA Le Courrier de Saint-Hyacinthe, QC – Journaliste régional, MRC des Maskoutains à l’exclusion de la ville de Saint-Hyacinthe, CA Le Devoir, QC – Enjeux francophones et défense du fait français en Ontario, Franco-Ontarian community, CA Le Droit, QC – Présence journalistique dans Papineau, MRC Papineau, CA Le Mouton Noir, QC – Bas St-Laurent et Gaspésie, Communautés rurales du Bas St-Laurent et de Gaspésie ENG: Rural com. of Bas St-Laurent and Gaspésie, CA Le Nouvelliste, QC – MRC Mékinac et MRC des Chenaux, Municipalités rurales, CA Le Soleil, QC – Couverture des enjeux et des communautés des Premières Nations, Wendake, CA Le Val-Ouest, QC – Reporter, Valcourt, CA L’Éveil, QC – Mirabel, MRC de Mirabel, CA L’info du Nord Sainte-Agathe, QC – Journalistes, politique municipale, In Médias, Communautés rurales servies par quatre publications de In Médias, CA MaCoteNord.com, QC – Journaliste Généraliste, MRC Sept-Rivières, Sept-Îles, CA Mon Mile End, QC – Journaliste, Affaires municipales et civiques, Le Plateau-Mont-Royal, Montréal, Plateau-Mont-Royal, CA MonMatane.com, QC – Matanie, Matane, CA Monquartier.Quebec, QC – Enjeux civiques, quartiers centraux, Quartiers centraux, ville de Québec, CA Nouvelles d’Ici, QC – Journaliste – Affaires civiques, urbanisme, diversité LaSalle-Verdun-Lachine, LaSalle, Lachine, Verdun, qui sont devenus des arrondissements de Montréal en 2002, CA Pivot, QC – Journaliste – enjeux liés à la jeunesse, Les secteurs marginalisés de Montréal et du Grand Montréal, CA The Eastern Door, QC – Engaging Kanesatake, Kanesatake, QC The Eastern Door, QC – Preserving our stories, Kanesatake, Kahnawake, QC The Nation, QC – Indigenous civic issues reporter, Indigenous communities in the James Bay Territory of northern Quebec and Ontario Tribune / Express, QC – Tribune / Express – Section Ouest, MRC d’Argenteuil, Section Ouest, MRC d’Argenteuil / Western sector of the RCM of Argenteuil, CA unpointcinq.ca, QC – Couvrir les solutions d’action climatique déployées dans les régions / communautés mal desservies et chez les Premières Nations du Québec, Québec (province), CA Clark’s Crossing Gazette, SK – Shining a Light on Local Civic News, Warman, SK Prince Albert Daily Herald, SK – Prince Albert city council/court reporter, Prince Albert, Shellbrook, Melfort, Nipawin and surrounding rural areas, SK SASKTODAY.ca, SK – Northeastern Saskatchewan Reporter, La Loche, SK Shaunavon Standard, SK – Exploring Life in Southwest Saskatchewan, Shaunavon, SK The World-Spectator, SK – Moosomin region civic reporter, Moosomin, SK Wakaw Recorder, SK – Wakaw, Rosthern and area rural reporter, Wakaw/Rosthern, SK Yukon News, YT – Yukon News, Your Community Connection, All of Yukon including the traditional territories of 14 Yukon First Nations, YT

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