Kenneth R. Wilson trade magazine awards

The top awards in the Canadian business press were made last night. The full list of gold, silver and runner-up winners by category is available here.

The following were first place (gold) winners:

• Best editorial -- HazMat Management, Fuel for the Fire. Connie Vitello, Editor
• Best industrial/manufacturing article -- Machinery & Equipment MRO, Curbing the Bad Actors. Carroll McCormick, Contributing Editor; Bill Roebuck, Editor.
• Best professional article -- CAmagazine, Transfert d’appels. Yan Barcelo, Author; Christian Bellavance, Editor-in-Chief.
• Best retail article -- Marketing, The Grown-Up Woman. Rebecca Harris, Staff Writer.
• Best resource/infrastructure article -- Transport Routier, Simple évolution. Steve Bouchard, Rédacteur en Chef; Marco Beghetto, Rédacteur Principal.
• Best agricultural article -- Le Coopérateur agricole, Producteurs de molécules: un métier d'avenir? Nicolas Mesly, Journaliste.
• Best merchandising/marketing article -- Marketing, A Vote for Bleue. Danny Kucharsky, Montreal Correspondent.
• Best profile of a person -- Canadian Lawyer, Redefining the Family. Patricia Chisholm, Editor; Ellen Vanstone, Freelance Writer.
• Best profile of a company -- Far North Oil & Gas, A Nose for Trouble. Jake Kennedy, Author
• Best regularly featured department or column -- Forum Magazine, Vox Clamans. Andrew Rickard, Writer; Kristin Doucet, Editor; Denyse Vezina, Associate Editor.
• Best feature article -- Registered Nurse Journal, Ready or Not. Sine MacKinnon, Publisher; Lesley Frey, Managing Editor; Kimberley Kearsey, Writer.
• Best news coverage -- Canadian Medical Association Journal, Privacy Issues Raised over Plan B: Women Asked for Names, Addresses, Sexual History. Laura Eggertson, Associate Editor, News; Barbara Sibbald, Associate Editor, News.
• Best How-to or series of how-to articles -- Today’s Trucking, Spec by Numbers. Jim Park, Contributor.
• Best art direction of an opening spread or a complete feature -- CAmagazine, Loath to Loan. Bernadette Gillen, Art Director; Jean- François Martin, Illustrator.
• Best photograph -- Canadian Lawyer, Not for Lack of Trying. Einar Rice, Creative Director; Jim Stubbington, Art Director; Liam Sharp, Photographer.
• Best illustration -- CAmagazine, Offshore Havens. Bernadette Gillen, Art Director; Gérard Dubois, Illustrator.
• Best art direction of a complete issue -- Canadian Architect, September 2005. Ian Chodikoff, Editor; Leslie Jen, Assistant Editor; Sue Williamson, Graphic Designer.
• Best website -- Today’s Trucking, TodaysTrucking.com. Marco Beghetto, Editor; Rolf Lockwood, Editorial Director; Martin J. Smith, Webmaster.
• Best cover -- Meetings & Incentive Travel Magazine, Open Concept. Dave Curcio, Creative & Design Director.
• Best issue -- Profit, December 2005. Ian Portsmouth, Editor/Associate Publisher; Kim Shiffman, Senior Editor; Jim McElgunn, Senior Editor; Jennifer Myers, Senior Editor; Marcello Biagioni, Art Director; Sasa Stajic, Associate Art Director.