Cottage Life named magazine of the year at international regional magazine awards

Cottage Life magazine of Toronto won eight medals, including 6 gold in the International Regional Magazine Association's annual IRMA awards, presented at the organization's annual conference on Sunday night in Santa Fe, New Mexico. The magazine was named magazine of the year, over 40,000 circulation and won gold for overall art direction in a magazine over 40,000 circulation. Other medals were:

• Gold for culture features,profiles, department, special focus
• Silver for illustration
  
• Bronze for general feature
  

British Columbia magazine won a gold for environmental feature, two silvers (for travel feature and general feature) and an award of merit for nature feature.

Prairies North magazine of Norquay, Saskatchewan won a gold for columns and an award of merit for travel features.