April Clips Results 2023

Judges

Brian Cassey – Freelance photojournalist – Cairns, Australia
David Dare Parker – Freelance photojournalist – Western Australia
Mark Baker – Photo Editor Australia and New Zealand at The Associated Press – Sydney, Australia

Photographers- 17
Feature- 44
News- 16
Sports- 32
Spot News- 9, carried over from March
Portrait- 18
Multi-Photo- 9 entries/100 photos

FEATURE

1. Steve Russell/The Toronto Star

The weather forecast calls for lots of rain over the weekend, pack umbrellas at in Toronto. April 29, 2023.

2. Marie-France Coallier/Le Devoir

SYDNEY, Australia March 2023 Sweet moment for Tracey Maguire volunteering for Wires, nose to nose with Sophie, the one year old baby koala clinged to her stuffed animal (who replaces her mother).The animal lost her mother, and as an orphan, was rescued by Wires. Eucalyptus branches are near her. Tracey spent couple of days with the joey at the veterinary clinic before being released back into the Australian wilderness.Wires is an organization which helps for the protection of wildlife.

3. Jack Simpson/Freelance

A landscaper appears to stop and have a bit of a chinwag with a deer. The landscaper, eventually, made his way to work in a Penticton apartment estate on a Wednesday afternoon.

NEWS

1. Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press

Ethan Bespflug’s mother Holly Indridson, centre, and stepfather Mike Gallacher, right, along with Mike’s mother Kelly Gallacher, left, embrace during a vigil for Bespflug, 17, who died after being stabbed on a transit bus last week, in Surrey, B.C., on Tuesday, April 18, 2023. Police say they have arrested a 20-year-old man from Burnaby, B.C., in connection with the stabbing of a teenager on a Metro Vancouver transit bus last week.

2. Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press

An unhoused person sits with his dog as he watches city workers clear an encampment on East Hastings Street in the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver, on Wednesday, April 5, 2023. Vancouver police officers have been deployed to a tent encampment on the city’s Downtown Eastside with the aim of shutting down the site to campers.

3. Bernard Brault/Freelance

An aerial view of flooded houses on the edge of the St-Lawrence river at sunset in Ste-Anne de Sorel, Quebec.

SPORTS

1. Steve Russell/The Toronto Star

Canada defender Erin Ambrose (23) shares a puck with some fans as Canada plays Japan at the IIHF Women’s World Cup of Hockey at CAA Centre in Brampton. April 8, 2023.

2. Bernard Brault/Freelance

Montreal CF soccer club, Ilias Iliadis, tackles New York red Bulls Frankie Amaya during a regular season game at the Saputo Stadium.

3. Kevin Light/ Freelance

The University of British Columbia Men’s varsity eight crew approaches the finish line as a Canadian goose fly’s out of their way during the Brown Cup Regatta versus the University of Victoria held along the Gorge Waterway in Victoria, British Columbia Canada on April 1st, 2023.

PORTRAIT

1. Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press

Cynthia Fordham, left, and Stuart Panko pose for a photograph outside their tent where they live, in the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver, on Monday, April 3, 2023. Advocates say they have obtained leaked city documents that indicate the city is preparing to proceed with decampment and remove the remaining tents along East Hastings Street this week.

2. Michelle Berg/Saskatoon StarPhoenix

Zalikha Alnaasani left Syria with her husband and three children and arrived in Canada in 2016. She is a member of Nest, an organization that sponsors and settles refugees in Saskatoon. Eid can sometimes be a sad time for Alnaasani, who hasn’t seen her parents in 11 years. Photo taken in Saskatoon, Sask. on Friday, April 14, 2023.

3. Marie-France Coallier/Le Devoir

MONTREAL avril 27, 2023 Innu originally from Ekuanitshit (Mingan), Maya Cousineau Mollen was traditionally adopted by a Quebec family chosen by her biological mother. Granddaughter of the famous Jack Monoloy, she has been writing poetry since the age of fourteen. Calmly enraged, her poetry sings of Aboriginal femininity and makes the Innu identity resonate in the territory of Montreal/Muliats/Tio’tia:ke.

SPOT NEWS

Comments: Carried over from March
1. Patrick Woodbury/Le Droit

Double murder in Chute-à-Blondeau. A forensic identification technician notices a bloodstain on the door before entering. Le Droit, April 20, 2023, Ontario.

2. Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press

A person gestures and shouts at police officers as city workers clear an encampment on East Hastings Street in the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver, on Wednesday, April 5, 2023. Vancouver police officers have been deployed to a tent encampment on the city’s Downtown Eastside with the aim of shutting down the site to campers.

3. Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press

A woman pauses after placing a flower at a makeshift memorial for Paul Stanley Schmidt, 37, who died after being stabbed on Sunday outside a Starbucks in downtown Vancouver, on Wednesday, March 29, 2023. Vancouver police say Inderdeep Singh Gosal, 32, has been charged with second-degree murder and investigators do not believe the suspect and victim knew each other.

MULTI-PHOTO

1. Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press

Cynthia Fordham, left, and Stuart Panko pose for a photograph outside their tent where they live, in the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver, on Monday, April 3, 2023. Advocates say they have obtained leaked city documents that indicate the city is preparing to proceed with decampment and remove the remaining tents along East Hastings Street this week.

A city worker tosses a chair into a garbage truck as work is underway to clear an encampment on East Hastings Street in the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver, on Wednesday, April 5, 2023. Vancouver police officers have been deployed to a tent encampment on the city’s Downtown Eastside with the aim of shutting down the site to campers.

Police officers stand by as people gather belongings from their tent at an encampment being cleared by city workers on East Hastings Street in the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver, on Wednesday, April 5, 2023. Vancouver police officers have been deployed to a tent encampment on the city’s Downtown Eastside with the aim of shutting down the site to campers.

Belongings are scattered on the street as city workers work to clear an encampment on East Hastings Street in the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver, on Wednesday, April 5, 2023. Vancouver police officers have been deployed to a tent encampment on the city’s Downtown Eastside with the aim of shutting down the site to campers.

A man is seen inside his tent as vancouver police officers stand by while city workers clear an encampment on East Hastings Street in the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver, on Wednesday, April 5, 2023. Vancouver police officers have been deployed to a tent encampment on the city’s Downtown Eastside with the aim of shutting down the site to campers.

A resident gathers his belongings as city workers work to clear at an encampment on East Hastings Street in the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver, on Wednesday, April 5, 2023. Vancouver police officers have been deployed to a tent encampment on the city’s Downtown Eastside with the aim of shutting down the site to campers.

Protesters shout at police officers as city workers work to clear an encampment in the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver, on Wednesday, April 5, 2023. Vancouver police officers have been deployed to a tent encampment on the city’s Downtown Eastside with the aim of shutting down the site to campers.

A person sets off a fire extinguisher as city workers work to clear an encampment on East Hastings Street in the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver, on Wednesday, April 5, 2023. Vancouver police officers have been deployed to a tent encampment on the city’s Downtown Eastside with the aim of shutting down the site to campers.

Police officers restrict access on East Hastings Street as city workers work to clear an encampment in the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver, on Wednesday, April 5, 2023. Vancouver police officers have been deployed to a tent encampment on the city’s Downtown Eastside with the aim of shutting down the site to campers.

An unhoused person sits with his dog as he watches city workers clear an encampment on East Hastings Street in the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver, on Wednesday, April 5, 2023. Vancouver police officers have been deployed to a tent encampment on the city’s Downtown Eastside with the aim of shutting down the site to campers.

Police officers watch from a rooftop as city workers clear an encampment on East Hastings Street in the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver, on Wednesday, April 5, 2023. Vancouver police officers have been deployed to a tent encampment on the city’s Downtown Eastside with the aim of shutting down the site to campers.

People watch as city workers clear an encampment on East Hastings Street in the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver, on Wednesday, April 5, 2023. Vancouver police officers have been deployed to a tent encampment on the city’s Downtown Eastside with the aim of shutting down the site to campers.

Vancouver police officers form a barricade while waiting for a person to remove their belongings as city workers clear an encampment on East Hastings Street in the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver, on Wednesday, April 5, 2023. Vancouver police officers have been deployed to a tent encampment on the city’s Downtown Eastside with the aim of shutting down the site to campers.

A person gestures and shouts at police officers as city workers clear an encampment on East Hastings Street in the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver, on Wednesday, April 5, 2023. Vancouver police officers have been deployed to a tent encampment on the city’s Downtown Eastside with the aim of shutting down the site to campers.

Lynn Thompson (Muskikiway) wears a bear hide as she is pushed back by police officers while protesting the removal of an encampment in the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver, on Wednesday, April 5, 2023. Vancouver police officers have been deployed to a tent encampment on the city’s Downtown Eastside with the aim of shutting down the site to campers.

A person moves his belongings as city workers clear an encampment on East Hastings Street in the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver, on Wednesday, April 5, 2023. Vancouver police officers have been deployed to a tent encampment on the city’s Downtown Eastside with the aim of shutting down the site to campers.

A protester falls after being shoved by a police officer as city workers clear an encampment on East Hastings Street in the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver, on Wednesday, April 5, 2023. Vancouver police officers have been deployed to a tent encampment on the city’s Downtown Eastside with the aim of shutting down the site to campers.

Lynn Thompson (Muskikiway), who was protesting against the Vancouver police and the removal of tents, wears a bear hide as she talks with a person sitting in the middle of East Hastings Street while city workers clear an encampment in the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver, on Wednesday, April 5, 2023. Vancouver police officers have been deployed to a tent encampment on the city’s Downtown Eastside with the aim of shutting down the site to campers.

An unhoused person sits under a plastic bag while trying to stay dry in the rain a day after city workers, with the assistance of Vancouver police, began removing tents and other structures from encampments in the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver, on Thursday, April 6, 2023.

A person holds signs as police officers assist city staff to remove tents and structures from encampments, in the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver, on Thursday, April 6, 2023.

2. Patrick Woodbury/Le Droit

The TD Place in Ottawa hosted the World Curling Championship. Le Droit, April 1, 2023, Ottawa, ON.

13 countries competed in the World Curling Championship. Le Droit, April 4, 2023, Ottawa, On.

Canada skip Brad Gushue watches his opponents play at the World Curling Championship in Ottawa. Le Droit, April 3, 2023, Ottawa, On.

The Swedes Oskar Eriksson and Niklas Edin are proud of their journey. Unfortunately for them, their journey is complicated as they approach the final rounds. Le Droit, April 1, 2023, Ottawa, ON.

Brad Gushue hopes his placement will go smoothly into the house. Le Droit, April 1, Ottawa, ON.

Mark Nichols and E.J. Harnden brush the stone thrown by Geoff Walker. Le Droit, April 3, 2023, Ottawa, ON.

The ring of Olympic champions of the American skip John Shuster. Le Droit, April 3, 2023, Ottawa, ON.

Team Gushue in step. Le Droit, April 1, 2023, Ottawa, ON.

Ice Technician Jon Wall ensured exemplary ice quality throughout the week of curling. Le Droit, April 3, 2023, Ottawa, ON.

Norway’s Martin Sesaker stretches before a match. Le Droit, April 4, 2023, Ottawa, ON.

Brad Gushue heads out for an outing. Le Droit, April 4, 2023, Ottawa, ON.

Golden fans for the World Curling Championship Gold Medal Final in Ottawa. Le Droit, April 9, 2023, Ottawa, ON.

Bruce Mouat’s Scotland celebrate their victory in the final. Le Droit, April 9, 2023, Ottawa, ON.

Brad gushue breaks down in tears after the loss in the final. Le Droit, April 9, 2023, Ottawa, ON.

Scotland skip Bruce Mouat kisses the world curling champions trophy. Le Droit, April 9, 2023, Ottawa, ON.

3. Steve Russell/The Toronto Star

One of the signs of spring are ski hills closing their season with their annual pond skim like at Snow Valley Ski in Barrie. April 2, 2023.

One of the signs of spring are ski hills closing their season with their annual pond skim like at Snow Valley Ski in Barrie. April 2, 2023.

One of the signs of spring are ski hills closing their season with their annual pond skim like at Snow Valley Ski in Barrie. April 2, 2023.

One of the signs of spring are ski hills closing their season with their annual pond skim like at Snow Valley Ski in Barrie. April 2, 2023.

One of the signs of spring are ski hills closing their season with their annual pond skim like at Snow Valley Ski in Barrie. April 2, 2023.

One of the signs of spring are ski hills closing their season with their annual pond skim like at Snow Valley Ski in Barrie. April 2, 2023.

One of the signs of spring are ski hills closing their season with their annual pond skim like at Snow Valley Ski in Barrie. April 2, 2023.

One of the signs of spring are ski hills closing their season with their annual pond skim like at Snow Valley Ski in Barrie. April 2, 2023.

2023 STANDINGS…MONTH…TOTAL

1. Darryl Dyck/Freelance…260…540
2. Steve Russell/The Toronto Star…130…410
3. Bernard Brault/Freelance…70…400
4. Kevin Light/ Freelance…30…290
5. Patrick Woodbury/Le Droit…90…280
6. Michelle Berg/Saskatoon StarPhoenix…40…140
7. Marie-France Coallier/Le Devoir…70…120
8. Marissa Tiel/Freelance…0…90
8. Christopher Pike/Freelance…00…90
8. Evan Buhler/Freelance…0…90
11. Laura Proctor/Freelance…0…80
12. Chelsea Kemp/CBC Manitoba…0…50
13. Jack Simpson/Freelance…30…30
13. Michel Tremblay/ Le Quotidien…0…30
13. Jeff McIntosh/The Canadian Press…0…30