Judges Christian Laforce: Award winning former news photographer/ NS provincial photographer
Jeff Harper: Award winning former news photographer/ instructor King’s College
Tim Krochak: Present day news photographer, never wins awards Photographers-20Feature-52 News-24Sports-33Spot News-14Portrait-36Multi-Photo-10 entries/113 photosFEATUREJudges comments: Overall we felt it wasn’t a strong category. Comments: We felt the photog put some work into making this photo..took their time and patience. 1. Christopher Pike/Freelance
Men pray after breaking their fast with Iftar, during the Muslim Holy month of Ramadan, outside Al Wakrah Stadium on May 16, 2019 in Al Wakrah, Qatar. Qatar's Supreme Committee for Delivery & Legacy launches Al Wakrah Stadium, the second FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 venue.
Comments: nice backdrop…probably a regular scene in Vancouver but we still liked the photo, liked the balance of the composition. 2. Kevin Light/Freelance 
Passengers lookout toward the Olympic Mountains from the top deck of the Ovation of the Seas Cruise Ship as it departs from Victoria, British Columbia Canada on May 12, 2019.
3. David Bloom/Postmedia
Ruth Thiessen checks a printing screen as she helps set up for the Butterdome Spring Craft Sale at the University of Alberta, in Edmonton Thursday May 2, 2019. Organizers expect approximately 15,000 people to visit the show from May 3 to 5.
Comments: a photo that we have seen before but none of us have ever made! H.M. Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press
A Westjet Airlines Boeing 737-800 aircraft passes in front of the waning gibbous moon, one day after a full moon, after taking off from Vancouver International Airport for a flight to Toronto, late Sunday May 19, 2019.
NEWSComments: There was no clear winner in this category but 1st place really told the story of the difficulty of the cyclists dealing with the smoke. 1. David Bloom/Postmedia
Cyclists make their way through the smoke near 104 street and 83 Avenue, in Edmonton Thursday May 30, 2019. Smoke from northern wild fires has blanketed the Edmonton region.
2. Bernard Brault/La Presse
A man walks through debris after hundreds of houses where flooded following the breakout of the dike of the Lac des Deux Montagnes in Ste Marthe sur Le Lac.
3. Jesse Winter/The Star Vancouver
Vancouver Police officers arrests a man during a protest outside a hotel where Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was holding a fundraiser in Vancouver. Another woman said she was shoved violently by a VPD officer when she shouted at them over the treatment of the man they arrested.
H.M. Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press
Huawei chief financial officer Meng Wanzhou, right, wearing an ankle monitor while out on bail and under partial house arrest after she was detained Dec. 1 at the behest of American authorities, waves as she returns home after attending a court appearance in Vancouver, on Wednesday May 8, 2019.
SPORTSComments: This was easily the strongest category, it took us awhile to choose 3rd and HM…the first place photo was unanimous with us right off the bat..1. Mark Blinch/Freelance
TORONTO, CANADA - MAY 12: Kawhi Leonard #2 of the Toronto Raptors puts up a buzzer beater shot against Joel Embiid #21 of the Philadelphia 76ers to win game seven in the Eastern Conference SemiFinals basketball game of the 2019 NBA Playoffs on May 12, 2019 at the Scotiabank Arena in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
2. Mark Blinch/Freelance
TORONTO, CANADA - MAY 30: Andre Iguodala #9 of the Golden State Warriors dunks the ball against the Toronto Raptors during Game One of the NBA Finals on May 30, 2019 at Scotiabank Arena in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
3. Jeff Mcintosh/Freelance 
Saskatchewan Roughriders' James Butler, right, loses his helmet as he is hit by Calgary Stampeders' Cory Greenwood during CFL pre-season football action in Calgary, Friday, May 31, 2019.
H.M. Christopher Pike/Freelance 
Abdulkarim Hassan of Al Sadd collides with Paulo Dasilve Edmilson of Al Duhail during the Amir Cup final match between Al Duhail and Al Sadd at Al Wakrah Stadium on May 16, 2019 in Al Wakrah, Qatar. Qatar's Supreme Committee for Delivery & Legacy launches Al Wakrah Stadium, the second FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 venue.
PORTRAITComments: We loved the feeling, balance of composition and simplicity of the first photo, Elvis also had great colour. 1. Blair Gable/Freelance
Musician Ramin Seyed-Emami. King Ram is on tour in honour of his parents. His father died mysteriously in an Iranian prison after the government arrested him and his mother has been barred from leaving Iran while all of their family assets have been seized.
2. Bernard Brault/La Presse
Portrait of Sylvain Leduc alias Elvis Presley in a display made by Kapwani Kiwanga during the McCord museum bal.
3. Brandon Harder/Regina Leader-Post 
ESTEVAN, SASK : May 23, 2019 -- A former coal mine worker named Lorne Jahn sits in his truck in the parking lot of the Tim Horton's restaurant on Estevan's 4th Street. Jahn's father worked in Estevan's coal mining before him. Now his daughter works in the area in a coal-fired power plant. He lives close to Sask Power's Shand power plant and says the noise from the coal mining nearby reminds him of his years on the job. He fears an impending phase out of coal-fired power plants in the area may turn Estevan into a ghost town.
SPOT NEWSComments: Not a lot of entries…winner was clearly the best photo: great composition, we were glad it wasn’t more serious. The 2nd place photo was quite jarring..very nice light on it as well. 1. David Bloom/Postmedia
Emergency crews respond to a school bus crash along the Whitemud Drive near 149 Street, in Edmonton Thursday May 23, 2019. Eleven children and one adult were transported to hospital after a school bus carrying 23 children struck a concrete retaining wall on the east side of the freeway.
2. Darryl Dyck/The Globe and Mail
An Overdose Prevention Site worker checks on a man that suffered a suspected overdose, while waiting for paramedics to arrive in the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver, on Wednesday May 29, 2019. He survived and was transported to hospital.
3. Chad Hipolito/The Canadian Press
Smoke billows from the former Plaza Hotel on fire in downtown Victoria, B.C., on Monday, May 6, 2019.
MULTI-PHOTOComments: We felt the 1st place didn’t have a weak photo amongst them, all strong images and told the story of the three subjects, very well…2nd place was very strong, a strong variety of images. 1. Jesse Winter/The Star Vancouver 
Ashley pushes her friend Aaron in a wheelchair, with their friends Dean (left) and Johnny (right). The group of friends is homeless. Until October they spent much of their time at Anita's Place tent city in Maple Ridge, but now the city won't let them return. Instead, they spend their days wandering Maple Ridge, trying to make small amounts of money.
A 17-year-old youth who calls himself McLovin waits for his friends Aaron McNee and Ashley Robertson outside a store in downtown Maple Ridge. McLovin is 17, and has been homeless in the Lower Mainland for a year. "I'm like everyone's little brother," he says.
A woman heckles Aaron (in the wheelchair) and his friends outside a box store in downtown Maple Ridge. "This isn't a homeless problem, it's a drug use problem," she shouts. "We'll give you a hand up but no more handouts. I don't want my tax dollars going to that," she said, referring to modular housing in the community.
Aaron and his friend Dean prepare to smoke a blue powder they say is fentanyl in a residential parking garage near downtown Maple Ridge. A resident of the building carries out her recycling in the background.
Dianna Beck (centre) talks with her former partner Terry Eistetter (right) and their friends at the Maple Ridge Army, Navy and Air Force Veterans Club about the increasing homelessness and drug use in the city. Beck and Eistetter were themselves homeless for a time decades ago. She says people in her city now facing the same struggle need supports like what is available through the modular housing project the Province of B.C. is building.
AJ Senior reclines on the bed in his unit at the Maple Ridge modular housing complex. When he lived at tent city, AJ was an elected member of the community's council. Now he's organizing a tenants council at the modular housing to help make sure residents there have a voice.
Construction workers on the job at the site of the new modular housing project being build in Maple Ridge by the province of B.C. despite the local city council's refusal to support it.
Rob Tenbrink and his dog Thor live down the street from the new modular housing project being built in Maple Ridge by the province of B.C. He and local resident Terry Asunma showed up to protest the project's construction.
Building manager Ed Chester poses for a portrait at the now-fortified rear entrance to the building he oversees in Maple Ridge. It's a few hundred meters from Anita's Place Tent City, and Chester said the extra security became necessary because of increased crime in the area.
Paramedics and firefighters respond to a suspected overdose in downtown Maple Ridge. Many local residents say increasing homelessness in the city is contributing to a rise in drug use, and in public overdoses like this one.
A group of friends smoke a blue powder they say is fentanyl outside the Maple Ridge modular housing units.
Ashley and her friends make their way through downtown Maple Ridge after leaving the emergency shelter for the day. WIth nowhere to go, they tend to wander the city until the shelter opens up again in the evening.
2. Leah Hennel/Freelance 
Amber L’Heureux poses for a photo on her family's farm near Glaslyn, Sask. the 26-year-old driver is aiming to become the first woman in the six-decade history of the Canadian Professional Chuckwagon Association to race.
Driver Amber L’Heureux, gets ready for the Canadian Professional Chuckwagon Association season opener in North Battleford, Sask. L’Heureux, practising at Brad McMann's ranch in Chauvin, Alta., will be the first women to race on that circuit.
Amber L’Heureux truck trains her thoroughbred horses on her family's farm near Glaslyn, Sask. the 26-year-old driver is aiming to become the first woman in the six-decade history of the Canadian Professional Chuckwagon Association to race.
Amber L’Heureux talks about her racing history in her room on her family's farm near Glaslyn, Sask.The 26-year-old driver is aiming to become the first woman in the six-decade history of the Canadian Professional Chuckwagon Association to race.
Chloe Studer, an outrider on Amber L’Heureux's team.
Amber L'Heureux gets back to chores moments after she made history in North Battleford, Sask., on May 31, 2019 by becoming the first female driver in the 60 year history of the Canadian Professional Chuckwagon Association's.
Amber L'Heureux has a quiet moment with her horses after she made history in North Battleford, Sask., on May 31, 2019 by becoming the first female driver in the 60 year history of the Canadian Professional Chuckwagon Association's.
Amber L'Heureux's signature pink horse tack during the Canadian Professional Chuckwagon Association's first stop of the season in North Battleford, Sask., on May 31, 2019.
Chloe Studer, one of Amber L'Heureux's outriders, watches an early race during the Canadian Professional Chuckwagon Association's season opener in North Battleford, Sask., on May 31, 2019.
Amber L'Heureux prepares to make history in North Battleford, Sask., on May 31, 2019, by becoming the first female driver in the 60 year history of the Canadian Professional Chuckwagon Association’s.
Amber L'Heureux is all smiles after making history in North Battleford, Sask., on May 31, 2019, by becoming the first female driver in the 60 year history of the Canadian Professional Chuckwagon Association’s.
Amber L'Heureux races to the finish during the Canadian Professional Chuckwagon Association's first stop of the season in North Battleford, Sask., on May 31, 2019. L'Heureux makes history by becoming the first female driver in the 60 year history of the Canadian Professional Chuckwagon Association's.
3. Jesse Winter/The Star Vancouver 
The Ä´äy Chù river valley (formerly called the Slims River) is seen from the air with the Kaskawulsh Glacier in the top left. In 2016 the glacier receded so dramatically that the water switched to a different watershed, and A'ay Chu dried up.
A dust storm sweeps down the Ä´äy Chù river valley in May 2019. The river delta sees frequent dust storms now that the river has dried up. Researchers studying the dust have found trace levels of arsenic, that could be impacting members of the near-by Kluane First Nation.
Kluane First Nation elder Dennis Dickson poses for a photograph at his home in Burwash Landing, Yukon. After the river dried up and the levels of Kluane Lake dropped, Dickson says he can no longer use traditional routes to access his trap lines because the lake ice isn't as safe as it once was.
Kluane FIrst Nation elder Dennis Dickson shows off photographs of his trapping cabins at his home in Burwash Landing, Yukon. Dickson says he's has trouble accessing his trap line because the ice levels on Kluane Lake are not as safe as they used to be in winter.
The public dock in Burwash Landing, Yukon, the home of the Kluane First Nation, now sit far out of the water. In 2016 the Kaskawulsh Glacier receded so dramatically that it stopped feeding Ä´äy Chù (formerly called the Slims River), which is the main water source for Kluane Lake.
Kluane First Nation elder Sharon Kabanak visits a dried-up area of Kluane Lake that was popular with migratory birds and fish before the lake dropped in 2016 when the glacier that fed it retreated.
Various types of fish are seen on display at the museum in Burwash Landing, Yukon. When lake levels dropped dramatically in 2016, many locals began to worry what impact that would have on Kluane Lake's fish population.
Dried up river channels where Ä´äy Chù (formerly called the Slims River) used to flow. In 2016, the glacier that fed the river receded so dramatically that the water started flowing into a different watershed and the river dried up.
An intersection in the heart of Burwash Landing, home to the Kluane First Nation in south-eastern Yukon.
Burwash Landing, the home community of the Kluane First Nation, is seen from the air on the shores of Kluane Lake. Once, the people of Kluane First Nation lived in the mountains. They were forced out to live beside the lake when the Canadian government turned the area into a national park. Now with lake levels dropping dramatically, many are worried they'll be forced to move again.
Kluane First Nation Chief Bob Dickson poses for a portrait on one of his community's docks in Burwash Landing, Yukon that now sits so far out of the water that it's useless.
The now-dried up Ä´äy Chù river valley (formerly called the Slims River) in Kluane National Park, in the Yukon.
Sandy Johnson works in her green house at her home in Burwash Landing, Yukon. She said local fishers have had to stop placing winter nets under the lake ice because of the lower ice levels.
Two Dall's sheep rams graze on shrubs on Thechàl Dhâl (Sheep Mountain) overlooking the Ä´äy Chù river valley (formerly called Slims River) in Kluane National Park in the Yukon. Researchers have found traces of arsenic in the dust that now blows in storms through the dried up river bed. The dust also damages the teeth of herbavores like sheep, grinding them down.
University of Montreal students Jill Bachelder and Marie-Pierre Bastien-Thibault check dust-measuring instruments at a research station in the Ä´äy Chù river valley (formerly called the Slims River) in Kluane National Park, in the Yukon. The students are part of a research team that's studying the impacts of frequent dust storms in the dried up river valley.
H.M. Liam Richards/Saskatoon StarPhoenix 
Adlygessa Yowin from St. Joseph High School competes in the high jump during the Bob Adams City Track & Field Championship at Gordie Howe Sports Complex in Saskatoon, SK on Thursday, May 30, 2019.
Friends and team-mates of Adlygessa Yowin from St. Joseph High School reacts as she competes in the high jump during the Bob Adams City Track & Field Championship at Gordie Howe Sports Complex in Saskatoon, SK on Thursday, May 30, 2019.
Livia Blechinger from Holy Cross High School competes during the Bob Adams City Track & Field Championship at Gordie Howe Sports Complex in Saskatoon, SK on Thursday, May 30, 2019.
Dami Oyenuga from Centennial Collegiate competes in the long jump during the Bob Adams City Track & Field Championship at Gordie Howe Sports Complex in Saskatoon, SK on Thursday, May 30, 2019.
Runners during the Bob Adams City Track & Field Championship at Gordie Howe Sports Complex in Saskatoon, SK on Thursday, May 30, 2019.
Andy Scrivens from Bishop James Mahoney High School competes in discus during the Bob Adams City Track & Field Championship at Gordie Howe Sports Complex in Saskatoon, SK on Thursday, May 30, 2019.
Runners during the Bob Adams City Track & Field Championship at Gordie Howe Sports Complex in Saskatoon, SK on Thursday, May 30, 2019.
Mikhail Sloboshan from Walter Murray Colligate competes in the shot put during the Bob Adams City Track & Field Championship at Gordie Howe Sports Complex in Saskatoon, SK on Thursday, May 30, 2019.
A runners during the Bob Adams City Track & Field Championship at Gordie Howe Sports Complex in Saskatoon, SK on Thursday, May 30, 2019.
Selena Keyowski from Tommy Douglas High School competes in the long jump during the Bob Adams City Track & Field Championship at Gordie Howe Sports Complex in Saskatoon, SK on Thursday, May 30, 2019.
2019 STANDINGS…MONTH…TOTAL1. Mark Blinch/Freelance…90…520
2. Darryl Dyck/Freelance…60…440
3. David Bloom/Postmedia…130…310
4. Leah Hennel/Postmedia…40…280
5. Blair Gable/Freelance…50…270
6. Kevin Light/Freelance…40…220
7. Bernard Brault/La Presse…80…200
7. Jesse Winter/The Star Vancouver…110…200
8. Justin Greaves/Metroland Media…0…170
9. Brandon Harder/Regina Leader-Post…30…140
9. Jeff Mcintosh/Freelance…30…140
9. Crystal Schick/Yukon News…0…140
10. Ian Martens/Lethbridge Herald…0…130
11. Christopher Pike/Freelance...60...110
12. Liam Richards/Freelance…10…100
13. Chad Hipolito/Freelance…30…90
14. Josie Desmarais/Freelance…0…50
14. Derek Ruttan/London Free Press…0…50
15. Tina Lovegreen/CBC…0…30
15. Steve Russell/Toronto Star…30…30
16. John Lucas/Freelance…0…10
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