November/December Clips Results

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Judges

Caroline McCone – Visuals Editor at The Oklahoman, Oklahoma City, OK
Bryan Terry – photojournalist at The Oklahoman, Oklahoma City, OK
Nathan Fish – photographer at The Oklahoman, Oklahoma City, OK
Sarah Phipps – photographer at The Oklahoman, Oklahoma City, OK
Doug Hoke – Photo Department Manager at The Oklahoman, Oklahoma City, OK
Todd Pendleton – Art Director at The Oklahoman, Oklahoma City, OK

Photographers- 9
Feature- 55
News- 18
Sports- 45
Spot News- no entries
Portrait- 22
Multi-Photo- entries 14/173 photos

**November and December contest combined due to insufficient entries in November.

FEATURE

1. Michelle Berg/Saskatoon StarPhoenix

RCMP Cst. Kelsey Trott is silhouetted during the annual Remembrance Day ceremony at SaskTel Centre. Photo taken in Saskatoon, Sask. on Monday, Nov. 11, 2024.

2. Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press

Fog shrouds the downtown skyline as a helicopter aiding in the removal of hemlock looper moth infested trees prepares to land in Stanley Park, in Vancouver, on Tuesday, December 3, 2024.

3. Gavin John/Freelance

Blackfoot Kainai Nation member Kyrus Bruised Head carries the spine of a bison to offer it to the land and thank the animal following the community harvest of the animal on the Blackfoot Kainai Nation in southern Alberta on October 23, 2024. Bruised Head says that he is deeply grateful that he was raised with the knowledge and appreciation for traditional ways of life by his father. Canadian Blackfoot Nations each have their own buffalo herd and considerable study on the impact of their reintroduction has been done. Kainai Nation member Kansie Fox has studied the grasslands before the buffalo’s reintroduction in 2018 and has measured the differences the animals make ever since.

H.M. Bernard Brault/Freelance

A lonesome skier participating in the 24 hours of Tremblant is seen on the ski hill taking a photo as the sun is rising . It s a ski event to raise money for sick children. This year the amount raised was more than $7,000.000.

H.M. Bernard Brault/Freelance

An aerial view of a ship heading his way on the St-Lawrence river close to downtown Montreal early Christmas day. The temperature was -14 celsius.

H.M. Kevin Light/Freelance

Members of the Damen ship maintenance team inspect one of the four MTU Rolls-Royce propulsion jets on a Hullo passenger ferry at Point Hope Maritime in Victoria, British Columbia on November 14th, 2024.

H.M. Gavin John/Freelance

Members of the Blackfeet Tribe take down the tipi at the end of the day on the Blackfeet Reservation in Montana, on October 21, 2024. The Blackfoot nation hopes to see between 2,000 and 6,000 buffalo on Blackfeet-owned land one day, but until more land has been set aside, the population has been kept at 400 to prevent overgrazing. Buffalo were reintroduced to neighbouring Glacier National Park in 2023, as part of a study to see the impact of the animals reintroduction after over a hundred years. Members of the Blackfoot Confederacy are working with Canadian and American park officials to collaborate with an eventual full reintroduction to those lands.

NEWS

1. Michelle Berg/Saskatoon StarPhoenix

Rochelle Dubois is comforted by her daughter, left, while Sarah Smokeday, right, addresses the staying of charges against Taylor Ashley Kennedy, 28. She had been charged with THC impaired driving causing death in the death of nine year old Baeleigh Maurice, Dubios’s daughter, in 2021. Charges were stayed on Friday due to the length of time before the courts. Photo taken in Saskatoon, Sask. on Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2024.

2. Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press

A woman reaches out to former British Columbia premier John Horgan’s wife Ellie Horgan as she arrives to take her seat for a state memorial for Horgan in Colwood, B.C., on Sunday, December 15, 2024. Horgan, Canada’s ambassador to Germany and a former NDP premier who formed a minority government in 2017, died last month after his third bout with cancer.

3. John Lucas/Freelance

A little boy watches as his dad places his poppy on the cenotaph during Remembrance Day Ceremonies in Seba Beach AB on Nov 11, 2024.

H.M. Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press

Marjorie Yuan, right, holds up bunny ears behind Prince Harry, the Duke of Sussex, after he participated in a sitting volleyball adaptive sport lesson with students from Shaughnessy Elementary School, during an event to launch the Invictus Games school program in Vancouver, on Monday, November 18, 2024.

SPORTS

1. Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press

St. Louis Blues’ Oskar Sundqvist (70) loses one of his gloves as he and Vancouver Canucks’ Kiefer Sherwood (44) collide during the third period of an NHL hockey game in Vancouver, on Tuesday, December 10, 2024.

2. Michelle Berg/Saskatoon StarPhoenix

Centennial Chargers’ Breadon Reddekopp takes on the Moose Jaw Peacock Toilers during the 14th annual Centennial Charger Charity Classic high school basketball tournament. Photo taken in Saskatoon, Sask. on Thursday, Dec. 12, 2024.

3. Bernard Brault/Freelance

An aerial view of children playing hockey on a natural ice surface in Longueuil, Quebec. A few hours before Christmas night.

H.M. Bernard Brault/Freelance

Carlos Hébert Plante from Montreal, Quebec is dressed as Santa Claus and perforem his favorite sport, it s called Boogie Board. He does it every day of the year. This morning temperature was minus 14 Celsius . Water is around plus 3 Celsius. The standing wave on the St-Lawrence river is close to downtown Montreal and it’s been popular for surfers.

H.M. Kevin Light/Freelance

Victoria Royals players Seth Fryer #4 and Reggie Newman #25 enter the ice prior to a Western Hockey League game against the Regina Pats in Victoria, British Columbia on December 3rd, 2024.

H.M. Kevin Light/Freelance

Victoria Royals goaltender Jayden Kraus #33 makes a blocker save on Julien Maze #21 during a Western Hockey League game against the Regina Pats in Victoria, British Columbia on December 3rd, 2024.

H.M. Patrick Woodbury/LeDroit

Goaltender Nolan Lalonde of the Kingston Frontenacs before the game against the Ottawa 67’s at the Canadian Tire Centre. November 13, 2024, Ottawa, Ontario

H.M. Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press

Toronto Argonauts’ Royce Metchie (9) celebrates after Toronto defeated the Winnipeg Blue Bombers in CFL football action at the 111th Grey Cup in Vancouver on Sunday, November 17, 2024.

PORTRAIT

1. John Lucas/Freelance

Henry Fournier builds bird houses and squirrel picnic tables in his garage on the shore of Wabamun Lake AB on Nov 14, 2024.

2. Gavin John/Freelance

Canadian Ranger Cpl Kitty Taipagak poses for a portrait inside an abandoned hanger on Lady Franklin Point, NU on September 30, 2024. The Canadian Rangers are a component of the Canadian Army that largely consists of Indigenous and northern community members in the Arctic. During Operation NANOOK-NUNAKPUT, each section would have several Rangers attached to them for protection against Polar Bears and to teach southern soldiers Arctic skills

3. Patrick Woodbury/LeDroit

Reflections from NDP leader in Ottawa, Jagmeet Singh. December 10, 2024, Ottawa, Ontario

H.M. John Lucas/Freelance

12 year old Lily Bigelow Brady was on hand at the Sturgeon Kendo Club demo during Sports Day at Servus Credit Union Place in St Albert on Saturday Nov 2, 2024.

H.M. Michelle Berg/Saskatoon StarPhoenix

Blake Tait is a trans activist in Saskatoon who was a teenager when trans rights were specifically included in the Sask. Human rights code. He says it made a big positive difference in his life at the time. 10 years later, he worries about the message that young trans people in the province are hearing from their government today. Photo taken in Saskatoon, Sask. on Monday, Dec 2, 2024.

H.M. Michelle Berg/Saskatoon StarPhoenix

Miki Mappin, a longtime advocate for trans rights in Saskatchewan, was one of the key advocates who helped get trans rights to be specifically included in the Sask. Human rights code. She is photographed holding a transgender flag which was signed by Gord Wyant and three others. Photo published on Dec. 7, 2024.

H.M. Kevin Light/Freelance

Maestro Christian Kluxen of the Victoria Symphony conducts the Barber Violin Concerto at the Royal Theatre in Victoria, British Columbia on November 17th, 2024.

H.M. Gavin John/Freelance

Overall Commander for Operation NANOOK-NUNAKPUT Major Alexander Gagnier poses for a portrait on September 6, 2024. When planning the operation, Maj Gagnier says that considering all aspects of Arctic security, beyond conventional, is vital for success. “Sovereignty up here is making sure the Canadian Government has a presences and has an ability to react to whatever we need, whether it be defense, diplomatic, environmental, or economic.”

SPOT NEWS

Not enough entries, carried over

MULTI-PHOTO

1. Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press

Canadian Army Master Warrant Officer Devon Hatcher holds the Grey Cup trophy while members of the Royal Canadian Navy pilot a boat on Coal Harbour as the cup arrives ahead of the 111th CFL Grey Cup between the Toronto Argonauts and the Winnipeg Blue Bombers, in Vancouver, on Sunday, November 10, 2024.

Winnipeg Blue Bombers’ Tanner Cadwallader hits a tackling wheel during football practice ahead of the 111th CFL Grey Cup, in Vancouver, on Tuesday, November 12, 2024.

Winnipeg Blue Bombers punter Jamieson Sheahan kicks a ball during football practice ahead of the 111th CFL Grey Cup, in Vancouver, on Wednesday, November 13, 2024.

Winnipeg Blue Bombers’ Johnny Augustine, top left, runs with the ball during football practice ahead of the 111th CFL Grey Cup, in Vancouver, on Wednesday, November 13, 2024.

Toronto Argonauts head coach Ryan Dinwiddie’s son Lansen listens as his father responds to questions during a news conference ahead of the 111th CFL Grey Cup, in Vancouver, on Thursday, November 14, 2024.

Diane Wensel rides Tuffy the horse into the lobby of a hotel in downtown Vancouver, on Thursday, November 14, 2024. The Grey Cup tradition of riding a horse into a local hotel by the Calgary Grey Cup Committee is carried out as part of the festivities leading up to the Canadian Football League’s championship game.

Toronto Argonauts quarterback Nick Arbuckle (4), Janarion Grant (3), Royce Metchie (9) and quarterback Cameron Dukes (11) huddle together with their teammates after a walkthrough ahead of the 111th CFL Grey Cup, in Vancouver, on Saturday, November 16, 2024.

Winnipeg Blue Bombers’ Brady Oliveira sports a tattoo that says “Purpose” during a team walkthrough ahead of the 111th CFL Grey Cup, in Vancouver, on Saturday, November 16, 2024.

A Winnipeg Blue Bombers fan cheers prior to CFL football action at the 111th Grey Cup in Vancouver on Sunday, November 17, 2024.

Toronto Argonauts’ Dejon Brissett (18) is upended by Winnipeg Blue Bombers’ Tyrell Ford (30) as Nick Taylor (12) looks on during first half CFL football action at the 111th Grey Cup in Vancouver on Sunday, November 17, 2024.

Winnipeg Blue Bombers’ Lucky Whitehead (13) prepares to field a Toronto Argonauts punt before fumbling it and turning it over to Toronto, during second half CFL football action at the 111th Grey Cup, in Vancouver on Sunday, November 17, 2024.

Toronto Argonauts’ Kevin Mital (10) leaps to evade a hit from Winnipeg Blue Bombers’ Terrell Bonds (24) and scores a touchdown during second half CFL football action at the 111th Grey Cup in Vancouver on Sunday, November 17, 2024.

Police officers escort a streaker off the field as the Winnipeg Blue Bombers and Toronto Argonauts play during second half CFL football action at the 111th Grey Cup, in Vancouver on Sunday, November 17, 2024.

Toronto Argonauts’ Landon Rice (65) dumps Gatorade on head coach Ryan Dinwiddie during second half CFL football action against the Winnipeg Blue Bombers at the 111th Grey Cup, in Vancouver on Sunday, November 17, 2024.

Toronto Argonauts quarterback Nick Arbuckle celebrates with his daughter Aaliyah, 4, after Toronto defeated the Winnipeg Blue Bombers in CFL football action at the 111th Grey Cup in Vancouver, B.C., Sunday, Nov. 17, 2024.

Toronto Argonauts quarterback Nick Arbuckle (4) hoists the Grey Cup trophy after Toronto defeated the Winnipeg Blue Bombers in CFL football action at the 111th Grey Cup in Vancouver on Sunday, November 17, 2024.

Toronto Argonauts’ Royce Metchie (9) hoists the Grey Cup trophy after Toronto defeated the Winnipeg Blue Bombers in CFL football action at the 111th Grey Cup in Vancouver on Sunday, November 17, 2024.

Toronto Argonauts’ John Haggerty hoists the Grey Cup trophy after Toronto defeated the Winnipeg Blue Bombers in CFL football action at the 111th Grey Cup in Vancouver on Sunday, November 17, 2024.

Toronto Argonauts’ Royce Metchie, centre, holds the Grey Cup trophy as he poses with teammates after Toronto defeated the Winnipeg Blue Bombers in CFL football action at the 111th Grey Cup in Vancouver on Sunday, November 17, 2024.

Toronto Argonauts’ Royce Metchie (9) celebrates after Toronto defeated the Winnipeg Blue Bombers in CFL football action at the 111th Grey Cup in Vancouver on Sunday, November 17, 2024.

Toronto Argonauts’ DaVaris Daniels carries the Grey Cup trophy to the locker room after Toronto defeated the Winnipeg Blue Bombers in CFL football action at the 111th Grey Cup in Vancouver on Sunday, November 17, 2024.

2. Gavin John/Freelance

Pte Chrisopher Berthianme (left) and Cpl Matthew Jennings (right) raise a Canadian flag on a recently installed radio tower at their observation post overlooking the Northwest Passage on Lady Franklin Point, NU, 350km west of Cambridge Bay on September 30, 2024. The Government of Canada describes Operation NANOOK its signature Arctic Sovereignty Exercise, and the CAF presence an extension of Canada’s jurisdiction over the isolated region and strategic waterway. No country other than Canada considers the Northwest Passages as internal waters, rather an international strait.

A flock of snow geese flies over green tundra and waterways on Victoria Island, Nunavut, 250km west of Cambridge Bay on September 30, 2024. The region has experienced rates of warming approximately three times higher than the global average. “I’ve never seen it so green.” Canadian Ranger and lifelong resident of Nunavut Kitty Taipagak says on the changing landscape.

Pte Christopher Berthianme calls in to the Cambridge Bay Headquarters from a communications array constructed at his sections observation post at Lady Franklin Point NU, on September 30, 2024. The array makes up just one of multiple redundant systems the CAF utilized to transmit radio and data information from observations on the Northwest Passage during OP NANOOK-NUNAKPUT. Using these systems, surveillance data from the infantry sections deployed in the field are rapidly transmitted from the observation posts to the operations headquarters in Cambridge Bay to be analysied.

Two Section of 2 Combat Engineers Regiment from Edmonton set up camp in an abandoned aircraft hanger on Lady Franklin Point, Nunavut, 340km west of Cambridge Bay on September 30, 2024. The hanger is part of a Distant Early Warning (DEW) radar facility, decommissioned in the late 90s and partially destroyed by a fire in 2000. The facility would become one of several temporary observation posts established during Operation NANOOK-NUNAKPUT

Sgt Shaun Murphy (left) shares a laugh with Spr Brendan Houghton (right) at the decommissioned Distant Early Warning (DEW) facility on Lady Franklin Point, NU, on September 30, 2024. The DEW Line system was replaced with the North Warning System (NWS) still in use by NORAD today. The NWS is made up of joint US and Canadian faculties consisting of 13 long range and 36 short range radar sites, with a long-range installation just outside of Cambridge Bay.

Soldiers from Two Section 1 CER stand around a fire at their observation post next to the Northwest Passage on evening of September 30, 2024. Soldiers would maintain eyes on the passage 24/7, fog and inclement weather notwithstanding.

Sapper Bryce Quilty performs an insertion onto a simulated hostile shore from a nearby zodiac outside of Cambridge Bay, NU as part of OP NANOOK-NUNAKPUT on August 27, 2024. Conventional threats from state and non-state actors to the Arctic remain low with JTFN Commander Brigadier General Dan Rivière saying there is no current threat of invasion into Canada’s arctic, stating climate change is the biggest risk to the region.

Two CH-147F Chinook helicopters lift off from Cambridge Bay, NU to deploy a section of soldiers to another observation post on the Northwest Passage on September 29, 2024. The Chinook is the only aircraft capable of landing the number of troops and equipment required in remote locations along the Northwest Passage. According to Arctic policy expert Dr. Robert Huebert from the University of Calgary, sovereignty over the Arctic is enshrined by Canadian law and while the status of the Northwest Passage is disputed, despite claims from the Government of Canada, there are no credible threats to those laws.

Cpl Cynthia Craig from the 450 Tactical Helicopter Squadron dangles her feet from her CH-147F Chinook helicopter while on route to redeploy ground troops on August 27, 2024.The two Chinook helicopters were the primary means for transportation for soldiers during OP NANOOK-NUNAKPUT as the snow free tundra is either near impossible to travel due to a maze of lakes and rocky ground.

Members of Two Section 1 CEF doff their cold water survival suits upon being deployed by Chinook helicopter to their new observation post on September 1, 2024. Soldiers were expected to wear the suits when flying over the Passage, as the water in the Northwest Passage still hovers just above freezing in the summer.

Small islands of sand dot the Northwest Passage 150km east of Cambridge Bay, NU, on August 29, 2024. During the summer months of August and September, the Northwest Passages are ice free and coincides with the highest rate of commercial and private shipping traffic through the region. According to the Arctic Council, there has been an 37% increase of ships in the Arctic in the past 10 years, and with them the increase in security risks to the region.

A man and child ride a quad vehicle through the Hamlet of Cambridge Bay, while a commercial supply vessel docks in the harbour on September 2, 2024. Cambridge Bay can only be supplied by infrequent boat or aircraft which makes the cost of living high. Cambridge Bay also lacks a proper port to offload greater quantities of goods, infrastructure that Deputy Premier of Nunavut Pamela Gross says is vital for economic security of the region. A sentiment that JTFN General Rivière agrees with saying, “Security goes hand-in-hand with the development of critical infrastructure.”

Residents of Cambridge Bay watch as the Australian Aurora Expedition cruise ship Sylvia Earle, anchors off shore on September 2, 2024. Increased cruise ship traffic through the passage has been identified as a major security concern by the CAF, as the increased traffic and people bring with it the possibility of environmental spills and incidents requiring search and rescue. Only the CAF has the assets to respond rapidly to rescue requests but only in limited capacity, creating a high risk situation in the Arctic.

(left to right) Pte Christopher Berthianme, Sgt Shaun Murphy, Spr Brendan Houghton, Cpl Devyn Roy laugh while playing a game of RISK at the Canadian High Arctic Research Station (CHARS) in Cambridge Bay on September 3, 2024. The CAF set up their main headquarters and soldier accommodations at the research station, operated by Polar Knowledge Canada. CHARS was built in 2019 to support research on a wide range of Arctic science and technology.

3. Bernard Brault/Freelance

Thousands of migrating snow geese take a break in Victoriaville, Quebec. Each year hundreds of thousands of migratory birds make their way between Canada and Mexico during migration season.

Thousands of migrating snow geese take a break in Victoriaville, Quebec. Each year hundreds of thousands of migratory birds make their way between Canada and Mexico during migration season.

Thousands of migrating snow geese take a break in Victoriaville, Quebec. Each year hundreds of thousands of migratory birds make their way between Canada and Mexico during migration season.

Thousands of migrating snow geese take a break in Victoriaville, Quebec. Each year hundreds of thousands of migratory birds make their way between Canada and Mexico during migration season.

Thousands of migrating snow geese take a break in Victoriaville, Quebec. Each year hundreds of thousands of migratory birds make their way between Canada and Mexico during migration season.

Thousands of migrating snow geese take a break in Victoriaville, Quebec. Each year hundreds of thousands of migratory birds make their way between Canada and Mexico during migration season.

Thousands of migrating snow geese take a break in Victoriaville, Quebec. Each year hundreds of thousands of migratory birds make their way between Canada and Mexico during migration season.

Thousands of migrating snow geese take a break in Victoriaville, Quebec. Each year hundreds of thousands of migratory birds make their way between Canada and Mexico during migration season.

Thousands of migrating snow geese take a break in Victoriaville, Quebec. Each year hundreds of thousands of migratory birds make their way between Canada and Mexico during migration season.

Thousands of migrating snow geese take a break in Victoriaville, Quebec. Each year hundreds of thousands of migratory birds make their way between Canada and Mexico during migration season.

H.M. Gavin John/Freelance

A bison grazes on the Blackfeet Reservation in Montana, on October 21, 2024. In October 2024, representatives from each of the four Blackfoot Nations; the Kainaiwa, Apatosi Piikani, and Siksika, from Alberta Canada, and the Aamskapi Pikuni in Montana United States met in the Blackfeet Reservation to discuss an initiative to bring buffalo herds back to their nations. Considered the most sacred animal in Blackfoot teachings, the animal is revered and has been treated with respect for hundreds of years. At the turn of the 20th century, only 891 wild buffalo were left in North America.

Blackfeet Elder John Murray speaks to the assembled crowd on the top of the bison drive site on the Blackfeet Reservation in Montana, on October 21, 2024. The Blackfeet Nation currently has approximately 400 animals in a free roaming herd. The herd has a largely free access to the nearly 6000 sq/km nation on Montana’s northern border with Canada.

Members of the Blackfoot Confederacy make their way down to the base of the bison drive site on the Blackfeet Reservation in Montana, on October 21, 2024. Elders and leaders from the four Blackfoot Nations were taken to the buffalo jump after a sharing stories and knowledge with each other at a gathering outside of Browning MT. Despite the cross-border nature of the Blackfoot Confederacy, the Blackfoot people and nations have maintained their culture and relationships with each other since colonization.

Montana State Representative Tyson Running Wolf demonstrates how the bison were funneled over the cliff behind him by members of the nation during a bison drive on the Blackfeet Reservation in Montana, on October 21, 2024. Running Wolf, a graduate of forestry at the University of Montana, says that his scientific and academic training was missing something when it came to the preservation of the buffalo. In a 2018 trip to the Heiltsuk Nation in British Columbia Canada, Running Wolf was introduced to the Indigenous Guardians program that monitored and stewarded the traditional Haí?zaqv land and realized that a blend of western science and traditional knowledge was possible, and created The Shield Keepers on his return to Montana.

A bison bone is pulled from the dirt at the base of a traditional bison drive site on the Blackfeet Reservation in Montana, on October 21, 2024. The buffalo jump was in use for hundreds of years, with the soil below the base of the cliff containing well defined layers of buffalo bones and charcoal from ancient buffalo hunts. The Shield Keepers’s seek to sustainably restore the buffalo herds in their nation, with eventual plans to facilitate cross border breeding with the other herds throughout the Blackfoot Confederacy. To achieve this, The Shield Keepers will have to both purchase land and create relationships with state and federal institutions.

Blackfeet Reservation Deputy of Compliance Gheri Hall holds up an old bison tooth at the base of the traditional bison drive site on the Blackfeet Reservation in Montana, on October 21, 2024. While the Indigenous Guardian program in Canada, founded in 2017, now has government support and funding, The Shield Keepers does not receive have state or US federal support. A major difference between the two programs is the degree that the Canadian program has partnerships across provincial and federal park systems, where the United States has no such cooperation. “They’ve received millions of dollars,” Hall says on the Canadian programs “We’re just getting started”.

Blackfoot Kainai Nation member Kyrus Bruised Head carries the spine of a bison to offer it to the land and thank the animal following the community harvest of the animal on the Blackfoot Kainai Nation in southern Alberta on October 23, 2024. Bruised Head says that he is deeply grateful that he was raised with the knowledge and appreciation for traditional ways of life by his father. Canadian Blackfoot Nations each have their own buffalo herd and considerable study on the impact of their reintroduction has been done. Kainai Nation member Kansie Fox has studied the grasslands before the buffalo’s reintroduction in 2018 and has measured the differences the animals make ever since.

A flock of birds flies overhead the Kainai Nation’s bison herd on the Kainai Nation on October 23, 2024. In the future, the Blackfoot Confederacy intend on holding a traditional buffalo jump on Blackfeet land once the herds are of healthy and sustainable sizes, the first in over a hundred years. Working towards such long-term goals are seen as key piece in the revival and resilience of Blackfoot culture in spite of the damages that colonization had. “Our way of life is like a puzzle.” Siksika Nation Ceremonialist Kent Ayoungman explains. “Some of it is intact, but most of it is scrambled.”

H.M. Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press

Two elderly women watch the fans gather to line up to enter B.C. Place stadium for the opening night of the Taylor Swift Eras Tour concert, in Vancouver, on Friday, December 6, 2024.

Police officers patrol outside B.C. Place stadium before the opening night of the Taylor Swift Eras Tour concert, in Vancouver, on Friday, December 6, 2024.

Fans line up to enter B.C. Place stadium for the opening night of the Taylor Swift Eras Tour concert, in Vancouver, on Friday, December 6, 2024.

Fans line up to enter B.C. Place stadium for the opening night of the Taylor Swift Eras Tour concert, in Vancouver, on Friday, December 6, 2024.

Fans pose in front of a sign outside B.C. Place stadium before the opening night of the Taylor Swift Eras Tour concert, in Vancouver, on Friday, December 6, 2024.

A concert-goer gives a friendship bracelet to a police officer before the opening night of the Taylor Swift Eras Tour concert, in Vancouver, on Friday, December 6, 2024.

A police officer wears friendship bracelets while working outside B.C. Place stadium during the opening night of the Taylor Swift Eras Tour concert, in Vancouver, on Friday, December 6, 2024.

A woman uses a bullhorn to give directions to fans lined up to enter B.C. Place stadium for the opening night of the Taylor Swift Eras Tour concert, in Vancouver, on Friday, December 6, 2024.

A fan waits in line to enter B.C. Place stadium for the opening night of the Taylor Swift Eras Tour concert, in Vancouver, on Friday, December 6, 2024.

Taylor Swift performs during the Eras Tour concert, in Vancouver, on Friday, December 6, 2024.

Fans sing while watching Gracie Abrams perform as the opening act before Taylor Swift at the Eras Tour concert, in Vancouver, on Friday, December 6, 2024.

Taylor Swift performs during the Eras Tour concert, in Vancouver, on Friday, December 6, 2024.

Taylor Swift performs during the Eras Tour concert, in Vancouver, on Friday, December 6, 2024.

Taylor Swift performs during the Eras Tour concert, in Vancouver, on Friday, December 6, 2024.

2023 STANDINGS…MONTH…TOTAL

1. Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press…200…1800
2. Michelle Berg/Saskatoon StarPhoenix…180…1140
3. Kevin Light/Freelance…40…950
4. Bernard Brault/Freelance…90…950
5. John Lucas/Freelance…90…470
6. Jeff McIntosh/Freelance…0…460
7. Laura Proctor/Freelance…0…370
8. Spencer Colby/Freelance…0…220
9. Patrick Woodbury/LeDroit…40…190
10. Kenneth Armstrong/Freelance…0…180
11. Gavin John/Freelance…140…140
11. Nick Lachance/Toronto Star…0…140
13. Evan Buhler/Freelance…0…120
14. Steve Russell/Toronto Star…0…110
15. Chelsea Kemp/CBC Manitoba…0…40