2018 NPOY Photojournalist of the Year – Sponsored by The Canadian Press
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Mark Blinch / Independent
2018 NPOY Picture Story Feature – Sponsored by Epson
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Mark Blinch / The Globe and Mail
Backstage at the 2018 Youth America Grand Prix Regional Semi-Finals dance competition in Toronto.
2018 NPOY Picture Story International – Sponsored by Leica
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Chris Donovan / Independent
The Only Team in Town – Tasha Otieno sits in a dimly lit room on the outskirts of Nairobi. She has just returned from hockey practice.
The only light in the room comes from a TV streaming a Youtube video of the 2010 Winter Olympics women’s gold medal hockey game between Canada and the USA.
Twenty-three-year-old Tasha is glued to the screen, screaming at the referees, despite having watched this game a dozen times before.
Tasha isn’t alone in Kenya when it comes to a love of ice hockey. She’s one of five women who play on the Nairobi Ice Lions, East Africa’s only women’s hockey team.
2018 NPOY Picture Story News – Sponsored by the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology
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Chris Donovan / Independent
Waterless Generations – The people of Neskantanga First Nations haven’t been able to drink their tap water in more than 23 years. The community is under Canada’s longest-running boil-water advisory.
The federal government says the water system will be fixed in Spring 2019 but many community members are skeptical.
Casey Moonias, 26, has lived under the advisory for most of her life and her five children have never drank tap water from their community. She says that even if the government says their water is safe, she won’t use it because she doesn’t trust the government.
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2018 NPOY Single Multimedia – Sponsored by Vistek
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Guardian Angels Rugby Team
Melissa Tait / The Globe and Mail
For rugby veterans with careers and families, staying on the field can be hard on their bodies, schedules and lives. The Guardian Angels rugby team in Southern Ontario is trying to change that with an emphasis on sisterhood and support
