The other first-place award was for Best Editorial Page in the Class B circulation category, along with a third place finish for Best Overall Paper. The Weyburn This Week also won for their editorial page, a third place finish for the Class C category. The “On the Farm” special agricultural section in Weyburn This Week earned second place for Best Special Section, and a photo essay in This Week on the Weyburn Comprehensive School’s Grad 2020 reverse parade won second place for Best Photo Essay. Editor Greg Nikkel earned second for Best Editorial Writing in the Weyburn Review, and second for Best Education Coverage K-12, for his story about teacher Karen Kennedy-Allin keeping in touch with her students during the COVID lockdown last spring.
The Reminder won Best in Class in its circulation class, along with winning Best Editorial Page in the same classification and finishing second in the Best Front Page category. The Reminder has now won the Best in Class award in its circulation class for three straight years and five out of the last six years, winning in 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019 and 2020. Reporter Eric Westhaver won four awards and earned an additional podium finish. Westhaver won three separate awards for his weekly column In Our Words , each coming in the first year Westhaver wrote a regular column. For In Our Words, Westhaver won Best Columnist, Best Column or Feature on a Business Topic and Best Local Editorial on a Business Topic.