The Canadian chapter of the Society for Advancing Business Editing and Writing announced the finalists for its 11th annual Best in Business Awards competition, recognizing outstanding Canadian business reporting published and produced in 2024.
The Canada Best in Business Awards received 202 entries. The awards are made possible by the individuals and organizations who submitted entries, and all the judges who volunteered their time to support excellence in business journalism.
The winners will be announced at an in-person event celebrating the finalists on Wednesday, May 28, at 7 p.m.
Below are the finalists for this year’s Canada Best in Business Awards (in alphabetical order by entry title):
Beat Reporting
Jake Edmiston – Business of Food, Toronto Star
Sean Silcoff – Tech, The Globe and Mail
Vanmala Subramaniam – Labour and immigration, The Globe and Mail
Breaking News Coverage
The Canadian Press, Rail work stoppage – The Canadian Press team, led by Christopher Reynolds
Rogers buys BCE’s stake in MLSE for $4.7 billion – Andrew Willis, Cathal Kelly, Alexandra Posadzki, Tim Kiladze, Simon Houpt, The Globe and Mail
TD will pay $3 billion in fines after pleading guilty to money laundering – Tim Kiladze, Stefanie Marotta, James Bradshaw, Andrew Willis, Rita Trichur, The Globe and Mail
Commentary
Kevin Carmichael, The Logic
David Milstead, The Globe and Mail
Martin Patriquin – Quebec Ink, The Logic
Editorial Newsletter
Bay Street Edition – Christine Dobby, Bloomberg
The Globe and Mail’s Business Brief newsletter – Chris Wilson-Smith, The Globe and Mail
Shift – Anita Balakrishnan, The Logic
Feature, Long-form
China’s Arctic Dreams Clash with Geopolitics in Tiny Norway Port – Danielle Bochove, Bloomberg News
Encrochat – Joe Castaldo, Alexandra Posadzki, The Globe and Mail
TD Bank’s dirty laundry – Tim Kiladze, Rita Trichur, James Bradshaw, Stefanie Marotta, The Globe and Mail
Feature, Short-form
Grand span: When the two halves of the iconic Gordie Howe bridge are joined, Canada’s busiest border crossing will be set for its first major expansion in nearly a century – Ivan Semeniuk, Patrick Dell, Murat Yukselir, The Globe and Mail
Pacific dreams: Can the Port of Vancouver deliver for Canada? – Brent Jang, The Globe and Mail
The saga of Cobre Panama – Jacob Lorinc, Bloomberg News
Investigative
The Algorithm: It was supposed to fix Canada’s food safety system. Instead, it missed a deadly listeria outbreak – Grant Robertson, Kathryn Blaze Baum, The Globe and Mail
Exposing the cottage industry fueling short-term rental bylaw evasion – Brendan Kennedy, May Warren, Sheila Wang, Toronto Star
I went undercover as an Uber Eats courier and made just $1.74 per hour online – Ghada Alsharif, Toronto Star
Multimedia
Canada social safety net – Bloomberg team, Bloomberg News
The Condo Catch: How investors have wreaked havoc on Toronto’s condo market – Clarrie Feinstein, Andres Plana, Toronto Star
Lost in Space: Rising vacancies threaten Toronto’s office towers – Jason Kirby, Rachelle Younglai, James Bradshaw, Jeremy Agius, The Globe and Mail
Package
The Big Flip – Victoria Gibson, Diana Zlomislic, Manuela Vega, Clarrie Feinstein, Andrew Bailey, Toronto Star
Wasted Space: How public land can help fix Canada’s housing crisis – Erin Anderssen, Chen Wang, Rachelle Younglai, The Globe and Mail
Windsor pop-up bureau – Jason Kirby, Ivan Semeniuk, Adam Radwanski, Clare O’Hara, Andrew Willis, The Globe and Mail
Personal Finance and Investing
Bare Trusts and UHT Coverage – Erica Alini, The Globe and Mail
Behind by design – Erica Alini, Matt Lundy, The Globe and Mail
The Best Dividend Stocks in Canada 2024 – Michael McCullough, Aman Raina, Lisa Hannam, Jaclyn Law, Justin Dallaire, MoneySense
Podcast
City Space – Irene Galea, Kyle Fulton, Jay Cockburn, Kate Helmore and Alisha Sawhney, The Globe and Mail
Road Trip: Electric Avenues – Marco Chown Oved, Toronto Star
Stress Test, Season Nine – Rob Carrick, Roma Luciw, Kyle Fulton, Emily Jackson, Zahra Khozema, Kiran Rana, The Globe and Mail
Profile
Hot potatoes: Innovator of the Year Max Koeune – Jason Kirby, Report on Business Magazine
Li-Cycle’s struggles threaten North America’s EV dreams – Anita Balakrishnan, Catherine McIntyre, The Logic
Out of thin air – Martin Patriquin, The Logic
Scoop
Accenture – Chris Hannay, Mahima Singh, The Globe and Mail
Government officers told to skip fraud prevention steps when vetting temporary foreign worker applications – Ghada Alsharif, Kenyon Wallace, Toronto Star
Shots fired at homes of two executives tied to management giant GFL – Robyn Doolittle, Tim Kiladze, The Globe and Mail
