SABEW Canada names Best in Business finalists

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