Welcome, spring! 🌸
In this month’s Bulletin, we highlight national nominations, community celebrations, local events and more.
As always, thank you for the work you do every day to make Village a trusted voice in the communities we serve.
Welcome to our Village
This month, we had a number of Villagers step into new roles, including:
MidlandToday reporter Monika Rekola
Niagara-on-the-Lake Local reporter Mike Balsom
ThoroldToday and PelhamToday editor Kris Dube
Village Media client services coordinator Jayda Avilla
Congratulations all 👏
Village racks up more national nominations 🏆
This year’s finalists for the prestigious National Newspaper Awards were recently announced and the list includes four of our own Village journalists.
Jessica Smith Cross, Charlie Pinkerton and Jack Hauen with The Trillium are nominated for the John Wesley Dafoe Award for Politics for their ongoing coverage of power and influence in Ontario politics.
And Jenny Lamothe with Sudbury.com is up for the Cora Hind Award for Local Reporting for exposing the plight of seniors left stranded in their homes by broken elevators — and the landlords and city officials who failed to do anything about it.
The winners will be announced on April 24. Good luck to our incredible journalists!
Burlington celebrates community changemakers 🫶
BurlingtonToday celebrated the winners of the second annual Community Builders Awards on March 26.
The heartwarming event brought together outstanding individuals and groups from across the community to celebrate their work in creating positive and lasting change in Burlington.
Congratulations to our 2026 winners:
- Education — Curtis Ennis
- Health Care — The Capillary Wave Community for Men
- Legacy — Douglas Leggat
- Sports and Recreation — CheerABILITIES (Supreme Cheerleading Inc.)
- Unsung Hero — Beverly Kingdon
You can read more about each of the inspiring recipients as we share features on their accomplishments throughout the week.
SPACES is blooming with new launches, local events and more 🐝
Our SPACES communities have been buzzing with activity lately!
Between SPACES officially launching in Midland and Flamborough, host-run events like the Spring into Focus photography event in Sault Ste. Marie and Taste the Good Life Vegan Workshop in Orillia, a coffee shop meet-up in Dundas, a magical book club launch and an interview with a Michelin-star chef, our SPACES team has been busy connecting people across our Village, both online and offline.
✨ Spotlight on sponsorships ✨
We were proud to sponsor 11 local initiatives in March 💛
AuroraToday
Aurora Cultural Centre
BayToday
North Bay Police Polar Plunge
BurlingtonToday
Morey Handmade Markets
GuelphToday
Indian Cultural Society Holi event, Guelph Chamber Choir
OrilliaMatters
Orillia Women Rising
SooToday
Spring Fling Easter Market for Twinkie Foundation, Harvest Algoma
Sudbury.com
Madwewetoon Festival
TorontoToday
The Imperial Court of Toronto
Network-wide
Benefit Show
Spotted around the Village
The Sudbury.com team raised $730 for the annual Coldest Night of the Year event.
With over 200 walkers, the event raised over $127,000!
Some GoodMakers were spotted at Village HQ 💛
Meet Pumpkin 🎃
She was recently rescued from the Hamilton SPCA. She's about 2 years old and has a unique "black smoke" coat, which means the fur is white underneath.
She loves to play with almost any toy and loves to snuggle with her humans.
Proud pet grandparent: Brenda Jefferies
See you in April!
