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Sun editorial writer wins Kaiser Award

Thursday, Apr 10, 2008
The Vancouver Sun

Peter McKnight, award-winning columnist and editorial writer for the The Vancouver Sun, has won the Kaiser Foundation's National Award for Excellence in Media Reporting on reducing harm from substance use. Each award recipient receives a $10,000 grant directed to a recognized charity of their choice.

The awards recognize outstanding achievements by organizations, communities and individuals throughout Canada in reducing the physical and mental harms associated with substance use and mental health issues. They will be presented at the annual NAE dinner on April 24th at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Calgary.

"Peter's critical thinking, research and writing skills has demolished many myths that persist about substance abuse and mental illness and what kinds of treatments are effective and what aren't," said Fazil Mihlar, editorial page editor of The Vancouver Sun.

"The mission of the editorial and op-ed pages of the Sun is to provide our readers with informed opinion based on research so that the public can demand and expect the right kinds of policies from their elected officials. And Peter certainly helps us do that on daily basis."

The Kaiser Foundation is a registered charitable organization.

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