The War whoops reverberated with the intensity of finger nails scratching a blackboard. The notorious nation crowd had gathered. Neil was m.i.a. so Erland “How do you focus this?” Campbell was his stand in. On June 6th The Quebec Community Newspaper association held their convention. The Nation was up for four awards for 1996. Will Nicholls walked away from the podium as the winner for best general editorial. Alex Roslin was honoured with the Paul Dumont – Frenette Award “for best overall journalistic performance for the year 1996.” Also on the menu for Alex was 1st place for Best investigative/in-depth reporting. To cap it off Alex won for best news story. Rhonda thinks he should have gotten a prize for his coordination of plaids. Our sister publication out of Kahnawake, The Eastern Door’s Tsiti (Conway Jocks) won Best editorial cartoon. A good time was had by all.