Energeticcity.ca article is up for Canadian Online Publishing Award

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The COPA-nominated story spotlighted members of the Alexander family (pictured) who are involved with the Fort St. John Huskies. (Ed Hitchins, energeticcity.ca)

FORT ST. JOHN, B.C. — An Energeticcity.ca article has been named as a finalist in a category for the Canadian Online Publishing Awards (COPA) 2025.

The story – Family affair: Three generations of one family share a passion for Huskies’ hockey – is in the running for an accolade in the Best Local Community News/Sports category.

It was written by Ed Hitchins, a Local Journalism Initiative reporter at Energeticcity.ca, and is about the members of one family who are involved in the Fort St. John Huskies hockey team.

This nomination comes after Moose FM was named 2025 Small Market Station of the Year by the Broadcast Dialogue Canadian Radio Awards.

Ed Hitchins, Local Journalism Initiative reporter who also covers Indigenous communities in northeast B.C.

Hitchins said the nominations are “surreal”: “The nomination for a COPA award is almost surreal to me.

“I am still coming to terms with my name being mentioned with the best in Canada.

“I personally want to thank my news team, the staff at Moose Media, my family and last and not least, the Alexander family for allowing me to take a peek into behind the scenes of the Huskies’ organization with them.”

The winners will be announced in February 2026.

Moose FM and Energeticcity.ca are both owned by Moose Media.