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12 Jan 2018 Western Canada Triumphs over the East in ARPA Canada’s Letter to the Editor Contest

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5 Winning Letters Announced! Perhaps it’s the inspirational mountain peaks or the great big skies of the prairies, or maybe it’s the freedom-loving hearts of those living in Canada’s western provinces. Whatever may explain it, the West trounced the East in ARPA Canada’s 2017 Letter to the Editor Contest, with close to five times more letters published and submitted! Congratulations BC, Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba. Once again you are leading this country by example! Contestants published and submitted 47 quality letters to the editor which were read by tens of thousands of Canadians....

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22 Feb 2017 Letter to the Editor Contest

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23 Feb 2016 Billboard design winners

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Thank you to the many of you who submitted a billboard design in our recent contest - we received 42 designs in 2 categories - wow! We are grateful to our sponsors, Compass Creative and Reformed Perspective Magazine for all they did to make this contest a success. Many of the submissions this year came from students and we would like to thank the teachers and parents that encouraged the students to make submissions, and for being willing to engage youth on these very important issues. Next we would like...

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18 Jun 2015 2015 Summer Billboard Contest

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Update (Oct. 22): Deadline has been extended to November 21. Don't forget to submit your designs! Prizes, expert judging, and promotion sponsored by Compass Creative and Reformed Perspective. In 2013 we held our first billboard contest and the submissions continue to be used in various mediums - as billboards, car decals, stickers and large-scale ads on trailers. This summer we are launching the 2015 edition of the billboard design contest. We challenge our readers to create new designs for billboards, which can then be used by ARPA groups, our campaigns, and other organizations to make a testimony across our land. Contest Details: The winning design will tackle a critical issue in the Canadian public square through a compelling, impactful, creative, and persuasive message that meets the criteria of one of two categories listed: Category 1: Abortion (prize is an 8" Samsung tablet) Category 2: All other political issues (prize is a 10" Samsung tablet) Runners-up in each category will receive a one-year gift subscription to Reformed Perspective magazine.
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19 Nov 2013 Billboard Design Contest – Winning Designs

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We are excited to share the 8 finalists in our first-ever billboard design contest. ARPA thanks Compass Creative for working with the finalists to improve their concepts, for judging, and for providing our two feature prizes (Samsung tablets). Thanks to Reformed Perspective Magazine for providing 6 runner-up prizes. We also thank everyone who entered the contest. Our hope is to do this again so if you want to try again, or try for the first time, keep those ideas perking! We now challenge local ARPA groups and the general public...

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13 Jul 2011 Letter to the Editor Contest

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Update: The contest is now complete and the prizes have been awarded! Check out the entries here. Letters to the editors of newspapers and magazines are a free and very effective means to be a voice for truth, grace, justice, and common sense in our communities. It is time that we made use of this opportunity to its full potential! ARPA Canada has created a letter the editor contest and Holland Shopping Centre has generously donated prizes for the winners of 5 categories. This is a great opportunity for schools, people who have never written a letter to the editor before, and the seasoned pros! Category 1: Best letter in a large paper (eg Ottawa Citizen, Edmonton Journal)Category 2: Best letter in a community paper (city up to 200,000 population)Category 3: Best letter by someone under age 20Category 4: Most letters published & submitted to contestCategory 5: One letter picked at random from all entries A $100 gift certificate to Holland Shopping Centre (either online or at their stores in New Westminster or Chilliwack, BC) will be awarded for each category.
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01 Jun 2010 Essay Contest for BC Students: Grades 9-12

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The Patrick Webb Essay Competition 2010-2011: Students Tackle Life Issues (from www.bcptl.org) The first topic in the Patrick Webb Essay Competition for grades 11-12 secondary students follows from the decisive defeat this year of Bill-384, which would have legalized euthanasia and assisted suicide in Canada . What dangers, the students are asked, might have emerged if the bill had been passed. The second topic for the senior secondary students indicates that a number of legislatures in North America are considering “window on the womb” laws that would requite women thinking about abortion to first witness ultrasound pictures of their unborn babies. What, the students are asked, do you think might be the benefit of such laws? Studies have already suggested that such pictures can cause the mother to bond with the child she is carrying.
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