The Prince George Citizen has earned six awards from the Canadian Community Newspaper Association.
Four were second place finishes:
- Frank Peebles' story "I was just a rag doll," about a hunter who was attacked by a bear while sleeping in his tent, in the best feature category for newspapers with a circulation over 15,000.
- "One board at a time," about McBride's Leonard McCarty and his quest to keep the tradition of the one-person sawmills alive, in the excellence in rural reporting category. Christine Hinzmann wrote the story and James Doyle took the photographs.
- The Alphabet Project, the 26-week series featured in Citizen Extra in which local artists produced a painting based on each letter of the alphabet, in best coverage of the arts, circulation 10,000 and over.
- Best editorial page, circulation over 25,000. This was for the April 9, 2016 edition which featured a cartoon about the lack of Canadian teams in the NHL playoffs, an editorial by Neil Godbout over a mother's complaint that her two daughters were forced to spend the night at a Greyhound bus depot in Valemount, a column by Tracy Summerville on the Republican convention and a letter from a Citizen reader who disagreed with columnist Nathan Giede.
The three third place finishes were for:
- Hypno-cat!, a photo illustration from Citizen desker Tyler Sabourin to go with a Todd Whitcombe science column about how a parasite cat owners are likely to get from their pet felines could affect their thinking, in the best photo illustration category.
- The digital archive project, a partnership between the Citizen and the Prince George Public Library to post back issues of the newspaper online, in the outstanding community service category, circulation over 10,000.
