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The Tyee scored first place in three categories -- Best Multi-Author site; Best site for News; and Best site for Politics -- last night at the first annual Best of 604 Online awards presentation in downtown Vancouver.

The sold-out event drew bloggers and other online creatives out of their virtual realms and into the crowded, festive atmosphere of The Cellar bar on Granville Street. To be in the buzzing room was to feel the arrival, and impact, of social media and online culture in this corner of Canada. As event organizer Rebecca Bollwitt wrote on her Miss 604 blog this morning: "Some may think it's a silly idea to have an awards night for bloggers and websites, but I think that (especially in this town) so much effort, passion, care, humour, and personality goes into creating such great content that everyone deserved a night out regardless."

Bollwitt, whose own blog has a large and loyal following, certainly deserves huge credit for organizing so successful an event, the proceeds from which went to the food bank.

Some 7,000 people cast votes via the web for Vancouver region nominees in 14 categories.

For Best Multi-Author site, the Tyee edged out Beyond Robson (second) and Vancouver is Awesome (third).

The Tyee was voted Best site for News just ahead of CBC and News 1130.

In the Best site for Politics category, runners up to The Tyee were Matthew Good and Jonathon Narvey.

Here is the full list of winners, with percentage of votes each received:

Best site for sports

• BC Soccer Web 35%
• Canucks Hockey Blog 35%
• Outdoor Vancouver 15%

Best podcast (audio or video):

• Lipgloss and Laptops 35%
• Choogle On 14%
• TikiBar TV 11%

Best site for events:

• Beyond Robson 40%
• From Blown Speakers 19%
• Vancity Buzz 13%

Best multi-author site:

• The Tyee 23%
• Beyond Robson 16%
• Vancouver is Awesome 15%

Best new blog of 2008:

• Modern Mix Vancouver 31%
• 3 Degrees West 12%
• Tiny Bites 9%

Best site for tech:

• Buzz Networker 21%
• Techvibes 18%
• iPhone in Canada 16%

Best site for news:

• The Tyee 23%
• CBC 21%
• News 1130 16%

Best site for politics:

• The Tyee 35%
• Matthew Good 22%
• Jonathon Narvey 18%

Best site for humor:

• The Province Live @ 5 24%
• CondoHype 17%
• Your Dose of Lunacy 13%

Best company blog:

• Raincity Studios 18%
• BuildDirect 17%
• Degrees West 10%

Best site for food (directory or blog):

• The Well-Tempered Chocolatier 14%
• Farmstead Wines 11%
• Chow Times 10%

Best site for photos:

• Waxy Photography 16%
• Marc L'Esperance 13%
• Blue Olive Photography 11%

Best site for fashion or style:

• Demicouture 24%
• The Style Spy 20%
• The Conveyor Belt 17%

Best personal site:

• John Chow 46%
• Gus Greeper 7%
• Delicious Juice 6%

A big thanks to our contributors, our readers, the blogging community and all who cast a vote for The Tyee!

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• BC Blogs
  The Tyee's list of British Columbia blogs. You are invited to submit yours.
• She's Dialed in on Local Blogging
  Why 'Miss 604' sees Vancouver as a 'social media hub.' First in a series on influential makers of Canadian new media.
• Get on The Hook!
  The Tyee's new political news blog is up an running. Nice timing, eh?