Complex sentence: Over the years, the "Examiner" was often recognized as one of the finest weekly newspapers in the country: it is a six-time winner of the Mason Trophy, as the best all-round newspaper in Canada.
Split into simpler sentences: Over the years, the "Examiner" was often recognized as one of the finest weekly newspapers in the country. It is a sixtime winner of the Mason Trophy, as the best all-round newspaper in Canada.