Smoke Signals

General information Smoke Signals is the monthly publication offered by the Big Canoe Homeowners’ Association. Big Canoe is a gated community of 5,000 full and part-time residents located in the North Georgia Mountains, approximately one hour northwest of Atlanta. The newspaper has a monthly readership of more than 18,000 and has been repeatedly recognized by the Georgia Press Association (GPA) as an award-winning publication. Between 2010 and 2012, Smoke Signals earned 46 GPA awards for excellence in editorial and advertising design. Each month, community news is presented in four sections. News: Community, business, political, local and regional news fill the first section of the paper. Also included are letters to the editor, opinions and commentaries. Arts & Entertainment: A&E is designed to help our readers easily locate information about local and regional cultural activities taking place throughout the coming month. Living: The Living section features personality profiles, travel, club and church news, food columns, restaurant reviews, school events, medical information, shopping, literary commentary and humor. Outdoors: Smoke Signals’ Outdoors section features team sports, outside-the-gates adventures, hiking, golf, tennis and several columns about pets and their care. Additionally, special advertising supplements are produced several times each year. Regular special sections are Living Well, Destinations, High Design, and High Finance. Other special sections are published on an occasional basis. Late-breaking news, updates and additional features can be found on our website bigcanoenews.com. Also located on our website is a complete digital version of the current month’s print edition.