CTV News has been named Best Television Newscast by the Radio Television Digital News Association and CTV’s investigative program W5 has picked up three RTDNA awards.
CTV National News, anchored by Lisa LaFlamme, won the Bert Cannings Award for Best Television Newscast at the annual RTDNA awards gala, held Saturday in Toronto.
Congrats to @CTVNews for winning the Bert Cannings Award for Best Television Newscast for Network Television #RTDNA2017
— RTDNA_Canada (@RTDNA_Canada) May 28, 2017
W5 won the Dave Rogers Award for Best Long Feature for Network Television for “In Their Footsteps.” The episode features Sandie Rinaldo as she follows a group of Canadian high school students, chaperones, and Holocaust survivors on their emotional tour of Nazi concentration camps in Poland.
W5 also won the Adrienne Clarkson Diversity Award for Network Television, for “After Ebola.” In the episode, CTV's Kayla Hounsell travelled to Liberia to report on the aftermath of the outbreak.
The Trina McQueen Award for Best Television News Information Program for Network Television was also awarded to W5.
Congrats to @CTVW5 for winning the Dave Rogers Award for Best Long Feature for Network Television #RTDNA2017
— RTDNA_Canada (@RTDNA_Canada) May 28, 2017
Congrats to w5 for magnificent story In Their Footsteps @SandieR_ctv @CTVW5 #rtdna2017 pic.twitter.com/dXZLPEVviR
— Lis Travers (@CTVLis) May 28, 2017
The awards were presented Saturday night in Toronto. A number of local CTV stations were also recognized.
Congrats to @CTVNews @CTVToronto for winning the Large Market Bert Cannings Award for Best National Television Newscast #RTDNA2017
— RTDNA_Canada (@RTDNA_Canada) May 28, 2017
Congrats to @CTVWinnipeg for winning the Feature Sports Reporting Award for Large Market National Television. #RTDNA2017— RTDNA_Canada (@RTDNA_Canada) May 28, 2017
Congrats to @CTVKitchener for winning the Feature Sports Reporting Award for Small/Medium Market National Television. #RTDNA2017
— RTDNA_Canada (@RTDNA_Canada) May 28, 2017
Congrats to @ctvottawa for winning the Large market Dave Rogers Award for Best Short Feature for National Television #RTDNA2017
— RTDNA_Canada (@RTDNA_Canada) May 28, 2017
Congratulations @CTVVancouver Hugh Haugland Award National Award Winners #RTDNA2017 pic.twitter.com/D47PBQfWZB
— Sophia Skopelitis (@soph429) May 27, 2017
Congrats to @CTVKitchener for winning the Medium Market Bert Cannings Award for Best Television Newscast for National Television #RTDNA2017
— RTDNA_Canada (@RTDNA_Canada) May 28, 2017
