CBC Atlantic journalists among finalists for RTDNA's Best Canadian Local News Awards

CBC Atlantic journalists among finalists for RTDNA's Best Canadian Local News Awards

Finalists chosen from work in digital, video, audio and multiplatform categories

Rigolet is a place that stays with you — in memory, in spirit, and in the voices of people who call it home. This short documentary from CBC Newfoundland and Labrador offers a window into life in Rigolet — Nunatsiavut's southernmost Inuit community. It's a finalist for a RTDNA Best Canadian Local News Award for Excellence in Video. (CBC Newfoundland and Labrador)

CBC Atlantic journalists are among finalists the RTDNA's Best Canadian Local News Awards, which recognize excellence in digital and broadcast journalism.

RTDNA Canada Awards honour the best journalists, programs, platforms, stations and newsgathering organizations in audio, digital and video.

Best Canadian Local News Award winners will be announced at the National Awards Gala in Toronto on Nov. 7.And the finalists are:

Feature News (Small/Medium Market)CBC Nova Scotia – 100 years: the legacy of William Davis

News – Live Special EventsCBC Maritime Noon: Live on Climate Change

Excellence in Data StorytellingCBC Nova Scotia - N.S. rapidly losing some of its most affordable apartments, while cost soars for new ones

In Cricket Feels Like Home, CBC Atlantic Voice examines how some Fredericton cricketers, most of them immigrants, finally got their pitch. (Gary Weekes for CBC)

Excellence in Sports ReportingCBC Atlantic Voice – Cricket Feels Like Home

Opinion CBC Prince Edward Island – I’m childless by choice. Having my fallopian tubes removed in my 30s helped me trust my gut Note: This is also nominated in the RTDNA Canada Awards National Finalists

Overall Excellence in Digital CBC Prince Edward Island – Overall Excellence in Digital 2025

Continuing Coverage (Small/Medium Market)CBC New Brunswick – N.B.’s Ailing Health-Care System

Excellence in Writing (Small/Medium Market)CBC Atlantic Voice – Looking for Eliza

Excellence in VideoCBC Newfoundland and Labrador – Home in Rigolet: A CBC short doc on life in a small northern coast community in LabradorNews – Live Special EventsCBC Newfoundland and Labrador – Newfoundland and Labrador Votes

TV Newscast (Small/Medium Market)CBC Newfoundland and Labrador – Conception Bay North wildfire (August 2025)

A girl, her horse, and her diploma

VJ VideoCBC News New Brunswick – Horse Graduation