CTV News Atlantic up for 9 RTDNA Awards, which honour best in journalism

A fire is pictured burning in the Julius Boulevard and Dugger McNeil Drive area of Bayers Lake, N.S., on Aug.12, 2025. (CTV Atlantic / Callum Smith)

The CTV News Atlantic team is up for nine Radio Television Digital News Association (RTDNA) Canada Awards in the East Region this year.

The RTDNA Canada Awards honour the best content in radio, television and digital journalism across the country each year.

The CTV News Atlantic team is a finalist in three digital categories in the East Region:

Breaking News (Small/Medium Market)

Bayers Lake Wildfire: Business Park Evacuated

Excellence in Sports Reporting – Digital – East

Rivalry Series: Team Canada Falls to Team USA

Overall Excellence in Digital

CTV News Atlantic – 2025: A Year in Review

CTV News Atlantic is also a finalist in six video categories in the East Region:

Audio-Visual Storytelling

Don’t Laugh, It’s Paid For: Maritimer Drives Car Over a Million Kilometers

Breaking News (Small/Medium Market)

Susies Lake Fire Prompts Evacuation

Excellence in Camera Work

Arlington Street Standoff: Police Take Down Barricaded Man

Feature News (Small/Medium Market)

‘I Can Build Something Out of That’: Jurassic Parts Come to Life

Snow Way: New Brunswick Man Refuses to Give Up Skiing

Opinion

Murphy’s Logic: Hacks

TV Newscast (Small/Medium Market)

Wildfires: Now a Sign of Summer in the Maritimes

RTDNA Canada also announced the finalists in the west, Prairies, and central regions this week.

The regional award winners will be announced in September.

The regional winners then move on to be finalists for the RTDNA Awards for Best Canadian Local News.

CTV News Atlantic won seven RTDNA Awards for the East Region in 2025.