RTDNA Canada Announces 2026 West Region Awards Finalists

• 1130 News Radio Vancouver – The Darkest Day in Vancouver’s History The Lapu Lapu Day Festival car ramming attack 
• 130 News Radio Vancouver – Atmospheric River: The Fraser Valley Under Siege 
• CBC British Columbia – From Celebration to Tragedy: the Lapu-Lapu Festival in Vancouver 

• CBC Victoria – Earthquake Special – February 21, 2026 

Excellence in Sports Reporting 

• CBC British Columbia – CBC’s On The Island goes poolside for the 2025 Bell Canadian Swimming Trials 

• CBC British Columbia – As many Sikh families leave a small BC town, they’re donating their gurdwara temple to the community and leaving a lasting legacy. 
• CBC Yukon – Beetle Junk: An entomologist’s pursuit of glass blowing beetle genitalia 

• CBC British Columbia – The Early Edition Live with the Squamish Nation 

• CBC British Columbia – The Pitch: Vancouver’s Road to the 2026 World Cup 

Radio Newscast (Small/Medium Market) 

• CBC British Columbia – Daybreak South – local newscast 

• CBC British Columbia – Your morning cup of coffee is about to cost even more — thanks to U.S. tariffs 

• CBC British Columbia – Who controls the Lions Gate Bridge Centre lane? 

• CBC British Columbia – The Vancouver Canadian’s sushi race is on a roll that shows no signs of stopping 
• UBC Journalism – Tobi Akinkunmi: Surging Forward 

• CBC British Columbia – How an American ‘deserter’ fought for Canada in WW II — and Canadians fought for him 
• UBC Journalism – Beyond Kung Fu 

• CBC Yukon – Should the Yukon River be considered a ‘person’ with rights? Some say it’s an idea whose time has come 
• CBC Yukon – Yukon First Nation uses holograms to preserve the knowledge of elders 

• CBC British Columbia – CBC British Columbia 
• CTV News Vancouver – CTV News Vancouver

• CBC British Columbia – Body not discovered for 11 days 
• CTV News Vancouver – Hidden in Plain Sight 
• CTV News Vancouver – Short-term rental scam 
• Global BC – Chinatown 

• CFJC Kamloops – Into Thin Air 
• CTV News Vancouver Island – Bylaw department marred by bullying investigations 
• Rogers TV – Immigration Barriers 

•  UBC Journalism – She Speaks in Power 

• CBC British Columbia – Foxgloves In The Garden 

• CBC British Columbia – Man arrested after driving child-size pink Barbie Jeep through Prince George, B.C. 

• CBC Prince George/Prince Rupert – CBC obtains new details in homicide of Patty Forman, a government worker murdered in Prince Rupert on her way to work 
• CTV News Vancouver – Mayor’s pricey policing initiative 
• Global BC – Richmond Gift Cards 
• Global BC – Ministry Whistleblower 

• CBC Kelowna – Peachland Wildfire 
• CHEK News – The Wesley Ridge Wildfire 

• CBC British Columbia – Researchers say this B.C. lake faces a tsunami threat – here’s why 
• CTV News Vancouver – The haunting of BC Penitentiary 

• CBC British Columbia – Whitecaps compete in the MLS Cup finals, ending in heartbreak for the team and fans 
• CHEK News – Little Kickers 
• CTV News Vancouver – Wrestling champ’s bigger dreams 
• Global BC – Village to Victory 

• CBC British Columbia – Canadian retail beef prices hits record high 
• CTV News Vancouver – Eyes on the eagles 

• CBC British Columbia – Extortion cases pile up in Surrey, but what can be done? 
• CityNews Vancouver – Treetop Tour 
• CTV News Vancouver – The great ring rescue 
• Global BC – Beatles Forgotten Demo 

• CFJC Kamloops – Radio Listener Donates Bike 

• CBC British Columbia – Extortion town hall 
• CBC Yukon – Yukon Votes 2025 
• CFJC Kamloops – Remembrance Day 2025 
• CHEK News – Your Island Vote: CHEK’s 2025 Federal Election Coverage 

• CBC British Columbia – Michelle Elliot’s work after the “Lapu Lapu” incident 

• CBC British Columbia – CBC Vancouver News at 6: Flooding hits B.C.; Refugee family mourns 9-year-old girl killed in Surrey crash; SkyTrain marks 40 years of moving people across Metro Vancouver. 
• CityNews Vancouver – CityNews at Six 
• CTV News Vancouver – CTV News at 6 – April 27 
• Global BC – Lapu Lapu Day Tragedy 

• CHEK News – CHEK News at 5 

• CBC British Columbia – Banned butane torches still being sold in Vancouver 
• CityNews Vancouver – Cockroach Conflict 
• CTV News Vancouver – The darkest day debate 
• CTV News Vancouver Island – Digging out of a hole