We know the people who work at CBC Radio in Thunder
Bay are great,
but we wanted to show you how many other people think they're great
too!Here's a look at the awards we've won since 2000:
2006
Gabriel Award Short Feature Radio
Third Coast Festival Winner
Honourable Mention in RTNDA Network Radio category for The Dave Rogers Award
Between Friends, writer/presenter, Jody Porter
In Between Friends Jody Porter describes her own coming to terms with being the victim of incest. As her story unfolds, she realizes the burden she placed on her lifelong friend - the only person she entrusted with the terrible secret when they were girls.
The Writer/Presenter for Between Friends is Jody Porter and Neil Sandell is the producer. The documentary aired on the CBC program Outfront.
Between Friends was also awarded an Honourable Mention in the RTNDA Network Radio category for The Dave Rogers Award. The National RTNDA Dave Rogers Award is presented annually in recognition for the best feature coverage.
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Justica Award Certificate of Merit for Excellence in Journalism
New York Festival Silver Medal Award, Best Investigative Reporting
Landslide World Wide Net, reporter, Kellie Hudson
Kellie Hudson and members of the CBC Radio News Investigative Unit (Sandra Bartlett, Susanne Reber, John Nicol and Dick Miller) won a New York Festival Silver Medal and a certificate of merit in the Justicia Awards for Excellence in Journalism.
The NYF Silver Medal is for Best Investigative Reporting. This is Kellie Hudson's second NYF Award. In 2004 she won a Bronze Medal for Best Investigative Reporting.
The Justica Award celebrates outstanding journalism that fosters public awareness and understanding of any aspect of the Canadian justice system and the roles played by institutions and participants in the legal system.
Kellie worked on Landslide World Wide Net with CBC's Investigative Unit as part of Project Dig. It's a project to encourage and develop investigative journalists across the country.
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2006 Registered Nurses Association of Ontario Award
Bariatric Surgery - reporter, Kellie Hudson
Kellie Hudson won the Ontario Regional 2006 Registered Nurses Association of Ontario Award for her story on morbidly obese patients. The documentary Bariatric Surgery was produced by Mike Bryan.
Kellie's documentary tells the story of two patients who tried all kinds of weight loss programs that didn't work. As a last resort they chose to undergo gastric bypass surgery. Worldwide, it's proven to be an effective treatment for the morbidly obese - people who are more than 100 pounds overweight. Kellie's story uncovered the fact that in Canada, patients are waiting up to seven years for this potentially life-saving operation.
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2005
Central Canada RTNDA Dave Rogers Award - Short Feature Documentary
Good Food Box, reporter, Heather McLeod.
Heather's 2005 documentary shows people working to tackle the high rates of heart disease and cancer in Northern Ontario. Heather tells the story of a new program in Thunder Bay that aims to help people eat enough fresh fruit and vegetables, even if their budget is tight.
This is the second time Heather has won the RTNDA Dave Rogers Short Feature Award. In 2003 she won the National RTNDA Dave Robers Award for a documentary called Thunder Bay Restaurant. It told the story of a restaurant that hired and served mentally challenged people.
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RTNDA International Murrow Award for Investigative Reporting;
New York Festival Awards, Bronze Medal, Documentary;
Third Coast International Audio Festival: Impact Documentary Award
Weighing the Balance evolved from a simple question: what happened to the men who were named and shamed in a very public news conference staged by the Toronto Police? One of those men was James Lecraw. Despite the withdrawal of charges, LeCraw lost his job, friends and eventually, in deep despair, took his own life. This is James' story, as told by his brother and niece, his former employer and through his own words.
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RNAO Award for Excellence in Health Care Reporting, Best National Radio Documentary: - Best National Radio documentary:
Native Health Care, reporter, Jody Porter Jody's documentary looked at the alarming health conditions in remote northern communities and a new government policy that further cuts the limited health services available to the people.
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Debwewin Citation for Aboriginal-Issues Journalism The Debwewin Citations are the first award program in Canada recognizing excellence in a body of work on aboriginal-issues journalism. The Debwewin Citation Awards recognize and encourage excellence in reporting about Native issues by Aboriginal and non-Native journalists.
Jody received the Runner-up award at a presentation ceremony during the Aboriginal Beat Conference at Lakehead University in November. You can hear more of Jody Porter's work in our 2002 RTNDA Unity Award section further down on this page.
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Registered Nurses Association of Ontario Award for Excellence in Health-Care Reporting - Best Ontario Region Radio Documentary: Oxycontin Abuse, reporter, Brook Latimer; producer, Mike Bryan. Brook told the story of a patient whose life spiraled downwards when she got hooked on the prescription drug Oxycontin.
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2004
RTNDA International Murrow Award for Investigative Reporting: Airport Bird Patrol, reporter Kellie Hudson; producer, Mike Bryan.
Kellie Hudson investigated a routine exercise in which workers use flares to scare birds off the airport runways. It went terribly wrong for Thunder Bay airport firefighter Garry Farrell. He was scaring birds off the runway using a starter's pistol while driving a truck. Something caused an explosion inside the truck. Farrell received serious burns to forty per cent of his body. Kellie's investigation showed that airports across the country were routinely ignoring Transport Canada guidelines for bird patrols.
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Registered Nurses Association of Ontario Award for Excellence in Health Care Reporting - Best Ontario Region Radio Documentary: Chew Tobacco, Ontario Region, producer, Mike Bryan. In their own words kids tell us why they think it's cool to chew the weed.
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Central Canada (Ontario/Quebec) RTNDA Dave Rogers Award - Feature Documentary, Honourable Mention: Family Responsibility, reporter, Jody Porter. Jody's documentary followed the struggle of one single mother and her failed attempts to get the child support she is owed, through Ontario's family responsibility office.
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2003
National RTNDA Dave Rogers Award - Feature Documentary: A Thunder Bay Restaurant, reporter, Heather McLeod; producer, Lisa Hebert. In this documentary Heather tells the story of a Thunder Bay Restaurant that is welcoming to patients with psychiatric difficulties.
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National RTNDA Honourable Mention Ron Laidlaw - Continuing
Coverage Award:
Northern Plane Crash, reporter, Ron Desmoulins. Ron's documentary and series of news stories tells the impact of a plane crash that killed seven residents on the remote Northern First Nation of Nibinamik.
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New York Festival Awards, Bronze Medal for Best Contest promotion: The World Cup of Soccer Name That Country Contest, producer, Tom Grand; announcers: Lisa Laco, and Ron Desmoulins.
The contest ran during the 2002 World Cup of Soccer Tournament. Listeners were given a series of audio and verbal clues starting with 5 to 10 seconds of the mystery country's national anthem. Each day listeners had to guess the name of a country participating in the World Cup of Soccer.
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National RTNDA Honourable Mention Dan McArthur Award: In-depth 3 part Investigative documentary series: Gender Gap, reporter, Brook Latimer; producer, Mike Bryan. Gender Gap is a three part series on why boys and young men from grade school, to high school, to post secondary institutions are falling behind girls in their academic performance.
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2002
RTNDA Byron MacGregor Award for Best Newscast: CBC Radio in Thunder Bay. Carol Amadeo, Newsreader.Carol Amadeo made it three years in a row that CBC Radio in Thunder Bay was honoured for producing the best newscast in Central Canada (Ontario/Quebec) for a medium sized market population of 100,000 to 499,000. After winning this award, Carol was hired to do newscasts for CBC Radio 740 AM in Edmonton.
We've lost the audio of Carol Amadeo's award winning newscast, but she was famous for more than her reportorial skill and authoritative delivery. Carol, and host Lisa Laco used to chat frequently after the News. Here's their Valentine's day exchange.
(You can still catch Carol reading the news by going to CBC Edmonton.)
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In June 2002 CBC Radio in Thunder Bay is singled out from among 85 large and small market radio and television stations across North America as one of just six winners of an RTNDA/UNITY Award. It's for news organizations that demonstrate an on going commitment and excellence in covering issues of race and diversity.
The award recognized strategies developed by staff and program manager Tom Grand to reflect the Northwestern Ontario's aboriginal population. These included the recruitment of aboriginal staff, and daily coverage of aboriginal stories.
CBC Thunder Bay was cited for its reports on the growing Aboriginal population and its impact on the community. The coverage paints a picture of both cultures grappling with the transition, and includes news items, documentaries, interviews, speeches and PSAs made by and about Aboriginal people. Here's a sampling of the stories.
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Fort Albany - Jody Porter, reporter (4:50)
Fort William First Nation - Susan Wade, reporter (5:48)
Staying Young With Kids - Ron Desmoulins, reporter (3:41)
Joe from Winnipeg - Ian Ross, commentator/writer (3:06)
Aboriginal Artist - Jody Porter, reporter (5:20)
Pikangikum Lawsuit - Jody Porter, reporter (1:19)
Health Care Help - Susan Wade, reporter (6:00)
Aboriginal Studies - Cathy Alex, reporter (7:41)
Aboriginal Summer Games - Ron Desmoulins, reporter (5:02)
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2001
RTNDA Award for Indepth/Investigative reporting in the Ontario/Quebec region: Reporter, Ron Desmoulins; Producer, Lisa Hebert. Neskantaga - Sewage Woes chronicled water and sewage problems at Neskantaga, a remote First Nation community in Northwestern Ontario.
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RTNDA Byron MacGregor Award for Best Newscast: CBC Radio in Thunder Bay. Carol Amadeo, Newsreader.In her first year as our morning news reader Carol Amadeo continued the tradition of excellence established by the late Jim Symonik. Carol Amadeo won the award for producing the best newscast in Central Canada (Ontario/Quebec) for a medium sized market population of 100,000 to 499,000. |
2000
Canadian Nurses Association (CNA) National Media Award
for Excellence in Health Care Reporting: Reporter: Erik Denison; Producers: Mike Bryan, Peter Leo, and Jack Julian. Erik Denison won the award for a documentary and series of news and current affairs stories on the value of nurse practioners in rural communities faced with a shortage of doctors.
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RTNDA Byron MacGregor Award for Best Newscast: CBC Radio in Thunder Bay, Jim Symonik, Newsreader.
Jim Symonik lived and breathed news. He had boundless energy, and a passion to tell stories. During his career with CBC Radio in Thunder Bay Jim worked as a reporter, the senior editor, and finally the morning news reader.
Jim won the 2000 Byron MacGregor Award for producing the best newscast in Central Canada (Ontario/Quebec) for a medium sized market population of 100,00 to 499,000. He died in the Spring of 2001 shortly after learning he'd won the award.
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