Globe and Mail nabs a leading 19 NNA nominations; Star gets 8, CP 5

The winners will be announced at a Toronto ceremony on May 5.

The nominees are:

Arts and Entertainment: Randy Turner and John Woods, Winnipeg Free Press, for their coverage of the Inuit art movement and the planned Inuit Art Centre; Murray Whyte, Toronto Star, for coverage of Wanda Nanibush, the first curator of indigenous art at the Art Gallery of Ontario, as well as coverage of a Canadian-made musical, “Come From Away”; Sylvie St-Jacques, La Presse, for her coverage of a musical camp and its impact on newly arrived Syrian refugees.

Beat Reporting: Theresa Boyle, Toronto Star, for coverage of health issues; Patrick White, Globe and Mail, for coverage of Canada’s prisons; Charles Hamilton, Saskatoon StarPhoenix, for coverage of crime and justice; Sara Mojtehedzadeh, Toronto Star, for coverage of labour issues.

Breaking News: Saskatoon StarPhoenix for coverage of the La Loche school shooting; Edmonton Journal/Edmonton Sun/Fort McMurray Today for coverage of the wildfire and the evacuation of Fort McMurray; La Presse for coverage of the explosion of a truck carrying 45,000 litres of diesel fuel on busy Metropolitan Boulevard at rush hour; Metro Calgary/Metro Edmonton for coverage of the wildfire and the evacuation of Fort McMurray.

Business: Mark MacKinnon, Globe and Mail, for a story on how Bombardier does business in a murky market like Russia; Marina Strauss, Globe and Mail, for a look into the dramatic and fast-paced changes in the retailing sector; Bruce Livesey, National Observer, for coverage of the Irving family dominance in New Brunswick

Columns: Stéphanie Grammond, La Presse, for personal finance columns on pharmacies, banks and pharmaceutical companies; Melissa Martin, Winnipeg Free Press, for columns on Gord Downie, the right to die and a small-town Pride parade; Doug Saunders, Globe and Mail, for columns on gun ownership, sex crimes in Sweden and school bullies; Dawn Dumont, Saskatoon StarPhoenix, for commentary from the perspective of an indigenous woman embracing her heritage.

Editorial Cartooning: Brian Gable, Globe and Mail; Guy Badeaux, Le Droit; David Parkins, Globe and Mail.

Editorials: Ariane Krol, La Presse; Tony Keller, Globe and Mail; Jordan Himelfarb, Toronto Star.

Explanatory Work: Ann Hui, Globe and Mail, for probing the treatment of hens and the resulting egg products; Steve Buist, Hamilton Spectator, for explaining how immunotherapy offers the best hope to tame cancer; Grant Robertson and Karen Howlett, Globe and Mail, for reporting on the deadly opioid crisis; Anne Jarvis and Dave Battagello, Windsor Star, for reporting on the long-awaited Gordie Howe International Bridge linking Windsor and Detroit.

Feature Photo: Dario Ayala, Montreal Gazette, for a photo of a romantic moment during a heavy downpour; Leah Hennel, Calgary Herald/Calgary Sun, for a photo of a horseback rider out on the range; Andrew Vaughan, Canadian Press, for a winter surfing photo.

International: Mark MacKinnon, Globe and Mail, for reporting on Syria, Brexit and Turkey; Isabelle Hachey, La Presse, for coverage of Big Tobacco’s move into Malaysia, Kenya and other poor countries; Richard Warnica, National Post, for coverage of the U.S. presidential race.

Investigations: Isabelle Hachey, La Presse, for coverage of the thriving Cambodian “voluntourism” industry and the fraud artist orphanage owners who drive it; Kathy Tomlinson, Globe and Mail, for her exposé of unsavoury practices fuelling the Lower Mainland real estate boom in B.C.; David Bruser and Jayme Poisson, Toronto Star, for their series on 50 years of mercury leaching in northwestern Ontario; Randy Richmond, London Free Press, for his coverage of the wilful indifference that led to the death of a prisoner found unresponsive on a police cell floor.

Local Reporting: New Brunswick Telegraph-Journal team, for in-depth coverage of a day in the life, the history and the economy of a critical part of the community; Joe Fries, Penticton Herald, for coverage of how government institutions respond to Freedom-of-Information requests; Paul Schliesmann, Kingston Whig-Standard, for reporting on the plight of marginalized people and their shocking living standards; Justine Mercier, Le Droit, for the sad, shocking story of one family’s journey through the health-care system.

Long Feature: Christina Frangou, Globe and Mail, for a gut-wrenching and sometimes disturbing story of a young widow’s life in the aftermath of her husband’s death; Amy Dempsey, Toronto Star, for a story on the miscarriage of justice that resulted in a mentally-ill Canadian ending up in one of American’s most notorious prisons; Isabelle Hachey, La Presse, for the story of a woman’s four-year nightmare in the grips of an impostor.

News Feature Photo: Nathan Denette, Canadian Press, for capturing Prime Minister Justin Trudeau waving a flag during a Pride parade; Jason Franson, Canadian Press, for his photo of police directing traffic at the Fort McMurray wildfire; Veronica Henri, Toronto Sun, for her picture showing Rob Ford’s eight-year-old son holding a poster in the doorway of his home.

News Photo: Mark Blinch, Reuters, for a picture of a shirtless detainee who had been protesting the not-guilty verdict of radio host Jian Ghomeshi; Stan Behal, Toronto Sun, for a photo of a grieving father whose daughter was killed in an automobile accident; Amber Bracken, Globe and Mail, for a photo of a man being treated with milk of magnesia after being pepper-sprayed.

Politics: Paula Simons, Edmonton Journal/Edmonton Sun, for her investigation into the death of a four-year-old First Nations foster child; Steven Chase, Globe and Mail, for coverage of the Canadian government’s $15-billion deal to sell weaponized armoured vehicles to Saudi Arabia; Globe and Mail team for coverage of “cash for access” fundraisers that bring together Liberal politicians and those lobbying the government.

Presentation: Christopher Manza, Globe and Mail, for crafting story designs specifically for digital platforms; Philippe Teisceira-Lessard, Louis-Samuel Perron, Sophie Allard, Véronique Beaudet and Francis Auger, La Presse, for their visual presentation of the terrorist attack in Nice; Globe and Mail team for the visual depiction of the Fort McMurray fire.

Project of the Year: Sara Petrescu, Katie DeRosa and Louise Dickson, Victoria Times Colonist, for a five-day series on an overdose crisis; Globe and Mail team for stories on soldiers and vets who died by suicide after serving in Afghanistan; Kristy Kirkup and Sheryl Ubelacker, Canadian Press, for stories of indigenous Canadians terrorized by the emotional and physical impact of sexual abuse.

Short Feature: Lori Culbert, Vancouver Sun/The Province, for a story about a hiking family following a new path after a tragic accident; Andrew Cohen, Ottawa Citizen/Ottawa Sun, for a story on the death of his cousin, iconic Canadian singer Leonard Cohen; Hugo Pilon-Larose, La Presse, for a story on the sexual abuse of a young boy by film director Claude Jutra.

Sports: Mary Ormsby and Paul Hunter, Toronto Star, for a series on the dangers of boxing and its grim legacy; Marty Klinkenberg, Globe and Mail, for a profile of the first indigenous player in the NHL; Joe O’Connor, National Post, for stories on horse breeding, an ultra marathoner and hockey parents; Randy Turner, Winnipeg Free Press, for a story on small-town arenas and what they mean to their communities.

Sports Photo: Lucas Oleniuk, Toronto Star, for a shot of personal triumph at the finish line of an Olympic track event; Darryl Dyck, Canadian Press, for a photo showing the frantic hand action around a soccer ball; Leah Hennel, Calgary Herald/Calgary Sun, for a picture of a rodeo rider being trampled into the mud.

The Canadian Press

by Canadian Press

Globe and Mail nabs a leading 19 NNA nominations; Star gets 8, CP 5

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