> From: Tom Walters
> Sent: Friday, June 09, 2006 5:09 PM
> To: Vancouver Staff
> Subject: National Awards for CTV News
>
> Everyone -
>
> It's official. The program we do at Six o'clock every night is the Best
> Newscast in Canada. That's not just our opinion... but the opinion of our
> industry. The Radio-Television News Directors Association national awards
> dinner is underway in St. John's Newfoundland right now... and CTV British
> Columbia has won two of the most prestigious awards in Canadian
> journalism.
>
> For the second time in four years, we have won the National Charlie
> Edwards Award, for Best Breaking News Coverage.
>
> And we have also won what is generally considered the biggest of the RTNDA
> Awards... the National Bert Cannings Award for Best Newscast!
>
> Best. In Canada. Period.
>
> What is so significant about both these awards is that they recognize the
> real heart and soul of what we do. We have committed ourselves to being
> the best at breaking news and to producing the best newscast. These goals
> require the efforts and contributions of the entire team