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Best Direction, TV Movie

• Dateless to Dangerous: My Son’s Secret Life — Lifetime — Stefan Brogren
• Dying in Plain Sight — Lifetime — Michelle Ouellet
• Jingle Bell Love — CBC — Anne De Léan
• We Three Kings — Crave — Rob Adetuyi 
• The Wish Swap — CTV Life Channel — David I. Strasser

Best Direction, Drama Series

• Allegiance – Daddy Issues — CBC — Nimisha Mukerji
• Allegiance – Shine a Light — CBC — Sharon Lewis
• Heated Rivalry – I’ll Believe In Anything — Crave — Jacob Tierney
• Law & Order Toronto: Criminal Intent – Fool’s Gold — Citytv — Winnifred Jong
• Law & Order Toronto: Criminal Intent – The Man in the Stadium — Citytv — Sudz Sutherland

Best Direction, Variety or Sketch Comedy

• The 2025 JUNO Awards — CBC — Dave Russell
• Canada’s Got Talent: The World Class Finale — Citytv — Dave Russell
• Celebrating Our Canada, Loud and Proud — CBC — Shelagh O’Brien
• Hey Halifax, Hello! Today! – Jonathan Torrens — Fibe TV1 — Adam DeViller and Taylor Olson
• This Hour Has 22 Minutes – Fight of the Century — CBC — Jocelyn Corkum, Darrell Faria

Best Direction, Comedy

• Children Ruin Everything – Connection — CTV — Sasha Leigh Henry
• North of North – Carnivores — CBC — Zoe Hopkins
• North of North – Top of the World — CBC — Anya Adams
• Small Achievable Goals – Work Wife Balance — CBC Gem — Fab Filippo
• The Trades – Homeruns — Crave — Warren P. Sonoda

Best Direction, Lifestyle or Information

• The Good Stuff with Mary Berg – Halloween Special: Murder at the Manor — CTV — John Keffer
• Not Your Butter Chicken – Food is Sewa ‚ CBC Gem — Priyanka Desai
• Pamela’s Cooking with Love – Pamela and Chef Gregory Gourdet — Flavour Network — Shawn Viens
• The Social – 2024 National Day for Truth & Reconciliation Special — CTV — Gillian E. Parker
• Wild Rose Vets – Emergency Room — APTN — Frederick Kroetsch, Shirley A. McLean

Best Direction, Documentary Program

• Bam Bam: The Sister Nancy Story — Crave — Alison Duke
• Beethoven’s Nine: Ode to Humanity — TVO — Larry Weinstein
• Blue Rodeo: Lost Together — documentary Channel — Dale Heslip
• Who Killed the Montreal Expos? — Netflix — Jean-François Poisson
• Your Tomorrow — TVO — Ali Weinstein

Best Direction, Documentary Series

• Foodspiracy — CBC — Elizabeth Trojian
• Mafia: Most Wanted – Behind The Bosses — Crave — Trish Dolman
• Michelle Ross: Unknown Icon — CBC — Alison Duke
• Sounds Black – The Seeds — History — Cazhhmere Downey
• Stuff the British Stole – Operation Legacy — CBC — Stephanie Weimar

Best Direction, Children’s or Youth

• Dino Dex – Dino Discovery: Part 1 — TVOKids — J.J. Johnson
• Macy Murdoch – Tick, Tick, Gone — CBC Gem — Katie Boland
• The Next Step – The Comeback — YTV — Shelagh O’Brien
• Old Enough! – I’m Just Feeling My Nose — TVO — Ryan Marley
• Ruby and the Well – I Wish I Could Land a Sweet Deal — Family Channel — Felipe Rodriguez

Best Direction, Live Sports Event

• 2025 Stanley Cup Final: Oilers vs Panthers Game 6 — Sportsnet — John Szpala
• 2025 World Junior Gold Medal Game — TSN — Franklin Rubinstein
• Vinsanity: Celebrating a Legend — TSN — Chris Phillips

Best Direction, Animation

• The Bravest Knight – Cedric & the Gnomes — CBC Gem — Shabnam Rezaei and Eddie Soriano
• Daniel Tiger’s Neighbourhood – Daniel and Mom Make a Treat / Jodi Sleeps at Her Dad’s House — Family Jr. — Tammy Langton
• Rubble & Crew – The Crew Makes Christmas Magical — Treehouse TV — Dianna Basso, Trevor Hierons
• Wild Kratts – Mini Heroes Mighty Mouths — TVOKids — Louis Champagne and Chris Kratt
• Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum – I am Jackie Robinson — TVOKids — Hong Qi

Best Direction, Reality/Competition

• The Amazing Race Canada – Canada Is Something Special — CTV — Rob Brunner
• Battle of the Generations – Battle 30 — CTV — Harbinder Singh
• Canada’s Drag Race – Go Off Queen — Crave — Shelagh O’Brien
• Dragons’ Den – Episode 1 — CBC — Harbinder Singh
• The Traitors Canada – A Sacrificial Arrival — CTV/Crave — Francis Côté, Rémy Ouellet

Best Direction, Factual

• The Assembly – Howie Mandel — CBC — Heather Hawthorn Doyle
• Bollywed – God Only Made One Kuki — CBC — Rahul Chaturvedi, Rakesh Sidana, Sebastian Cluer
• Cursed Histories – The Curse of Tippecanoe, Oak Island, Knights Templar — Super Channel — Daniel Oron
• Ghosting with Luke Hutchie and Matthew Finlan – The Mine — CBC Gem — Nikki Chow
• Transplant Stories – The Life You Give — Knowledge Network — Sheona McDonald

Best Writing, TV Movie

• A ’90s Christmas — CTV Life Channel — Ryan Peckinpaugh
• Dateless to Dangerous: My Son’s Secret Life — Lifetime — Caitlin English
• The Love Club Moms: Jo — W Network — Barbara Kymlicka
• Love on the Danube: Love Song — W Network — Andrea Canning, Agnes Bristow

Best Writing, Drama Series

• Family Law – Play It Straight — Global — Corey Liu
• Heated Rivalry – I’ll Believe In Anything — Crave — Jacob Tierney
• Law & Order Toronto: Criminal Intent – Tango Romeo — Citytv — Tassie Cameron
• Mistletoe Murders – Cold War – Part 1 — W Network — Ken Cuperus
• Saint-Pierre – Queen Bee — CBC Gem — Allan Hawco, Robina Lord-Stafford

Best Writing, Comedy

• Children Ruin Everything – Sex — CTV — Andrew De Angelis
• North of North – Top of the World — CBC — Stacey Aglok MacDonald, Alethea Arnaquq-Baril
• Small Achievable Goals – Judy Bloomed — CBC Gem — Meredith MacNeill, Jennifer Whalen
• Small Achievable Goals – Work Wife Balance — CBC Gem — Jennifer Goodhue
• Son of a Critch – Happy 1990 — CBC — Amanda Joy

Best Writing, Lifestyle or Reality/Competition

• The Amazing Race Canada – Canada Is Something Special — CTV — Rob Brunner, Mark Lysakowski, Paulina Robak, Michael Tersigni
• The Amazing Race Canada – I’d Hug You But I Smell — CTV — Rob Brunner, Mark Lysakowski, Mark Peacock, Michael Tersigni
• Canada’s Drag Race – Go Off Queen — Crave — Brandon Ash-Mohammed, Trevor Boris, Spencer Fritz, Jake Benaim
• The Great Canadian Baking Show – Celebration Week — CBC — Nadine Djoury
• Top Chef Canada – Origin Stories — Flavour Network — Eric Abboud, Deanne Marsh, Daniel Klimitz

Best Writing, Documentary

• Bam Bam: The Sister Nancy Story — Crave — Alison Duke
• Digital Tsunami: Big Tech, Big A.I., Big Brother — Super Channel Quest — Fred Peabody
• Don’t Come Upstairs — CBC — Mika Collins, Mike Lobel
• Foodspiracy — CBC — Elizabeth Trojian, Victoria Lean
• Michelle Ross: Unknown Icon — CBC — Alison Duke, Meagan Brown, Sami Tesfazghi
• The Spoils — documentary Channel — Jamie Kastner

Best Writing, Children’s or Youth

• Gangnam Project – Here Comes Astra — CBC Gem — Corey Liu
• Macy Murdoch – Tick, Tick, Gone — CBC Gem — Jay Vaidya
• The Next Step – Dreamers in Tune — YTV — Romeo Candido
• The Next Step – Super Massive Mega Star — YTV — Amy Cole
• The Unstoppable Jenny Garcia – What is Happening to Me?! — CBC Gem — Catherine Hernandez

Barbara Sears Award for Best Editorial Research

• Bam Bam: The Sister Nancy Story — Crave — Jalana Lewis
• The Fifth Estate: The Shadow War on Libraries — CBC — Rachel Ward, Grant LaFleche, Matthew Pierce
• The Good Canadian — APTN/CBC — Chantelle Bellrichard, Jennifer Chiu, Paul Barnsley, Derrick O’Keefe, Anna Mehler Paperny
• Michelle Ross: Unknown Icon — CBC — Meagan Brown, Tania Cooper, Sheldon Shaw
• Who Killed the Montreal Expos? — Netflix — Sophie Charest, Nancy Audet

Barbara Sears Award for Best Visual Research

• Bam Bam: The Sister Nancy Story — Crave — Amy Fritz
• Dark Side of the Ring – Blood, Fire and the Original Sheik — Crave — Thea Toole, Kyle Parry
• Lilith Fair: Building a Mystery — CBC — Stefanie McCarrol, Tammy Egan, Judy Ruzylo
• Mafia: Most Wanted – Watch Your Back — Crave — Juan Andrés Bello, João Vitor Corrêa, Casey Lees, Lanna Lucas
• Who Killed the Montreal Expos? — Netflix — Shannon L’Hérault

Best Writing, Variety or Sketch Comedy

• The 2025 JUNO Awards — CBC — Michael Bublé, Luciano Casimiri, Kristeen Von Hagen, Kim Wheeler, Yemie Sonuga
• Abroad – Filipinos vs Filipino Diaspora — OMNI Television — Isabel Kanaan, Kevin Wallis, Wayne Testori, Byron Abalos
• All Access Comedy — AMI-tv — D.J. Demers, Joze Piranian, Dan Barra-Berger, Michael McCreary
• This Hour Has 22 Minutes – Oval Office Showdown — CBC — Jordan Foisy, Mark Critch, Mike Allison, Jeremy Woodcock, Nigel Grinstead, Aba Amuquandoh, Chris Wilson, Stacey McGunnigle, Ashley Botting, Dan Dillabough, Allana Reoch, Ajahnis Charley, Alan Shane Lewis, Clare Belford, Kyle Hickey, Peter Anthony, Isabella Campbell, Bita Joudaki

Best Writing, Animation

• Lana Longbeard – A Haunting, Ahoy — CBC Gem — Alice Prodanou
• Mermicorno: Starfall – Aftershocks — YTV — Jocelyn Geddie
• Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum – I am Gwen Ifill — TVOKids — Amy Brown
• Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum – I am Jackie Robinson — TVOKids — Meghan Read, Desmond Sargeant

Best Writing, Factual

• Ghost Hunters of the Grand River – Murney Tower — APTN — Peter Esteves
• Investigation Shark Attack – California Great Whites — USA Network — Michael Allcock
• Little Big Community – Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg — APTN — Angie Pepper O’Bomsawin, Vincenzo Giannelli
• Nintendo 64 Quest – The Future Is Here — Super Channel — Rob McCallum
• Still Standing – Prince Rupert, B.C. — CBC — Jonny Harris, Fraser Young, Graham Chittenden, Aisha Brown

Best Writing, Pre-School

• Bestest Day Ever with My Best Friend – Luna the Gecko’s Bestest Day Ever — CBC — Rennata López, Chloe Gray
• Go Togo – Float Like a Boat — CBC — Lindsay Lee
• Mittens & Pants – Abraca-Hamster — CBC — Haslett Murphy
• Mittens & Pants – Mittens & Pants Christmas Special — CBC — Phil McCordic
• Toopy and Binoo Fabulous Adventures – Giggling Flufferoos — CBC Gem — Anne-Marie Perrotta

Best Photography, Drama

• Heated Rivalry – I’ll Believe In Anything — Crave — Jackson Parrell
• Murder in a Small Town – Masterpiece — Global — Mark Berlet
• Plan B – Episode 3 — CBC Gem — Mathieu Laverdière
• Sight Unseen – About a Boy — CTV — Michael Marshall
• Wild Cards – Con in 60 Seconds — CBC — Lindsay George

Best Photography, Comedy

• Late Bloomer – Weekend at the Matthias’ — Crave — Gayle Ye
• North of North – Top of the World — CBC — Jackson Parrell
• The Office Movers – Mans Are Movin’ Different — Crave — Elad Winkler
• Small Achievable Goals – Making Work Friends — CBC Gem — Ann Tipper
• Son of a Critch – Field Party — CBC —Jason Tan

Best Photography, Lifestyle or Reality/Competition

• The Amazing Race Canada – I’m Just Practicing Falling — CTV — Ryan Shaw
• Beer Budget Reno – No Booty in this Kitchen — Home Network — Claudio Manni
• Flat Out Food – Sea Buckthorn — Citytv — Adam Burwell
• The Great Canadian Baking Show – Arts and Crafts Week — CBC — Adam Gladstone
• The Traitors Canada – A Sacrificial Arrival — CTV/Crave — Charles-Philippe Martel

Best Photography, Documentary or Factual

• Don’t Come Upstairs — CBC — Gabriela Osio Vanden
• Exclusion: Beyond the Silence — TELUS Optik TV — Iris Ng
• An Optimist’s Guide to the Planet – Reclaim — Crave — John Minh Tran
• The Pitch — TVO — John Minh Tran
• The Spoils — documentary Channel — Mark Caswell

Best Photography, News or Information

• APTN Investigates – Something in the Water — APTN — Tom Fennario
• APTN Investigates: Inside Policing – Deadly Force — APTN — Josh Grummett, Tamara Pimentel
• The Fifth Estate – Dawson Creek: We Want Our Town Back — CBC — Ousama Farag
• W5’s Avery Haines Investigates – Narco Jungle: The Death Train — CTV — Jerry Vienneau

Best Picture Editing, Drama

• Allegiance – The Vow — CBC — Katie Chipperfield
• BET – The Speakeasy — Netflix — Simone Smith
• Heated Rivalry – I’ll Believe In Anything — Crave — Véronique Barbe
• Heated Rivalry – Rose — Crave — Arthur Tarnowski
• Revival – A Rose And A Thorn — CTV Sci-Fi Channel — Sandy Pereira

Best Picture Editing, Factual

• 50,000 First Dates: A True Story – Head Over Heels — Amazon Prime Video Canada — Ryan Monteith, Ben O’Neil, Chelsea Bennett
• Beer Budget Reno – No Booty in this Kitchen — Home Network — Clare Elson
• Dark Side of the Cage – Nick Diaz — Crave — Burak Ozgan
• Dark Side of the Ring – Becoming Muhammad Hassan — Crave — Thomas Lieu, Peter Strauss
• Dark Side of the Ring – The Scream Queen: Daffney — Crave — Marc Ricciardelli, Peter Strauss

Best Picture Editing, Documentary

• Bam Bam: The Sister Nancy Story — Crave — Eugene Weis, CCE
• Big Feminine Energy — CBC — Steven Budd
• The Pitch — TVO — Michèle Hozer, Pauline Decroix
• Who Killed the Montreal Expos? — Netflix — Guillaume Rodrigue
• Your Tomorrow — TVO — Caitlin Durlak

Best Picture Editing, Reality/Competition

• Canada’s Drag Race – Go Off Queen — Crave — Peter Topalovic
• Canada’s Drag Race – Grand Finale — Crave — Lindsay Ragone
• Canada’s Ultimate Challenge – The Bracelet — CBC — Al Manson, Elianna Borsa, Dan Cable, Frange Cruces, Ellora Dela Fuente, Chris Donaldson, Jonathan Dowler, Jessica Graore, Andrew Gurney, Alex Marsolais-Whicher, Ben O’Neil, Jeff Perry, Jenny Reed, Curtis Rogers, Keisha Rose, Jaime Sanchez, Heather Skeoch, Stephen Watt, Jon Wong
• Top Chef Canada – Origin Stories — Flavour Network — Andrew Gurney, Elianna Borsa, Pat Fairbairn, Jessica Graore, Mike Scott, Craig Anderson
• The Traitors Canada – A Sacrificial Arrival — CTV/Crave — Alexy Veilleux, Francis Binet, Mathieu Boucher, J Deschamps, Chris Donaldson, Janelle Marsan, Jordan Tuff

Best Picture Editing, Comedy

• Late Bloomer – New Canadian — Crave — Baun Mah
• North of North – Dumpcano — CBC — Sam Thomson
• The Office Movers – Mans Are Movin’ Different — Crave — Branden Bratuhin
• Son of a Critch – Happy 1990 — CBC — Pauline Decroix
• The Trades – Family Work Party — Crave — Thorben Bieger

Best Picture Editing, Children’s or Youth

• Gangnam Project – Here Comes Astra — CBC Gem — Fabiola Caraza
• The Next Step – Finale — YTV — Steve Bedernjak
• Old Enough! – Where’s The Ginger, Please? — TVO — Olivia Shin, Kailey Birk
• SuperKlaus — Family Channel — Marie-Pier Barrette
• Wild Kratts – Mini Heroes Mighty Mouths — TVOKids — Martin Maleček, Nick Shaw

Best Sound, Fiction

• A Dance in the Snow — W Network — Bryan Day, Mike Woroniuk, James Bastable, Will Stephens, Raiza Rodrigues
• Heated Rivalry – I’ll Believe In Anything — Crave — Vincent Riendeau, Martin M Messier, Joe Scandella, Natalie Fleurant, Simon Meilleur, Eric Med Lagacé, Peter Lopata, Valéry Dufort-Boucher
• Law & Order Toronto: Criminal Intent – Face Value — Citytv — Martin Lee, J.R. Fountain, Brent Pickett, Rob Warchol, Joe Mancuso, Zenon Waschuk
• North of North – Top of the World — CBC — Peter Murphy, John Dykstra, Gabe Knox, Mike Woroniuk, Brent Pickett, Mark Dejczak, Ed Douglas, Virginia Storey, Rob Hegedus
• Small Achievable Goals – Family Matters — CBC Gem — Stephen Barden, Jill Purdy, Jeremy Fong, Chris Cobain, Chad Hunt

Best Sound, Animation

• Let’s Go, Bananas! – Yelloween — CBC — Mike Mancuso
• Rubble & Crew – The Crew Lifts Up City Hall / The Crew Builds a Rotating Restaurant — Treehouse TV — Richard Spence-Thomas, Patton Rodrigues, Timothy Muirhead, Luke Dante, Bethany Masters, Kyle Peters
• Unicorn Academy – Winter Solstice — Netflix — Brendan Quinn, Ethan Myers, Julian Rudd, Art Mullin, Sebastian Biega, Drew Snyder, Levi Considine, Kevin Chamberlain, Chris Battaglia, Tyler Tsang
• Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum – I am Matthew Henson — TVOKids — Mike Mancuso, Joe Tetreau, Sue Robertson, Ryan Eligh, Glenn Barna

Best Sound, Documentary or Factual

• Bam Bam: The Sister Nancy Story — Crave — Michelle Irving, Jordan Guy, Elma Bello, Derek Brin
• Don’t Come Upstairs — CBC — Kalvin Mallari, Diana Bahirian, Brianna Todd
• Incandescence — Amazon Prime Video Canada — Velcrow Ripper, David Pullmer, Miguel Nunes, Alex Macia, Devon Quelch
• The Pitch — TVO — Sanjay Mehta, Jason Hopfner, Ian Rodness, Jeremy Kessler, Deanna Marano
• The Spoils — documentary Channel — Mike Duncan

Best Sound, Lifestyle, Reality, or Entertainment

• The 2025 JUNO Awards — CBC — Mark Vreeken, Charles-Émile Beaudin, Doug McClement, Jeff Kozak
• The Amazing Race Canada – Double Roadblock — CTV — Mark Krupka, Luke McLean, Brian Gallant, Lisa Meitin
• Canada’s Drag Race – Go Off Queen — Crave — John Diemer, Scott Brachmayer, Rosie Eberhard, Levi Linton, Dane Kelly, Rob Taylor, Eric Leigh, Alastair Sims
• Canada’s Ultimate Challenge – The Bracelet — CBC — Mark Krupka, Chandra Bulucon, Lisa Meitin, Luke McLean
• Top Chef Canada – Film Fest — Flavour Network — Luke McLean, Mark Krupka, Chandra Bulucon, Lisa Meitin

Best Production Design or Art Direction, Fiction

• Heated Rivalry – I’ll Believe In Anything — Crave — Aidan Leroux
• Murdoch Mysteries – The Star of Mandalay — CBC — Bob Sher
• North of North – Top of the World — CBC — Andrew Berry
• Small Achievable Goals – The HR Seminar — CBC Gem — Ingrid Jurek, M-A Orenstein, Jenn Luckas
• Son of a Critch – Getting Doubles — CBC — Mark Steel, Rosalie Mackintosh

Best Production Design or Art Direction, Non-Fiction

• The Amazing Race Canada – Double Roadblock — CTV — Monika Geresz, Alesa J. Fazio, Conor Pike
• Canada’s Drag Race – Go Off Queen — Crave — Andrew Kinsella, Tara Smith
• Drag Brunch Saved My Life – The Library Bar, Paris ON — Crave — Crystal Westland, Andy Roskaft
• Pharaohs: Rise & Fall – Cleopatra: The Last Pharaoh — Super Channel — Vincent Perri, Michelle Tracey
• Top Chef Canada – Bocuse D’or Showdown — Flavour Network — Pete Faragher, Kevin Halliday, Braden Labonte

Best Costume Design

• BET – The BET Gala — Netflix — Charlene Akuamoah
• Heated Rivalry – I’ll Believe In Anything — Crave — Hanna Puley
• Murdoch Mysteries – A Starlet is Born — CBC —Joanna Syrokomla
• North of North – Carnivores — CBC — Debra Hanson
• Saint-Pierre – Bad Friends, Bons Ennemis — CBC Gem — Alison Ruth Hicks

Best Achievement in Make-Up

• BET – Game On — Netflix — Catherine Viot
• Canada’s Drag Race – The Slayoffs: Teams Edition — Crave — Viktor Peters
• Hell Motel – Blood Bath — Hollywood Suite — Melanie Quigg, Karly Madill, Alexandra Anger, Monica Pavez, Sava Zeranska
• Murdoch Mysteries – The Men Who Sold The World — CBC — Deb Drennan
• North of North – Top of the World — CBC — Dorota Mitoraj, Mikey Elliott

Best Visual Effects

• Dino Dex – Dino-Napped — TVOKids — Terry Bradley, Jake Fullerton, Susan Sullivan, Josh Joudrie, James Wallace, Kelly Milton, Jeff Robinson, Pedro Vilas, Ryan Smith, Nial McFadyen
• Heated Rivalry – I’ll Believe In Anything — Crave — Simon Devault, Philippe Massonnat, Christophe Trepanier, Felix Arsenault
• Mayday – Firebomber Down — USA Network — Andrew Szerszen
• North of North – Top of the World — CBC — Kevin Chandoo, Agnes Lim, Andy Chan, Lorne Kwechansky, Michael Key, Ken Nielsen, Andrew Nguyen, Alex Merritt-Gambrill, Zhou Zuo, Aditya Sawant
• Odd Squad – Should Odd Acquaintance Be Forgot: Part 1 & 2 — TVOKids — Terry Bradley, Daryl Shail, Teodora Ilie, James Wallace, Sean Kobus, Trevor Hunter, Nial McFadyen, Stephen Curran, Ryan Smith

Best Achievement in Hair

• BET – The BET Gala — Netflix — Renee Chan
• Canada’s Drag Race – Greetings Queenlings — Crave — Kirsten Klontz
• Law & Order Toronto: Criminal Intent – Bitter Pill — Citytv — Simone Finch
• Murdoch Mysteries – The Men Who Sold The World — CBC — Shirley Bond
• North of North – Carnivores — CBC — Chrystal Lotz, Tasha Cadotte

Best Original Music, Animation

• Go Togo – Stella the Leader — CBC — Peter Chapman, Shaw-Han Liem
• Rubble & Crew – The Crew Makes Christmas Magical — Treehouse TV — Brian Pickett, Graeme Cornies, James Chapple
• Snoopy Presents: A Summer Musical — Apple TV+ — Jeff Morrow
• Thomas & Friends: The Christmas Letter Express — Treehouse TV — Erica Procunier
• Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum – I am William Shakespeare — TVOKids — Meiro Stamm

Best Original Music, Drama

• Allegiance – Unsee This — CBC — Brian Chan, Caleb Chan
• Heated Rivalry – Rookies — Crave — Peter Peter
• Mistletoe Murders – ’Twas the Fight Before Christmas – Part 2 — W Network — Rob Melamed, Ryan McLarnon
• Ruby and the Well – I Wish… I Wish… I Wish… — Family Channel — Robert Carli, Lora Bidner
• SurrealEstate – Battleground — CTV Sci-Fi Channel — Spencer Creaghan

Best Original Music, Comedy

• Children Ruin Everything – Sleepovers — CTV — Nikhil Seetharam
• North of North – Top of the World — CBC — Brian Chan, Caleb Chan
• Small Achievable Goals – Judy Bloomed — CBC Gem — Thomas Westin, Benjamin Pinkerton, Ian LeFeuvre
• The Trades – Night Shift — Crave — Jonathan Goldsmith

Best Original Music, Documentary

• Bam Bam: The Sister Nancy Story — Crave — Orin Isaacs
• Into the Universe: Mysteries of the Cosmos – Beyond the Singularity — Super Channel — Adrian Ellis
• Mafia: Most Wanted – Behind The Bosses — Crave — Jesse Zubot, Josh Zubot, Jason Sharp
• The Pitch — TVO — Russell Walker, Neil Chapman
• The Spoils — documentary Channel — Tom Third

Best Original Music, Factual, Lifestyle, Reality, or Entertainment

• Coastal Carvings – A Family Business — APTN — Todd Forsbloom
• Dark Side of the Cage – The Disappearance of Ronda Rousey — Crave — Nikhil Seetharam
• Dark Side of the Ring – The Scream Queen: Daffney — Crave — Andrew Gordon MacPherson
• Into the Void – Dimebag Darrell — Crave — Andrew Gordon MacPherson
• Wildfire – Passing the Torch — Knowledge Network — Andrew Harris

Best Original Music – Original Song

• Daniel Tiger’s Neighbourhood – Daniel Does It His Way – “Do It Your Way” — Family Jr. — Brian Pickett, James Chapple, Graeme Cornies
• Heated Rivalry – Olympians – “It’s You” — Crave — Peter Peter
• Mittens & Pants – Mittens & Pants Christmas Special – “Sneaking and Creeping” — CBC — Meiro Stamm, Antonio Naranjo, Phil McCordic
• Snoopy Presents: A Summer Musical – “A Place Like This” — Apple TV+  — Jeff Morrow
• Trapped in the Spotlight – “Angel Shot” — Super Channel Fuse — Steph Copeland, Matthew O’Halloran, Kibra Tesfaye

Best News or Information Segment

• APTN Investigates: Inside Policing – Deadly Force — APTN
• CBC Investigates – Tracking Canada’s Fascist Fight Clubs — CBC
• CBC NL: Here & Now – Pure Hell: Tracking Cocaine from Colombia to Canada — CBC
• CBC Ottawa at 6 – Bandages Over Bullet Holes — CBC
• The National – We Visited a Palestinian Village – Then Israeli Settlers Showed Up — CBC

Best Sports Feature Segment

• Branded: The Elic Ayomanor Story — TSN — Matthew Dorman, Sara Bonnetta, Farhan Lalji, Curry Leamen, Steve Denheyer
• Man of the City — TSN — Matthew Dorman, Sara Bonnetta, Sean Dunnam, Mark Utley
• Mark and Julia: The Last Goodbye — Sportsnet — Stephen Paine, Shi Davidi, Devon Burns, David Tredgett, Brodie Thiessen, Tim Hagoriles
• Todd Simpson: Flame Fighter — Sportsnet — Mark Wade, Mark Utley, Scott Lennox, Jeremy McElhanney

Best Sports Opening

• 4 Nations Face-off Championship: Canada vs USA — Sportsnet — Phillip Rzentkowski, Ryan Tonnellato, Kevin Fallis, Brian Spear, Carson Illidge, Ed Hall
• Blue Jays Home Opener 2025 — Sportsnet — Domenic Gentile, Hazel Mae, Andrew Cox, Kevin Fallis, Carson Illidge, Jake Levinsky
• Calgary Stampede Rangeland Derby Open – What Is Chuckwagon Racing — Sportsnet — Michael Little, Cindy Gillies, Steve Katakami, Georgiy Besedin, Mitch Lee, Todd Kimberley
• TradeCentre — TSN — Devon Burns, Sara Bonnetta, Steve Denheyer, Michael Lane, Matthew Cade, James Duthie

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