{"id":627178,"date":"2026-04-25T06:38:12","date_gmt":"2026-04-25T06:38:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/627178\/"},"modified":"2026-04-25T06:38:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-25T06:38:12","slug":"globe-and-mail-canadian-press-win-big-at-national-newspaper-awards-winnipeg-free-press","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/627178\/","title":{"rendered":"Globe and Mail, Canadian Press win big at National Newspaper Awards \u2013 Winnipeg Free Press"},"content":{"rendered":"

TORONTO \u2013 \u00a0<\/p>\n

The Globe and Mail was the top winner at the 2025 National Newspaper Awards on Friday, while The Canadian Press won several awards including project of the year.<\/p>\n

The awards were handed out at a gala in Toronto.<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPeople gather for a candlelight march during a vigil on the street where a vehicle-ramming attack occurred at the Filipino community’s Lapu Lapu Day festival last week, on a provincial day of mourning for the victims, in Vancouver, on Friday, May 2, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS\/Darryl Dyck<\/p>\n

The Globe led with eight wins \u2013 three of them going to reporter Carrie Tait.<\/p>\n

Tait was named journalist of the year after winning the politics award. And she was the lead reporter on a Globe team entry in the investigation category for coverage of the ongoing procurement scandal with Alberta\u2019s health authority.<\/p>\n

Judges said Tait\u2019s political coverage was a model for investigative rigour and personal fortitude, and they noted a campaign of intimidation against her \u2014 a lawsuit, stalking, surveillance and harassment.<\/p>\n

\u201cTait did not retreat,\u201d the judges said. \u201cShe continued to report with discipline, precision, and restraint, navigating personal risk with a professionalism that has inspired colleagues across the profession.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Canadian Press had four wins.<\/p>\n

Reporter Liam Casey and photographer Christopher Katsarov Luna spent months producing a multimedia story on the Ring of Fire region in northern Ontario.<\/p>\n

Judges said the project of year \u2014 which included a nine-chapter feature, photo galleries and videos \u2014 brought depth to the story about complex development, economic opportunity and Indigenous rights.<\/p>\n

A CP reporting team was also recognized in the breaking news category for coverage of the Lapu Lapu street festival attack in Vancouver that killed 11 people.<\/p>\n

Judges praised reporters for their \u201cswiftness of response and sustained commitment to offering clarity and compassion.\u201d<\/p>\n

Two other CP photographers also claimed awards. Chris Young won best photo story for his series, From Moss Park with Love, about the safe consumption site at the epicentre of Toronto\u2019s opioid crisis.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe raw imagery captures the trauma of addiction with both compassion and love,\u201d judges said.<\/p>\n

Darryl Dyck won best sports photo for his celebratory snap of a player doing a backflip after scoring at the Canadian Championship soccer quarterfinal. Judges said: \u201cThe uniqueness of this composition pushed this photo over the edge.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Toronto Star and La Presse each had three wins.<\/p>\n

The Star\u2019s Cody Gault and Lucas Timmons won the inaugural award for innovation in journalism. They developed an automated search engine that providing real-time data in all ridings in the federal election.<\/p>\n

Nunatsiaq News also won its first National Newspaper Award for its special edition, published in Inuktitut and English, on the impact of the James Bay and Northern Quebec Agreement signed 50 years ago.<\/p>\n

Judges considered 927 entries from 77 news organizations across the country.<\/p>\n

This report by The Canadian Press was first published April 24, 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TORONTO \u2013 \u00a0 The Globe and Mail was the top winner at the 2025 National Newspaper Awards on…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":627179,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194296],"tags":[49,48,22073],"class_list":["post-627178","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-winnipeg","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-winnipeg"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/627178","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=627178"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/627178\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/627179"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=627178"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=627178"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=627178"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}