The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation picked up the most awards during Monday night’s Gemini Awards, honouring the best in Canadian news and sports television.

It was no surprise that CBC walked away with nearly everything last night, as CTV News didn’t participate in the Canadian awards show.

CTV president Robert Hurst announced earlier this year that CTV News would not participate in the awards because the time involved in preparing entries was not worth the effort.

Winners in other categories were to be announced Tuesday and Wednesday nights with a complete broadcast on Global on Nov. 4.

List of winners of the documentary, news and sports awards:

Best history documentary program: Breaking Point, CBC Television; Jacqueline Corkery.

Best biography documentary program: Braindamadj’d, Take II, Apartment 11 Productions, CBC Newsworld; Jonathan Finkelstein, Allan Joli-Cur.

Best science, technology, nature, environment or adventure documentary program: Being Caribou, National Film Board of Canada; Tracey Friesen, Rina Fraticelli.

Best performing arts program or series or arts documentary program or series: Prisoners of Age, the Eyes Project Development Corp.; Stan Feingold.

Best sports program or series: Hockey Brawl: Battle on Thin Ice, Ocular Productions Inc., Behind the Brawl Inc., Numan Films, Ocular Productions; Jeff Newman, Robert Sauvey, Shawn Watson.

Best live sporting event: 2006 World Junior Hockey Championship: Gold Medal Game, TSN; Mark Milliere, Jon Hynes.

Best news special event coverage: CBC News: 60th Anniversary of V-E Day; Mark Bulgutch, Tom Dinsmore, Fred Parker.

Best direction in a news information program or series: Michael Gruzuk, CBC News: Marketplace,for Chasing the Cancer Answer.

Best direction in a documentary program: Paul Nadler, Braindamadj’d, Take II.

Best direction in a documentary series: David Rabinovitch, Secret Files of the Inquisition — Tears of Spain.

Best direction in a live sporting event: Paul Hemming, 2006 World Junior Hockey Championship: Gold Medal Game.

Best photography in an information program or series: J. P. Locherer C.S.C., Damir Chytil C.S.C. for Forensic Factor, Betrayed.

Best photography in a documentary program or series: François Dagenais C.S.C. for No More Tears Sister.

Best picture editing in an information program or series: Aileen McBride, CBC News: Marketplace, for Chasing the Cancer Answer.

Best picture editing in a documentary program or series: Howard Goldberg, How William Shatner Changed the World.

Best sound in an information/documentary program or series: Steve Cupani, Extreme Weather: Wind and Water.

Best original music score for a documentary program or series: Bertrand Chenie, Perreault Dancer.

Best news magazine segment: CBC News: The National for Suzanne; Paul Kennedy, Eric Foss, Catherine McIsaac, Alex Shprintsen.

Best sports play-by-play or analyst: Chris Cuthbert, Glen Suitor, CFL on TSN: Wendy’s CFL Live: Calgary at Saskatchewan.

Outstanding technical achievement: OpenGear Multi-Definition/Multi-Function Terminal Equipment Platform.






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