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CBC Saskatchewan and CBC Saskatoon win combined 8 regional RTDNA awards
CBC Saskatchewan and CBC Saskatoon have won a combined eight Radio Television Digital News Association (RTDNA) Canada Prairie Region Awards.
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Posted: May 18, 2021 5:04 PM CT | Last Updated: May 18
Theresa Kliem s piece on a 90-year-old woman s flight on a Tiger Moth for her birthday won for excellence in sound.(CBC/Theresa Kliem)
CBC Saskatchewan and CBC Saskatoon have won a combined eight Radio Television Digital News Association (RTDNA) Canada Prairie Region Awards.
The annual awards from the RTDNA recognize excellence in digital, audio and visual journalism.
CBC Saskatchewan won for overall excellence in digital journalism.
CBC Saskatchewan and CBC Saskatoon up for a combined 26 regional RTDNA awards
The winners of the Radio Television Digital News Association awards will be announced in a virtual awards ceremony May 18.
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Posted: Apr 28, 2021 8:52 PM CT | Last Updated: April 29
(Left to right, top to bottom): Dr. Susan Shaw, ICU nurses Whitney Walker-Ross and Andrea Kosloski, advanced care paramedic Travis Bolen and Dr. Hassan Masri. Faces of COVID-19 is up for a regional RTDNA this year. (CBC)
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The worst thing Perry Mcleod ever pulled out of a cistern was a car battery.
âThe family didnât know. They were using the water to wash their clothes, wash their dishes, wash their faces, brush their teeth,â he says.
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Mcleod is the water treatment plant operator at Peepeekisis Cree Nation, located roughly 110 kilometres northeast of Regina.
There are 150 homes, about 90 per cent of which are not hooked up to the water treatment plant. Water from the plant is pumped into trucks and driven to most homes, where it goes into cisterns â large concrete storage tanks.
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The worst thing Perry Mcleod ever pulled out of a cistern was a car battery.
âThe family didnât know. They were using the water to wash their clothes, wash their dishes, wash their faces, brush their teeth,â he says.
We apologize, but this video has failed to load.
Try refreshing your browser. Lack of funding for piped water on First Nations in Sask. means some canât drink from their taps Back to video
Mcleod is the water treatment plant operator at Peepeekisis Cree Nation, located roughly 110 kilometres northeast of Regina.
There are 150 homes, about 90 per cent of which are not hooked up to the water treatment plant. Water from the plant is pumped into trucks and driven to most homes, where it goes into cisterns â large concrete storage tanks.