• Best Direction in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series
Jeff Woolnough – Keep Your Head Up Kid: The Don Cherry Story

• Best Writing in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series
Tim Cherry – Keep Your Head Up Kid: The Don Cherry Story

• Best Photography in a Dramatic Program or Series
Glen MacPherson – Keep Your Head Up Kid: The Don Cherry Story

• Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series
Jared Keeso – Keep Your Head Up Kid: The Don Cherry Story

• Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Supporting Role in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series
Sarah Manninen – Keep Your Head Up Kid: The Don Cherry Story

• Best Costume Design
Patti Henderson – Keep Your Head Up Kid: The Don Cherry Story

• Best Production Design or Art Direction in a Fiction Program or Series
Rejean Labrie – Keep Your Head Up Kid: the Don Cherry Story

8 nominations for Less Than Kind
A smart, edgy, dysfunctional half-hour comedy that follows 15-year-old Sheldon Blecher, his self-destructive driving instructor father, his pyromaniac mother and his failed-actor brother as they try to revive their failing family business. It's a sharp and humorous look at the collisions and twists that happen between the hugs and kisses in a "loving" family.

• Best Comedy Program or Series
(Buffalo Gal Pictures, Breakthrough Films & Television, E1 Entertainment)
p. Phyllis Laing, Ira Levy, Peter Williamson

• Best Direction in a Comedy Program or Series
James Dunnison - Less Than Kind - First Nighters

• Best Writing in a Comedy or Variety Program or Series
Jenn Engels – Less Than Kind - Fatso Loves Lesbo
Marvin Kaye, Chris Sheasgreen – Less Than Kind - Third Death’s The Charm

• Best Individual Performance in a Comedy Program or Series
Benjamin Arthur - Less Than Kind - That’s Somebody’s Knish!
Lisa Durupt – Less Than Kind - Road Trip
Wendel Meldrum – Less Than Kind - I Am Somewhere

• Best Achievement in Main Title Design
Trevor Hembrey – Less Than Kind

2 nominations for One Ocean
A Special 4-Part Series exploring the past, present and future of the world's ocean and our race against the clock to save them. Episode Three, Mysteries of the Deep takes us to the most beguiling parts of the sea, the very depths that we know so little about.

• Best Science, Technology, Nature, Environment or Adventure Documentary Program
One Ocean: Mysteries of the Deep (Merit Motion Pictures)
p. Merit Jensen Carr ,Michael Allder, Caroline Underwood

• Best Cross-Platform Project – Non-Fiction
One Ocean Interactive (Merit Motion Pictures)
p. Merit Jensen Carr, Alexandra Rosentreter, Kevin Glasier, Vergil Kanne

1 nomination for The Secret World of Shoplifting
This one-hour documentary examines the rise in retail crime and how the consumer's quest for the lowest price fuels the market for stolen merchandise. Featuring astonishing security camera footage, the latest crime-fighting technology and interviews from both sides of the law, The Secret World of Shoplifting investigates why people steal, what others are doing to fight it, and how retail theft affects us all.

• Best Original Music Score for a Documentary Program or Series
Shawn Pierce – The Secret World of Shoplifting (Produced by Merit Motion Pictures)

1 nomination for Til Debt Do Us Part
To save families from the doldrums of debt, Til Debt Do Us Part follows financial wizard Gail Vaz-Oxlade as she helps families go from red to black by getting to the root of their destructive spending habits.

• Best Lifestyle/Practical Information Series
(Frantic Films)
p. Jamie Brown, Jennifer Horvath

1 nomination for Pitchin’ In
Follow renowned chef Lynn Crawford as she travels across the world in search of the freshest and finest ingredients, all the while learning about sustainable food production.

• Best Host in a Lifestyle/Practical Information, or Performing Arts Program or Series
Lynn Crawford – Pitchin’ In – Shrimp (Produced by Frantic Films)

2 nominations for CBC News: Winnipeg
A live news program that runs weekdays at 5, 5:30 and 6 p.m. Provocative and to the point, the CBC Winnipeg news team works to bring Manitoba viewers a unique blend of local, national and international news.

• Best Local Newscast, Large Market
CBC News: Winnipeg
p. Melanie Verhaeghe, Chris Armstrong, Kevin Cox, Brad Lillies (CBC Winnipeg)

• Best Breaking Reportage, Local
Sheila North-Wilson - CBC News: Winnipeg – Homeless Rescue, Homeless Hero, & Rescue Reunion