TORONTO, Ont. — Trucknews.com has been nominated for five awards at the second annual Canadian Online Publishing Awards.

The awards program, produced by Masthead, recognizes excellence in online editorial and innovation by Canadian magazine, newspaper, broadcast and Web site publishers.

Trucknews.com‘s nominations include three nods in the Best Video category for separate episodes of its WebTV show, Transportation Matters, a nomination for Best Overall Website (magazine) for trucknews.com itself, and a Best E-newsletter nod for executive editor James Menzies’ bi-weekly installment of “Hooked Up.”

Entries were judged in three divisions: the Red Division for custom, religious, and public association Web sites; the Blue Division, for business-to-business, professional association, farm, and scholarly Web sites; and new for 2010, the Green Division for daily and weekly newspapers and sites produced by broadcasters. Sites from The Globe and Mail, The Toronto Star and CBC are among the Green Division finalists. Trucknews.com will be competing in the Blue Division.

At last year’s inaugural COPA ceremony, Trucknews.com took home the Best Video trophy for Transportation Matters and was also named a finalist in the Best Overall Website category.

The 2010 COPA award ceremony will take place at the Gladstone Hotel in Toronto on Oct. 20. For more information or to see a complete list of finalists, visit www.canadianonlinepublishingawards.com.