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Hamilton Spectator
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- Hamilton Spectator
Tragically Hip docuseries, ‘Canada's Drag Race' dominate early Canadian Screen Awards
TORONTO - A Prime Video docuseries on the Tragically Hip has nabbed a leading seven wins at the Canadian Screen Awards. 'The Tragically Hip: No Dress Rehearsal' from Amazon Prime Video Canada dominated a Friday evening bash for documentary, factual, lifestyle and reality categories – one of several weekend galas to celebrate the best in homegrown film, television and digital media. Trophies for the four-part docuseries included best biography or arts documentary series and best director for Michael Downie, brother of the band's late frontman Gord Downie. Crave's drag queen competition series 'Canada's Drag Race' ruled five categories, including best host for Brooke Lynn Hytes, Brad Goreski and Traci Melchor. A best sound prize for 'Canada's Drag Race: Canada vs. The World' handed the franchise an additional trophy. Earlier in the day, a gala for news, entertainment and sports programming gave CBC's long-running satirical comedy 'This Hour Has 22 Minutes' four awards – best program, writing, direction and performance. The afternoon bash also named singer Nelly Furtado best host of a live entertainment special for steering the 2024 Juno Awards, in which the 'I'm Like a Bird' songstress performed a medley of her hits. The show also won best live entertainment special. The title for best national newscast went to CTV News' 'National News with Omar Sachedina,' best news or information series went to CBC's 'The Fifth Estate,' and best talk or entertainment news series went to CTV's 'The Good Stuff with Mary Berg.' Berg picked up two more wins Friday night when she nabbed best host for her CTV Life Channel show 'Mary Makes It Easy,' which also collected best lifestyle series. Best news anchor went to Adrienne Arsenault for her work on CBC's 'The National,' best national reporter went to Jeff Semple of 'Global National,' and best local reporter went to CBC Indigenous's Jackie McKay. Two galas on Saturday will cover the bulk of awards in the film and television categories. Marquee categories for top winners, including best film and best TV drama and comedy, will be announced Sunday and broadcast by CBC. At the afternoon gala on Friday, TSN's coverage of the 2024 Copa America earned three wins — for best sports program, opening and host, for James Duthie. CBC's extensive coverage of the 2024 Paris Olympics nabbed two awards. The public broadcaster picked up best sports play-by-play for Mark Lee, and later in the night won best original music among factual, lifestyle, reality and entertainment categories. Best local news cast and local news anchor went to 'Global BC News Hour' and its deskers Chris Gailus and Sophie Lui. This report by The Canadian Press was first published May 30, 2025.
Hamilton Spectator
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- Hamilton Spectator
‘22 Minutes,' Nelly Furtado among early Canadian Screen Award winners
TORONTO - CBC sketch comedy 'This Hour Has 22 Minutes,' TSN's soccer coverage and singer Nelly Furtado were among the big winners at the first of several Canadian Screen Awards galas. A ceremony for news, entertainment and sports categories named the 'I'm Like a Bird' singer best host of a live entertainment special for steering the 2024 Juno Awards, which also won best live entertainment special. The biggest haul went to CBC's long-running satirical news show, which claimed four wins in sketch comedy categories – for best program, writing, direction and performance. The title for best national newscast went to CTV News' 'National News with Omar Sachedina,' best news or information series went to CBC's 'The Fifth Estate,' and best talk or entertainment news series went to CTV's 'The Good Stuff with Mary Berg.' Best news anchor went to Adrienne Arsenault for her work on CBC's 'The National,' best national reporter went to Jeff Semple of 'Global National,' and best local reporter went to CBC Indigenous's Jackie McKay. Another bash set for Friday evening was set to honour documentary, factual, lifestyle and reality categories. Two galas on Saturday will cover the bulk of awards in the film and television categories. Marquee categories for top winners in Canadian film, television and digital media will be announced Sunday and broadcast by CBC. On Friday, TSN's coverage of the 2024 Copa America earned three wins — for best sports program, opening and host, for James Duthie. CBC's coverage of the 2024 Paris Olympics nabbed one win, for best sports play-by-play for Mark Lee. Best local news cast and local news anchor went to 'Global BC News Hour' and its deskers Chris Gailus and Sophie Lui. This report by The Canadian Press was first published May 30, 2025.
Winnipeg Free Press
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- Winnipeg Free Press
'22 Minutes,' Nelly Furtado among early Canadian Screen Award winners
TORONTO – CBC sketch comedy 'This Hour Has 22 Minutes,' TSN's soccer coverage and singer Nelly Furtado were among the big winners at the first of several Canadian Screen Awards galas. A ceremony for news, entertainment and sports categories named the 'I'm Like a Bird' singer best host of a live entertainment special for steering the 2024 Juno Awards, which also won best live entertainment special. The biggest haul went to CBC's long-running satirical news show, which claimed four wins in sketch comedy categories – for best program, writing, direction and performance. The title for best national newscast went to CTV News' 'National News with Omar Sachedina,' best news or information series went to CBC's 'The Fifth Estate,' and best talk or entertainment news series went to CTV's 'The Good Stuff with Mary Berg.' Best news anchor went to Adrienne Arsenault for her work on CBC's 'The National,' best national reporter went to Jeff Semple of 'Global National,' and best local reporter went to CBC Indigenous's Jackie McKay. Another bash set for Friday evening was set to honour documentary, factual, lifestyle and reality categories. Two galas on Saturday will cover the bulk of awards in the film and television categories. Weekly A weekly look at what's happening in Winnipeg's arts and entertainment scene. Marquee categories for top winners in Canadian film, television and digital media will be announced Sunday and broadcast by CBC. On Friday, TSN's coverage of the 2024 Copa America earned three wins — for best sports program, opening and host, for James Duthie. CBC's coverage of the 2024 Paris Olympics nabbed one win, for best sports play-by-play for Mark Lee. Best local news cast and local news anchor went to 'Global BC News Hour' and its deskers Chris Gailus and Sophie Lui. This report by The Canadian Press was first published May 30, 2025.
Epoch Times
19-05-2025
- Business
- Epoch Times
China Understands ‘Divisions' in Canada, Pitting Region Against Region With Targeted Tariffs: Alberta Premier Smith
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says China is exploiting 'divisions' in Canada by responding to Ottawa's electric vehicle tariffs—which primarily impact industries in Eastern Canada—by imposing tariffs on canola products, which are produced primarily in the West. 'I can only interpret that as the Chinese understand the divisions in our country. They understand that if you're going to retaliate and create maximum pressure, you do it by pitting one region against the other,' Smith said at a The premier said Ottawa's 'The unfortunate consequence of that is that we now have a 100 percent tariff on vehicles nobody really wants in Canada—because I don't think there's a massive amount of demand for Chinese electric vehicles—to protect an electric vehicle industry in Canada that doesn't yet exist because those investments haven't been made,' she said. 'And the consequence of that is the Chinese retaliation has been against the products everybody does want, which is pork and canola.' China's retaliatory tariffs, which took effect on March 20, Related Stories 5/17/2025 5/2/2025 Smith said the impact of Chinese tariffs on Canada's agricultural communities is 'massive,' adding that The federal government had 'We would never be a back door to cheap Chinese vehicle[s] which are overly subsidized and where they don't respect labour law and environmental laws,' then-Industry Minister François-Philippe Champagne said in March, following Beijing's retaliation. Demand for electric vehicles in Canada has been declining. According to Statistics Canada's recent data, EV sales in March A drop in sales has also led to some auto manufacturers Trade Relationships Smith noted Canada's relationship with China has not returned to the state it was in before the arbitrary detention of Canadian citizens Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor by Beijing, which spanned from 2018 to 2021. The two men were detained on espionage charges just days after Canada arrested Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou over a U.S. extradition warrant for fraud. Both spent nearly three years in Chinese prisons before being released in a deal that saw Meng allowed to return to China. Appearing on CTV News' Power Play on May 15, Kovrig Kovrig also warned that Beijing is seeking to dominate global supply chains by controlling critical minerals and advanced technology, including artificial intelligence (AI). In the May 16 press conference, Smith said the United States is 'very '[The Americans] understand that if China gets the dominance over North America, it's going to really change the way the world operates,' she said. The premier suggested that besides the 'AI battle,' the 'economic battle' the United States is engaging in with China currently will influence how Ottawa shapes its relationships with Washington and Beijing in the future. 'I think that the Americans, as part of a condition to getting access to their market, are increasingly going to be asking for restrictions on how much trade we do with China,' she said, citing the steel and aluminum sector and the auto industry as examples. Smith said her government is seeking to better understand the evolving dynamics of Canada-U.S. relations through her province's 'This is a different kind of conversation than we might have had a year ago, but it's a very important one for us to have to understand how do we maintain the preferential relationship with the United States, still find new markets, but ... find the balance so that we don't have to sacrifice one over the other.' Carolina Avendano and Olivia Gomm contributed to this report.
CTV News
03-05-2025
- General
- CTV News
Canadians honoured in 80th anniversary of Dutch liberation
Citizens and veterans gathered to celebrate the anniversary of Canadian solders liberating the Netherlands. CTV News' Andrew Johnson reports.
