Amazing Race Canada wins big on 2nd night of Canadian Screen Awards

The awards were for season seven, which was won by Indigenous, two-spirit couple Anthony Johnson and James Makokis.

The annual in-person Canadian Screen Awards galas celebrating homegrown film, TV and digital media were cancelled in March due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television is instead revealing this year’s winners in a series of pre-recorded online presentations this week.

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The videos are being live-streamed on the academy’s website as well as its Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube channels.

Another enduring hit television series, the animated children’s program PAW Patrol on TVOKids, was next with four awards.

Its honours included best pre-school program or series, and best direction in animation.

Best animated program or series went to Corner Gas Animated, which airs on The Comedy Network and won a total of three awards.

CBC’s Power & Politics won in the category of best live production, social media for its digital special on NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh’s byelection win in B.C.

Never Have I Ever star Maitreyi Ramakrishnan and comedy actress Emma Hunter narrated Tuesday night’s awards, which covered the categories of children’s and youth programming, and lifestyle and reality.

Several programs netted two trophies apiece, including the 2018 Scotiabank Giller Prize gala on CBC; Dino Dana on TVOKids; Holly Hobbie on Family Channel; and Mary’s Kitchen Crush on CTV.

Other winners included CTV’s The Social, which won best talk program or series, and the network’s etalk, which took best entertainment news program.

Citytv’s Breakfast Television was declared best morning show.

CBC’s flagship newscast The National and the documentary The Accountant of Auschwitz were the big winners in Monday night’s awards show, taking four trophies apiece.

Wednesday’s presentations will honour scripted programs, while Thursday’s final show will cover cinematic arts.