CBC SCORES 15 AWARDS AT THE 2016 CANADIAN SCREEN AWARDS OPENING NIGHT GALA

  “My congratulations go out to all of our nominees and winners from Tuesday’s gala, especially to CBC News on their impressive eight wins,” said Heather Conway, executive vice president,
  English services, CBC. “Rosie Barton and Ian Hanomansing exemplify CBC News Network’s industry-leading news coverage, and I can’t think of a better way to have celebrated International Women’s Day than with a historic win by a deserving sports broadcaster like Andi Petrillo. I’m also pleased that our coverage of missing and murdered indigenous women has been recognized by The Academy, as CBC feels strongly about bringing these stories to all Canadians.”

  Barton was honoured with the award for Best Host or Interviewer in a News or Information Program or Series as host of CBC News
  Network’s Power & Politics. A regular contributor to Power & Politics since 2009, she began
  hosting the program on an interim basis in July 2015, before being confirmed as the permanent host in January
  2016. Barton’s fellow CBC News Network host Ian Hanomansing took home the award for Best News Anchor, National. The Vancouver-based Hanomansing
  has been with CBC since 1986, as a reporter, anchor and interviewer. His win on Tuesday
  night recognizes his stellar work as the anchor of CBC News Network’s daily prime-time coverage.

  Petrillo’s Canadian Screen Award win for Best Sports Host in a Sports Program or Series category makes her the first female broadcaster to be
  honoured by the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television with an award (Canadian Screen Award or Gemini Award) as a host in a sports program or series.
  Petrillo was recognized for her work on CBC’s coverage of the Toronto 2015 Pan Am Games as host of Pan Am Afternoon. She
currently hosts CBC Sports’ Road to the Olympic Games alongside Scott Russell, and is also set to host   Olympic Games Daytime alongside David Amber during CBC/Radio-Canada’s coverage of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games and
  was recently named anchor/host of TSN 1050’s Leafs Lunch.

  Comedy legend Norm MacDonald will host the live broadcast of the 2016 Canadian Screen Awards on CBC-TV at 8 p.m. (9 AT | 9:30 NT) on Sunday, March 13,
  2016. Leading up to the broadcast, Canadians can share their thoughts on the nominees on Twitter @CBC using
  #CdnScreen16.

  2016 Canadian Screen Award wins for the CBC on Tuesday, March 8 include:

  Barbara Sears Award for Best Editorial Research

  the fifth estate
  —The Mob and Michael Degroote

  Nicole Reinert, Alexandra Byers, Greg McArthur, Zach Dubinsky, Chelsea Gomez, Joseph Loiero

  Barbara Sears Award for Best Visual Research

  The Nature of Things
  : Jellyfish Rule!

  Gina Cali

  Best Biography or Arts Documentary Program or Series

  Balletlujah

 
  (Corkscrew Media)

  Scott Henuset, Heather Edwards, Brent Kawchuk

  Best Cross-Platform Project - Non-Fiction

  CBC News and CBC Aboriginal
  : Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women

  Connie Walker, William Wolfe-Wylie, Tiar Wilson, Kimberly Ivany, Michael Pereira

  Best Factual Program or Series

  Still Standing

 
  (Frantic Films)

  Jamie Brown, Catherine Legge, Jeff Peeler

  Best History Documentary Program or Series

  Vietnam: Canada’s Shadow War

 
  (Merit Motion Pictures)

  Merit Jensen Carr, Andy Blicq

  Best Host or Interviewer in a News or Information Program or Series

  CBC News Network—Power & Politics

  Rosemary Barton

  Best News Anchor, Local

  CBC News: Vancouver at 6

  Andrew Chang

  Best News Anchor, National

  CBC News Network with Ian Hanomansing

  Ian Hanomansing

  Best News or Information Program

  CBC News: Marketplace—Licence to Deceive

  Tiffany Foxcroft, Tyana Grundig, Erica Johnson, Morna Scott-Dunne, Bill Arnold

  Best Original Music for a Non-Fiction Program or Series

  The Great Human Odyssey
  —Rise of a Species

  Darren Fung

  Best Photography in a News or Information Program, Series or Segment

  CBC News: The National
  —Losing Liberia

  Jean-Francois Bisson

  Best Reportage, National

  CBC News: The National
  —Ebola

  Adrienne Arsenault

  Best Science or Nature Documentary Program or Series

  The Great Human Odyssey

 
  (Clearwater Documentary)

  Niobe Thompson

  Best Sports Host in a Sports Program or Series

  2015 Pan Am Games—Pan Am Afternoon

  Andi Petrillo

  About CBC/Radio-Canada

  CBC/Radio-Canada is Canada’s national public broadcaster and one of its largest cultural institutions. The Corporation is a leader in reaching Canadians on
  new platforms and delivers a comprehensive range of radio, television, internet, and satellite-based services. Deeply rooted in the regions,
  CBC/Radio-Canada is the only domestic broadcaster to offer diverse regional and cultural perspectives in English, French and eight Aboriginal languages.

  A space for us all
  is CBC/Radio-Canada’s strategy to transform the public broadcaster, and ensure that it continues to fulfill its mandate for Canadians, now and for future
  generations. Through to 2020, the Corporation will increase its investment in prime-time television programming and continue to create radio programs of
  the highest quality, while promoting the development of digital and mobile platforms and content.

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