The Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television is handing out hardware this week to the country's top talent in the film, television and digital industries and CBC Vancouver News at 6 journalist Angela Sterritt has been named among them. At the Canadian Screen Awards on Monday, Sterritt won the best local reporter award for her original story about an Indigenous man and his granddaughter who were wrongfully handcuffed while trying to open an account at a Bank of Montreal branch in Vancouver. Maxwell Johnson and his 12-year-old granddaughter Tori-Anne, both members of the Heiltsuk Nation in Bella Bella on B.C. Johnson and Tori-Anne were using government-issued Indian Status cards, his birth certificate and her medical card. The National won two awards: best live news special, for its May 31, 2020 edition, and best national reporter for health reporter Christine Birak.

Source: CBC News May 18, 2021 22:52 UTC