Two CBC documentaries — Enslaved: The Lost History of the Transatlantic Slave Trade and Toxic Beauty — and the network's flagship national newscast each took home multiple Canadian Screen Awards on the first night of their 2021 presentations on Monday. The week-long event, organized every year by the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television, recognizes excellence in Canadian film, television and digital media. The National won two awards: best live news special, for its May 31, 2020 edition, and best national reporter for health reporter Christine Birak. (CBC/Fremantle Media)And a special to mark the end of a beloved CBC comedy, Best Wishes, Warmest Regards: A Schitt's Creek Farewell, won best biography or arts documentary program or series. 1:53CBC's Power & Politics also received an award Monday in the lifestyle and reality segment, for best talk program or series.

Source: CBC News May 18, 2021 00:45 UTC