ORILLIA, Ont. — Political satirist and TV personality Rick Mercer has won the Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour. The CBC star captured the $25,000 prize for his memoir "Talking to Canadians," published by DoubleDay Canada. Saskatchewan writer Dawn Dumont was also up for her novel “The Prairie Chicken Dance Tour,” published by Freehand Books, about an unlikely group of Indigenous dancers who embark on a tour of Europe. The winner was announced Saturday at a 75th anniversary gala dinner at the Leacock Museum in Orillia, Ont.

Source: CBC News September 18, 2022 02:52 UTC