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Cree actor Lorne Cardinal has long worked to change how Indigenous people are portrayed on the screen and stage, using his considerable charisma to raise awareness about casting characters who are central to a storyline.

And Eastwood took an acting trophy for starring as the boozy and blunt "Hey Lady!" protagonist, whose favourite pasttime is "terrorizing her adult children." "Hey Lady!" premiered at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival and also has a cast including Jackie Richardson, Don McKellar, Scott Thompson and Peter Keleghan. Cardinal also got an acting nod, for his role as Sgt. Davis Quinton on CTV Comedys "Corner Gas Animated," which also won best animated program or series. Several other programs also took...

TORONTO - Oscar-nominated filmmaker Sarah Polley and renowned actors Jayne Eastwood and Lorne Cardinal were among the winners on the second night of the virtual Canadian Screen Awards.

Photograph By Keith Anderson Two of Canadas best-known Aboriginal actors take to the Sagebrush stage next week for performances that promise to lift mid-winters deep chill. Lorne Cardinal and Margo Kane play the narrator and Nana in For the Pleasure of Seeing Her Again, Michel Tremblays heartwarming homage to his mother. "As soon as I read it, I said I want to do this," Cardinal said during rehearsal at Pavilion Theatre on Wednesday. "Margo fit the bill and...