{"id":32341,"date":"2023-01-04T16:08:27","date_gmt":"2023-01-04T16:08:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cekan.ca\/?p=32341"},"modified":"2023-01-04T16:13:10","modified_gmt":"2023-01-04T16:13:10","slug":"hamilton-born-eugene-levy-named-companion-of-order-of-canada","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cekan.ca\/hamilton\/hamilton-born-eugene-levy-named-companion-of-order-of-canada\/","title":{"rendered":"Hamilton-born Eugene Levy named &#8216;companion&#8217; of Order of Canada"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Legendary Hamilton-born actor and comedian <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Eugene_Levy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Eugene Levy<\/a> has just received a prestigious promotion through the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gg.ca\/en\/order-canada-appointees-december-2022\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Order of Canada<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 76-year-old Levy, best known today for his work on the hit CBC comedy series&nbsp;<em>Schitt\u2019s Creek<\/em>, is one of 99 Order of Canada appointees as selected by the Governor General in recognition of significant contributions to the country.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In fact, Levy \u2013 who was first appointed to the Order of Canada in 2011 &#8211; has been promoted to the ranking of \u2018companion,\u2019 which is the honour\u2019s highest possible rank.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Eugene Levy was just named to the Order of Canada. Long overdue. One if the funniest people this country has ever produced. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ejcRzFSflD\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/ejcRzFSflD<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Sid Seixeiro (@Sid_Seixeiro) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Sid_Seixeiro\/status\/1608467210883796993?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">December 29, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Levy has received the honour \u201cfor elevating the stature of Canadian television on the international stage as an acclaimed actor and producer,\u201d according to a release from the Order of Canada.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Born in Hamilton in 1946 and a graduate of McMaster University, Levy has since become one of Canada\u2019s most prominent actors and comedians, known largely for his work in TV shows like&nbsp;<em>SCTV<\/em>, the&nbsp;<em>American Pie<\/em> movies, and his regular appearances in Christopher Guest mockumentary films.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Levy has also won a bevy of entertainment awards including Canadian Screen Awards and Primetime Emmy wins for his work on&nbsp;<em>Schitt\u2019s Creek<\/em>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>See more <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gg.ca\/en\/order-canada-appointees-december-2022\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.gg.ca\/en\/order-canada-appointees-december-2022\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Lead image: Schitt&#8217;s Creek (CBC)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Legendary Hamilton-born actor and comedian Eugene Levy has just received a prestigious promotion through the Order of Canada.&nbsp; The 76-year-old Levy, best known today for his work on the hit CBC c...","protected":false},"author":258,"featured_media":32346,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8071],"tags":[3652,1986,283,4931,19,20,3088,8187,5772,3083],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/cekan.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/levy.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cekan.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32341"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cekan.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cekan.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cekan.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/258"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cekan.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32341"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/cekan.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32341\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32347,"href":"https:\/\/cekan.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32341\/revisions\/32347"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cekan.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32346"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cekan.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32341"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cekan.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32341"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cekan.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32341"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}