The Amazing Race Canada visited Prince George during episode 5 that aired on CTV Tuesday, Aug. 12.
Prince George sibling duo Grace Dove and Joe Syme are still in the race after placing sixth at the end of this leg of the race.
The local scenes were filmed here last May.
After being shown leaving the Prince George International Airport, teams visited the Ness Lake Nursery where they searched for pieces of a screw-together Mr. PG statue in the 100 or so free-standing greenhouses where about 20 million seedlings are grown annually.
Then the search was on to visit Mr. PG at the corner of Highway 97 and 16 where there was a double pass to delay two teams during the race as teams made their way up to UNBC to take on a mental or physical challenge. Dove and Syme arrived and were given the double pass choice.
Dove and Syme made the decision to give the passes to Jesse Harink and Jonathon Braun, the team with the most wins during the race, and strong competitors Ika and Demetres.
During the next challenge, competitors could figure out what it would take to heat a home for 24 hours with wood pellets, as that’s the main heat source at our green university, or visit the Northern Sport Centre and participate in para badminton and while in a wheelchair volley the birdie 15 times between their duo and volunteers on the other side of the net.
Dove and Syme were leading the pack into the Road Block where teams had to decide who would take on the splashy challenge at the Aquatic Centre, where they would instruct a water aerobics class through a series of complicated moves.
Dove took on the aerobic challenge while Syme cheered from the sidelines.
The dominant team of Harink and Braun, best friends from Vancouver who are representing their 2SLGBTQIA+ community, took on the mental challenge at UNBC and got through that very quickly before breezing by everyone during the water aerobics challenge to hit the mat on Connaught Hill in first place.
This was their fourth win of the season and they happily accepted a trip to Mexico City from Expedia along with $10,000. Boost awarded them $5,000 as well.
Competitors also visited House of Ancestors during this stage of the competition.
The Amazing Race Canada, based on the original U.S. version. is hosted by skeleton bobsled Olympic gold medalist Jon Montgomery .
The show challenges teams of two as they race across the country to complete physical and mental challenges in pursuit of a grand prize of $250,000 courtesy of FUZE Iced Tea, a trip around the world and two 2025 Chevrolet Blazer EV SS vehicles.
The Prince George team includes Dove, who is a Canadian Screen Award nominated actor who appeared in The Revenant as Leonardo DiCaprio’s wife; Alaska Daily, a television series with Hilary Swank and in How It Ends with Forest Whitaker, as well as the movie and television series Bones of Crows. Dove lives in Vancouver now but was born and raised in Prince George.
Syme is a diamond driller from Prince George.
Next up is an adventure in Sherbrooke, Que. during the next episode airing on CTV Tuesday, Aug. 19.
