Best friends Jesse Harink and Jonathon Braun signed up for season 11 of Amazing Race Canada with no big expectations. Just a promise to each other to enjoy the ride.

But now, Harink, who’s originally from Sherwood Park, and Braun, from Woodlawn, Ont., have been crowned champions after the final episode aired on CTV on Tuesday night.

“Our motto was to have fun and the wins will come. If you’re able to be happy and laugh, and look for joy in these moments and support each other, that’s what mattered,” said Harink, who was born in Lacombe, and grew up in Wetaskwin and Sherwood Park. Both men now call Vancouver home.

“The key to this was neither of us brought an ego to what we were doing. We had the attitude of we’re doing this together, we’re not going to blame anybody. We’re doing this to

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