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When Kingston loses its key icons, The Kingston Pen, John A MacDonald and The Tragically Hip, it experiences a surprising renewal. Former Montrealer Albert Nerenberg is caught up in the city’s transformation and experiences a bit of a rebirth himself.
City Girl Eats The Country transports you to rustic farms and rural homes. City Chef Sara and her trusty sous chef and sidekick, Jewels, aim to prepare a cherished family recipe. Bon appétit meets barnyard bedlam in this comical culinary escapade.
Through encounters with the people who are keeping ice canoeing alive and pushing the limits of the competition, Ice Canoe presents the faces of a sport that’s all about team spirit and dedication. Host Aaron Bass brings a sport that’s unique in the world to life. If you want to conquer the ice floes of the Saint Lawrence River, you can’t get cold feet.
As the only black farmer outside Caledonia, Ontario, Shane McLeod faces challenges as he attempts to diversify by growing a lucrative crop of sweet corn.
Chef Alex Page wants the freshest ingredients to cook with, so he drives to different farms in the Durham Region area to create meals inspired by what they produce. Alex cooks with milk, lavender, hot peppers, cider, flour and honey all from different sized farms. He packs his own kitchen and sets it up at each location to cook right on site for the hungry farmers.
In Pizza Town, childhood friends and hosts Danny & Ozzy reunite in the pizza capital of Canada: Windsor, Ontario. They visit various famous pizzerias across town to indulge in eating pizza, learning how to make it, and find out from the chefs themselves their perspective on what makes Windsor’s pizza so unique and special.
Successful entrepreneur and painter Stacey Bugsdrucker renovates and restores a run-down women’s shelter and vintage caboose. Through a little magic, Stacey brings back to life a 100-year-old dilapidated caboose forgotten about in a junkyard and gives new hope to a women’s shelter by renovating the safe place for its clients.
Fire and Slice takes viewers into the heart of knife making. Join host and knife maker Justin Lamoureux as he creates three unique knives for individuals with diverse knife needs. From hunters to chefs, collectors to home cooks, each knife will be custom made to fit their specific requirements. Explore the stories behind each knife and delve into the passion, craft and journey of knife making. With fire, precision and passion, Justin pushes the limits of his skills to create something truly one-of-a-kind.
The extraordinary tale of a juvenile semipalmated sandpiper’s first Great Migration, from the lower Canadian Arctic to the balmy wintering grounds of northern South America. A tiny shorebird that cannot swim, Peep will complete this 4,000 kilometer, 72-hour non-stop flight over the open ocean to reach his destination, facing numerous threats along the way.
Every winter in St. John’s, Newfoundland, a group of women meet once a week to play recreational ice hockey, learn new skills and forge friendships. With their passion for the game, daring nature, and good sense of humour these women prove that anything is possible if you put your mind to it and have the right support.
Places + Spaces: Winnipeg is a series of vignettes that reveal some of the city’s most iconic buildings and communities. Stunning visuals and fascinating backstories showcase housing projects, libraries, places of worship, historic banks, skyscrapers and civic buildings, highlighting the city’s architecture and design.