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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.
The adventure-comedy upstarts Chris and Trevor had trips lined up abroad. However, disaster struck when they couldn’t get their passports renewed on time. Now stuck in Manitoba for the winter, they‘re determined to make the most of it by rediscovering the adventure in their home province in Make Me A Manitoban.
Each year, a jury from Parks Canada and the Manitoba Arts Council select artists for a two-week residency at Riding Mountain National Park. Artists stay in the historic Deep Bay log cabin, built in 1934 on Treaty 2 Territory. At Deep Bay follows these artists as they take a break from their hectic lives to concentrate on their artistic practice.
A former resident of community housing, Jamaal J. Rogers, recounts his childhood experiences while meeting current residents of low-income neighbourhoods. His goal is to illuminate the mental, physical, social and emotional conditions of their environment by showing us the depth of humanity that exists in these communities.
Heart to Heartland is a series that features two prominent Manitobans having a conversation about why they love living there, why they chose to stay, and how the province has shaped who they are. No matter how far their careers have taken them, something has compelled them to put down their roots in Manitoba.
On Living the Dream, Scott is feeling the pressure to find his dream job in his thirties. In order to find it, he tries out practically every job on the planet. As Scott looks at different jobs in Manitoba and what it takes to do them, he meets the fascinating people behind those jobs. They share with Scott the good, bad, and why they ultimately love what they do. The question is, are any of these Scott's dream job?