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New tonight: Rick Mercer Report on CBC – Toronto Marine Unit, Outdoor Adventure Show

Diane — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 13:29:21 +0000

Tonight Rick finds out first hand how the Toronto Marine Unit makes harbour ice rescues and later goes to an Outdoor Adventure Show where he does some white-water rafting, rock climbing, and learns to scuba dive.

New tonight: Rick Mercer Report on CBC – Trapper’s Festival, Jack Layton

Diane — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 17:52:14 +0000

Rick is in The Pas for the annual Northern Manitoba Trapper’s Festival where he tries out events from moose-calling to flour-packing, and then he has lunch with NDP leader Jack Layton at his eco-friendly Toronto home.

Writers Guild award nominations

Diane — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 17:22:18 +0000

From the WGC:

Finalists Announced: The Writers Guild of Canada congratulates the 2010 Finalists

Ratings: January 25-31 – Dragons’ Den, Flashpoint, Heartland, Rick Mercer Report

Diane — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 03:33:39 +0000

From BBM Canada:

Top Programs – Total Canada
#13 Dragons’ Den (1.529 million)
#25 Flashpoint (1.046 million)
#29 Heartland (1.028 million)
#30 Rick Mercer Report (1.009 million)

New tonight: Rick Mercer Report on CBC – Own the Podium

Diane — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 13:37:32 +0000

Rick visits Calgary’s hotbed of Olympic training with Olympic medalist Kyle Shewfelt to find out how the cutting-edge ‘Own the Podium’ science program is preparing our athletes to win a record number of medals in Vancouver.

Ratings: Jan. 18-24 – Dragons’ Den, Rick Mercer Report, Test the Nation

Diane — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 07:08:23 +0000

From BBM Canada:

Top Programs – Total Canada
#15 Dragons’ Den (1.645 million)
#25 Rick Mercer Report (1.098 million)
#28 Test the Nation (1.048 million)

New tonight: Rick Mercer Report on CBC – bobsledding

Diane — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 13:03:48 +0000

Tonight Rick goes west to check out bobsled action–he’s in Rossland, BC for Canada’s longest-running winter carnival and partakes in the homemade bobsled race down the frozen main street. Then he is in Calgary where our Olympic Women’s Bobsled team, headed by Kailie Humphries, shows him how it’s really done.

Video: Rick Mercer’s Rant – Soldiers as political prop

Diane — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 05:34:17 +0000

New tonight: Rick Mercer Report on CBC – Figure skating, bison round-up

Diane — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 13:44:11 +0000

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Tonight Rick is at the National Figure Skating Championship in London, ON. He tries synchronized skating and national Olympic-bound champs Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir give him an ice dance lesson. Later he’s off to Alberta’s Elk Island National Park for the annual bison round-up.

Ratings: Top 30 Jan. 11-17 – Dragons’ Den, Rick Mercer Report

Diane — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 00:17:10 +0000

From BBM Canada:

Top programs – Total Canada
#14 Dragons’ Den (1.718 million)
#30 Rick Mercer Report (1.070 million)