New tonight: W5 season premiere

W5, CTV – “Sext-Ed” – SEASON PREMIERE
W5 goes inside the “sexting” sub-culture of teens, and reveals the devastating consequences that can occur when teens share explicit photos online. W5 examines the issues, what teens are being taught about the consequences, and how they should be punished for maliciously disseminating naked photos of their peers which all too often spirals into the newest and most insidious form of cyber-bullying.

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New tonight: The Fifth Estate, Marketplace

The Fifth Estate, CBC – “Kingston Pen: Secrets And Lies”
As Canada’s most infamous penitentiary closes its gates, Linden MacIntyre goes inside to look back at some of its most famous inmates, convicts who criminal careers became intertwined with the fifth estate journalists who told their stories.

Marketplace, CBC – “When the Repairman Knocks”
Incompetence and inexperience: traits all too common in the repairman business, as revealed in the latest edition of MARKETPLACE’s When the Repairman Knocks, Friday, Sept. 21 at 8 p.m. (8:30 NT) on CBC-TV. MARKETPLACE is back at it again, wiring up homes with hidden cameras, rigging an everyday and simple house problem, and inviting repairmen in to diagnose it. This isn’t rocket science. Yet too many repairmen fail the test. This week is all about backyard pools and common fixes. In the pool business, any type of handyman can show up: some qualified, some not. Can Canadians trust them to do it right? Is your money well spent? When it comes to looking for skilled people to fix a pool, MARKETPLACE didn’t find much depth.

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New tonight: Flashpoint season premiere

Flashpoint, CTV – “Broken Peace” – SEASON PREMIERE
In the firth and final season premiere episode, Team One tears through the city in pursuit of James Mitchell (guest star Ty Olson, The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1), an armed and volatile man hunting for his ex-wife Michelle (Lisa Houle, EMILY OF NEW MOON). James’ frantic daughter May (Brooke Palsson, LESS THAN KIND) fills the team in on the history of violence and abuse that she and her mother have escaped.

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Michelle Morgan grows up on Heartland

From Eric Volmers of the Calgary Herald:

  • Calgary actress Michelle Morgan has grown up on CBC’s Heartland
    Michelle Morgan was at a Calgary cafe recently with her new husband when a teenager approached her with that glint of recognition in her eye. “She was a young girl, she must have been 16,” says Morgan, sitting near her trailer on the Calgary set of CBC’s Heartland on a hot day in late August. “She said ‘You look just like a girl in a show I used to watch when I was little …’” Read more.
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Rick Mercer on the power of the rant

From CBC:

  • Rick Mercer reflects on the power of the rant
    Mercer is also marking another milestone on Tuesday: publication of his book A Nation Worth Ranting About, a collection of his humorous musings on elections, politicians and hypocrisy in the highest reaches of power. “Comedy can be a very devastating tool and you have to be aware of that,” Mercer said in an interview on CBC’s Mansbridge One on One. Read more.
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