From the Peterborough Examiner:

• Rick Mercer races Peterborough’s Kyle Rupay at 8 p.m.
  “Oh, to be in the shoes of Rick Mercer for a day. The host of “The Rick Mercer Report” tackles more fun adventures in this season finale, first learning how to kite ski on the Ottawa River and then cycling on a brakeless bike on one of the world’s steepest tracks in London, Ont., against Peterborough’s Kyle Rupay, 14, of Crestwood Secondary School, at 8 p.m.(CBC)” Read more.

From the blog of Alex Strachan of CanWest Media:

• Mercy, it’s Rick Mercer
  “The purpose of our chat was to hear him talk up Canada’s Next Great Prime Minister, which airs Sunday on CBC. He’s quite proud of the program, but he’s under no illusions that it’s going to change our home and native land as we know it, despite the presence of Newfoundland Premier Danny Williams and three former PMs. It is, he says simply, ‘a fun show.'” Read more.

From Alex Strachan of CanWest Media:

• Mercer gets serious about politics
  “Rick Mercer is not out to rock the vote. Seriously. Seriousness may not be his stock in trade, but he is serious about one thing: Canada’s Next Great Prime Minister, the reality-TV competition he is hosting this weekend is not an exercise in partisan politics, or a seminar in the art of the backroom deal. No one will be able to watch Canada’s Next Great Prime Minister and accuse it of having a Liberal or Conservative lean, Mercer says — be they Grit, Tory, NDP or Rhino.” Read more.