From the Thunder Bay Source:

• Mercer trip free advert
  “They say any publicity is good publicity, and Thunder Bay is in for a nationwide dose of it on Tuesday night. Rick Mercer, the man who showed the world that George W. Bush knows nothing about Canada, who convinced Green Party Leader Elizabeth May to cut a tree down and who most recently proved his winter mettle with a chilly polar bear club dip, showed up in Thunder Bay last weekend to shoot a scene for his hilarious CBC show, The Rick Mercer Report.” Read more.

From the Halifax Chronicle Herald:

• Dalhousie students net episode of the Rick Mercer Report
  “Canadian television personality Rick Mercer will film an episode of his show in Halifax this season, thanks to the efforts of a determined team of Dalhousie University students. The students pulled together to raise $17,200 for the Spread the Net Challenge, enough to win the national contest and bring the Rick Mercer Report to their Halifax campus.” Read more.

From the Canadian Press:

• Rick Mercer films ice racing segment in Thunder Bay at 40 below
  “Advertising writers couldn’t script a better stereotype — a friendly Canuck pouring Rick Mercer a cup of Tim Hortons coffee while the CBC star gets ready to race a car on ice — all at 40 below. Mercer and his production crew were at Mission Bay for Sunday’s ice races, filming a segment for the Jan. 29 edition of the “Rick Mercer Report.”” Read more.

From Joanne Hatherly at the Victoria Times Colonist:

• Mercer joins the navy for a day
  “Mercer flew in to Victoria yesterday to shoot a segment of the Rick Mercer Report on board the CFB Esquimalt-based Protecteur as the supply ship readied to join Canadian and allied warships in the mid-Pacific operating area, a journey that ended up being delayed due to mechanical difficulties.” Read more.