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We’ve been dieting for a hundred years. Yet after all the claims and the billions spent believing in them, science has reached the startling conclusion that diets don’t work. Diet Wars takes us through the last century as it delves into the crazy and sometimes dangerous world of dieting, exposing the myths, the cranks and […]

On a morning in December, 1917, a Belgian relief ship rushing to leave Halifax harbour collided with a French munitions ship carrying a cargo of extraordinary destructive power. The ensuing blast was the greatest known man-made explosion until the atomic bomb in 1945. Yet, to this day, it is an incident barely known to the […]

ABC Wid Da Mob is an animation which teaches us about themes such as cooperation, compassion, feeling sad and sharing through some misplaced Mafioso types and their unusual ways of demonstrating these valuable life lessons. Just a few of the many important things that you will learn are…why Goldilocks was a whore; how the Grinch […]

Iris can best be described as a wallflower. She begins her first day as a temp for the nondescript Global Credit Association by waiting in a chair for two hours. This sets the scene for her (mis)adventures with the other “corporate orphans”, Margaret, Paula and Jane. Led by Margaret, they find subtle ways to lessen […]

Katie and Guy set sail on a quiet cruise. They want to save their marriage and find love again. But their dream becomes a nightmare when they rescue Nick and Eliza. Adrift on a sea of fear, they must fight to save their lives.

A young woman returns home to help run her ailing father’s debt-ridden California horse ranch. There, she is reunited with her childhood sweetheart and, against all odds, rides a long shot filly to victory in the prestigious Kerry Derby.

He’s alive! Dilbert, the world’s most famous cubicle dweller and most popular comic strip, with over 100 million readers, has been animated. Created by Scott Adams’, Dilbert and his colleagues work in a large white collar corporation ruled by mismanagement. Enjoy all your favourite Dilbert characters – Dogbert (Dilbert’s dog), Wally, Alice and the Pointy Haired Boss […]

Every year, millions of people around the world are leaving the countryside for cities, hoping to find a better life. But most end up in slums. In fact, the United Nations estimates that by the year 2020, forty per cent of the population will be slum-dwellers. Travel with CBC reporter Avril Benoit into the slums […]

Jerry is a troubled young man, a loner with a checkered past who is facing an even bleaker future. His defense attorney Tom sees something in Jerry that no one else does and decides to take him under his wing. Jerry needs a job to help him get on the right track and Tom has […]