Grade levels: Upper Elementary (4-6)

When Eldon suddenly realizes that air pollution around his office has become a real problem, Sid and Idee set out to learn how some great ideas are being used to combat pollution in Canada’s most populated areas. First, they head to the Scarborough Bluffs, where Michael D’Andrea, Director, Infrastructure Asset, Planning & Management, Toronto Water along with kid correspondent, Elisa, demonstrate how the only Dunkers Project in Canada is being used to safely and naturally treat polluted rainwater before it goes back into Lake Ontario. Next, our adventurers brave downtown Toronto where skyscrapers are using the cold water of Lake Ontario instead of fossil fuels to power their air conditioning systems. Enwave CEO Dennis Fortinos and kid correspondent Kathryn take Sid and Idee underneath Toronto’s downtown core to demonstrate how it works. Then it’s off to the Torrance Barrens, Canada’s first Dark Park Reserve. Jan McDonnell, Wildlife Biologist, Ministry of Natural Resources helps our adventurers learn about light pollution and how steps are being taken to bring back the beauty of the night sky. It’s one great idea for the environment after another, on this episode of CG Kids.

When Eldon decides to save money by drawing a map of Prince Edward County, Sid and Idee get lost and have to figure out how to get there on their own. Luckily, they find an advertisement for a historic cruise with Pete Ferri of the United Empire Loyalist Association of Canada, but their leisurely boat ride turns out to be a first-hand lesson in some of the hardships endured by early settlers of historic Adolphustown. At first, Prince Edward County seems like a sleepy little place, but Idee and Sid soon start to sense something fishy going on. There’s the strange mystery behind the Lake on the Mountain. Then they meet 11-year-old Indigo, and Park Interpreter Casey Ringham, who take them to Sandbanks Provincial Park, where giant sand dunes slowly encroached on a town and buried some of it’s buildings and farmland long ago. 14-year-old Kevin, a local treasure hunter and storyteller, digs for buried treasure along the Outlet River. And it’s not every day you come across the largest ship graveyard in Lake Ontario in the weird and mysterious Marysburg Vortex. Of course, there’s nothing bizarre and paranormal going on in The County. It’s all in their heads – or is it?

After Eldon hops on the reality television bandwagon, he decides to increase the ‘drama’ on CG Kids by creating a contest called the Factory of Fear. Idee and Sid are pitted against each other in a battle of wit, skill and courage as they brave the depths of the Bonnechere Caves. With the help of local spelunker, 16-year-old Dan, they learn how calcite deposits form into stalagmites and stalactites. Next, they square off over the terrifying white water of the Mattawa River, a Canadian Heritage river and original Trans Canada Highway. Bill Steer of the Canadian Ecology Centre gives them a lesson in the Canadian Voyageurs. Lastly they scale the dizzying heights of the fire lookout tower in the Petawawa Research Forest. Steve D’Eon, the forest manager shows them how some trees actually need forest fires, and then our fearless hosts battle a controlled forest fire with Forest Fire Crew Supervisor, Blair Kelly. It’s daring and dramatic. Who will prevail? Who will run away, crying like a baby? Who will keep score? What do they win? What is Eldon’s favourite rock band? These questions and more will be answered on this special edition CG Kids: Factory of Fear!

On this episode of CG Kids, Eldon sends Idee and Sid to Thunder Bay, Ontario, the largest city on the shore of Lake Superior to find and interview the infamous Sleeping Giant. Along the way, they meet Adam Moir, Natural Heritage Education Leader for Sleeping Giant Provincial Park. Adam takes them on a hike to the bottom of Ouimet Canyon, also known as the Grand Canyon of the North. It’s so deep that sunlight never reaches the bottom and chunks of snow and ice, along with arctic plants are a common sight – even in July! Next, it’s over to Silver Islet. Once the largest silver mine in the world, it’s now a ghost town with a permanent population of three. There, Sid and Idee meet Cam Snell, Sleeping Giant Provincial Park Superintendent and Silver Islet resident who takes them on a tour of his completely alternatively powered house. When Sid and Idee finally climb up on the Sleeping Giant’s knee, they get to see what this big guy is really made of.

On this episode of CG Kids, Sid and Idee are out to discover the wild side of Saskatchewan. This is a province rich in a history of cattle rustlers, horse thieves and lawmen. First, they head to Cypress Hills Interprovincial Park, Canada’s only provincial park that spans across two provinces. There, park interpreter Melody Nagel-Hissey, along with 9-year-old Caitlin and 8-year-old Brynne take Sid and Idee on park patrol to the highest Canadian elevation between the east coast and the Rocky Mountains. Next, our adventurous duo goes to historic Fort Walsh to learn the origins of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police from Heritage Interpreter Kirk Elliott. Meanwhile Sid has become increasingly worried that Eldon has disappeared and may be in trouble. What they don’t realize is that Eldon has been hypnotized by watching a videotape of swaying Saskatchewan wheat fields. Sid travels back to Eldon’s office, leaving Idee to mosey on over to the Big Muddy Badlands to investigate the secret hideout of the infamous outlaw Sam Kelley with the help of 18-year-old rancher, Lane. Will Sid be able to snap Eldon out of his hypnosis? Find out as we show you everything you never expected from Saskatchewan and more!

In this episode of CG Kids, Sid and Idee are going on a bug hunt in Manitoba. First off, they head to Oak Hammock Marsh, a Ducks Unlimited Conservation Reserve, where 13-year-old Caitlyn demonstrates how a wetland works. Next, Jacques Bourgeois, the Oak Hammock Marsh Special Events Coordinator takes them critter dipping followed by bird banding with Resident Naturalist Paula Grieef. Then it’s off to Winnipeg and the Manitoba Museum to learn all about small brown bats with bat expert, Jack Dubois, Director of Wildlife for the Government of Manitoba, and cave expert, Kim Monson, from the University of Manitoba’s Geography Department. Finally, our adventurers with an immunity to grossness head to the Canadian Science Centre for Human and Animal Health, one of only 15 high level biocontainment facilities in the world. Sid and Idee learn how this incredible facility was built to study the world’s most deadly diseases. Then research scientist, Leslie Robbin Lindsay, sacrifices his arm to demonstrate how he feeds his pet mosquitoes. Meanwhile, Eldon, always a pillar of calm, rational thinking, sees a bug on the floor and now thinks they’re about to overrun his office. It’s bugs and bats and bacteria – all on this episode of CG Kids!

Sid and Cat are in Halifax, the capital of Nova Scotia where they learn about the science of tracking down shipwrecks and then slip and slide down a giant natural mudslide.

Cat and Sid are in Quebec City, the capital of Quebec to learn more about one of Canada’s most historic cities and some of its less than welcome new residents.

Sid and Cat head north to Iqaluit, the capital city of Nunavut where tradition blends with modern living.

Sid and Cat are in Edmonton, Alberta, one of the most EXTREME cities in Canada to discover how some of its citizens are making this capital a City of Champions!