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  • Whitehorse: A City Built by Gold

    Whitehorse: A City Built by Gold

    Cat and Sid learn how history and geography blend in the harsh wilderness surrounding Whitehorse, Yukon. From the earliest human settlements to the gold-rush fever of the Klondike, this is a territory that demands respect.

  • Victoria: The Garden City

    Victoria: The Garden City

    Cat and Sid are in Victoria, BC, to find out how it’s a city that’s cleaning up the environment with tidal turbines, an urban neighbourhood and over 3000 kilometres of Canadian shorelines.

  • Ontario Ecology: It Is Easy Being Green

    Ontario Ecology: It Is Easy Being Green

    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.

  • Prince Edward County: Eerie Prince Edward County

    Prince Edward County: Eerie Prince Edward County

    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?

  • Winnipeg: Window to the West

    Winnipeg: Window to the West

    Sid and Cat are in Winnipeg, Manitoba in search of James Bond. Along the way, they discover the largest urban forest in Canada, Duff’s Ditch and even do a little white water kayaking.

  • Regina: The Queen City

    Regina: The Queen City

    Cat and Sid find themselves in Regina, Saskatchewan where Eldon has them tending compost toilets, attending the RCMP Training Academy, and taking part in a real live wild goose chase.

  • St. John’s: Sea Monsters and Ham Signals

    St. John’s: Sea Monsters and Ham Signals

    Sid and Cat are in St. John’s, the capital of Newfoundland and Labrador, where they set sail on the last Grand Bank schooner, learn all about “ham” radio and meet a modern day sea monster!

  • Fredericton: High Tides and Big Frogs

    Fredericton: High Tides and Big Frogs

    Sid and Cat go to Fredericton, New Brunswick, and explore the Capital Region. Down in Saint John, they find the world’s highest tides, race down the Reversing Falls in a bubble and even meet an 18kg frog.

  • Charlottetown: The Birthplace of Confederation

    Charlottetown: The Birthplace of Confederation

    Sid and Cat are in Charlottetown, the capital of Prince Edward Island in search of Anne with an E. Along the way they discover that there’s more to farming in PEI than just potatoes!

  • Renewing the Resources – Toronto, Niagara Falls and Orangeville, Ontario

    Renewing the Resources – Toronto, Niagara Falls and Orangeville, Ontario

    Our hosts check out Canada’s incredible renewable resources – from solar energy powered homes to Toronto’s wind powered communities to the incredible hydroelectric power of Niagara Falls. They explore an incredible eco-home in Orangeville, Ontario, discover North America’s first urban wind turbine in Toronto, Ontario and hop on the Maid of the Mist to check out one of the most powerful hydroelectric water falls in the world.