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Season 3

43 episodes · Jun 22, 2008

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  • S3E1

    Air India 182

    Jun 22, 200860m

    The bombing of Air India. Recounts the days and hours leading up to the most lethal act of terrorism Canada has ever experienced.

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  • S3E2

    The Girls of Summer

    Jul 31, 200860m

    They are young teenagers dreaming of a trip to New Zealand in the fall of 2008. But only a handful of them will be chosen to represent Canada at the FIFA Under 17 World Cup. To make the team they've endured a year of gruelling training camps, countless tournaments and exhibition games. It all comes down to a fateful call from their coach to learn if they've made the cut.

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  • S3E3

    Toxic Legacy

    Sep 7, 200860m

    On a sunny morning in September 2001, more than twenty seven hundred people died violently in events of unimaginable horror. Another killer was unleashed that day. A slow silent poison that now threatens thousands of lives. The toxic dust and gases created by the disintegrating towers. An enormous compression wave pushed through the streets and into buildings with the force of a hurricane.

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  • S3E4

    The Museum (1)

    Sep 11, 200860m

    Toronto's Royal Ontario Museum needs a facelift, and its director William Thorsell is thinking big - a bold public building that will revitalize the whole city. Enter Daniel Libeskind, the celebrity architect linked to the Ground Zero reconstruction and other prestigious projects. The Museum charts their audacious scheme in an entertaining tale of steel beams, flamboyant personalities and public art.

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  • S3E5

    The Museum (2)

    Sep 18, 200860m

    Toronto's Royal Ontario Museum needs a facelift, and its director William Thorsell is thinking big - a bold public building that will revitalize the whole city. Enter Daniel Libeskind, the celebrity architect linked to the Ground Zero reconstruction and other prestigious projects. The Museum charts their audacious scheme in an entertaining tale of steel beams, flamboyant personalities and public art.

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  • S3E6

    Mystery of Champlain

    Sep 25, 200860m

    Samuel de Champlain—sailor, explorer, adventurer, military man and mapmaker. He’s one of Canada’s mythic founders and remains a man of mystery to many Canadians.

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  • S3E7

    The U.S. vs Omar Khadr

    Oct 16, 200860m

    Canadian Guantanamo Bay prisoner Omar Khadr goes to trial this fall. Will he get a fair trial?

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  • S3E8

    Dolphin Dealer

    Oct 23, 200860m

    A haunting film about the largest capture and export of wild dolphins in history, perpetrated by the world's most notorious dolphin dealer, Canadian Christopher Porter.

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  • S3E9

    The Bush Years

    Oct 26, 200860m

    Terence McKenna's Gemini award winning retrospective of President George W. Bush, arguably one of the most controversial public figures of recent memory.

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  • S3E10

    Rude: Where are Our Manners?

    Oct 30, 200860m

    A journey through the past and into our present while asking difficult questions - are we more uncivil, where did we go wrong, did we go wrong, and is it possible to change?

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  • S3E11

    Mississipi Cold Case

    Nov 2, 200860m

    CBC filmmaker, David Ridgen, and Thomas James Moore investigate a 40 year-old case to confront the Klansmen who murdered Moore's brother and his friend and to seek justice long denied.

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  • S3E12

    The Disappearing Male

    Nov 8, 200860m

    An investigation into the worldwide decline in the male birthrate and the toxic threat to the male reproductive system. The cause? Chemicals used in everyday plastics, from drinking bottles to soft toys for infants.

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  • S3E13

    The Sky's the Limit

    Nov 13, 200860m

    Can the aviation industry overcome crises of higher fuel prices, congested airports, expanding markets and pollution or will it be grounded?

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  • S3E14

    Web Warriors

    Nov 20, 200860m

    Web Warriors is a one-hour documentary that offers an unprecedented glimpse into the world's newest and most vulnerable frontier: cyberspace. We enter the world of hackers like Mafia Boy - a 15 year old high school student who rose to infamy in 2000 by causing millions of dollars in damage after single-handedly shutting down internet giants - including Yahoo, Amazon, eBay, Dell, eTrade, and CNN.

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  • S3E15

    How To Divorce and Not Wreck the Kids

    Jan 8, 200960m

    Parents, governments and courts now all recognize how high conflict divorce damages children. Our cameras follow divorcing couples as they employ positive alternatives - from do-it-yourself kits and mediation to the groundbreaking approach known as collaborative divorce. And we get feedback from the kids themselves.

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  • S3E16

    Forever Plastic

    Jan 15, 200960m

    Durable, high-tech, sexy and see through...we just can't seem to resist its glossy appeal. Over the years plastics have quietly permeated all parts of our lives. But what do we do with something that doesn't go away when we throw it way?

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  • S3E17

    Fly Me to the Moon

    Jan 22, 200960m

    From Frank Sinatra's refrain to the Apollo mission, from the rituals of the ancients to sci-fi dreams of colonization, we explore the complex and lyrical relationship between man and moon.

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  • S3E18

    Battle for the Arctic

    Jan 29, 200960m

    The battle for the Arctic with its rich reserves of oil and gas is the new Cold War. But is it a battle Canada can win?

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  • S3E19

    The Truth About Liars

    Feb 5, 200960m

    The truth is...we are all liars. Scientists say that by the age of four we have all learned to lie. We lie to protect ourselves and others, and to get what we want and need. Most of us fib in one of every four conversations that last more than ten minutes. Featuring the latest science, psychology, and technology, this entertaining documentary tells us how lying is a part of our everyday lives and is integral to our survival.

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  • S3E20

    Love Interrupted

    Feb 12, 200960m

    Couples reunite with their first loves after decades of separation, with exhilarating but at times damaging results.

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  • S3E21

    Bio-Dad

    Feb 26, 200960m

    A man born of artificial insemination searches for his biological father - and takes a look at the brave new world to come.

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  • S3E22

    Shock Wave

    Mar 5, 200960m

    Surviving the next big quake/tsunami predicted to hit Canada's west coast.

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  • S3E23

    Wild Horse Redemption

    Mar 12, 200960m

    At a Colorado prison, hard-core criminals are taught the training methods of 'horse whisperers' and given ninety days to break and train mustang horses. Can two wild creatures tame each another?

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  • S3E24

    The Great Food Revolution

    Mar 19, 200960m

    Our grand love affair with food. We'll show you how and why diners in the Western world have gone from "Yuk! I'm not eating that!" to "Guess what I ate last night!"

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  • S3E25

    The Battle to Get on Your Plate

    Mar 19, 200960m

    Last year alone, a staggering 18,000 new products were developed for North-American supermarket shelves. Nine out of ten didn't make it. The fierce competition to tempt your taste buds and win your loyalty.

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  • S3E26

    24 Hours, 24 Million Meals: Feeding New York

    Mar 26, 200960m

    A fast and furious slice of organized chaos as one of the biggest cities on earth feeds its citizens.

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  • S3E27

    Food of the Future

    Mar 26, 200960m

    What will we be eating in the next five years? From the assembly lines of the world's biggest food company to the kitchen of a Vancouver chef,serving jellyfish to his upscale diners.

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  • S3E28

    China's Earthquake

    Apr 2, 200960m

    Dramatic stories from the 2008 Sichuan earthquake - tales of endurance and hope, sorrow and rage, of life extinguished and life reborn

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  • S3E29

    Porndemic

    Apr 2, 200960m

    Porndemic puts faces and personalities to the extraordinarily profitable business of pornography today.

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  • S3E30

    This Can Happen to You

    Apr 9, 200960m

    Rubin Hurricane Carter, takes on the justice system for how it treated Ronald Dalton, a 30-year-old banker, in Gander, Nfld., who went to prison for strangling his wife-a crime he didn't commit.

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  • S3E31

    India Reborn: Might and Myth

    May 23, 200960m

    An array of charismatic characters introduces you to the world's newest superpower. Experience the rich tapestry of India's ancient myths played out against the modern might of this sprawling, diverse democracy.

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  • S3E32

    India Reborn: Manufacturing Dreams

    May 30, 200960m

    Through the prism of Bollywood, Manufacturing Dreams pulls back the curtain on the new India, revealing a cast of diverse characters caught in a world of bright spectacle... and stark divisions.

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  • S3E33

    India Reborn: India on the Move

    Aug 13, 200960m

    Capture the excitement of cities pulsating with new wealth from a surging economy. Experience the despair of a countryside rife with loss and longing. The Indian giant has awakened.

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  • S3E34

    India Reborn: Mother India

    Aug 13, 200960m

    Tradition and modernity collide and merge in a spicy and delicious episode about the land of a thousand dishes during a time of unparalleled change.

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  • S3E35

    Malls R Us

    Aug 20, 200960m

    What do Al Gore, the Tower of Babel, science fiction, gothic cathedrals, artichokes and roller coasters have in common? All come together in one of North America's most popular suburban institutions - the enclosed shopping center.

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  • S3E36

    The Beat Goes On (1)

    Aug 27, 200960m

    A jukebox full of Canadian classics from Gordon Lightfoot's "Sundown" to Troopers "Raise a Little Hell".

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  • S3E37

    The Beat Goes On (2)

    Sep 3, 200960m

    A jukebox full of Canadian classics from Gordon Lightfoot's "Sundown" to Troopers "Raise a Little Hell".

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  • S3E38

    The Spies Who Came From the Sea

    Aug 20, 200960m

    The untold story of German spies who landed on our shores during WWII, and of a mysterious submarine landing that remained secret for more than 35 years.

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  • S3E39

    Battle for a Continent

    Sep 10, 200960m

    An epic recreation of the Battle of the Plains of Abraham, a dramatic and defining event that determined the fate of Canada and the continent.

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  • S3E40

    Rise Up (1)

    Sep 10, 200960m

    Big hair, bigger shoulder pads mark the 1980s Canadian music scene - a time documents when Canadian music explodes internationally.

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  • S3E41

    Rise Up (2)

    Sep 17, 200960m

    Big hair, bigger shoulder pads mark the 1980s Canadian music scene - a time documents when Canadian music explodes internationally.

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  • S3E42

    Pedal Power

    Sep 24, 200960m

    From bicycle-mad Paris to rush-hour New York and the back alleys of Toronto, Pedal Power takes a ride through the changing world of bike culture.

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  • S3E43

    Dubai: Miracle or Mirage?

    Aug 16, 200860m

    Dubai is home to the biggest, the richest, the best, but will it be crushed by its own excess?

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