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How We Celebrate Easter takes you on a vibrant journey through this holiday's kaleidoscope of traditions. From Egypt's 4,000-year-old Sham El Nassem to egg hunts today, explore Easter's pagan roots, hot cross buns that warded off evil, and the solemn rituals of Passion Plays. Experience Jerusalem's Holy Fire, then delight in egg cracking, Scandinavian witches, and Corfu's pot-smashing. Across the

Each Saturday night during the summer, residents in Kincardine gather downtown for a parade, led by the town's Scottish pipe band.

Every month, Nam and the TVO team set out to hear from Ontarians to find out, in their own words, what they are focused on and dealing with.

Police officers investigate a robbery at a whiskey distillery, exposing Al as a liar and thief; Concepta drops a massive bombshell.

The sculptor Evan Penny uses some tricks borrowed from movie magic to create a realistic self-portrait; discussing Penny's self-portrait that imagines himself years in the future as an old man.

Every month, Nam and the TVO team set out to hear from Ontarians to find out, in their own words, what they are focused on and dealing with.

Police officers investigate a robbery at a whiskey distillery, exposing Al as a liar and thief; Concepta drops a massive bombshell.

Chronicling the journey of Jerry Brown's Summer Records, one of the first recording studios to give Canadian reggae artists a voice.

Chronicling the journey of Jerry Brown's Summer Records, one of the first recording studios to give Canadian reggae artists a voice.

How We Celebrate Easter takes you on a vibrant journey through this holiday's kaleidoscope of traditions. From Egypt's 4,000-year-old Sham El Nassem to egg hunts today, explore Easter's pagan roots, hot cross buns that warded off evil, and the solemn rituals of Passion Plays. Experience Jerusalem's Holy Fire, then delight in egg cracking, Scandinavian witches, and Corfu's pot-smashing. Across the

The story of Cobalt, a once-booming town built on the silver mining industry that was ravaged by a fire in 1977.

When Hurricane Katrina ravaged the United States' Gulf Region in 2005, killing over 1800 people, displacing over a million and causing over 151 billion dollars US in damages, New Orleans was caught in the eye of the storm.

Many childhood memories were made at The Regent theatre when it first opened in 1918; although it has undergone many changes over the years, the community has rallied to keep these theatre doors open in downtown Picton, Ontario.

A ride is taken aboard the luxury heritage train, the Northern Belle, on a railway line that weaves in and out of England and Wales.

Rajni Perera envisions a race of superhumans from a time after a climate catastrophe in her acclaimed traveller series; discussing how her art celebrates the strength and resilience of anyone who's had to leave home to find a better future.

It's Synchronized Diving and Lexie is the sport leader; all of the athletes struggle to jump off the high diving platforms; Perdita faces a fear of her own; Wil and Rohan make a last-minute decision that impacts the podium results.

Calley is doing emergency rescue training with the trainees, when Chatsworth gets into trouble in the mountains; Calley is nowhere to be found, so Brewster must ride to the rescue.

Donkey and Panda search for Mooing Moon Moths.

Emily Elizabeth and Jack are determined to show off their favorite dance move at Birdwell Island's big dance party.

Set in the world of Colorland, characters Red, Yellow, Blue, Purple, Orange and Green embark on colorful adventures; they discover the world overflows with color.

Bamboo Love learns that Bagpipes have one of the most unique and distinctive sounds of any musical instrument.

Joe is sure he'll win the sports competition with Mishoom as his partner; when it turns out he's with Kookum he tries to win alone until a canoe rescue reminds him to use teamwork.

Gabby visits a pumpkin farm with her brother Thomas; they count one pumpkin, one seed and one wagon full of pumpkins.

Doodle doesn't like to let anybody down, but this means she misses her favorite song on the radio; Odo teaches Doodle how to say no, but then she says no to everyone and everything in camp, including Camp Leader.

Pip and Posy are blowing bubbles to find out whose can last the longest; Pip gets upset when he keeps losing and pops Posy's bubble.

Kitties Cookie, Pudding and Candy learn to look before they leap with their boundless imagination.

Four junior lifeguards work under the guidance and encouragement of mature lifeguards to become heroes of Kangaroo Beach.

Messy travels back to the start of the universe to find out where everything came from.

When pollen in the valley causes quite a lot of sneezing among the Tomatodons, Ginger and the baby Pea-Rexes must harness their inner cowboy to wrangle the bouncy Tomatodons and help get them across the tundra.

Riley finds an old song that her Mom wrote long ago and Megablast decides to sample it in their latest song. Meanwhile, Dr. Dandelion has created a giant Jack and the Beanstalk-esque plant penthouse over Greenville. When the beanstalk's vines start swiping things to furnish the new pad, Megablast must transform into Rocket, Thunder and Metallix to stop the pilfering plant before the weight of all

Isadora's wizard cousin, Wilbur is having trouble with his magic; he's got a case of the Wizard Wonky Wobbles.

The pups leap into action when Digi and Tal's coconut catapult goes rampant and rockets off through the jungle targeting birds and monkeys.

The everyday adventures of Carl, an autistic raccoon, who loves collecting things.

Gem seeks time away from her twin, I. Lo, by exploring the super puff planet despite extreme conditions. After Ella explains Gem's feelings to I. Lo, the siblings reconcile, realizing they can be close while still being individuals.

Bones sends Jack on the best B-Squad mission yet. He's off to play video games with neuroscientist Dr. Adrian from Western University. While Jack games, Dr. Adrian scans his brain to show him what areas get involved and why video games are so much dang fun!

The giant Drinky Driller is thirsty and is searching the desert for water; it uses its trunk to locate water, and then uses it as a drill to release water from underground; B.O.T. must keep clear of the beastie's trunk to complete the mission.

Captain O tells the story of when she faced Dottie Doubloon, who covered islands in polka dots; Orli must return a clam to its rightful home.

The Wombats go on a quest to figure out all the elements that go into creating the perfect personal time routine; Zadie wants to make a really loud noise.

Vox shows Eric a clever experiment that explains the concept of density; Eric learns that liquids that are less dense can float on top of one that is denser.

Morley and the science team aren't afraid of getting wet when they build a machine that can open an umbrella.

It's the return of the Sorting Express, and Lime's friends use it to help sort colors for her concert.

Inquisitive and eager extraterrestrials discover all they can about Earth.

It's the neighborhood Block Party and Codie wants to help; no one seems to need his help except Otis; when Otis' cotton candy machine breaks down, Codie spins the sugar, making cotton candy using code.

Bamboo Love learns about the Tuba, which is the largest and loudest brass instrument when played in the orchestra.

Three performs magic tricks with apples.

Kenny G sings about the letter O to a crowd of animals; he makes his performance an ode to the ocean, oatmeal and orange orangutans.

Coco Yum prepares bagels for a party; Coco Lala turns the preparation into a fun circus act.

When Polly and her friends decide to play soccer in the playground, Referee Stephie starts inventing rules to make the game easier for herself, Bella and Polly, but in doing so, spoils it for Cody; that's when Polly gets an idea.

Penny, Petey and Poppy pop bubbles as Pablo floats up, up in the air, hanging onto a string attached to a balloon; maybe that little blue bird with the sharp beak can help!

JoJo and Gran Gran spot a bird's nest in Cynthia's garden, which inspires JoJo to make a nest for Panda; Cynthia and Gran Gran teach JoJo about all the nests that different birds make to help the babies; Daddy teaches JoJo how to whistle like a bird.

BooSnoo looks at the pretty patterns and sploshy mess that liquids can make.

The mouse rescues a starving beaver from an island using his wooden ship.

Grandmaster Flash explains to Xavier that if he wants to create new music, he must experiment; Xavier and Yadina find out there are many ways to help Brad feel better after he falls off his bike.

Colton is an 11-year-old Métis boy who lives in Camperville, Manitoba, and he is a very talented fiddle player who wants to be a professional fiddler who travels the world; Colton also loves to help in his community.

Baker Graham's schorching sign has gone missing from his bakery and the entire town of Wordsville has turned cold, frigid and frozen; firefighter Ember and Vet Wilder are the suspects.

Captain Gordy and his space shuttle are blasting off from the Adventure Bay Airport with a satellite! But when Mayor Humdinger sneaks on board to snap a couple of selfies, the space shuttle blasts off with him still inside! Air Rescue pups save him.

A new nocturnal animal, an aye-aye named Gri-Gri, arrives at the Shelter. Audrey thinks the belief that it brings bad luck is a superstition, but when Tommy crosses Gri-Gri's path, he has so much bad luck that even Audrey starts to worry.

Ella and Slippy need to practice their rock-climbing skills, but Ella prefers using her space boots rather than actually practicing; Slippy is storing his inventions on the dark side of Mercury; he must find a way to move them before they melt.

Bruno sets out in search of a raven's feather, just like his father had once done when he was a child.

Minty gets a bird's view of the Valley after being flung onto the back of a Baby Bok Choydactyl.

The Sweepy Swish likes everything clean and tidy; it sweeps along brushing up dust, pebbles, sticks and even B.O.T.; can B.O.T. get all the swept up body parts back together and collect the data needed to complete this mission?

JoJo, Gran Gran and Cynthia build a bug hotel in Cynthia's garden and welcome some new residents.

The Game Catchers land on the Salad Planet and learn the game Hurdles Relay; the Game Catchers land on a new planet and learn the game You Fall, You Lose.

Posy becomes frustrated when everyone except her is able to catch a leaf.

Felix's Mother gives Felix some dried beans from last year's garden, and asks if he would like to plant them.

Bamboo Love learns how to be a running guide for visually impaired Polar Bear while observing other parasport track athletics such as the high jump; the panda learns how to use auditory cues and a running tether to keep Polar Bear safe.

Lila accuses Marco of mixing all the colors of their modeling clay without letting him explain his intentions; BeeBee has his new fork-atapult confiscated after his launch of knitted little hearts is misunderstood as a wool balls attack.

When Ollie and Moon go to Finland to train for the air guitar championships, they discover the best way to do it is with a happy, healthy routine.

When the Very Small Creatures discover a plate of fruit, they learn that everyone's tastes are different; Green certainly wasn't ready for the lemon's sour taste!

Tiny wants to pick razznuts, so that she can make razznut butter; a herd of gillybeasts block the razznut patch; Tiny and Tall try different strategies to make the beasts move.

The little giraffe wants leaves from the trees, but he can't reach and the others won't share.

Leo wishes he could live an exciting life like the Vikings of Icelandic sagas.

Donkey and Panda get frustrated when the sandcastle they are building at the beach keeps falling.

Zamzoom and Orbie meet their first bird of prey, the bald eagle.

The cadets prepare for another exciting Christmas at Kangaroo Beach, but a homesick Gherkinn misses the winter Christmases he is used to, which just will not do.

Fern has writer's block; Muffy and Francine compete to be the best vegetarian.

Rosie, Javi and Papa use different kinds of transportation to bring Tia her lucky spoon before her train leaves; Crystal's disc gets stuck in a tree.

Astronauts Emily Elizabeth, Clifford, and Samantha are planning a journey to Mars -- which is really the far side of Birdwell Island -- but it turns out Pablo and Jack had the exact same idea; now it's a race to see which team can reach Mars first.

Olympia and Otis travel to Shapely University; once there, they are forced into a competition with a rival precinct.

Odd Squad agents share their observations of unusual things around the team's headquarters.

Aviva loses the MicroXT Power Chips for the Creature Power Suits, prompting the gang to search a huge field in Germany to try to find them.

Tom Gates takes a trip around his brilliant world, spends time with his friends and family, sings songs, plays games, and watches author and illustrator Liz Pichon doodling.

Phoenix and Max's friendship is tested; Celeste finds an old memory drive; April questions her skills.

After a deep-dive into "Beatrice and Croc Harry" from author Lawrence Hill, Ainara jumps on her bike to meet him deep in the forest to discuss talking animals, wordplay, self-identity and oatmeal.

Archival footage and interviews with family, friends, and colleagues tell the story of how a school teacher from Weston, Ontario became a Hollywood film authority.

Canada's greatest export might be laughter - from the physical comedy of Jim Carrey, the characters of Mike Myers, or the timeless genius of Martin Short, Dan Aykroyd, John Candy, Catherine O'Hara, and Eugene Levy. Second City launched legends, and Norman Jewison's sharp, satirical touch brought challenging stories to the big screen with wit and warmth. As masters of improv, character comedy, and

In Autumn, the farms, moors, rivers and villages are bursting with color; meeting people living and working in The Glens.

An animated film based on true events, following the dramatic journey of two siblings, Kyona and her brother Adriel, who are running away because they are being pursued by an unspecified Eastern European country.

Archival footage and interviews with family, friends, and colleagues tell the story of how a school teacher from Weston, Ontario became a Hollywood film authority.