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From tunnelling through the Swiss Alps to the world's first true mountain railway through Austria's Semmering Pass, featuring some of the most challenging high-altitude locomotive problems and the solutions that make these journeys possible.

Three fearless community organizers with a history of standing up against big tech corporations, embark on an uphill political fight to regulate Uber and Lyft in Toronto so that these companies operate in the public interest.

The world's longest freshwater sandpit, Long Point, faces the threat of an invasive plant.

A majority of residents rejected the name Thunder Bay.

Pregnant Nicole's water breaks after a hit-and-run, and she is rushed to the hospital; Ryan finds his girlfriend Brandi at the scene.

"The Robotic Chair" comes to life after 20 years through the collaboration of three very different artists, combining art and engineering to realize their vision.

The 1972 Summit Series, played by Canada and the Soviet Union, was as much a clash between western values and Cold War communism as it was about hockey.

Canada is spending hundreds of millions of dollars to attract some of the world's top researchers. But while global talent is arriving, many homegrown innovators continue to leave. Why? We explore Canada's brain drain, what it takes to build careers and companies here, and whether the country's growing investment in research will deliver lasting economic and societal benefits.

Addictions counsellor Frank shares his knowledge of pike fishing in a kayak.

North America's first oil boom happened not in Texas, or Alberta, or Alaska, but in southwestern Ontario. Discover the story behind Petrolia, Ont., in this animated short video.

Melody learns that when animals blend into their environment it is harder to find them; Scout learns that one can be interested in more than one thing at a time.

When Lili is unable to go to Iran to visit her grandpa, he takes her on a Persian adventure she'll never forget.

The Puffins come back to town; they crash-land onto rocky coastal shores; they dig out little burrows near cliff edges, laying one little puffling egg in each; they chat with their neighbors in the next burrow.

When an ice cream truck's jingle breaks down, Megablast is happy to help by playing the sickest jingle of all time. The band draws so many customers that the truck sells out of ice cream - meaning the town brat and villain Stewey doesn't get any. He throws a tantrum and becomes Gooey who uses ice-slime to turn everyone into freeze-brained minions to rip the town apart in search of ice cream for hi

The cat has an especially delicious recipe: mouse soup.

Leonardo is convinced that Odo saved his life and sticks to Odo like glue, causing Odo a lot of trouble.

When Tiny declares that she wants to climb a very tall tree, she and Tall go searching for one. They follow some false leads before finally finding a tree that's just right.

Kofi Annan shows Yadina and Brad that finding a compromise can help everyone; William and Caroline Herschel show Xavier that by including Yadina in his magic show, it can make it even more fun.

Inquisitive and eager extraterrestrials discover all they can about Earth.

Humdinger builds a mechanical rain cloud to sabotage the Air Rescue Pups' Air Show.

Join Gabrielle for a challenge!

Sonia orders an ultra-sophisticated robot to help Pat and Jonas, but the robot goes haywire; Audrey's failing in school because she's too distracted; Tommy tries to help her focus, but she'd rather help Karl take care of reptile eggs.

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

Now that ancient Agent Orlando has completed retraining, he is ready to go out into the field with the Mobile Unit.

Kenny G sings about the letter F to a crowd of animals, fawning over friends, food and family.

Welcome to the Big Top, where Thirty and friends show off their circus tricks.

A Baby Kiwimammathus gets stuck on a small patch of fast-melting snow; Ginger and the Baby Pea-Rexes come up with a clever plan to get her back home.

The experts create a clay turtle.

After being forbidden from jumping on Pluto, Tilly travels there anyway with Madhu. Ella is upset to find her sister has followed them. When Tilly tries to prove her skills, a small mistake leads to a big disaster.

The Game Catchers land on the planet Shiver, a celestial body dotted with craters that shoot colorful puffs; they meet three alien local children, whose favorite game is Steal the Flag.

Dr. Cheddar teaches kids the proper way to wash their hands; with the help of some of his friends, each step is made into a rhyme and demonstrated.

Messy thinks smelly socks and cheesy feet are brie-lliant! But when it's Lofty's feet that smell, it's a giant problem.

Polkaroo tries some yummy honey with beekeeper Matt and relaxes on a hammock, all while wearing a hip hat.

A dance contest being judged by Luke Stars goes wrong when a floating dance floor carries the contestants away; the pups investigate a mystery at an undersea-themed museum exhibit and discover an octopus that wants to return to the ocean.

Do you know what this word means?

The Fuentes kids make a fort in the living room but disagree about what to put in it; Rosie and Javi build a car for a derby race.

Duck Duck must overcome his fear of spaceships so he can go with his friends to see the Lavender Lights in outer space.

Lila and Marco, two creative children, bring to life a quintet of knitted gnomes with whimsical journeys in a cozy universe made of wool.

A unique blend of calm and exploration provides the chance to reset as a red ball embarks on a fantastical adventure filled with art and creativity.

One day, Daddy and the kittens are going to visit Grandpa but is something wrong with Daddy's car, it's overheating; Daddy calls a tow truck to take his car to the mechanic and the kittens are excited to learn about fixing cars.

When Polly and her friends decide to play Airplane on the Friendship Bench, the passengers start to complain when Captain Stephie won't let anyone else have a turn at being the pilot. Thankfully, Polly gets an idea to save the game so that everyone can enjoy the flight.

Momolu is afraid of the sound of thunder. His friends come up with ways to help him forget his fear.

Pip and Frankie annoy Posy by being too silly.

The babies and their friends have lots of projects in the garden; they water the plants, pick veggies, and enjoy gardening together.

Tiny tries to do a good job decorating for the upcoming flower festival; the patterning proves to be problematic for her assistant, Tall.

The adventures of friends who can always count on each other.

It's time for a party, so Polkaroo and Angela are getting everything ready for the party; they make sure to organize all of their stuffies from smallest to biggest to keep things organized and tidy before the party.

Five friends travel through space, exploring planets with one mission, to discover, play and collect all the games in the universe.

Bebe builds a submarine so she can go on an underwater Great Lakes adventure with Mo.

On this episode, Maksim and Pradnesh prepare berry jelly.

Yoyo wants to paint a flower she has never painted before but can't find one!

The animals on "Gabby's Farm" make a lot of noise, she listens to all the animal sounds to find her dogs Maggie and Oakley.

Dex and Kayla are trying to complete Dino Experiment 1024.

The Flier Upper Muncher loves eating meteorites, which are home to the Grouchy Wrigglers; they are not happy with their home being eaten, so B.O.T. has to balance on the Muncher's head and avoid being munched to complete the mission.

Lotta is determined to show Skyler that she is more than just "headphone girl"; the new kid in school causes a hullabaloo on the playground.

Ava made a song about a computer game.

Mayor Goodway tries to help the PAW Patrol rescue Danny, but the pups end up having to rescue the rescuer, too; when a spooky sound forces frogs from their home, the pups must bring them home and solve the mystery of the frog pond phantom.

Coach Ann-Merrie teaches Gabrielle how to warm up like a soccer pro.

Best friends and word detectives Gabby and Sly solve word mysteries in the town of Wordsville.

In the smooth rap love song, "Swan Sweethearts," Cool, Cob and Suga Penn tell their love story; Cob was once an ugly duckling but always knew he'd grow into a handsome swan.

Taviss discovers slime mold, a single-celled blob that can make its own decisions; it's not science fiction, it's science facts.

Novella is an 11-year-old girl who moved from Ethiopia with her family to North York, Ontario; she is creative, curious, loves going to school, and she wants to be a mathematician when she grows up; Novella is proud of her Karate awards for her Kata.

Abby follows a trail of missing roses to a new Fuzzly: the flower-loving Princess Flug.

JoJo and Raya play snakes and ladders, but think it would be fun to make a new game.

The moth throws the orderly lives of the butterflies into disarray.

The Drifty Shouters like to drift about, but they really love shouting as loud as they can; they are so loud that B.O.T. is rattled to pieces; the mission becomes even trickier when the Drifty Shouters find a way to make their shouts even louder.

The formidable Bananaraptors undergo yearly molting, during which their firm peels become mottled brown and their bodies go limp, losing their intimidating appearance.

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.

One day Cookie, Candy and Pudding watch Dare Dazzler Cat attempt to break the record for jumping over cars in his superfast race car; Cookie wants to do the same trick with his remote control car.

Meeting Sixty and friends in a rocket-powered game of "How Many Tens.".

Mia and her bro-bot Codie turn the ordinary into the extraordinary as Mia grows as a coder, thinker, big sister and learns more about coding her world.

When Opie goes with his dad to work, Opie learns that work can be fun when you do it with someone you love.

Lila badly wants a marble track like her friend's, but she may have to wait until her birthday; when Pirouette asks the Snowllys to build her a snow slide they accept, but in exchange, she'll have to fill their treasure chest.

Blue is sleeping on one of the carrots that were meant for the toy animals at the farm; Yellow and Orange have to try and retrieve it without waking Blue up.

Frizzy is ready to lead her greatest adventure yet, beating her Grandpa's record and proving herself a superstar sailor; before Reef and Roadie hack the race to nab the award for themselves and land in hot water.

The adventures of a baby monkey and his mum as they face the challenges of daily life together.

Polkaroo and Hudson work together to find three things that start with 'I.'.

Howie and Baboo visit an observatory where they look at stars and set up an experiment to show how the sun is actually a star.

Duck Duck is disappointed when she misses her favorite band; the pals should help her feel better.

Isadora's friend Zoe persuades Isadora to swap abilities so she can try out magical powers and Isadora can try a day without fairy magic or vampire skills.

Skye, Liberty, Everest and Ranger Aspen head off on a road trip in the Adventure RV to attend a desert concert by their favorite Pop Star, Sierra Sparkle; there's a new Meditation Dome in Adventure Bay, and Priya is teaching her very first class!

In the Tiwi Islands in Australia, there is a thunderstorm every day at the same time!

In the future, Orchid and her dad want to plant a special singing moonflower on a nearby hill - but it seems someone has stolen the dirt! The team goes back in time to discover that the problem may just be clueless Doc Crock trying her hand at farming.

When Athlete Glory's Commitments day planner goes missing, nobody in Wordsville can be committed to anything anymore; Scientist Cosmo and Artist Clay are the main suspects.

Kate and Mei Lin are thrilled to tour the solar system with Pal's cousin Dr. Yowl; Wally is missing and Elwood City's best detective is on the case.

The agents track down missing monuments; the agents must determine who the real Oswald is.

It's Breaking and Emily is the sport leader; Braden's experience in the sport helps his team excel; Ariana and Lexie are disappointed by the standings; tensions rise when one athlete refuses to vote for a shoutout, but receives one themselves.

Martin and Chris must take Aviva's new Creature Power Challenge when they argue over who gets to keep a creature souvenir.

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.

Xavier Riddle, his sister, Yadina, and their friend, Brad, meet heroes from the past -- from Eleanor Roosevelt to Leonardo da Vinci.

Monarchs are the butterflies most people would recognize, but this royal butterfly is having a hard time. The PollinHeads are helping Vicky from the Toronto and Region Conservation Authority to net and tag some Monarchs.

Getting the green thumbs ready; Morley and the Science Team are building a Rube Goldberg machine that will help water all the thirsty plants in the lab.

Settled in 1849, the village of North Buxton was once a thriving Black community, but its population gradually shrunk to less than 200.

The town of Cobalt, once the site of a silver rush, is named after another metal.

Former UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Housing, Lailani Farha, joins us to discuss the growing gap between housing as a human right and housing as an investment. Then, we broaden the conversation to examine the state of housing in Ontario: from affordability and supply to policy solutions and the barriers standing in the way of meaningful change. What will it take to make housing more access

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.

In the summer of 2023, a Toronto teenager leaves home with his first paycheck, planning nothing more dangerous than a game of basketball. As dawn turns to darkness, he is caught in a hail of gunfire on a North York street.

Deep inside an active silver and copper mine in the small town of Timmins, Ontario lies the oldest water on Earth that has ever been found. It has been completely locked away from the outside world for over two billion years. This groundbreaking discovery in 2016 by a team of University of Toronto geologists, led by Dr. Barbara Sherwood Lollar, recently earned them Canada's most prestigious scient

Former UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Housing, Lailani Farha, joins us to discuss the growing gap between housing as a human right and housing as an investment. Then, we broaden the conversation to examine the state of housing in Ontario: from affordability and supply to policy solutions and the barriers standing in the way of meaningful change. What will it take to make housing more access

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.

In the summer of 2023, a Toronto teenager leaves home with his first paycheck, planning nothing more dangerous than a game of basketball. As dawn turns to darkness, he is caught in a hail of gunfire on a North York street.