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Wild Canada
See Canada as you never have before! Visit our website to watch the award-winning series online, discover extra behind-the-scenes stories and find our Best of 2014 iOS App.
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Cocaine Wars: Drug Speedboats
Go undercover with drug agents trying to stop high-speed drug boats that can smuggle up to $100 million worth of cocaine into North America.
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The Secret Life of Pigeons
Over the centuries, we've relied on pigeons for everything from food, to vital communications to entertainment and to brain science. A look at these humble but amazing creatures in a new and beautiful light.
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The Nature of Things

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Firsthand

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Frame 394

Frame 394

Follows a young man from Toronto who becomes entangled in one of America’s most high-profile police-involved shootings. Watch Now

Thunder Blanket: Episode 1

Thunder Blanket: Episode 1

Roxann, a young Mohawk mother and independent filmmaker, finds her career grinding to a halt when she is diagnosed with breast cancer. Watch Now

WhyFi?

WhyFi?

A short documentary about the strange and unique names people give to their wireless networks. Watch Now


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League of Exotic Dancers

Explore the legends of burlesque like never before with stories, photos and video on our interactive website.

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Meet the Neighbours: Tracking Wildlife in Our Backyards

Contrary to popular perception, urban spaces are teeming with critters - from raccoons to coyotes.

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Oka 101

Mohawk filmmaker Sonia Bonspille Boileau takes us on a short walk through the events of summer 1990.

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Life in the Blue Zone

Blue Zones, studied by Dan Buettner and National Geographic, are areas that may have the keys to living longer.

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Arctic Foxes and Snow Geese:  The Cutest Animals Filmed Yet?

This spring it seemed that every animal in Banff National Park was mad keen on eating dandelions.

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