Season 2012 (2012)
EPISODES
1. The Mummer Man
We'll meet Allan Young, a man from Twillingate who's been working hard to keep a Newfoundland Christmas tradition alive. He has been mummering for 70 years!
2. Young Farmers
In a time when our appetite for mass produced, imported foods seems to have no limits - we'll meet a small group of young farmers who are choosing new ways to work their land and sell their goods.
3. Escape from the Cape
An incredible story of survival from the north coast of Labrador. Three men who were left clinging to a ledge on a treacherous cliff talk about their ordeal, and their rescue.
4. Sardines
They are a super food, packed with nutrients. But Sardines are also an economic power that built an entire town. This week we take you to New Brunswick where an entire community works together for the local sardine plant - the last one standing in North America.
5. Bill Kelly
He hosted Land and Sea in Nfld for eight seasons, in the flamboyant fashion that was uniquely his. He was hosting in 1990, when the CBC cancelled Land and Sea, and enraged viewers all over Newfoundland and Labrador. Despite fighting his own battle with heart disease, Bill Kelly took up the fight to save the show he loved. And he won.
6. Harness Racing
For over 150 years, Harness Racing has been a significant social and economic tradition on Prince Edward Island. Now with a global economic crisis and so many new ways for people to spend their money - it's a gamble if the industry can survive.
7. Southern Shore Sri Lankans
From the Indian ocean, to the Atlantic. How the tiny Newfoundland outport of Cape Broyle became home to two Sri Lankan mechanics and their families.
8. Rum Runners
In the 1920's and 30's - many sailors in Nova Scotia did the unthinkable - they stopped fishing and became international smugglers. They took liquor into the United States during Prohibition.This episode tells the dramatic story of Rum Running.
9. Feel Free to Sit
Many visit Newfoundland's Twillingate island for its spectacular scenery, or a glimpse of an iceberg. Others come for Otto Young.
10. Pirates and Privateers
Pirates and Privateers and their role in the rough-and-tumble history of the Maritimes.
11. Rabinowitz Organic Farm
Mike Rabinowitz and his wife were pioneer organic farmers in Newfoundland back in the '70's...now they're among the experts.
12. Last of their Kind
We meet some remarkable Maritimers using old ways to make the most of the modern world.
13. What My Eyes Have Seen
The truly remarkable story of Labrador fisherman Rodney Barney...the commercial fisherman who's legally blind.
14. Clara Oliver
The 86-year-old city girl who lives for Newfoundland's outdoors.
15. The Titanic Legacy
The Titanic sank 100 years ago and that tragedy sparked an international movement to make it safer for all on the sea.
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