W5 International Episode Guide

Episode Guide

• B.C. Fish/Short Line/Horse Doctor/Rock Park/Indoor Bike-Tour

  Unemployment; railroads; race horses; Toronto park; bike-tour simulator.

• Divorce Industry/Barbie/Sechelt Band/Frozen Trees

  Divorce; Barbie dolls; Indian band of western Canada; frozen tree seedlings.

• Farm Pollution/Child Care/Coinman/Grain

  Farms may be polluting drinking water; child care; Canadian mint; Canadian Wheat Board.

• Food Scam/QAP Towing/Alcohol/Yves Veggies

  Businessman donates food to the former Soviet republics; tow-truck scam; curbing drinking; healthy eating.

• Forest Fires/P.D. Days/Hofman/Airport Deer

  Deliberately set forest fires; 'professional development' days; church accountant; deer at Toronto's airport.

• Havergal Teacher/Immigrant Courses/Elvis/Tightwads/Shakespeare

  Teachers; Canadian customs; Elvis Sighting Society; marketing thriftiness; Shakespeare.

• Holes/Lawn Ornaments

  Industrial land in Canada; wood carver.

• Hugs/Selling Water/Doc Martens/Export Garbage

  Physical/sexual assault; selling water; Doc Martens boots; garbage.

• Human Rights/Pet Court/Investor Hotel/Robots

  Men's magazines; lawsuits involving animals; immigrant investors; scholastic achievement through competitive sport.

• Icebreaker/Yukon Tourists/Infonav/Glove Factory

  Refitted icebreaker; gold fever; naval navigation system; glove factory goes remote.

• Illiterate Workers/Greenhouse Myth/Private School/CSO/Gophers

  Illiterate employees; the greenhouse effect; private schools; community service; getting rid of gophers without killing them.

• In Cold Blood/Teen Moms/What's in a Name/Recycling

  Suburban crime; teen mothers; toponymists; recycling.

• Incinerators/Truth in Fishing/Mercredi/Baby Beauties

  Hospital incinerators; big bass fishing tournament; profile of Ovide Mercredi; baby beauty pageants.

• Kids Books/Callahan/Firewalking/Pets/Croquet

  Children's books; cartoonist Callahan; walking on hot coals; pets; croquet.

• New Zealand Economy

  Social welfare systems; health care; farm subsidies.

• Pearls/Math Teacher/Ed's Place/Wall Climbers/Karaoke

  Questionable businesses; successful teacher; Ed the Sock; cabin fever; karaoke.

• Phonics/Air Care/Poverty and Politics/Shotgun Funerals/Dog Day-Care

  Phonics; exhaust fumes; poverty; ashes; day-care for dogs.

• Refugee Scam/Railriders/Pit People/Beaver Scourge/Dropouts

  Immigration; trains; trans-Canada highway; beaver control; campaign seeks to keep children in school.

• Royal Flush/Statscan/Wine/Square Dancer/Map Lady

  Sewage dumping; Statistics Canada; wine industry; square dance caller; map making.

• School Violence/Native Fishing/Spectator/Posters

  Violence in schools; hunting and fishing rights; local newspaper; promoting breastfeeding.

• Too Many Doctors/Teen Inquest/Kirkland Lake/War Graves

  Doctors; teen drinking and driving; garbage site; War Graves Commission.

• Trade Barriers/Government Moves/Weekend Man/Sewage/Post Office Sale

  Free trade; federal government relocations; an author; sewage dumping; Canada's post offices.

• Unnecessary Surgery/Goddess/Gay Minister/Loreena McKennitt

  Surgery; religion for women only; gay minister; singer Loreena McKennitt.

• Welfare/Buddy Wasisname/Delaying Baby/Hockey Mom

  Welfare; the band Buddy Wasisname; infertility; Colleen MacBean.

• Wheat on Welfare/Alternative Funerals/Going Underground/Prosebusters

  Farm subsidies; no-frills funerals; underground economy; translating government documents.

• Workers' Compensation/Newfoundland Towns/Teen Smokers/Hall of Fame/Accidents

  Workers' compensation fraud; tough economic times; teen smoking; Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame; Accident Report Centre.