Canada's Greatest Ride
Canada's Greatest Ride. That's the title of an five-part, HD series that I'm
producing for CTV and the Discovery Channel. We had a camera mounted on the
train and crew inside. Check out this link for a longer version, which ran
this past summer on CTV Travel, and watch for the series this spring on CTV
and the Discovery Channel.
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All the work behind your cuppa
It's green and it's good for you. But any idea where it comes from and how it's made. Mark Stevenson reports from Japan.
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E.T. On Earth
What if we are already co-mingling with E.T. on our very own planet? Click to find out what Mark Stevenson uncovered to that effect.
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Nature's ultimate fort
It's ground zero for aerospace defence in North America and it's built inside
a mountain to withstand a nuclear attack. Mark Stevenson goes inside for a rare
look.
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A brainwave on aging
Younger is not necessarily better.
Researchers have found that the elderly can keep up with, and sometimes outperform,
their juniors in mental tests.
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I
am polluted
You are exposed to hundreds of chemicals every day, so
it's not surprising that they get inside you. MARK STEVENSON
has himself tested in the name of the emerging and unsettling
science of body burden. There are links to two versions
of the story below -- one for the Globe; the other for
the Discovery Channel, which Mark produced.
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Mark Stevenson's Antarctic Expedition Diary
CTV's
Mark Stevenson filed a reporter diary as he travelled with
a group of students and scientists to the Antarctic. He
was there gathering material for a number of stories on
global warming, wildlife and ecological threats facing
the continent. Check 'More Details' for his earlier reports
and photos.
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Mars
on Earth
Devon Island is cold, rocky and desolate.
Plus it has a huge, well-preserved impact crater. In
other words, it's perfect for scientists who want to
test new technologies and practical ways of living
on the Red Planet.
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Ornithopter
odyssey
Leonardo DaVinci’s designs and elaborate inventions were centuries ahead of their
time. Now, a team of scientists based out of the University of Toronto are trying
to recreate one of those inventions: the ornithopter.
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Antarctic
story on Shackleton
'You couldn't pay me to stay here' Ernest Shackleton, whose
heroic Antarctic expedition is the subject of the
latest IMAX film opening Jan. 17, tightens his icy
grip on the public imagination with every passing
year. 'It is very difficult imagining a situation
where there is no hope,' says Jonathan Shackleton,
who retraced some of his famous cousin's footsteps.
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Antarctic
story on Argentine research base
Antarctica is theirs, young Argentines learn Tiny Esperanza
research base represents country's claim to vast chunk
of cold continent
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Tests
find drug taint in water
Canadian rivers and streams are contaminated with
a range of pharmaceutical drugs that present unknown
dangers to people and wildlife, a study currently being
considered by the federal government has found.
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Mennonites: Bending their ways
After centuries of spurning mainstream society and modern technology,
Canada's old order Mennonites suddenly are embracing both. To find
out why, Mark Stevenson ventures into Ontario's horse-and-buggy country,
where he encounters a secretive community at a turning point in its
history
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Mark
Stevenson on Frank Squires, a Calgary homeless man
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Report
lists Canada's most endangered rivers
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Wind
prospector hunts for Canada's best breeze
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