Rick Mercer Report - Season 6

Rick Mercer Report

Season 6

2008 • 19 Episodes

Episodes

September 30, 2008 - Rick Mercer Report

1. September 30, 2008

September 30, 2008

Rick catches up with Canada's athletes at the paralympics in Beijing, and delivers all the election coverage you need.

October 7, 2008 - Rick Mercer Report

2. October 7, 2008

October 7, 2008

Rick gets a bee beard in Langley, B.C. and hits the motocross track in Walton, Ontario.

October 14, 2008 - Rick Mercer Report

3. October 14, 2008

October 14, 2008

Rick hits the campaign trail with all the party leaders in planes, trains, automobiles (and bikes) on a cross-Canada election night extravaganza.

October 21, 2008 - Rick Mercer Report

4. October 21, 2008

October 21, 2008

Rick gets lost in a corn maze with a shaped based on the RMR in Thamesville, Ontario and battles forest fires in Kamloops with the BC Forest Service.

October 28, 2008 - Rick Mercer Report

5. October 28, 2008

October 28, 2008

Rick visits former Prime Minister Paul Martin on his Quebec sheep farm and heads to Muskoka to shovel coal aboard North America's oldest steamship

November 4, 2008 - Rick Mercer Report

6. November 4, 2008

November 4, 2008

Rick talks US politics with US Ambassador to Canada David Wilkins and trains as a stunt performer on the set of The Border.

November 18, 2008 - Rick Mercer Report

7. November 18, 2008

November 18, 2008

Rick gets a tailor-made suit -- Don Cherry style, and hangs out with half a billion in gold at the Royal Canadian Mint in Ottawa.

November 25, 2008 - Rick Mercer Report

8. November 25, 2008

November 25, 2008

Rick is Feist's roadie on tour in St. John's Newfoundland, and goes behind-the-scenes at the Toronto Zoo.

December 2, 2008 - Rick Mercer Report

9. December 2, 2008

December 2, 2008

Rick experiences zero gravity and visits Canada's leading recycling program in Edmonton.

January 6, 2009 (Best of 2008) - Rick Mercer Report

10. January 6, 2009 (Best of 2008)

January 6, 2009

A look back at the year that was 2008.

January 13, 2009 - Rick Mercer Report

11. January 13, 2009

January 13, 2009

Rick helps Michael Ignatieff move into Stornoway and flies with the Calgary Police Air Services Unit.

January 20, 2009 - Rick Mercer Report

12. January 20, 2009

January 20, 2009

Rick tackles winter driving with the Motorsport Club of Ottawa and heads to McMaster University in Hamilton.

January 27, 2009 - Rick Mercer Report

13. January 27, 2009

January 27, 2009

Rick hits the slopes with senator and Olympic legend Nancy Greene in Sun Peaks, BC; then trains with the women's biathlon team in Canmore, Alberta.

February 3, 2009 - Rick Mercer Report

14. February 3, 2009

February 3, 2009

Rick celebrates Chinese New Year in Toronto with lion dances, dim sum, wushu kung fu and more.

February 24, 2009 - Rick Mercer Report

15. February 24, 2009

February 24, 2009

Rick tries to keep up with 88 year old Mississauga mayor Hazel McCallion and hits Skate the Lake in Portland, Ontario.

March 3, 2009 - Rick Mercer Report

16. March 3, 2009

March 3, 2009

Rick goes ice climbing and learns about all things Finnish in Thunder Bay; then trains with the Cambridge Turbos of the National Ringette League.

March 10, 2009 - Rick Mercer Report

17. March 10, 2009

March 10, 2009

Rick tracks and tags black bears in Ontario's Algonquin Park and joins the Canadian Coast Guard ice breaking operations in Trois-Rivieres, Quebec.

March 17, 2009 - Rick Mercer Report

18. March 17, 2009

March 17, 2009

Rick visits the top fundraising schools in The Spread the Net Student Challenge and goes behind the scenes at the Shaw Festival.

March 24, 2009 - Rick Mercer Report

19. March 24, 2009

March 24, 2009

Rick teams up with BC premier Gordon Campbell to try wheelchair curling and hits the slopes at Whistler with Canada's Para-Alpine Ski Team.