Rick Mercer Report - Season 13
Season 13
Episodes
October 6, 2015
Rick visits St. Francis Xavier University in Antigonish, Nova Scotia to join a lively 'Get Out The Vote' rally encouraging students to vote in the upcoming federal election.
October 13, 2015
Rick drives in the Red Bull Soap Box Race through the streets of downtown Montreal and then he's off to Georgetown, PEI for a clam-digging lesson.
October 20, 2015
Rick visits the Nautical Institute at Port Hawkesbury's Nova Scotia Community College where he checks out marine safety training that includes a free fall lifeboat and wave pool.
October 27, 2015
Rick visits 2015 Fan Expo in Toronto, Ontario and also visits Bala, Ontario to try cable wakeboarding at What Wake Park.
Skits: Pyramid Institute; New CBC series Kicking Canadians Out of Hospital Early; CBC's coverage of Cannon Fodder 2016
Rant: Newspaper Endorsements
November 3, 2015
Rick visits the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum in Hamilton, Ontario and flies in an Avro Lancaster Bomber.
Rick also heads to Amherst Island, Ontario for the Irish-Canadian Dry Stone Festival.
Skits: The National talks with Colorado State Treasurer about the pitfalls of marijuana legalization. Canadian Council of Scientists, unmuzzled.
Rant: Distracted Driving
November 17, 2015
Rick goes Sturgeon fishing with Rick Hansen on the Fraser River in Mission, British Columbia. Rick also visits the Fall Cottage Life Show in Mississauga, Ontario.
Skits: Community Mail Boxes; Good Eatz Diner's New Menu with No Processed Meat
Rant: Trudeau's To-Do List.
November 24, 2015
Rick heads to the Town of Tilting on Fogo Island, Newfoundland and Labrador to fly homemade kites and visit the Fogo Island Inn.
Rick then heads over to Joe Batt's Arm also on Fogo Island to participate in a Punt race.
Skits: Murdoch Mysteries - The Origins of the Grey Cup; The Canada Post Community Mailbox Sale.
Rant: Refugees
December 1, 2015
Rick visits Pictou County, Nova Scotia to help cut down a Christmas Tree bound for the city of Boston.
Rick also heads to Long Point, Ontario to learn about bird conservation at the Bird Studies Canada station.
Skits: Christmas Ideas; New Credit Card Designed for Canadians
Rant: Parliament's Back
Best of Mercer Report
Watch a selection of the show's top items: including Rick's ride on a vintage Lancaster Bomber, and his visit to Variety Village, plus Justin Trudeau's escalator tumble.
January 12, 2016
Rick is in British Columbia for white water kayaking on the Chilliwack River and then he goes to New Brunswick to learn about sturgeon and caviar.
January 19, 2016
Rick goes to the Canadian Museum of History in Gatineau, Quebec to check out their amazing collection of artifacts and lends a hand setting up new exhibits.
January 26, 2016
Rick practices with the Canadian Olympic beach volleyball team; Rick travels to Montreal for the annual Fête des neiges.
February 2, 2016
Rick plays doctor-for-a-day at the University of Manitoba; Rick gets a baton twirling lesson from the Spectrum North Baton Club.
February 9, 2016
Rick trains with Canada's competitive snowball-fighting team and participates in the world's largest snowball fight; a lesson on glass blowing.
March 1, 2015
Rick and singer/songwriter Jann Arden join the Calgary Stetson Show Band; Rick plays dodgeball in Edmonton.
March 8, 2015
Rick takes a polar bear dip and drift races at the Winter Festival in Fort Qu'Appelle; Rick cares for a polar bear cub at the Toronto Zoo.
March 15, 2015
Rick goes to Barrie, ON to help the snow plowing team clean up after a major storm and then he's off to practice archery with Olympian Crispin Duenas who heads to Rio this summer.
March 22, 2016
Rick joins students at the Ontario Science Centre and in Oshawa where some are building competitive robots.
March 29, 2016
Rick visits the winners of the annual Spread the Net Student Challenge.
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