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HEARTLAND is a sprawling multi-generational saga about a family getting through the highs and lows of life on a horse ranch, set against the stunning vistas of the foothills of Alberta.

Romance | 17 seasons

Heartland

Life, death, and drama at 20-thousand feet. A new medical adventure about a group of young first responders in the remote North, where help - and survival - are thousands of miles away.

Drama | 2 seasons

SkyMed

Ellie longs to be a mother. Chen, in desperate financial need, is able to grant the gift of life on the Ellie’s behalf. Their hopelessness unites them but their transaction is far from simple.

Drama | 1 season

A Body That Works

The National is CBC's flagship nightly news program, featuring the day's top stories with in-depth and original journalism.

News | 3 episodes

The National

Celebrities and recording artists come together to raise funds for cancer research and treatment.

Specials | 60 min

Stand Up to Cancer (2023)

Marc-André, a non-conformist, leaves the rat race to live the simple life. When his friend offers him the opportunity to return to the banking world, will he embrace the life he left 4 years earlier?

Avant le Crash (Before the Crash)

When Christine Matheson unexpectedly passes away on the night of her 40th wedding anniversary, her family find themselves at an emotional crossroads.

Love Me

When a steady diet of donuts, pizza, cake and cigarettes lands single mother Beck in a diabetic coma, she receives a ghostly life coach in the form of legendary marathon hero Tom Longboat, who provides the push Beck needs to change her life.

Comedy | 101 min

Run Woman Run

A sudden stroke is like a brush fire in the brain, burning over a million neurons per minute. Without intervention stroke causes debilitating neurological damage, or even death.  Medical researchers have long known that a drug that could lessen or prevent the damage done by stroke could save countless lives and be worth a fortune. It might even win a Nobel Prize. Over the years, drug companies have created what they think are effective stroke drugs. But when it came down to human testing, it proved impossible. But Dr. Mike Tymianski thinks he’s not only created a stroke drug that works, he also believes he has finally figured out a way to test it. Now he just has to prove it. The Stroke Doc is a high-stakes medical drama that follows the final stages of testing this drug on stroke victims. It takes place in the back of screaming ambulances, in hospital corridors and emergency wards around the world, taking us from Muskoka to Manila, where success is measured by tiny changes on an MRI, scrutinized in the middle of the night. And where failure could mean the loss of decades of research and tens of millions of dollars. Is Dr. Tymianski’s drug just another in a long line of failed stroke drugs? Or is he actually on the cusp of the biggest Canadian medical innovation since the discovery of insulin?

Education | 52 min

The Stroke Doc

From cricket chips to nutty black soldier fly grubs, Edible Insects leaps across cultural and culinary boundaries to explore the insect food industry, and how it could benefit our health and planet.

Documentary | 53 min

Edible Insects

PUSH takes audiences into the inner world of the “Wheelie Peeps,” an unlikely group of friends and wheelchair users, bonded by their shared experience of navigating life on wheels.

Documentary | 1 season

Push

Returning to work after maternity leave, Maryam, Catherine, and Helen face the challenges of balancing motherhood with being doctors in an over-stretched, post-Covid healthcare system.

Maternal

A moving, intimate, funny, and true-to-life look at the colourful stories of midwifery and families in East London in the 1950s, based on the best-selling memoirs of the late Jennifer Worth.

Drama | 11 seasons

Call the Midwife

Two midwives, one Buddhist and one Muslim, defy strict ethnic divisions to work side by side in a makeshift clinic in western Myanmar, providing medical services to the Rohingya of Rakhine State.

Documentary | 92 min

Midwives

At age 17, Hugh Herr’s legs were amputated. Frustrated by the crude prosthetic limbs he was given, Herr set out to remedy their design, leading him to a career as an inventor of prosthetic devices.

Documentary | 54 min

Augmented

STRAYS follows Shannon Ross (Nicole Power from Kim’s Convenience) as the new executive director of the Hamilton East Animal Shelter, where she is boss to an eclectic staff.

Comedy | 2 seasons

Strays

White Lie depicts the life of a popular undergrad faking cancer who struggles to maintain her secret.

Drama | 96 min

White Lie

A portrait of Canadian multidisciplinary artist Max Dean and his recent projects using art to confront his battle with prostate cancer.

Documentary | 75 min

Still Max

Tan France, stylist and presenter on Netflix's hit show 'Queer Eye,' sets out to unearth the truth about colourism, where you are judged not only on the colour of your skin, but by the shade of it.

Documentary | 57 min

Tan France: Beauty and the Bleach

Mysteries of Mental Illness explores the story of mental illness in science and society, tracing the evolution of this complex topic from its earliest days to present times.

Mysteries of Mental Illness

Master falconer Rodney Stotts is on a mission to build a bird sanctuary, and provide access to nature for his stressed community.

Documentary | 60 min

The Falconer

With exclusive access to a ground-breaking trial, this film asks if psychedelic drugs can help tackle one of the biggest medical challenges we face - depression.

Documentary | 50 min

The Psychedelic Drug Trial: A Cure for Depression

Comedian Rhod Gilbert's got a secret: he’s painfully shy, and it’s no joke. After a lifetime of social anxiety, can he finally come to terms with his shyness; and help others to do the same?

Documentary | 59 min

Rhod Gilbert: Stand Up to Shyness

Burnout re-examines the culture of work, and asks if it is worth the price we pay.

Documentary | 52 min

Burnout: The Truth About Work

Guy's tragic death is a shock for the Leblanc family. For many years, the real cause of his death is kept hidden from some members of the family, including his son David.

Drama | 102 min

L'etre Chers (Our Loved Ones)

Cut off from his loved ones due to the pandemic lockdown, a quadriplegic rabbi in a long-term-care facility is filmed remotely by his daughter. Offering powerful meditations on love and hope, Perfecting the Art of Longing shows us what it means to be alive in a state of profound isolation.

Documentary | 12 min

Perfecting the Art of Longing

Edgar Lewis is in trouble. He’s a Catholic school boy, trying to understand his own budding sexuality, but he is caught masturbating in class and is promptly expelled. After a month of intense reflection, Edgar creates a multimedia presentation to prove to the school board that he’s mentally and physically fit to return to school.

Drama | 13 min

Premium Pornography

Odehimin is reconnecting with yourself and learning to love yourself.

Documentary | 3 min

ODEHIMIN (Heart Berry)

Gabi just wants to be Gabi. A simple wish one could think, but it’s not. Over the course of five years we follow Gabi’s struggle to find her true self in a society dictated by gender categorization.

Documentary | 76 min

Gabi: Between Ages 8 and 13

A Two-Spirited daughter discovers she is a perfect kidney donor for her ailing father. By gifting a piece of herself, she hopes to save his life and gain his acceptance.

Documentary | 11 min

Gift to Give

As the inaugural women’s flyweight champion and the sport’s first Native American champion, Nicco Montaño was a rising star in the UFC. In her quest to defend her title, Montano realizes she’ll face her biggest challenge before she ever steps foot in the ring. In this look behind the veil of combat sports, Warrior Spirit questions the controversial practice of intense weight loss and its damaging effect on even the fittest of athletes.

Documentary | 1 episode

Warrior Spirit

The incredible life of Dr. Ruth Westheimer, a Holocaust survivor who became America's most famous sex therapist.

Ask Dr. Ruth

The Hughes family work and love and fight like every other family. Then, their youngest son is diagnosed with autism and they don't feel like every other family anymore.

Drama | 3 seasons

The A Word

When a foley artist goes home to settle her late mother’s estate, she discovers a dark family secret and becomes obsessed with finding the truth.

Something Undone

During the pandemic, five plants are trapped in an apartment with their human friend’s constant presence. Like the rest of us, they adapt to a new way of living and finding meaning.

Comedy | 1 season

Uprooted: The Plantemic

The inspiring journey of Alain Philoctète, a Haitan artist and activist who dreams of developing a permaculture project in his native country even as he fights an ongoing battle with cancer.

Documentary | 84 min

Kenbe La: Until We Win

The story of Jordan River Anderson, and how as a result of his short life, thousands of Indigenous children today have health care equal to that enjoyed by the rest of Canadians.

Documentary | 66 min

Jordan River Anderson: The Messenger

HANG UPS is a new comedy series about an unconventional therapist whose own life is more chaotic than that of any his patients.  Richard Pitt, a therapist, who is trying to relaunch his career online after the disastrous collapse of his group therapy practice. We join him on the first day of his new venture and watch as he tries to tackle an array of clients, each with their issues while fighting fires in his own personal life.

Hang Ups

You Can’t Ask asks the misunderstood, judged, or stigmatised people in society, the questions you've always wanted to know the answers to. It's about breaking down stereotypes and offering genuine insight into the lives of people who live with labels.

Documentary | 2 seasons

You Can't Ask That

A pioneer of integrative medicine, veterinarian Dr. Marty Goldstein attracts four-legged patients from around the world, providing holistic treatments for animals after other vets have given up hope.

Documentary | 101 min

The Dog Doc

A couple finds strength in Capoeira as they raise their son with a life-threatening condition. A portrait of family and fun, and the day to day challenges of keeping a family together.

Documentary | 26 min

Why We Fight

Professor Tim Flannery investigates how seaweed in helping to save the world - from growing the foods of the future, helping save the reef, and even combating climate change.

Can Seaweed Save the World?

Two young adults from opposite ends of Canada relive the harrowing experience of surviving COVID-19, being hospitalized,  and begin coping with the long unknown recovery ahead. They become fast friends through the process and it becomes a form of therapy that only they can understand.

Documentary | 18 min

Recovery

A Newfoundland family lives through lockdown, coping with their sister’s mental disability, the death of their mother, and the fallout from a local COVID-19 cluster.

Documentary | 34 min

Me, Mom & Covid

"About Sex" invites teens to take a funny and frank look at what's going on in their head, their heart, and between their legs as they navigate life and love as a young adult. Thirty-five episodes explore topics from consent to pornography addiction, through skits, expert advice, and teen testimonials.

Teen | 1 season

About Sex

A Cree filmmaker reaches out to the strongest and smartest Indigenous women she knows to get their insight into “the change.” Through candid stories and much laughter, they delve into ideas of sexuality, ageing, spirituality, and healing around menopause.

KaYaMenTA: Sharing Truths About Menopause

Filmed entirely around the viral breakout and presented by Dr. Javid Abdelmoneim alongside Dr. Lisa Cross. Features consumer science and expert advice, giving us the definitive guide.

Biography | 46 min

Coronavirus: Is Your House Clean Enough?

An arthritic Nova Scotia woman works as a housekeeper while she hones her skills as an artist and eventually becomes a beloved figure in the community.

Drama | 116 min

Maudie

A young woman conceals the fact of her terminal cancer to live her life with a passion she never had before.

Drama | 107 min

My Life Without Me

When confronted with his mortality, Ben Tyler (Joshua Jackson) impulsively buys a vintage motorcycle and sets off on a road trip that starts in Toronto and ends up on Vancouver Island in the town of Tofino. Humorous, profound and extremely moving, One Week uses the great Canadian landscape as the backdrop to the story of a man and his life journey. In the search for himself, he finds out what makes this country, and his life, so beautiful.

Drama | 90 min

One Week

Save Me sheds humorous light on the fact that life is short, anything can happen, and the trauma that doesn't kill you might just open you to the strange beauty of existence.

Save Me

Will smiling make you happy? Will changing your posture make you more confident? Can the science of embodied cognition make you feel better?

Documentary | 78 min

You Are What You Act

An elderly couple fight against local authorities in rural New Brunswick to build their final home.

Drama | 91 min

Still Mine

Alexander began growing his hair soon after his father was diagnosed with terminal lung cancer. Four years later, he decides that it’s time to cut and donate his hair. Reflecting on the past and present, Alex reveals that he’s nervous about letting go of something he’s become so comfortable with. His long hair started as a contest between friends, a bet about who could grow it the longest. Alexander’s hair is now long enough to donate to the Canadian Cancer Society. But before Alex cuts off all his hair, he wants to have a little fun. He decides to have his hair braided at Bea’s Braiding, a local salon. After a few hours in the chair, he finds that the braids actually suit him. He shows off his new look in a photo shoot organized by his girlfriend and family; it’s a chance for Alex to express his old self and document his long hair one last time. There’s only one person who can cut Alex’s hair: Jerome Pinsonneault. Jerome occupies a special place in the family; he had cut Alex’s father’s hair for over 30 years. Jerome generously offers to cut Alex’s hair and shape what’s left into a new doo. For Alexander, his hair represents grief, death, love and family. Confronting his own inner struggles to let it all go symbolizes the end of a long grieving process and opens up a new chapter in his life.

Biography | 7 min

For Dad, With Love

High school students today have to balance heavy workloads at school with increasing pressure to succeed. Fourth Period Burnout pools the creative energies of three youth - Juliette (16), Daniel (18) and Theresa (15) - and their mentor, Madison Thomas, to create a short documentary about their day-to-day experiences with stress and burnout. Juliette dances five days a week while working towards becoming an actor and pushing herself to do well in school. Daniel is a high school senior with a goal of going into film studies. He's a bit nervous about university. Theresa is a first-generation Canadian whose parents immigrated from the Philippines. She feels the pressure to do well in school, but also loves the arts and just hanging out with her friends. The idea for the documentary took shape when director Madison Thomas started teaching in an after-school program for creative teens in Winnipeg. “When one student shared her weekly school, homework, extra-curricular and part-time work schedule with me, I was floored by how much was being expected of this 16 year-old,” says Thomas. Fourth Period Burnout features the collaborative voice of the students alongside artistic recreations of the situations that hint at the emotional and psychological states of youth heading towards a burnout from being overworked at school. Through their work, the voices of the teen creators encourage other youth to practise self-care and not put so much pressure on themselves. With behind-the-scenes footage documenting the writing process and the narrative components that the students bring to life, the documentary explores how high school students are overworked and some of the ways they can manage their stress.

Documentary | 15 min

Fourth Period Burnout

A man coping with the institutionalization of his wife because of Alzheimer's disease faces an epiphany when she transfers her affections to another man, Aubrey, a wheelchair-bound mute who also is a patient at the nursing home.

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