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- The true story of boys being sexually abused at their orphanage ran by a religious community in Newfoundland.
- Fifteen years after the events of The Boys of St. Vincent took place, the various boys involved are brought in to testify against the brothers, now finally standing trial, who assaulted them when they were children. The former head of the orphanage, Peter Lavin, has been married for several years at this point, has two children, and is living in Montreal when he is placed under arrest and brought to stand trial. While he maintains his innocence, the boy he favoured durring those years, Kevin Reevey, as well as many others, are faced with revisiting the abuse and trauma they sustained as children.
- Margaret MacNiel, a girl living in a Cape Breton coal mining town, finds her life changing when she meets Neil Currie, a cheerful bagpipe-playing dishwasher. Unfortunately, neither of them are able to escape the industry around them.
- Sam, the 12 year old son of a famous missing polar explorer, has despaired. His mother has married again and moved with him and her new husband to the wasteland of Canada. He doesn't like him, the place, and has problems finding new friends. One day he meets a wild dog which one looks like the leader of his father's sled dogs. With him and the two family dogs he plans to compete in this year's sled dog race. He is getting closer to the neighbour's daughter who is able to build the sled. But her father wants to kill all wild dogs...
- The story of Big Bear, the real life Cree chief who campaigned for his people and their land against the Canadian government in the 1870s and 1880s.
- The life and career of former journalist and politician René Lévesque, from 1958 to 1970.
- The Duplessis Orphans (French: les Orphelins de Duplessis) were children victimized in a mid-20th century scheme in which approximately 20,000 orphaned children were falsely certified as mentally ill by the government of the province of Quebec Canada and confined to psychiatric institutions. The Catholic Church has denied the allegations and disputes the claims of those seeking payments. (Wikipedia)
- Indigenous sovereignty stood at the forefront of political life in Oka, Quebec in the summer of 1990 when the Mohawk Nation was forced to stand their ground and protect their sacred land from being absorbed into a land development project.
- A young mother is forced to shelter five soldiers for a night in her isolated house.
- Based on real events, this dramatic mini-series follows the experiences of the fictional Alvaro family who are a part of a Canadian community during World War Two that attempts to come to terms with events over which they have no control.
- Rene Levesque was one of the most charismatic politicians in the history of Canada and Quebec and was perhaps the most influential person of the second half of the 20th century on the Canadian political scene. Who was this brilliant man?
- When Tess holds an alternative therapy workshop in the back pantry during off-hours, Ben refuses to allow her to do so. However, when Ben meets one of the participants and becomes smitten, he decides to take part in the workshop himself.
- Desperate to join the Goodfellows Guild at school, Pattie sets up an interview with the club President after school at Bulky's on a day that just so happens to coincide with a day that Ben decrees everyone must look and behave like Alex.
- Alex is bummed about having to participate in a student exchange program, and he is dreading meeting Danny from Manitoba, however, his demeanor quickly changes when Danny turns out to be Danielle, a very hot high school senior.
- A new contest at Bulky's encourages employees to come up with ways to attract new customers. Ben is sure he will win, but his ideas are all total duds until he begins to "borrow" ideas from a child and happily pass them off as his own.
- Ben buys an aromatic spray at a pet store hoping to stun a pesky mouse long enough to get it out of the restaurant, but his plan goes horribly awry when the staff, not the mouse, are affected by the spray, but in a way no one expects.
- Pattie and Tess run against each other for President of the Student Council but end up spending more time campaigning than working. Customer dissatisfaction turns into satisfaction, however, when Pattie begins buying votes with free food.
- Robyn is in love, but it is not a happy love story, it is more like Romeo and Juliet, as Robyn is in love with the cook from a rival fast food chain. As she soon learns, love and work do not mix.
- Tommy McGuire, the star of a new superhero movie "Tiger Man," appears at Bulky's in full Tiger Man regalia for a special appearance. Alex is unimpressed and challenges Tommy to perform the famous "Tiger Man Leap." Things quickly go awry.
- Pattie develops a crush on John Smith, a man who claims he was sent from Bulky's head office to catch a counterfeiter. However, it soon becomes clear that John Smith is not who he claims but is instead nothing but a common thief himself.
- Bulky's lands a lucrative merchandising deal with a Sci-Fi Hollywood blockbuster, and for a limited time they will distribute collectible movie tie-in toys with every Wacky Meal. The event causes a huge, unexpected uproar in interest.
- Pattie and Robyn are excited about an upcoming concert that Bulky's is sponsoring that will feature a heartthrob singer named Rico. Meanwhile, Alex sells Ben a smelly concoction that he insists is a love potion that makes girls go crazy.
- When Alex starts a rock band, Ben complains that his practicing is distracting him from work and advises him to quit the band. However, when Ben notices that Alex's guitar playing augments their customer's appetites, he changes his tune.
- Alex wins a competition to be Bulky's spokesperson and gets right to work creating a new ad campaign. The success soon goes straight to Alex's head, and the campaign ends up turning into a full-scale disaster.
- Ben is penniless but he desperately wants a new cellphone, so he asks Robyn to lend him some money. Knowing full well she will not lend him money for a phone, Ben makes up a heartbreaking story about a poor friend that he wants to help.
- Alex's tattoo attracts unwanted attention from a man who mistakes him for a member of a rival gang. The biker instructs Alex to meet in the parking lot after work, where the gang leader will be waiting to settle a score. Alex is terrified.
- Ben ropes Pattie into a contest to win a shiny trophy to display at Bulky's. Trouble is, Pattie must compete against Chris the super-jock in a thumb-wrestling competition to win the trophy. Tess bets Alex that she can predict the winner.
- Robyn begins listening to cult-like self-help tapes to boost her self-confidence. Soon, her self-help initiative completely alters her personality, making her unbearably assertive. Tess's new love for photography becomes a nuisance.
- Pattie organizes a baseball game between Bulky's and their rival restaurant, Chunky's. As Coach, Patti discovers that the only time for practice is during working hours, so the gang figures out how to practice and serve the customers.
- Pattie reneges on a promise to Tess causing Tess to put a curse on Pattie. Pattie does not believe in curses, but bad luck arrives, nonetheless. Tess says she will remove the curse if Pattie apologizes, but Pattie refuses to do so.
- He might hate it, but Alex wants to keep his job at Bulky's. However, his tenure is on thin ice, and on the verge of being terminated, when Ben hires a champion burger flipper to show Alex that he means business.
- Much to her chagrin, Robyn finds out that she is going to have to wear big metal braces. Once in place, she refuses to open her mouth, instead choosing to converse with friends and customers through body language and hand-written signs.
- Robyn is attracted to Ryan, the editor of the school newspaper, and all would be fine except that Ryan is attracted to Pattie, who has absolutely no interest in him. A series of misunderstandings leads Robyn to suspect Pattie of foul play.
- Robyn is forced to take over as Assistant Manager and hates the new role. Pattie sees Robyn's new role as a bonus, believing they can all goof off now that one of their own has become the boss. Robyn, however, takes her new job seriously.
- There's a gangsta rapper in town and everyone wants to go to the concert, but money is a problem for Alex. Perhaps the overnight cleanup shift he is on with Ben will allow him to earn the cash, but man's best laid plans often go astray.
- Profits are down and Ben must fire an employee to reduce overhead. After conducting an efficiency study to determine who is expendable, it turns out Ben is the one who is expendable. So, like a good Assistant Manager, Ben fires himself.
- Sarah discovers that Ms. Atoll never graduated high school and uses the information to blackmail Ms. Atoll into letting her join Radio Active. When everyone discovers Sarah's secret, they decide to use the information themselves.
- Ethan and George each accidentally get black eyes under circumstances that not only convince Tanya that she is responsible but impress upon her that she has a killer punch and must stay away from everyone for their own good.
- To make some easy money, Kevin and Ethan plan to sell cassettes of their new Jerry Springer-type radio show, but their plan fizzles when their show flops. Things start to cook, however, when they engineer a fight between Morgan and Sarah.
- Kevin discovers that a special someone will not date him because he is always in detention. Ethan, on the other hand, believes that his dating prospects might improve if he were not such a goody-goody. Soon, Kevin and Ethan change places.
- The gang will lose their radio privileges unless Kevin can pass an oral science test. To help him succeed, Morgan craftily broadcasts the answers to Kevin during her radio show, but Ms. Atoll soon catches on to their clever scheme.
- Kevin makes a bet that he can get Morgan to fall for him. Little does he realize, but Morgan soon catches on and learns of the bet and decides to teach Kevin a little lesson about respect.
- Morgan feels that the good things in life are passing her by because she is trapped in school, so she decides to drop out. Morgan soon discovers that life on the outside is not quite as fulfilling as she had imagined.
- When Ethan mistakenly believes he has inherited a fortune, he buys his friends expensive gifts, but they come with a price. The situation takes a turn for the worse when Ethan's inheritance arrives, and it is not what he expected.
- Ethan becomes manager of a band featuring Tanya and George. Even though they are terrible musicians, Ethan gets them plenty of air play by bribing Kevin. Eventually, the school riots, bringing an end to Ethan's career as a manager.
- When Kevin is coerced into competing against Morgan for the right to represent the school on a television quiz show, Kevin attempts to tip the balance in his favor by planting questions to which only he will know the answers.
- When Ms. Atoll suddenly seems to know what is going to happen before it does, the Radio Active group suspects a spy in their midst. Their number one suspect is Ethan, and acting upon flimsy evidence, everyone decides to shun him.
- When Tanya correctly guesses the weather, Morgan becomes convinced that Tanya possesses physic abilities. Soon, everyone wants Tanya to see into their future.