Rick Mercer Report - Episode Guide

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

Episode: 13x02 | Airdate: Oct 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

Episode: 13x03 | Airdate: Oct 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

Episode: 13x04 | Airdate: Oct 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

Episode: 13x05 | Airdate: Nov 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

Episode: 13x06 | Airdate: Nov 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

Episode: 13x07 | Airdate: Nov 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

Episode: 13x08 | Airdate: Dec 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

Episode: 13x09 | Airdate: Jan 5, 2016

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

Episode: 13x10 | Airdate: Jan 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

Episode: 13x11 | Airdate: Jan 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

Episode: 13x12 | Airdate: Jan 26, 2016

Rick practices with the Canadian Olympic beach volleyball team; Rick travels to Montreal for the annual Fête des neiges.

February 2, 2016

Episode: 13x13 | Airdate: Feb 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

Episode: 13x14 | Airdate: Feb 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

Episode: 13x15 | Airdate: Mar 1, 2016

Rick and singer/songwriter Jann Arden join the Calgary Stetson Show Band; Rick plays dodgeball in Edmonton.

March 8, 2015

Episode: 13x16 | Airdate: Mar 8, 2016

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

Episode: 13x17 | Airdate: Mar 15, 2016

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

Episode: 13x18 | Airdate: Mar 22, 2016

Rick joins students at the Ontario Science Centre and in Oshawa where some are building competitive robots.

March 29, 2016

Episode: 13x19 | Airdate: Mar 29, 2016

Rick visits the winners of the annual Spread the Net Student Challenge.

Season 14

October 4, 2016

Episode: 14x01 | Airdate: Oct 4, 2016

Rick joins Mermaids International at Stanley Park; Rick flies a two-person gyroplane.

October 11, 2016

Episode: 14x02 | Airdate: Oct 11, 2016

Rick takes care of seals at Memorial University's Ocean Sciences Centre; Rick learns traditional Polish dances at the largest Polish festival in North America.

October 18, 2016

Episode: 14x03 | Airdate: Oct 18, 2016

Rick tours the Gwaii Haanas National Park in Haida Gwaii, B.C.

October 25, 2016

Episode: 14x04 | Airdate: Oct 25, 2016

Rick participates in the annual Fort Fright event at the most haunted place in Canada; Rick learns traditional wood-carving techniques in Haida Gwaii, B.C.

November 1, 2016

Episode: 14x05 | Airdate: Nov 1, 2016

In Kamloops, Rick joins the BC Search Dog Association for training; Rick attends the Morden Corn and Apple Festival.

November 15, 2016

Episode: 14x06 | Airdate: Nov 15, 2016

Rick goes paragliding in Revelstoke, B.C.; a charity organization in Toronto builds ramps to make the city accessible for all.

November 22, 2016

Episode: 14x07 | Airdate: Nov 22, 2016

Rick trains with Ontario's air ambulance brigade and a bike polo team.

November 29, 2016

Episode: 14x08 | Airdate: Nov 29, 2016

A society re-creates the medieval world; Rick judges a cheese-making competition in Belleville.

December 6, 2016

Episode: 14x09 | Airdate: Dec 6, 2016

Rick learns to play broomball; at the annual pet show in Mississauga, Rick plays Santa.

January 17, 2017

Episode: 14x10 | Airdate: Jan 17, 2017

Rick joins in at the annual Sunrise Festival in Inuvik, N.W.T.; at Westpark Healthcare Centre, Rick learns how prosthetics are made and worn.

January 24, 2017

Episode: 14x11 | Airdate: Jan 24, 2017

Rick tests and maintains the ice highway between Inuvik and Tuktoyaktuk; Rick goes to an indoor skiing and snowboarding facility in Vaughan, Ontario.

January 31, 2017

Episode: 14x12 | Airdate: Jan 31, 2017

Rick attends the Polar Plunge in Edmonton; on the job with the Edmonton Police Service.

February 7, 2017

Episode: 14x13 | Airdate: Feb 7, 2017

February 14, 2017

Episode: 14x14 | Airdate: Feb 14, 2017

The best of the Mercer Report 2016; Rick cares for a polar bear cub; Rick goes paragliding in B.C.

February 28, 2017

Episode: 14x15 | Airdate: Feb 28, 2017

Rick is in Ottawa to try Ice Dragon Boat Racing with an all-female team, and then he heads to Parliament Hill to help build a temporary House of Commons as restoration begins.

March 7, 2017

Episode: 14x16 | Airdate: Mar 7, 2017

Rick joins the officers at the Canadian Police College; Ontario MPP Jagmeet Singh shows Rick how to tie a turban.

March 14, 2017

Episode: 14x17 | Airdate: Mar 14, 2017

Rick tries out a self-driving car; Rick attends the annual Griz Days winter festival in Fernie, B.C.

March 21, 2017

Episode: 14x18 | Airdate: Mar 21, 2017

Rick joins cadets on a parachute tower in CFB Trenton; Rick goes to a gentleman's expo in Toronto.

March 28, 2017

Episode: 14x19 | Airdate: Mar 28, 2017

Rick travels to schools to announce the winners of the Spread the Net Student Challenge.

Season 15

September 26, 2017

Episode: 15x01 | Airdate: Sep 26, 2017

Rick trains with Invictus Games athletes; Rick visits a wildlife centre on Vancouver Island.

October 3, 2017

Episode: 15x02 | Airdate: Oct 3, 2017

Tonight Rick is in PEI helping with maintenance on the Confederation Bridge and then he's off to Kingston, ON. for the Sea Cadet National Regatta.

October 10, 2017

Episode: 15x03 | Airdate: Oct 10, 2017

Rick goes on a picnic with hundreds of rescued golden retrievers; Rick helps paint some of the last grain elevators in the country.

October 17, 2017

Episode: 15x04 | Airdate: Oct 17, 2017

Rick operates the locks on the Rideau Canal; in BC's wine country, Rick stomps grapes at the Festival of the Grape.

October 24, 2017

Episode: 15x05 | Airdate: Oct 24, 2017

Rick sails across Lake Ontario on the Playfair; Rick visits the University of British Columbia to see its cutting-edge research projects.

November 07, 2017

Episode: 15x06 | Airdate: Nov 7, 2017

Rick and Jann Arden visit the Calgary Zoo.

November 14, 2017

Episode: 15x07 | Airdate: Nov 14, 2017

Rick goes in search of a lost ship in the Arctic Ocean; Rick attends Gjoa Haven's Shipwreck Festival.

November 21, 2017

Episode: 15x08 | Airdate: Nov 21, 2017

Rick helps transport sheep in Ferryland, Newfoundland; Rick joins construction workers in Toronto.

November 28, 2017

Episode: 15x09 | Airdate: Nov 28, 2017

Rick helps with the goats, sheep and Jack Russell terriers at Toronto's Royal Winter Fair; Rick checks out the Coast Guard's communication system.

December 5, 2017

Episode: 15x10 | Airdate: Dec 5, 2017

Rick helps at the Winter Festival of Lights in Niagara Falls; Rick visits The Rooms, a cultural centre in St. John's, Nfld.

Best of the Mercer Report 2017

Episode: 15x11 | Airdate: Jan 9, 2018

Top items from the year including Rick's visit to the Sunrise Festival in Inuvik, NWT, his tall ship sailing lesson on Lake Ontario and the Gord Downie tribute are featured.

January 16, 2018

Episode: 15x12 | Airdate: Jan 16, 2018

Rick goes to Cirque du Soleil headquarters in Montreal to see their show put together then heads to the University of Victoria to find out what it takes to become an opera singer.

January 23, 2018

Episode: 15x13 | Airdate: Jan 23, 2018

Rick is at Edmonton's Deep Freeze Byzantine Winter Festival where he races a deep freezer through city streets and gets some dance lessons. Later he checks out the action at the North American International Motorcycle Supershow in Mississauga, Ontario.

January 30, 2018

Episode: 15x14 | Airdate: Jan 30, 2018

Rick boards an ice-breaking vessel in Toronto Harbour and learns how to keep the shipping lanes open then visits the Interior Design Show to check out the latest from Canada's top designers

February 6, 2018

Episode: 15x15 | Airdate: Feb 6, 2018

Rick checks in with athletes headed to another Winter Olympics including flag bearers Scott Moir and Tessa Virtue, Patrick Chan, Meghan Tandy, Kallie Humphries, Jessie Lumsden and more. He also chats with CBC Winter Olympics broadcaster Scott Russell.