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Wednesday, April 21 at 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT on Discovery Channel

Climate change is hitting the Arctic harder and faster than any other region on Earth. Although the North may seem remote from the population centres of the world, this is where the impact of human activity - sensitive ecosystems forever altered by climate change - is felt the most. In some of the world's most desolate and stunning locations, ARCTIC CIRCLE marries dramatic footage with hard science and striking computer graphics to tell the story of climate change as nobody has seen it before.

Saturday, April 17 at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT on Discovery Channel

Hosted by Severn and Sarika Cullis-Suzuki, this documentary features an exciting group of young personalities from the "Y generation" selling their vision for the future of our planet. Watch as the new centurions debate about our global future with other generations and discuss their world - the one they're taking over - and how they're going to fix it.

– This 90-minute special follows a young orphaned impala that grows up to learn the hard truths, rules and hazards of life alone in the African bush –

The wilds of the African savannah are a perilous place to grow up and for a young orphaned male gazelle named Grant, life couldn’t be more trying. Premiering Sunday, April 4 at 8 p.m. ET/9 p.m. PT, AFRICAN BAMBI is the real-life emotional story of one young impala’s journey to adulthood amidst the daily threats of his environment. Facing life in the bush without the guidance of a mother, AFRICAN BAMBI is a story of courage, instinct, hope and desperation.

Reel Injun, airing Sunday, March 28 at 10 p.m. ET/PT on THE PASSIONATE EYE on CBC News Network, is Cree filmmaker Neil Diamond’s entertaining and insightful look at how Hollywood has portrayed North American Natives through a century of film.

Reel Injun traces the evolution of the cinema’s depiction of Native people from the first flickering images of the “Injun” in silent films to today’s big-screen portrayals. Along the way, Diamond travels to such iconic film locales as Monument Valley, the setting for countless Hollywood Westerns, and the Black Hills of South Dakota, home to Crazy Horse (rumoured to be Hollywood’s inspiration for the mystical warrior stereotype) and whose descendants now live in poverty on the Pine Ridge Indian reservation. Diamond discovers that the future of Native cinema seems to reside in the unlikeliest of places – Canada’s North.

It almost sounds too good to be true. Half-acre building lots for only $1. The catch? All the homes must be built from scratch and residents must live “off-the-grid” – no electricity and no town services. That’s the innovative and eco-friendly solution a small prairie town devises to revive itself and stave off its economic demise. Eco-Home Adventures, airing Wednesday, March 24 at 10 p.m. ET/PT on THE PASSIONATE EYE on CBC News Network, spends a dramatic year following the efforts of the pioneering new residents who accepted the challenge and set out to build an eco-community and survive the Saskatchewan winter.

Sunday, March 21 at 11 p.m. ET/8 p.m. PT on Discovery Channel

During the winter months, the sea by the kingdom of Tonga is home to an abundance of majestic humpback whales. The perfect place for mating and calving, its warm water attracts many pods. Here, the males with their massive bodies - over 30 tonnes - dash against each other to compete and win the courtship of females, while mother whales produce and nurse their calves affectionately.

Sunday, March 21 at 8 p.m. ET/9 p.m. PT on Discovery Channel

From cell phones and computers, to leading-edge medical advancements, the sci-fi inventions featured in the original STAR TREK series have permeated everyday life as we know it. The legendary William Shatner hosts this award-winning two-hour special based on his book, "I'm Working On That," revealing how fans of STAR TREK went on to invent technology that changed our daily lives.

Saturday, March 20 at 10 p.m. ET/PT on Discovery Channel

Considered a most unique haven - an emporium of goods for both kings and gods - the land of Punt has an air of fantasy, like that of an Eldorado or Atlantis. To the ancient Egyptians, the land of Punt - with its reed, beehive shaped houses raised on stilts above water - was one of the most exotic and mysterious places to visit. In search of myrrh, the most famous ancient Egyptian expedition to Punt was conducted during the reign of Queen Hatshepsut in the 15th century BC. A report of that voyage survives on a relief in Hatshepsut's funerary temple at Deir el-Bahri.

With the recent earthquakes in Haiti, Chile, Turkey and other countries around the globe, we’re reminded of this natural phenomenon’s devastating power and unpredictability. CBC News Network airs an encore presentation of Anatomy of an Earthquake on Monday, March 15 at 10 p.m. ET/PT on THE PASSIONATE EYE. This timely documentary examines what would happen if the ‘Big One’ were to hit North America, something scientists predict could happen in the near future.

Featuring eyewitness accounts of the 1994 earthquake in California that released more than five megatons of explosive force in the Los Angeles region, the documentary explores the latest technology and structural testing that hopefully will prepare citizens for any future big quakes. Using science and computer generated imagery, Anatomy of an Earthquake sheds light on the likely impact on L.A. should a major earthquake occur.

Monday, March 15 at 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT on Discovery Channel

Pearl Harbor was one of the biggest sea and air battles in history. For many years, it's been said that the Japanese soldiers attacked first and that they were guilty of the fatalities. However, many historians have doubts about this and believe instead that the American soldiers overreacted against a simple exploration mission, provoking the Japanese troops to attack. With the help of experts and pictures taken during battle, UNSOLVED HISTORY: MYTHS OF PEARL HARBOR will try to determine what really happened that day.

Thriller in Manila, airing Sunday, March 14 at 10 p.m. ET/PT on THE PASSIONATE EYE on CBC News Network, is the story behind the legendary battle between boxing legends Joe Frazier and Muhammad Ali.

“The Thriller in Manila” was the greatest fight of all time. It was the third and final confrontation between Joe Frazier and Muhammad Ali, two men who, by this time, hated each other. It was a personal hatred born out of the explosive racial politics of 1970’s America. Only eight years earlier, these two men had been friends.

The documentary begins in 1967 when Ali refused to fight in the Vietnam War and was subsequently stripped of his heavyweight title and license to box. While the boxing world and mainstream America were against him for his views, Frazier stood by him, respecting his religious beliefs.

Joaquin Chapo (Shorty) Guzman is America’s most wanted fugitive, after Osama bin Laden, with a $5 million bounty on his head. He’s pursued by the FBI, the DEA and tens of thousands of Mexican troops and Federal Police. Violence is rampant in parts of Mexico as rival drug cartels battle over the marijuana and cocaine smuggling routes to North America. Mexico’s Drug War airing Monday, March 8 at 10 p.m. ET/PT on THE PASSIONATE EYE on CBC News Network follows BBC journalist Katya Adler as she journeys deep into the heart of the country’s drug war and uncovers the human stories behind this seemingly random and disturbing violence.

CannaBiz, airing Sunday, March 7 at 10 p.m. ET/PT on THE PASSIONATE EYE on CBC News Network tells the story of Grand Forks, B.C., an eccentric border town nestled in the secluded Kootenay Mountains, where draft dodgers and hippies planted the first “B.C. Bud” in the 1960s. Today, marijuana growers are at the crossroads of crime and commerce, as growers battle for a share of profits from an industry worth a staggering $20 billion, amid rising violence and gang trouble. The code of the marijuana industry has changed drastically over the last few decades, as Brian Taylor, the “Marijuana Mayor”, and ex-convict Sam Mellace petition for legalized medical marijuana as an answer to the fallout from the escalating crime and mayhem.

With inside access to growers, gangsters and police, CannaBiz untangles the inner workings of the exploding marijuana business and raises serious questions about Canada’s drug laws.

It’s estimated that 80 per cent of today’s teens will gamble at least once before finishing high school. With the barrage of marketing campaigns, television coverage of poker tournaments and easy access to online gaming, it is no surprise that teens are increasingly affected.  Experts find that the rate of problem gambling among young people is two to four times higher than for adults.  In a world television premiere, Gambling Boys airs Monday, March 1 at 10 p.m. ET/PT on THE PASSIONATE EYE on CBC News Network.  The documentary delves into the world of teen gambling to explore the potent allure of winning big and the harsh consequences of getting hooked.

In the documentary, viewers meet Jamie, 20 and Clifford, 18. Both speak candidly about their gambling addictions. Jamie lost two years of high school due to his poker addiction and Clifford spent two months in rehab for an addiction to sports betting.

Emmy Award-winning Sex Slaves investigates one of the most exploitative and lucrative trades in the world, Sunday, Feb. 28, at 10 p.m. ET/PT, on THE PASSIONATE EYE, on CBC News Network.

An estimated half-million women are trafficked annually for the purpose of sexual slavery. They are “exported” to more than 50 countries, including Britain, Italy, Japan, Germany, Israel, Turkey, China, Kosovo, Canada and the United States. Misunderstood and widely tolerated, sex trafficking has become a multi-billion dollar underground industry. Sex Slaves is directed by award-winning Canadian filmmaker Ric Bienstock in association with THE PASSIONATE EYE.