Saturday

The lake at the cottage is not open for winter fishing so the brothers Andrew and Kevin decide they need a mobile ice fishing shack they can haul into the middle of a frozen lake. But it’s not just going to be any old shack — the brothers, together with their engineer pal Walker, are aiming for something that can rightfully be called the Ultimate Ice Fishing Shack.

A weekend winter getaway has been a family cottage tradition for brothers Andrew and Kevin for years. Their friends come in force looking to beat the winter blues with a healthy dose of crisp winter air and good-natured banter. This year, the brothers decide to build the Ultimate Hockey Rink to keep the masses entertained. Complete with rink side food and bevies, a lawnmower-turned-ice resurfacer, and their very own trophy — The Manly Cup — this promises to be a spirited game of stick and puck that rivals the pros in entertainment value.

A Toronto bakery prepares a mammoth order for one of the world’s most prestigious hotels. Meanwhile, the overnight juicing team scrambles as a costly mistake puts them behind schedule.

An over-spiced kettle of soup has a Toronto culinary team heading back to the cutting board with just two hours to spare. Meanwhile, the crew at a New York bakery finds itself short on ingredients and at risk of missing the boat.

A squad of Ohio taco artists is determined to win an annual food truck competition. Meanwhile, a Toronto team struggles to create an exotic custom dessert for a prestigious client.

A Las Vegas baking crew struggles with a last-minute order for wedding cakes. Meanwhile, it’s down to the wire as a catering team races to finish meals for hundreds of hungry athletes.

Drew and Tee get access to a mammoth Norfolk boatyard that boasts over half a century of surplus stock. Peter Jay once toured with the Beatles and today he owns a one-of-a-kind hippodrome. On the outskirts of Manchester, the chaps scour a sprawling house clearance and antiques shop that’s jam packed with unusual salvage items.

The team prepares for a huge auction, but a major snowfall threatens to derail the big event. Like a salvage theme park, Drew and Tee visit the best little scrapyard in Britain. Rumoured to be haunted, the chaps scour a 15th century manor house for hidden treasure. Drew uncovers the mother lode of lamps from a legendary British warship.

At Lemmington Hall, Drew goes shopping in the home’s grand parlour! A former antique dealer has packed every inch of his property with TVs, old cars, and everything in between. Drew and Rebecca visit a traditional country house with unusual interiors. At a military surplus business, Drew passes on a one-man submarine.

Jacqui and Andrews’ big gold dreams are stalled by communication issues, while The Gold Retrievers face financial ruin, and the Poseidon Crew battle wet weather to unearth a monster pay day.

The Gold Devils confront an armed trespasser, Jacqui and Andrew produce a bumper haul with their portable sluice, and The Ferals uncover the biggest nugget of their mining careers.

New team, Alan and Salty, take the plunge in search of underwater nuggets, the Ferals hit a rich patch, but are forced to chase away night-tine thieves and the Gold Retrievers call in family to save their season.

Turbo’s pushing his luck and his truck to the edge. Russell McDonough duels with the desert and Bob Fraser tackles a mountain of timber.

Steve Grahame gets a double dose of bad on a brutal lap through the red centre.

Turbo’s bleeding money as his run lurches out of control.

From raw materials to finished products, Food Factory goes behind the scenes to reveal how our favourite foods are produced: Planters cocktail peanuts are roasted in a giant oven called the ‘Big Daddy’; Betty Lou’s chocolate-covered snack bars contain freeze-dried vegetables; follow the assembly line that turns out 21 million crispy cream-cheese-filled jalapeno peppers every year; and, Old Montreal steak spice contains a secret blend of 20 herbs and spices.

From raw materials to finished products, Food Factory goes behind the scenes to reveal how our favourite foods are produced: A mother-daughter duo has perfected the recipe for gluten-free Nanaimo bars; 250,000 Chunks O’Fruti frozen strawberry fruit bars are produced every day; uncover the history behind savoury Shanghai dumplings and find out why it’s impossible to eat just one; and, these multicoloured retro fruit jellies have attracted a celebrity following.

From raw materials to finished products, Food Factory goes behind the scenes to reveal how our favourite foods are produced: Discover the chicken pad Thai kits guaranteed to improve your kitchen cred; visit the Florida candy factory that’s turning out heavenly melt-in-your-mouth mints; the search for the ultimate chimichurri recipe reveals a spicy love story and tons of herbs and garlic; and, every year, half a million lucky bananas are lovingly transformed into chocolate-covered frozen treats.

From raw materials to finished products, Food Factory goes behind the scenes to reveal how our favourite foods are produced: The stats on this mammoth Florida orange juice factory will blow your mind; tour the family-run business that produces 2.5 million balls of pizza dough every day; Fruiti Farts candies feature a rainbow of flavours and a personality that’s all their own; and, over a million bite-size cream puffs roll off this California assembly line every day.

From raw materials to finished products, Food Factory goes behind the scenes to reveal how our favourite foods are produced: Skippy has been perfecting its iconic peanut butter recipe since 1933; eggplant Parmesan is made by the truckload in this California facility; a staggering three million bags of shelled pistachios roll off this assembly line every day; and meet the perfect movie-night chocolate bar that’s packed with crunchy tortilla chips and pop-in-your mouth candy.

From raw materials to finished products, Food Factory goes behind the scenes to reveal how our favourite foods are produced: Making candy-covered almonds is a painstaking 10-hour process; the hole-free Bagelwich is boiled and baked at a rate of 15,000 buns per hour; half a million pounds of S’mores snack mix roll off a California assembly line every year; and, enough miso soup concentrate is produced annually to make over six billion cups of soup.

Les Stroud travels to the Mitre Peninsula, a remote peninsula located on the easternmost tip of Isla Grande in the province of Tierra del Fuego, Argentina. This part of Patagonia is known as being particularly unforgiving and inaccessible due to the ever-changing weather, the absence of roads or paths and a combination of cliffs, peat bogs, forest and valleys. For 10 000 years, the indigenous people of Tierra del Fuego lived on the land. After the appearance of white men, the indigenous population was wiped out in a matter of 200 years. Despite efforts to settle in the peninsula that included seal fur factories, gold mining, logging and cattle ranching, no venture has ever endured the harsh environment. Les will be dropped into this inhospitable landscape and left to survive with no food, no shelter, no water, and no safety gear or camera crew.

Les journeys to an active volcano chain found in the Grenadine Islands deep in the heart of the Caribbean Sea. Stranding himself on an uninhabited island called Frigate, Les is left to survive on his own. Discovered by Columbus in 1498, the island has remained untouched by civilization for centuries largely due to the fierce waves that pummel its craggy shores. Scouring the shoreline for edible marine life, Les must work to secure freshwater, build shelter and make fire. While being stranded on a Caribbean island may sound inviting, it is in reality incredibly difficult. Les is forced to eat prickly pear cactus, hunt for bird eggs and even contemplates trapping one of the thousands of turtles that occupy the island. When it comes to survival islands, the island of Frigate offers what all islands do: isolation…of your body, your mind and your spirit. Time away can be a good thing, but this is no vacation.

Les pits his jungle survival skills against the incredibly diverse mountain jungle terrain of Grenada’s largest active mountain, Mt. St. Catherine. Nestled along the invisible line where the Caribbean Sea meets the Atlantic Ocean, northeast of Venezuela, this island jungle feels mysterious, shrouded in mist, veiled from the sun by thick blankets of cloud. For this, the high-altitude jungle has earned the name “Cloud Forest”. Boasting its original ecosystem, the jungle is home to mona monkeys, tarantulas, scorpions, armadillo, iguana, parrots and possums –an abundance of food for Les if he can catch it. Les must use his years of jungle survival experience to avoid the many poisonous plants and trees indigenous to the jungle – all while carrying more than 50 pounds of camera gear on his back.

After all his years of wilderness survival around the globe, the forests of Ontario’s Temagami still rank as some of the most difficult, harrowing and challenging survival experiences Les has ever faced. Breathtakingly beautiful, Temagami’s old growth pine forests and refreshing blue lakes, bountiful with fish and wildlife, are sure to test Les’s survival skills yet again. Les returns to the oldest mountain ranges in North America to survive with no food, no water, no shelter, no safety and no camera crew. He survives eating wild edibles, hunting for food, making a fire and building a shelter. Key challenges are the incessant sting of mosquitos, blackflies and deerflies, as well as staying ever vigilant for moose, wolves, bears and other territorial wildlife.

Les and his 16-year-old son Logan find themselves trapped without supplies and without a way home while sea kayaking along the coastline of British Columbia. Staying hydrated, fed and warm takes on a whole new meaning with Logan by his side. Lack of food, unsafe water and inclement weather can wreck havoc on the body – let alone one’s mood. Logan’s better at video games than survival and better at hockey than starting a fire. Distraction can cause mistakes…and mistakes can be very costly.

Les and Logan set out for a father/son fishing trip in a tin boat. Stranded after their motor dies, Les and Logan are quickly plunged into an intense survival situation that could happen to any summer cottager. This father/son team must work together to stay hydrated, secure food, make shelter and flag down a rescue plane. Les gets creative using bug spray as a fire-starter. Father/son dynamics effect his decision-making.

First night investigating the haunted Trans-Allegheny Asylum.

Continued investigation validates chilling paranormal claims.

Johnny and Jordyn investigate a museum with paranormal activity, culminating in intense activity inside a historic train car.