Rick catches up with Canada's athletes at the paralympics in Beijing, and delivers all the election coverage you need.

Rick gets a bee beard in Langley, B.C. and hits the motocross track in Walton, Ontario.

Rick hits the campaign trail with all the party leaders in planes, trains, automobiles (and bikes) on a cross-Canada election night extravaganza.

Rick gets lost in a corn maze with a shaped based on the RMR in Thamesville, Ontario and battles forest fires in Kamloops with the BC Forest Service.

Rick visits former Prime Minister Paul Martin on his Quebec sheep farm and heads to Muskoka to shovel coal aboard North America's oldest steamship

Rick talks US politics with US Ambassador to Canada David Wilkins and trains as a stunt performer on the set of The Border.

Rick gets a tailor-made suit -- Don Cherry style, and hangs out with half a billion in gold at the Royal Canadian Mint in Ottawa.

Rick is Feist's roadie on tour in St. John's Newfoundland, and goes behind-the-scenes at the Toronto Zoo.

Rick experiences zero gravity and visits Canada's leading recycling program in Edmonton.

A look back at the year that was 2008.

Rick helps Michael Ignatieff move into Stornoway and flies with the Calgary Police Air Services Unit.

Rick hits the slopes with senator and Olympic legend Nancy Greene in Sun Peaks, BC; then trains with the women's biathlon team in Canmore, Alberta.

Rick celebrates Chinese New Year in Toronto with lion dances, dim sum, wushu kung fu and more.

Rick tries to keep up with 88 year old Mississauga mayor Hazel McCallion and hits Skate the Lake in Portland, Ontario.

Rick goes ice climbing and learns about all things Finnish in Thunder Bay; then trains with the Cambridge Turbos of the National Ringette League.

Rick tracks and tags black bears in Ontario's Algonquin Park and joins the Canadian Coast Guard ice breaking operations in Trois-Rivieres, Quebec.

Rick visits the top fundraising schools in The Spread the Net Student Challenge and goes behind the scenes at the Shaw Festival.

Rick teams up with BC premier Gordon Campbell to try wheelchair curling and hits the slopes at Whistler with Canada's Para-Alpine Ski Team.