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Do you ever wonder what it would be like to step into another person’s shoes? Live in their house? Work at their job? Socialize with their neighbours? Trading Places features real people trading towns, houses, jobs, hobbies, and even friends and relatives. Families have no idea where they’ll be going or what they’ll have to do, presenting a unique opportunity to walk a mile in someone else’s footsteps. Trading Places is all about challenges, surprises, emotions, and triumphs as family members find ways to cope in their new environments and circumstances.

Epsiodes include . . .

Episode #1 – A Northern Exchange
The Kussy/Ashoonas are a carefree family of soapstone carvers from Yellowknife with three teenaged boys. Duane and Ann Suderman are a salesperson and daycare provider from Winnipeg who also have three children. Can the prairie family learn how to throat sing, coach soccer, and carve commissioned works for a Yellowknife gallery in just three days? Will the Northerners be able to navigate young daycare charges, a print shop, and big city traffic in a highly structured environment?

Episode #2 – Coast to Coast
Barb and Gordon Campbell of Charlottetown, PEI, share busy urban lives with four daughters and a city full of friends while Julie and Steve Bird and their two young daughters enjoy the freedom of cabin living on Vancouver Island's remote West Coast. Want to see a Harbour Master and a Supreme Court Judge swap duties? What happens when a bed & breakfast owner and a University Professor take on each other's jobs?

Epsiode #3 – Apples for Cappuccino
Together with their toddler son, Oscar, Jonathan Link and Michaela Mathieu enjoy the cultural flavour of Toronto's “Little Italy”. Bruce and Wendy Spears like to be outdoors, snowboarding, hunting or walking through Nova Scotia’s Annapolis Valley with their dogs. Want to see a journalist and firefighter swap jobs? What happens when a researcher trades with a computer consultant?

Episode #4 – Youth for Experience
Eric Oickle and Rebecca Hannam are young roommates in a tiny apartment on the 19th floor of a Toronto high-rise. The Lemphers are an older, established couple who enjoy their cabin on the Marge of Lake LaBerge in the Yukon Territory. Want to see a Government executive and a busboy trade places? What happens when a Humane Society lobbyist and a stage manager take on each other’s jobs?

Episode #5 – Trading Teenagers
Sheree Tams and Liam Sharp are quintessential ‘urban bohemian’. They live with their two teenagers in a colourful Toronto house and are often found globe-trotting to exotic countries. The Fullerton’s are a family of five who enjoy sports and service to their church and community. An A+ student skips class, a karate instructor teaches youth group, and a dad fills in at cheerleading practice. What happens when big city, globally minded teens with a penchant for the arts trade with a busy prom queen and church youth group leader?

Episode #6 – Scrubs for Handcuffs
Hailing from Miramichi, NB, James Matheson is a corrections officer; his wife, Melissa, bartends on the weekend. Just across the water in Stratford, PEI, Gary McLean is a plastic surgeon and his wife, Beverly Brodie, is a gynecologist. Both families have young children to be ferried to violin lessons or hockey practice. Can a bartender pull it off as a gynecologist? Can a plastic surgeon hack it at a maximum-security penitentiary?

Epside #7 – Blue Skies for Neckties
Curtis and Bonnie Culp enjoy retirement on the Dunster, BC farm they share with small herds of sheep, cows, and llamas. In Winnipeg, Danielle and Kieran Savage live the kind of corporate life you'd expect from younger urban executive-types. For fun, they might play a little golf, visit, eat out with friends or hit the gym. They’re also actors by night. Could a Director of Communications wrangle sheep’s wool? How would a farmer do onstage at the theatre?

Episode #8 – Peace for Panic
Lee and Marnée Beauvais love the tranquility of Saltspring Island, just off the West Coast. Marnée splits her time between a hardware store, community projects and their precocious son, Jake. Lee is a computer guru. Along with their two small kids and nanny, Roxanne Taylor-King and Cameron Gerlitz’s lives can be described only as NUTS. Owning five breakfast café’s in Calgary, they spend their days running between restaurants firing, hiring, and filling in as chef when need be. Can a hardware store clerk handle five bustling restaurants at one time? Will a restaurant owner bring Internet sales to the Salt Spring community?

Episode #9 – Kids, Anyone?
Chris and Tara Rhéaume are self described “D.I.N.K.S” - Double Income, No Kids. As a marine patrol police officer and event coordinator, they enjoy their independent lives but lately are wondering if they might be ready for the next step. Michael Nitchie, a bass guitarist, and Marni Grey, a homemaker and part-time courier, have already taken the plunge into family life and have a bustling household of four energetic children. These two different families are willing to give up their lives to see what it's like on the other side. How will Chris and Tara tackle parenthood? Will Mike and Marni enjoy life without the usual family demands?

Episode #10 – Rags to Riches
Sue and Paul Dokuchie have a beautiful home in Ottawa. In the driveway, you’ll find a Porsche. In the backyard, a pool. And inside, three perfectly coiffured dogs chewing on expensive furniture. Sue works for a large non-profit organization and Paul is the General Manager of a Jeep dealership. In nearby Waterloo, Ontario, Stephanie and Jonathan Chin are a brother and sister trying to survive the financial crunch of University. And true to form, Stephanie’s big concern about the trade was that she only owns one bath towel. These are two very different lifestyles. Will they be able to handle each other's bottom line?

Episode #11 – Stocks for Salons
Cadence and Brad Trites are an almost 30-something couple with two young kids who live in Kelowna, BC. Shelley and Barry Hoffman have a busy household of three kids and full time jobs in Regina, Saskatchewan. These two families always have something on the go, but their jobs are very different. A private school teacher and stockbroker, Cadence and Brad have fairly academic, office-type jobs. A hairstylist/salon owner and machinist, Shelley and Barry have get-your-hands-dirty kind of jobs. How will these couples cope in their new environments?

Episode #12 – Coffee for Copy
Skana Gee and Dave Whynacht are a newspaper reporter and copy editor couple from Dartmouth, NS, where they live with their young son, Griffin. Ritch and Bev Nally own two gas stations in Pinawa and Lac du Bonnet, Manitoba. These two families have very different lives: Skana and Dave because they work in the media and share their lives with a child; Ritch and Bev because their lives are invariably tied to the success of their business. How will these couples fare stepping into each other’s shoes?

Episode #13 – Cattle for Command
In Charlottetown, PEI, Allan Dale is the commanding officer of a 100 person naval reserve unit; his wife, Janet Baker, is a family physician. Their one year-old daughter, Olivia, punctuates their busy days. Mavis and Doug Hoffman have three kids and a mixed grain and cattle farm near Major, Saskatchewan. These two families don't have much in common. The Dale / Baker’s enjoy the affluence their professional careers can afford them, including a nanny. The Hoffman’s are used to the rougher up’s and down’s of farming. How will these couples cope when completely out of their element?

Episode #14 – Swords for Sheetmetal
Bed and Breakfast owners Sarah Paterson and Michael Burnett have a new baby and a new business in Great Village, Nova Scotia. They are going through the pressures of attracting new customers and making ends meet. Andy Duncan, Phil Mullin, and Ryan Warner are bachelor roommates from Whitehorse, Yukon, who have entry-level jobs and are just getting used to life after high school. There’s a lot at stake - can the boys keep the B&B humming? Can the B&B family let loose and have 20 year-old kind of fun?

Episode #15 – Muskets for Motocross
Hailing from Orangeville, Ontario, Beth and Gord Mitchell and daughters Rachelle, Holly, and Leah love to immerse themselves in a different historical era. Perfection is a canvas tent under the stars, 1812 style, with dinner on the campfire and a mug of ale in hand. In Bloomfield, Prince Edward Island, Michelle and Trent Arsenault and kids Elora, Emily, and Samuel are surrounded by the world of motocross - riding schools, high-speed races, and close calls. Can these families survive in each other’s realms?

Episode #16 – Turkeys for Tourists
High school teacher Annie Massicotte and her husband, Cameron Lavallée, live with thousands of turkeys on a sprawling farm in Valcartier, Quebec. Across the country, Joy and Steve Janzen live in Invermere, British Columbia, and work at a popular ski resort. Panorama Mountain Village operates in English, but hosts hundreds of tourists who might not! Add turkey chases, language barriers, and 70s dancing to the mix, and these couples will have to jump in with both feet.

Episode #17 – Single for Seven
Lyndell Lang is a single, homeschooling mother in Abbottsford, British Columbia. Widowed suddenly, she was left to raise seven kids - ages 6 to 18 - on her own. This mom never had the chance to live a ‘normal’ 20-something lifestyle. Enter Darren Potter, a young man from Regina, Saskatchewan, living the 20-something life - a service industry job, boy-type pastimes, and night after night of bar-hopping and fun. The catch is... what happens when the kids stay behind and the singles trade lives?

Episode #18 – Leaders for Scholars
In Delta, British Columbia, Julie and Patrick Burke have two sons, Sean and Angus, and a Korean exchange student, Mike. They also have dogs, a mortgage, and white-collar jobs. In Edmonton, Alberta, Ewa Wasniewski and Nicole Minde are university roommates who never know what’s happening tomorrow, as long as they’re not late for class or their shifts at work. The Burke family will relive the college years and the roommates will get a taste of what life could be like in 20 years - can they handle the pressures of being all grown up?

Episode #19 – Sidelines for Deadlines
Along with kids Keenan and Sierra, Aileen and Aaron Heath live in Winnipeg, Manitoba. She is a professional cheerleader for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers; he is a nightclub bouncer and fitness guru. Hailing from Fredericton, New Brunswick, Lori Wheeler is a CBC marketing coordinator and her fiancé, Jeff Williams, is an environmental inspector. The suits will step into sports gear, trading offices for jobs that deal with the public at its worst. Their trades might dig the executive lifestyle at first, but can they handle the demands of the office pressure cooker?

Episode #20 – Magic for Management
In Fruitvale, British Columbia, Lori and Don Hood and daughters Krystal and Danielle can be found on the curling rink or in a gym. In Hamilton, Ontario, Lori Anderson, Jeff Shadbolt-Potter, and kids Aaron and Elicia would rather be onstage. What happens when a woman with stage fright is told she has to sing karaoke in a packed bar, or when a shy grocery store assistant manager has to perform magic tricks for a live audience? What will the urban family think of a white-knuckle ATV ride high into the southern BC mountains?

Episode #21 – Creative for Control
Hailing from Calgary, Alberta, Jeanette Groch owns a popular pub and restaurant while her husband, Mark, is General Manager of a Canadian Tire store. In Burns Lake, British Columbia, Nicole Johnson is a recreational therapist in a nursing home; her husband, Tom, is an artist-for-hire. One couple loves being an integral part of their small, northern BC community while the other lives in a bustling urban center and doesn’t have much time for extra-curriculars. Will they learn to appreciate each other’s realities?

Episode #22 – Powder for Protocol
Janine Richardson and Scott Avery are all about the military. At CFB Shilo, Manitoba, where they live and work, she is editor-in-chief of the base newspaper while he is a bombardier with the Canadian Forces. In Fernie, British Columbia, Joe and Sadie Howse, along with baby Indika, own the Raging Elk Hostel. Will the military couple be able to leave the rules behind and become partying powder hounds? Can two easygoing ski bums hack the rigid codes of the Canadian military?

Episode #23 – Calves for Curtain-Calls
Lynette Schlichting is a costume tailor for major theatrical productions in Toronto, Ontario. Her brother, Marvin, works as a theatrical cutter on the same costumes. They enjoy artsy, eclectic lifestyles. Jason Frayn is a dairy farm herdsman in Agassiz, British Columbia, and his wife, Tammy, is a homemaker and volunteer with their church. They have strong Christian beliefs. The Schlichting’s didn’t want to trade with a religious family and the Frayn’s didn’t care to go to a large center. What happens when both couples’ fears become their realities?

*PRODUCER Heather Kaisler *EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Ron Goetz *DIRECTOR Chris Triffo

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