This week on This Is That: We talk to an Ottawa economist who thinks that referring to our one dollar coin as a 'loonie' is childish and Canadians should stop referring to is as such. We find out what steps he's taking with the federal government to ensure this happens.

An unlikely group of pin-up models has found themselves in the middle of a controversy this week in North Bay, Ontario. It appears that the town's Senior Men's Curling League has released a scandalous calendar (see photo below of Mr. March) and locals are asking for it to be removed from all stores. We get to the bottom of both sides of this story.

Earlier this week, a skeleton dating all the way back to 1850 was discovered on the banks of the Hudson Bay and it is giving archaeologists great insight into what Canadians were really like in the mid 19th-Century. We talk to one of the archeology team to learn more.

Finally, Pat Kelly brings us a feature length documentary about Lloydminster - the Canadian town that shares the unique distinction of being split down the middle by two provinces but still operating as one municipality. In it he explores what life is really like there and profiles the under-reported tension that exists between the Alberta side and the Saskatchewan side.

Plus, we play even more of your phone calls in reaction to a story we ran two weeks ago about the province of Saskatchewan potentially renaming itself to 'something shorter.'

We also received some other great calls this week: One was for our story about the world's first off-leash cat park in Vancouver and the other was in reaction to our wood chopping documentary.  

If you missed our appearance on Q with Jian Ghomeshi, you can listen to it here.

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