I'm not always a huge fan of Canadian content, as most here (hi paterson1!) know. (Actually, what I really object to isn't Candian content but the government's interference in programming decisions.) But that's an argument for another day. 

This post is actually about an amazing archive of old Canadian shows that's about to disappear from the Internet. I'm not sure how I never heard about Encore+ all these years, until an article from Broadcast Dialogue warned it's about to be withdrawn from YouTube.

It was sponsored by the Canadian Media Fund, which digitized and put up thousands of hours of old Canadian TV shows, including Mr. Dressup, Wayne & Shuster, Degrassi Junior High, Danger Bay and more. There are also a host of free movies and documentaries, including a three-parter about how Second City and SCTV came to be. 

This archive has been on YouTube since 2017, but sadly I'm only discovering it now. The problem? If this is your first time hearing about it, too, and there's something on there you want to see, your time is limited. The Fund has announced that for some reason, it plans to pull the section off the web and take it somewhere else, as yet undetermined. Which means if anything on the list above appeals to you, you'll have to watch before its last day, Nov. 30th. 

You can find Encore+ here - at least for now. 

CMF winding down Encore+ YouTube channels