Now or Never kicks off your May Long Weekend with an episode that will convince you to put down your screen and get outside to soak up the benefits of being in nature. 

Your kids don’t want to? We’ve got a story for that.

Don’t think you need it? Meet a doctor who says otherwise.

Feel intimidated? Get inspired by a mom who once hailed a cab during a canoe trip, but now spends weeks in the wilderness. 

Meet Courtney Purpur, a single mom in Winnipeg who is one month into switching screens for sunshine with her kids. How have her 7 and 10-year-old kids reacted, and what’s changed so far? 

When an old growth forest was threatened by developers in Winnipeg, Dr. Ann Loewen and a group of grassroots citizens stepped up to defend the trees. Today Trevor goes for a walk through the Lemay Forest and learns from Dr. Ann why having access to nature is important for our health. 

Sudbury’s Tori Baird once called a cab to “rescue” her from an overnight canoe trip, but today she spends weeks in the wilderness and teaches other women to do the same. How a lesson on a portage helped her deal with her eldest son’s genetic disease. 

When Doug Cook’s grandkids asked him to put a pool in his Winnipeg backyard, he decided to go a bit further….and build a full scale pirate ship It’s 74 feet long, has 62 foot high masts and has helped breathe life into his home after his wife passed away.

Misty and Bryce Murph'ariens ditched their demanding jobs in the city for life in the Ontario woods. Using sand, clay, straw and water, they built a home with their own hands and became homesteaders. They’ve looked after dozens of farm animals and raised two daughters here. But after a drawn out legal battle with the township, the Murph’ariens may lose it all.

Also Ify’s sound of the summer pick: music from Begonia.