New Canadian Original Series, SAVING PLACES, Follows the Hands-on Restoration
of Canada's Heritage

Premieres on History Television June 12 at 7 pm ET/PT

TORONTO, May 26 /CNW/ - Saving Places is a new Canadian original series that strives to save Canadian history...one building at time. This three-part series documents three unique restoration projects, the time-honoured skills needed to restore Canada's most desperately endangered buildings and the people fighting to save them. Saving Places airs Saturdays at 7 pm ET/PT beginning June 12, exclusively on History Television. Saving Places unites three expert hosts, architect Angus Skene, restoration expert Christopher Borgal and apprentice Daniel Beeston, who are all challenged to help the communities and buildings in need of restoration.

Saving Places reveals how Heritage buildings are our historical works of art. Many remain actively used places in which people live and work. Others are abandoned and the passage of time naturally takes a toll. A leaking roof, a leaning staircase, unhinged doors and cracked foundations. What do we do with a heritage building threatened by the ravages of age and neglect? We can tear it down; our landfill sites are filled with demolition debris. Or we can save it.

Saving Places isn't just about the sentimental feelings for old-fashioned architecture. It's about the conflict, egos, headaches and high stakes of saving a piece of irreplaceable history from the wrecking ball, while trying to mix the right kind of plaster, match the right tone of milk paint or carve the right curve in a staircase banister.

"In Saving Places, we meet three National Heritage buildings, all in danger of being lost forever without a serious restoration, and the local communities who don't want to lose them. Then we add one veteran heritage consultant, one handsome young restoration apprentice, and one curious local history buff, and we set out on three very different journeys, from a reserve in the interior of B.C. to Fogo Island, Newfoundland, to help save our Canadian heritage." Gail Gallant, Series Producer/Writer/Director

Episode 1: The Church of the Holy Cross, Skatin, B.C. - Saturday, June 12 at 7 pm ET/PT

Episode 2: The Tilting Post Office, Fogo Island, NFLD - Saturday, June 19 at 7 pm ET/PT

Episode 3: Homer Watson House, Kitchener, Ontario - Saturday, June 26 at 7 pm ET/PT

SAVING PLACES is produced by PTV Productions in association with History Television with the participation of Rogers Cable Network Fund and the Canadian Television Fund.

Saving Places website produced by The Heritage Canada Foundation in association with PTV Productions. www.savingplaces.ca

PTV Productions Inc. is an established, diverse & innovative producer of documentaries, lifestyle and factual series. It is owned and operated by Andrea Nemtin and Ian Dunbar. PTV Productions works with broadcasters and co-producers in Canada and around the world, and owns a growing library of over 60 hours of award-winning and award-nominated documentaries and series.

The Heritage Canada Foundation is a national, membership-based organization and registered charity established in 1973.

For further information: Lyndsey Westfall, Publicity and Outreach, [phone], [email protected]