Returning to Global on Friday Nights in Fall 2009

Heroes are men and women, human beings with flaws and weaknesses, who knowingly place themselves at risk in order to save another. A hero should also know to never expect thanks.

Port Hallet is one of the most beautiful, and treacherous, places on earth, where the Pacific Ocean collides into the mountainous coastline of British Columbia. Here, human beings go up against nature at their peril - because nature almost always wins. Rescue Specialists know that disasters follow few rules, and decisions, which may cost or save lives, are made as quickly as reflexes allow. The number one new original Canadian drama when it debuted last year, The Guard is a series about Search and Rescue specialists of the Canadian Coast Guard who are forced to make such decisions in their thankless quest to save lives.

A stellar cast portrays the Canadian Coast Guard crew of the Cape Pacific. Steve Bacic (Andromeda) stars as maverick Captain Miro Da Silva; Jeremy Guilbaut (Edgemont) stars as Rescue Specialist Andrew Vanderlee; Zoie Palmer (Instant Star) stars as Rescue Specialist Carly Greig; and Sonya Salomaa (Gemini nominee for Durham County) star as ambitious First Mate Laura Nelson. The Guard also features Roger Cross (24), Mieko Ouchi, Ryan Robbins, Gordon Woolvett, Julie Patzwald, Eve Harlow and special guest appearances by David James Elliott (JAG).

Propelled with adrenalin-pumping action as the Cape Pacific races against the elements and the clock and the crew plunges into the sea on desperate rescue missions, The Guard focuses not only on the rescue workers' valiant attempts to save lives on the water, but also how, on shore, they struggle to keep their personal lives afloat. In life, as in work, these individuals strive to do the right thing, never entirely sure what that is.

The one thing the Canadian Coast Guard rescue specialists at Port Hallet know is that where there is life, there is always a horizon of hope.

The Guard is produced by Halifax Film and Brightlight Pictures Inc., for Global
Television.