VICE on City

Anyone looking to stave off boredom during the cryogenic hellscape that is our Canadian winter knows that the TV situation in this country is pretty bleak. And for every decent show, there are like 13 Republic of Doyles making you want to scratch your eyes out and run screaming into the cold, dark night.

Well, television watchers, there is a shimmering tropical island of awesome in the murky sea of bad Canadian TV. If you hadn't already heard, City TV has been airing some of VICE's best docs and news reports every Wednesday at midnight. Tonight is our look at West Africa's Ebola outbreak.

The current Ebola outbreak began in Guinea in December 2013. From there, it quickly spread to Liberia and Sierra Leone. Cases also appeared in Senegal and Nigeria, and there was another outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Today, Liberia is at the centre of the epidemic, with more than 3,000 cases of infection. About half of them have been fatal.

As President Barack Obama announced that he would be sending American military personnel to West Africa to help combat the epidemic, VICE News traveled to Monrovia to spend time with those on the front lines of the outbreak.

Tune in tonight and every Wednesday at midnight for more.