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Through-out the summer the On The Bright Side team is bringing you stories that were featured during our last season. This week:

Actor Paul Gross recently walked the red carpet with Heritage Minister James Moore and other cabinet members and MPs for a special screening of Gunless at the Museum of Civilization, in Gatineau, Que. We talk to Gross and others in attendance about the night and the importance of Canada's film industry.

Puneet Birgi steps back in time to 1945 and joins parliamentarians and high school students as they celebrate the anniversary of V-E Day and the end of the Second World War.

On the Bright Side finds federal party leaders, ministers, and MPs in Toronto as they participate with thousands of Sikh-Canadians at the annual Khalsa Day celebration - all part of the ancient harvest festival of Vasaikhi.

Today's high school students - tomorrow's industry leaders? Called the Olympics of trades, Skills Canada's regional competitions are held across the country every year. The goal is to highlight the best and brightest welders, carpenters, electricians and chefs between under the age of 18. We join the Conservative MP Leon Benoit in his rural Alberta riding as he supports the initiative.

On the Bright Side's Heather Seaman takes a walk with Members of Parliament at a one-of-a-kind event - the annual Walk for Values. It's not about raising money, but pledging to practice specific values for one year.

Puneet Birgi visits the All-Party Party - a celebration to honour House of Commons, Senate, Library of Parliament and RCMP employees who assist in the daily running of Parliament.

Also this week:

• Young Staffers: Elizabeth Dubios and Anne-Sophie Belzile from Liberal MP Martha Hall Findlay's office, and Andrea Emond, assistant to New Democrat MP Bill Siksay.
• Now You Know: The story behind the Canadian Tulip Festival held each spring in Ottawa.