Phil Keoghan, host of the popular reality show The Amazing Race, will bring his spin-off show No Opportunity Wasted to the CBC in October — and casting has begun for that series. In each half-hour episode, two people get challenged to set aside fears to achieve a specific task. Keoghan says he came up with the idea for the series’ philosophy after a near-fatal scuba diving accident in his native New Zealand when he was 19 years old.The search for show participants occurs:

• May 8, 10 am to 12 noon at Chapters, 70 Kenmount, St. John’s
• May 8, 6 pm to 8 pm at Chapters, 41 Mic Mac, Dartmouth
• May 9, 6 pm to 8 pm at Indigo, 1500 McGill College, Montreal
• May 12, 1 pm to 4 pm at Indigo, 55 Bloor, Toronto
• May 13, 1 pm to 3 pm at Chapters, 1225 St. Mary’s, Winnipeg
• May 14, 6 pm to 8 pm at Chapters, 2625 Gordon, Regina
• May 15, 6 pm to 7 pm at Chapters, 9631 MacLeod Trail, Calgary
• May 16, 7 pm to 9 pm at Chapters, 788 Robson, Vancouver