Jonny Harris
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Still Standing volume 9
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English
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Located 1 hour northwest of Winnipeg on the shores of Lake Manitoba, is St. Laurent, home of the legendary Manipogo sea monster and one of the largest Métis communities in North America.
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Still Standing volume 10
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English
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For decades Fenelon Falls was kept afloat by the making of wooden products. But, when these industries moved on, "The Jewel of the Kawarthas" hit on hard times.
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Still Standing volume 3
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English
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Fort Hope was a natural resting and refuelling point on the journey to and from BC's interior and still is - ask anyone who has driven the treacherous converging highways in the winter.
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Still Standing volume 2
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English
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When Port Stanley, Ontario's prosperous commercial fishing industry collapsed, the Southern Ontario beach town was left with an identity crisis and an uncertain future.
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Still Standing volume 1
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English
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After nearly 40 flood-free years, the township of Minden Hills has developed a flooding problem, declaring a state of emergency 3 times in the last 7 years but as the community digs out, they are also digging in, deepening their commitment to one another as they find new ways to come together.
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Still Standing volume 5
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English
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Warkworth, Warkworth, Warkworth. The village with a name you definitely can't say ten times fast-always had a vibrant Main Street that anchored the community, but, in the mid 60s to early 70s, the building of nearby Warkworth Penitentiary, which coincided
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Still Standing volume 7
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English
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Located in the Annapolis Valley of Nova Scotia is Middleton - so named because it's halfway between Halifax and Yarmouth. Once serviced by two railway lines, the town was a busy hub known for fruit growing and exporting.
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Still Standing volume 6
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English
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A tourist steam train helped to put Wakefield on the map for tens of thousands of tourists every summer. That is until torrential rains destroyed this wildly successful attraction. Without the 1000+ daily visitors the train brought in during peak summer,
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Still Standing volume 8
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English
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In 2018, Oxford got famous for a 40-metre-wide sinkhole that shut down much of the town; but they have a sense of humor about it and have made shirts, cakes, even Twitter accounts for the sinkhole.
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Still Standing volume 4
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English
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Chemainus has become famous as the first resource town to literally save themselves with public murals. When the Chemainus sawmill closed in 1983, the threat of becoming a ghost town was very real.
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Still Standing volume 2
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English
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Famous for the Klondike Gold Rush, Carcross, YK has long experienced outsiders coming to town looking to strike it rich. In 2005, the Carcross Tagish First Nation achieved self-governance and control of their own lands. Now world-class mountain-biking trails and other local initiatives are bringing in up to 1,000 tourists a day. The town must now find a way to continue inviting the world in, while protecting what is most important - their land, and...
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Still Standing volume 9
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English
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Wawa, Ontario, is the quintessential Canadian town. Home to a fur-trapper, a lake inspired artist and a news hound.
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Still Standing volume 3
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English
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Souris, P.E.I. a salt-of-the-earth town that holds onto the traditional ways, be it fishing, Celtic music or Moonshining.
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Still Standing volume 8
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English
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Inuvik, NWT is a fabricated town built in the 1950's to act as a hub of the Canadian northwest. It's an oil town that has felt both boom and bust. Today they are building the highway connecting them to Tuktoyaktuk in hopes that a boom is on the other side.
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Still Standing volume 1
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English
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Bamfield, B.C. is a tiny pacific coastal town. Jonny fires a canon, goes on marine safari and sees a tsunami drill.
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Still Standing volume 1
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English
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Despite its incredible beauty, Ucluelet is having to work hard at overcoming its reputation as Tofino's next-door neighbour.
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Still Standing volume 9
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English
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Omemee, ON, home of the legendary Neil Young, has seen better times. Today main street businesses are boarded up and the residents shop out of town. But the community is fighting to restore the shops to the former glory hoping that people will spend money there again.
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Still Standing volume 12
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English
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Minto is home to one paved road, 13 streets; a bank that's only open one day a week and a school with only has 35 students. Nearby towns Ninette, Dunrae, and Elgin, saw their population fall so low that the schools had to closed, along with rinks, stores, and restaurants. The feeling in Minto is one of hanging on - residents are keenly aware that for a town to feel like a town, it needs certain institutions, and a population large enough to hold on...
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Still Standing volume 12
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English
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The people of Gilbert Plains MB have spent decades watching their small town decline, but thanks to marijuana's cousin, hemp the community might be on their way to a groundbreaking bounce back.
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Still Standing volume 8
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English
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Manitou Manitoba has talent! Like a saw playing yodeling Cowboy, preteen archery champion and a famous opera house.