Jonny Harris
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Still Standing volume 9
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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 9
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For years, airliners on the way to Europe needed to stop in Gander to refuel, making it 'The Crossroads of the World.'
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Still Standing volume 1
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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 7
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In the spring of 2013, High River, Alberta experienced the worst flooding event in the province's history.
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Still Standing volume 10
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The forced relocation of the Membertou First Nation 100 years ago from the coast of Cape Breton to just outside downtown Sydney, Nova Scotia sent the community into crisis.
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Still Standing volume 1
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For 100 years, Amherstburg was known as the home of the Boblo Island Amusement Park - a theme park that employed hundreds and entertained hundreds of thousands every year.
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Still Standing volume 3
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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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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 5
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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 2
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For over one hundred years, small-scale farming in the warmer months and small-scale logging in the colder ones fueled Gracefield's economy.
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Still Standing volume 10
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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 6
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Five years before Fort McMurray, catastrophic wildfires ripped through the community on the weekend of May 14/15 2011, destroying 40% of the town.
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Still Standing volume 7
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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 4
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Temagami, Ontario is synonymous with old-growth and the struggle to balance economics and conservation.
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Still Standing volume 6
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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 5
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Dawson City's claim to fame is the brief Klondike Gold Rush at the turn of the 20th century.
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Still Standing volume 8
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M'Chigeeng First Nation is located on Manitoulin Island, which for thousands of years was a key stop on a traditional trade route and a political and spiritual centre.
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Still Standing volume 4
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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 8
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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 3
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For 50 years, the tiny, one-of-a-kind town of Southport began as an air force base where thousands of pilots lived out their dream of learning to fly.