Still Standing

- Season 2

(2016)

In the Season 2 premiere, Jonny fries up a big batch of fresh donuts, busts out the chainsaw to carve his very own totem pole, and picks up a fierce game of hoops.

Jonny discovers the top secret history of Vanastra, goes skate boarding with chickens, and tries his hand at a game of curling.

Jonny flexes his mussels, goes back to grade school, and gets acquainted with the town ghost.

Fort Coulonge, Quebec was once a booming logging town that shipped their famous white pine to build big cities like Chicago and New York. Today they are a struggling small town on the ropes. But there is hope! And it comes in the form of an entrepreneurial woman who discovered her roots and a passion to help this town.

Jonny learns the art of sausage stuffing, gets his boots dirty on some rugged terrain, and discovers about a horticulturist's plans to grow medical marijuana.

Eganville, Ontario has seen better times. Despite sitting on a main highway their store fronts are empty because cars just don't stop. This town continues to try and figure out how to get the people out of the cars and on to their majestic white water river to build a better future.

McAdam, New Brunswick's hey day was during the war time period when its glorious railway station and hotel were the talk of the eastern seaboard. Today this town struggles to get by but they are looking to the historic glory of the railway to get them back on track.

Inuvik, Northwest Territories 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.

This town of 1100 is just Ne of Toronto, . The Regal Greeting Card company was the main employer in the area u til closing in the year 2000. A guy named Andy has now bought the plant and has some plans for it, but currently now just storing his own recreational vehicles in it along with many barrels of honey. Jonny talks to "Goof" who as a child knew Neil Young, who was raised here.

Stanstead, Quebec shares the Canada/United States boarder with Derby Line, Vermont. Before 9/11 this area felt like one big community. Today families and business are ripped apart by boarder control but the residents remain strong and have hope for the future.

Like most of Cape Breton, Mabou, Nova Scotia never fully bounced back from hard times. Companies and canneries have closed, hope was crushed and the young have left town. For this town to get back on its feet the community must band together, revive its rich Gaelic heritage, create a unique cultural experience and invite the entire world to come and see.

Once known as the location of a famous indigenous battle and ceremonial burial ground, Pilot Mound, Manitoba now struggles. But there is light on the horizon. This community, known unofficially as "Hockey Town in Manitoba" is hoping that it's new sports recreation centre and the first male hockey academy in Manitoba will get this town back on track!

Maple Creek, Saskatchewan was once known as the Cattle capital of Canada. Now this town struggles to get by due to the Mad Cow crisis of 2003, followed by a flood in 2010, leaving it with empty businesses, damaged buildings, and fragmented hearts. The community must gather not only their hammers and nails but their community spirit to come together and rebuild Canada's greatest western town.