Still Standing

- Season 4

(2018)

Tignish is the centre of the island's Lobster business. Some fish for Tuna. A record catch of 958 Lb Blue Fin Tuna was landed there, and it took over 5 hours to land it. Tignish lies at the western end of Prince Edward Island. Evelyn Bernard sells Dew Worms for bait, and when the season is over she releases them on the grass. Jonny calls it "Catch and Release". Jonny poses with a female body builder, which is an off-lobster season activity for her. Irish Moss and Carrageenan seaweeds are collected from beaches to sell.

The citizens of Carcross must find a way to welcome outsiders while protecting their land and traditions. Tourism has increased lately, but it is a two edge sword. We are shown where Prince William and his wife Kate visited an artist who makes Totem Poles. The First Nations speak Klingit. Jonny plays "What time Mr. Wolf".

In Rogersville, once known as the Brussels Sprout Capital of Canada, a new generation is taking the seeds of their Acadian history and growing a new economy.

The people of Fraser Lake have taken steps to take care of their own after losing their largest employer and their only grocery store.

A silver mine was being worked in Cobalt Ontario in the early 1900s, When the mine closed many left the town. There was a major fire in 1977 started by a cigarette. The town has a rough and tumble reputation as a mining town. We see the " slime" on the lake, which is ground rock. Jonny spent some time with Ernie who is a sculptor. He makes mostly miner figures. Dan Lerocque is a mining expert and he takes Jonny to see bats in the old mines. Cobalt was not valued in old the silver mining days, but today we use it in the battery industry, so maybe the future looks more ...

When Canada was in its infancy, a small but fierce group of Danish immigrants settled in northwestern New Brunswick. Today, their descendants struggle to hold on to their Danish roots and traditions with every passing generation.

The people of Wilberforce are rebranding their town as the Geocaching capital of Canada and a great outdoor recreation destination. We are introduced to the "Mayor" but here in a town of only 500 inhabitants, a mayor is called a "reeve".

The British ceded 80,000 acres to the Mohawks decades ago, but now 80% of it is gone. The Oka crisis occurred in 1990, where they had a land dispute as others wanted to build a Golf Course extension. Jonny visits a guy who outsources hides to be tanned. We see some young women playing Floorball. We are introduced to the first two children that spoke Mohawk as their first language.

Huntington used to be the town that clothed Canada as there were Mills that made Worsted material, including making the Red Serge uniforms for the RCMP, but the mills closed down by 2005, so, without jobs some folk left to search elsewhere. The town is 45 minutes drive from Montreal. About 20 years ago there were 7 bars in town and was a hopping night life spot, with visitors even coming from the USA. Some folk have been opening new businesses and they try to support each other's. One such place processes dog bones, a worker says they get a health inspection once a ...

Radisson is a small town of 514 residents. Jonny meets Gertrude, a retired RCMP officer who has seen it all. A young lad of 13 owns his own museum and store of rocks, he started his collection when he was 8 when a collection was given to him. In his museum he has dinosaur poo, amolite and a meteor in his extensive array. Jonny visits a Hair Salon, and a person there is a specialist in removing hair, Why does Jonny volunteer? You will see. He has fun walzing with a woman, who with her husband run a Chinese French restaurant.

Canso is situated at the north end of mainland Nova Scotia and where the causeway link goes to Cape Breton Island. The residents of Canso are optimistic about their town's future as it has been selected as the country's first commercial satellite launch site.

Minto is a struggling small town in SW Manitoba situated on an old railway line, and they get help with a recent and unexpected inheritance. Jonny visits the only school of 35 children, where they don't have a gym and so have to play outside in -30C weather. The town does have a curling rink and we see the ingenious zamboni made by residents.

A former gold rush town turned arts community, Wells, BC has a new mining project in the works that could spell a new boom for the town. If it pans out, the town's miners and artists will have to work together to share the wealth.