Jonny Harris
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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 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 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 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 13
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English
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No longer content to eke by on a drive-through economy defined by a constantly moving highway, the people of South River ON are hoping that their picture perfect surroundings become a destination unto its own.
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Still Standing volume 8
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English
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After decades of decline in its traditional fruit tree and cattle ranch economy, Okanagan Falls is banking on a new crop to turn things around: the intoxicating wine grape.
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Still Standing volume 5
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English
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Berwick, N.S. is home to some eccentric innovators: an Alpaca Farmer, an Andalusian Horse Trainer and the Gun Doggers.
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Still Standing volume 5
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English
Description
Goderich, ON is well-known as "Canada's prettiest town." It's also well-known for its devastating tornadoes, like the one that destroyed downtown Goderich in 2011.
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Still Standing volume 12
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English
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Like most of Cape Breton, Mabou NS 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.
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Still Standing volume 2
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English
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The once struggling community of Bell Island, NL is hoping that their new and exciting ways of telling the island's rich historical stories will draw boatloads of mainlanders to their beautiful east coast home.
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Still Standing volume 11
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English
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Canso has had its fair share of ups and downs. It was the site of a key subsea communications cable between North America and Europe and it flourished as the home of Canada's largest fish processing plant until the end of the cod fisheries. In 2017, Canso received the call of a lifetime; Maritime Launch Services announced that Canso was selected to be the future home of Canada's first ever commercial, rocket launching spaceport. Though residents of...
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Still Standing volume 10
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English
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Stanstead QC shares the Canada/US border 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.
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Still Standing volume 11
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English
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Once known as the location of a famous indigenous battle and ceremonial burial ground, Pilot Mound, MB 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!
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Still Standing volume 7
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English
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After the loss of its local fish, fur, and caviar industries, and the 2015 downturn in oil and gas, Lac La Biche, Alberta is looking to reinvent itself with luxury tipis, 3D archery, and the best gas station bathroom in the country.