Still Standing

Skidegate, British Columbia is a small town filled with Haida warriors that traded lucrative work in logging for a rich environmental future for their children. They continue to fight for the land that they love and they wouldn't have it any other way!

Vanastra, Ontario was once a military base whose soldiers were sworn to secrecy while they worked on the RADAR technology that would end World War II. Today the same buildings that were built to withstand bombs are crumbling to the ground. The town is screaming from the roof tops that they are open for business. They just hope that they are heard.

Georgetown, Prince Edward Island works hard to keep their small town ship shape despite their financial state. The town is hoping for cruise ships to end up in their harbour one day and when they do Georgetown will be ready!

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.

Telkwa, British Columbia was hit hard by the mountain pine beetle. This little bug decimated big forests leaving the town on the ropes. But this hearty community will continue to band together, get 'er done and laugh in the face of adversity.

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.

Omemee, Ontario, 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.

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.

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!

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.

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.