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Canadian comedian Jonny Harris sets off across the country once more, veering off the main highway to discover the hidden comedy in Canada's far-flung small towns.
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Episodes
1. Minden
22m
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.
2. Port Stanley
22m
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.
3. Hope
22m
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.
4. Chermainus
22m
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.
5. Warkeworth
22m
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
6. Wakefield
22m
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,
7. Middleton
22m
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.
8. Oxford
22m
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.
9. St. Laurent
22m
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.
10. Fenlon Falls
22m
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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