Still Standing follows Canadian comedian Jonny Harris as he sets off across the country once more, veering off the main highway to discover the hidden comedy in Canada's far-flung small towns.
Skidegate, BC 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 ON 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 rooftops that they are open for business. They just hope that they are heard.
Georgetown, PEI 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 QC 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, BC 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 ON has seen better times. Despite sitting on a main highway, their storefronts 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 NB's heyday 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, NWT 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, ON, 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 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.
