Sebastian Cluer
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Still Standing volume 10
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English
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The forced relocation of the Membertou First Nation 100 years ago from the coast of Cape Breton to just outside downtown Sydney, Nova Scotia sent the community into crisis.
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Still Standing volume 1
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English
Description
For 100 years, Amherstburg was known as the home of the Boblo Island Amusement Park - a theme park that employed hundreds and entertained hundreds of thousands every year.
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Still Standing volume 4
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English
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Temagami, Ontario is synonymous with old-growth and the struggle to balance economics and conservation.
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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 9
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English
Description
For years, airliners on the way to Europe needed to stop in Gander to refuel, making it 'The Crossroads of the World.'
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Still Standing volume 9
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English
Description
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 7
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English
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In the spring of 2013, High River, Alberta experienced the worst flooding event in the province's history.
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Still Standing volume 2
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English
Description
For over one hundred years, small-scale farming in the warmer months and small-scale logging in the colder ones fueled Gracefield's economy.
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Still Standing volume 10
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English
Description
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 8
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English
Description
M'Chigeeng First Nation is located on Manitoulin Island, which for thousands of years was a key stop on a traditional trade route and a political and spiritual centre.
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Still Standing volume 3
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English
Description
For 50 years, the tiny, one-of-a-kind town of Southport began as an air force base where thousands of pilots lived out their dream of learning to fly.
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Still Standing volume 5
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English
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Dawson City's claim to fame is the brief Klondike Gold Rush at the turn of the 20th century.
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Still Standing volume 6
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English
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Five years before Fort McMurray, catastrophic wildfires ripped through the community on the weekend of May 14/15 2011, destroying 40% of the town.
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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 9
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English
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Tumbler Ridge has seen its fair share of economic highs and lows but a chance discovery of dinosaur tracks might just save this close-knit community from extinction.
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Series
Still Standing volume 5
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English
Description
Edgerton, Alberta's farming industry has been suffering for years but a brewery started by a group of childhood friends might just get this community to bubble back to the top again.
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Still Standing volume 5
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English
Description
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.
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Still Standing volume 11
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English
Description
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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Series
Still Standing volume 10
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English
Description
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 1
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English
Description
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!