Still Standing

Nipigon took a beating after its plywood mill, the economic hub of the town, burned to the ground ten years ago. Today the town is trumpeting the world-class hiking, climbing, and fishing.

A century ago, immigrants from Siderno, Italy, left for a better life in Schreiber; the descendants of these founding families are still there; their unique southern-Italian heritage is a big part of what's keeping this struggling community alive.

Harrison Hot Springs is famous for its namesake resort and healing waters; the town is doubling down on creating a year-round economy (outside the resort) and hopes that their other claim to fame, the elusive Sasquatch, will be the ticket.

Highlighting the village of East Preston, Nova Scotia, one of Canada's oldest indigenous black communities.

In May 2017, the Polar Bear Capital of the World unexpectedly becomes a fly-in community; a year of skyrocketing costs and unemployment take their toll, but the community continues to hang on by its Northern grit, ingenuity and community spirit.

Profiling Fortune, a small town in Newfoundland that is looking to revive its tourist industry.

Canadians might know Nipigon as the home of the $106 million bridge that closed shortly after it opened; Nipigon's plywood mill burned down 10 years ago; the former mill town is now touting its world-class hiking, climbing and fishing.

Harbour Grace has been the launch pad of Amelia Earhart and one of the most prosperous towns in NL; the town is littered with impressive, yet crumbling monuments, landmarks that are now being recognized as the key to the town's economic future.

Gravelbourg is facing an uphill economic battle; recently, more than 16 different nationalities have settled in the town, and the growing international population helps maintain the local economy.

Bristol had a reputation as a vacation destination, but the disappearance of logging and mining industries left Bristol looking to get its mojo back; a group of entrepreneurs is using the land in new ways to make Bristol a destination again.

After all three of its major lumber mills closed, Lumby lost hundreds of jobs and local businesses; now the town is hopeful, with a diverse economy that includes arts, culture and a 40-acre grow-op that's hoping to make pot for pets.

Hundreds of thousands of people come to Calabogie every year to have a good time on the ski slopes, raceway, winding roads, and golf courses.

The Alberta flood of June 2013 left parts of the Siksika Nation reserve underwater and a third of its population homeless; Siksikaquans are using creativity, knowledge keepers, and plain old guts to build a future of good news they can celebrate.