Still Standing

Already reeling from the oil collapse, the people of Fort McMurray, Alberta are determined to rise out of the ashes and rebuild bigger and better following the most destructive wild fire in Canadian history.

The once struggling community of Bell Island, Newfoundland is hoping that their new and exciting ways of telling the island's rich historical stories will draw boatloads of mainlanders to their beautiful east coast home.

Manitou Beach, Saskatchewan has a bit of a sinking feeling. The people of this former booming resort town are fighting hard times and rising water in hopes of returning to its glory days.

With jobs lost and morale low, hope came at the right time for the people of Mattawa, Ontario. A much loved ski hill has re-opened creating nostalgia and excitement for a community still suffering from a loss of industry.

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.

Avondale was once a pit stop from one place to another but the community is excited about an official Nascar race track that will give people from all over the world a high octane reason to visit.

Despite the loss of a once-thriving logging industry, the people of Lake Cowichan will be two stepping back in to prosperity thanks to a huge country music festival that is making this community its permanent home.

The people of Reston, Manitoba have survived recent natural disasters and economic troubles but their luck could turn around, thanks to a headline making $10 lot program that has put the town on the map.

Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia 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.

The community of Norwood, Ontario has just about everything you could want in a small town - except young families to fill the high school. Norwood District High School is in danger of closing but its closely knit citizens are determined to stick together, enjoy their beautiful town and smile in the face of adversity.

Vulcan, Alberta was once known as "The Wheat Capital of Canada" but after some lean times the community banded together and got wildly creative so that they can successfully live long and prosper.

The people of Gilbert Plains, Manitoba have spent decades watching their small town decline, but thanks to marijuana's cousin hemp the community might be on their way to a groundbreaking bounce back.

No longer content to eke by on a drive-through economy defined by a constantly moving highway, the people of South River, Ontario are hoping that their picture perfect surroundings become a destination unto its own.