About this season
Comedian Jonny Harris explores small towns on the ropes, performs stand-up shows for the locals who’ve stuck it out, and proves that Canadians know how to laugh at themselves.
Episodes (8)
1. Osoyoos, BC
Aired 6 January 2026 • 22 min
Jonny Harris travels to the Osoyoos Indian Band in British Columbia to find out why this Indigenous community in the desert has been called “the Miracle in the Desert.”
2. Glace Bay, NS
Aired 13 January 2026 • 22 min
Jonny visits Glace Bay, Nova Scotia to find out how Canada’s once-largest coal town lost its mines.
3. Arnprior, ON
Aired 20 January 2026 • 22 min
In Arnprior, Ontario, Jonny Harris finds out how the collapse of its aviation industry led to the final shift of aerospace workers clocking out in March 2024.
4. Grand Manan, NB
Aired 27 January 2026 • 22 min
Jonny visits Grand Manan, New Brunswick to learn about the rise and fall of the world’s largest smoked herring industry.
5. Acton, ON
Aired 3 February 2026 • 22 min
Jonny Harris visits Acton, Ontario, to find that its165-year-old leather industry may have collapsed, but it's fighting hard to resist decline.
6. Lennox Island First Nation, PEI
Aired 24 February 2026 • 22 min
Jonny Harris travels to Lennox Island, PEI where he sees first-hand how climate change is causing the sea to swallow up this tiny coastal Mi’kmaw community.
7. Flin Flon, MB
Aired 3 March 2026 • 22 min
In June 2025 Flin Flon faced a fresh challenge, when wildfires forced residents to evacuate.
8. St. Thomas, ON
Aired 17 March 2026 • 22 min
Jonny Harris rolls into St. Thomas, Ontario, a town built on cars and cross-border cooperation, to see what happens when a town loses thousands of auto sector jobs.