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How much do you love
Willow Bunch, well a bunch.
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[laughter]
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Are you living
up to your potential?
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I can hardly
get my laundry done.
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♪ For his cock mama
for his cock papa ♪
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This is like a very
ancient version of Twister
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Willow Bunch sounds
like something you buy for
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15 bucks at Home Sense.
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When you grow up in small
town in Newfoundland;
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you see the people have a sense
of humour about hard times.
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Check Check
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I turned that into
a career and hit the road.
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MC: Mr. Jonny Harris!
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Now I'm on a mission; to
find the funny in places
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you'd least expect it,
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Canada's struggling
small towns.
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Towns that are
against the ropes
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but hanging in there.
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Still laughing in the
face of adversity.
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Welcome to Willow
Bunch, Saskatchewan
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Saskatchewan. sure delivers
on stunning prairie cliches,
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but if you stray South down
along the US boarder
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you'll find a little town
with an unassuming name:
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"Willow Bunch"
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But trust me, this tiny
town has a giant story.
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But I had a bit of a
hard time getting here.
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As soon as I left the
trans Canada and I was
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coming down - I started
to lose my way and I was
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asking people how to get
here and they're telling
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me things like it's between
climax and big beaver.
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And I was always told
that Saskatchewan was
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flat and boring.
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Not so.
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There's this beautiful
valley with lush meadows,
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and trees and and...
You're not trying to keep
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that a secret are ya?
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[Laughter]
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Unfortunately one thing
that wasn't a secret,
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businesses closed
down or up for sale.
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Doris O'Reilly at the
museum told me all about it.
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There are some places for
sale like the gas station,
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variety store.
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Because the decline in
population I think
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its hard to keep
a business going.
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So what lead to the decline?
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Because there was nothing
for the young people.
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They didn't want to farm
and not everybody
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wants to be a farmer.
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They moved away.
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We've become a
retirement community.
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Struggling a little but
for the most part
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happy to be here..
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But this quiet little town,
holds some of the
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best kept secrets
of the old west.
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Doris told me that Sitting Bull,
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Cheif of the Sioux,
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The man who brought down
General Custer, sat right here.
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No bull.
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Why did Sitting
Bull come here?
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To get away from the
American authorities.
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After the battle
of Little Bighorn...
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General Custer's
last stand, right?
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Chief Sitting Bull
came here to seek asylum.
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He came to Willow Bunch
to meet with it's founder
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Jean Louis Legare.
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And Legare took him in.
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He welcomed him.
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That's pretty noble thing
of him to do I think.
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And he looked after
them and fed them and
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helped them out.
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Could you imagine when he
first found out,
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one of Sitting Bull's scouts
comes up and he's like
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oh Chief Sitting
Bull is coming here
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oh that's great, is
there anybody with him?
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[Laughter]
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400 eh?
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Okay I think
that's doable sure.
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Can you tell me why he's
leaving the States?
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Oh my.
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Oh my.
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So General Custer is he?
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Oh my.
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Oh my.
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Do you have any idea how long
they'll want to stay here?
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[Laughter]
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And Jean Louis Legare he
was a strong man and if he
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said he was going to
help someone, he did.
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Doris then told me that he
billed the Canadian government
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Furnishing provisions
for 492 Indians.
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48,000 dollars for
expenses incurred and
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losses sustained.
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The government of Canada
gave him back 2,000
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dollars of the 48,000.
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What a rip.
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In the end the Canadian
government sent him a
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fraction of what he
thought he deserved and
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that folks was the birth
of Revenue Canada.
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[Laughter]
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He was a great man he just
needed a great accountant.
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[Laughter]
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I found a town in
transition - Willow Bunch
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managing retirees is a bit
like Legare struggling
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with Sitting Bull's clan
-- where to put them?
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How long will they stay?
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Will they make a mess, ya know?
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The big draw for people to
Willow Bunch now is the
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Willow Bunch golf course
I can see why it's
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absolutely stunning.
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We call it a hidden
paradise down here in
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southern Saskatchewan.
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I went to meet with
Sharleine Eger
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Hi guys!
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She introduced me to several
people who are there.
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They bring their RVs down.
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So you guys have been
coming here for ten years?
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Yeah ten years.
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Yes I can see you're
really roughing it here
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I can't imagine.
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I don't know if you can
call it camping if
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you got a 60 ft RV and
satellite TV but.
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The only way your sleeping
gear is going to get wet
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is if the waterbed breaks.
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[Laughter]
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Jay is the young fella who
runs the golf course now.
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Jim is the old fella who
used to run the golf course.
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But he has no respect
for his elders.
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No. Nope.
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He won't go in the bush
and look for my golf balls
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or anything like that.
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I always wondered that
must be a little bit weird
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for Jason right?
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Taking over the job from
someone he still shows up
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every day to make sure
you're doing a good job.
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[Laughter]
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I come up just about every
morning - oh 4:30 -
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just to look at the view.
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And somewhere
down in the town
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Jason's down there with
one eye open going
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he's watching me already,
I can feel it.
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[Laughter]
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How's he doing with it?
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If it would have been
anyone else I probably
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would have shot him.
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Oh ya?
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Over here is where Sitting
Bull camped out.
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Do you think he'd be
any good at golf?
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Hole 7 - that's where Jean
Louis Legare and
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Chief Sitting Bull had
encamped and some people say
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on a quiet night you can
hear their spirits
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discussing whether they
should use a pitching
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wedge or a nine iron.
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[Laughter]
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If anything Shar I'm
afraid I'm blowing the
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secret for the locals
of Willow Bunch.
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It is our own little
paradise but we're
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willing to share.
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Some Canadians secrets
need to stay secret like
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the fact that there's
clam juice in a caesar,
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that never should
have got out.
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[Laughter]
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A bigger surprise the
Saskatchewan having hills...
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- There's black gold
in them there hills!
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Black gold.
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More than a trillion
bottles of oil bigger
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than Saudi Arabia.
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This place is a gold mine.
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Willow Bunch sounds like
something you'd buy for
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15 bucks at Home Sense right?
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You're wife would say to ya,
honey we need some shams,
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a couple of flounces and
willow bunch for the bedroom.
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[Laughter]
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Sometimes you gotta learn
the local legends,
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know the larger than life
characters to really be
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able to size a place up...
Waaaaaay up.
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And all our ball teams
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were the giants or the
giant was always a part
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of Willow Bunch.
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Like I saw the pub that
was called the Jolly Giant
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Well we call him our
Willow Bunch giant.
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Edward Beaupre was
8'3 at the age of 22.
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I mean this guy we all
know Andre the Giant right?
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Edouard was a foot
taller than him.
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Oh my.
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Size 22 shoe in the end.
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Give him a high five.
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It's a good thing he's
wearing a top hat because
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it helps him look tall.
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Nichole not only curates
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the exhibit there but
she is his great niece.
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So she's protecting his
family memory with the
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passion that only
family can allow.
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And this is him with?
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He's sitting and even when
he's sitting he's taller
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than his dad.
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It would be hard
to punish your child if
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that were the case.
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Edouard go to your room!
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No.
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Okay carry me up to mine?
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[Laughter]
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He came from a
family of 20.
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A family of 20?
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There wasn't a lot of
money and he felt a
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responsibility.
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So And being the eldest
he wanted to help
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out his parents.
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He got into the circus.
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He ended up working
for Barnum and Bailey.
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There's not a lot of
criteria in hiring the
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tallest man right.
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You don't need to nail the
interview or anything right?
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It would just be like Hey
Eduard stand next to that guy.
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Okay Eduard you're hired -
that guy - you're fired.
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Unfortunately he died at
the early age of 23 but
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they said he was still
growing at the time.
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Wow.
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He died at the World's
Fair in St. Louis.
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There wasn't enough money
to bring him back
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home for a burial.
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His body was abandoned
at the morgue.
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His body disappeared.
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Then some kids found it in
an abandoned warehouse,
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eventually it ended up on
display at the
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University of Montreal.
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It's like he went on tour
after he died which
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makes me think of
Keith Richards.
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[Laughter]
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It was my father's dream
that he'd get
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him back and he did.
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For all that sadness
there's a bit
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of a happy ending now.
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He's back in Willow Bunch.
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Home and at peace.
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He had a proper burial
here and now Nichole works
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diligently so that we can
all remember him the way
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we should remember him.
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With dignity and literally
a great man.
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Even newcomers to this town
are a colourful bunch.
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I went to visit
Alan Harmony.
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Alan specializes in
interpreting dreams.
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Which is the kind of thing
I don't usually buy into.
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Why Willow Bunch?
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I was brought here as a
result of a series of dreams.
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I'm looking around the
landscape and going holy Toledo.
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I was shown this
in the dream.
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Alan's written
books about how
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dreams can predict
the future.
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Well there's no
one else that does what
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I do let's
put it that way.
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Right.
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His powers seem to have
steered him right
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with real estate.
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When the town's school fell
victim to population decline,
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Alan picked up
the building for a song.
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The town could have
bought it for a dollar
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and they didn't.
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But Alan told me that
a lot of great men
258
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throughout history have
used their dreams,
259
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things they've seen in their
dreams to achieve greatness.
260
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Like Einstein and Edison
and Bell and Tesla and
261
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people like that.
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And now I understand that
if I'm ever going to be a
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truly great man I need
to do more napping.
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[Laughter]
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You have to learn to take
a look at the plays on
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words within the words.
267
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He's explained this to me
now, he's got plans to
268
00:10:28,524 --> 00:10:31,774
well he's got plans,
he's got plans.
269
00:10:31,907 --> 00:10:34,627
[Laughter]
270
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I saw a cupand it
was placed on a book.
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What's the analogy there?
272
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I think I know.
273
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Cup, c-u-p.
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It means you saw
somebody urinate.
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No you're close, c up,
look up, look up in a book,
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oh I get it, bingo.
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He told me, he told me
that what he's trying to
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accomplish is beyond the
grasp of most people and
279
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I most humbly concede
I am most people.
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[Laughter]
281
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With Sitting Bull
and Legare,
282
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I've learned this place
has an incredible story.
283
00:11:21,163 --> 00:11:22,583
But enough
with the history books.
284
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Willow Bunch's deep past
is written in stone.
285
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I went to visit
the visit the petroglyphs.
286
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History is important.
287
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If you want to know where
you're going you need to
288
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know where you've been.
289
00:11:33,554 --> 00:11:35,704
Wes Bloom was showing me
the petroglyphs basically
290
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it's ancient First Nation's
carvings in the rocks.
291
00:11:38,456 --> 00:11:40,766
This Jonny is
a warrior head.
292
00:11:40,907 --> 00:11:42,427
It's fairly
menacing looking.
293
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There's human hands,
warriors, bison hooves.
294
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328 carvings right here
and then we go to
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an area that is quite
controversial.
296
00:11:54,058 --> 00:11:58,058
So if you can imagine left
hand, right hand and here
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we have a male genetilia.
298
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This is like a very
ancient version of twister.
299
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I'm not going to put my
genitalia where it's -
300
00:12:05,586 --> 00:12:07,376
I'm glad to hear that.
301
00:12:07,519 --> 00:12:09,379
So there's the symbol for
a great plains grizzly
302
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being held onto by human
hands and then a human
303
00:12:12,697 --> 00:12:16,007
phallus pointed
at the grizzly.
304
00:12:16,183 --> 00:12:18,503
And mating with this
plains grizzly.
305
00:12:18,668 --> 00:12:20,838
That's a bold move.
306
00:12:20,981 --> 00:12:26,021
It was so the shaman could
gain the power of the
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plains grizzly.
308
00:12:28,195 --> 00:12:30,025
Don't try and get the
power of the grizzly you
309
00:12:30,197 --> 00:12:31,717
already have a lot of
power and it's clearly
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gone to your head.
311
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[Laughter]
312
00:12:35,720 --> 00:12:37,550
And now I also understand
why I don't see a whole
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lot of grizzlies in here.
314
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[Laughter]
315
00:12:45,626 --> 00:12:47,206
Sure The grizzlies may
have stayed away
316
00:12:47,387 --> 00:12:49,037
and I never saw a Sasquatch,
317
00:12:49,216 --> 00:12:52,426
but the area has seen
the return of the fransaskois?
318
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319
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♪ Old Father Joe
wants us all to ♪
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♪ pray for his cocker
spaniel who is sick. ♪
321
00:12:59,709 --> 00:13:03,129
♪ For his cock mama
for his cock. ♪
322
00:13:03,299 --> 00:13:05,749
♪ For his cock papa
for his cock. ♪
323
00:13:05,888 --> 00:13:07,228
♪ For his cocker
spaniel who is sick... ♪
324
00:13:07,372 --> 00:13:09,412
Not all newcomers to
Willow Bunch are from
325
00:13:09,547 --> 00:13:11,507
away, some people are
actually returning home
326
00:13:11,652 --> 00:13:14,382
like the Campagne family,
they're sort of local celebs.
327
00:13:14,517 --> 00:13:16,207
They had a very popular
group Hart Rouge.
328
00:13:16,347 --> 00:13:17,797
Great band.
329
00:13:17,935 --> 00:13:19,445
Before the turn of the
century this whole region
330
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was called La Hart Rouge.
331
00:13:21,524 --> 00:13:23,494
I mean this is
an old French town,
332
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it's one of the oldest
towns in Saskatchewan.
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Turned out
there were tens of
334
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thousands of Fransaskois.
335
00:13:29,705 --> 00:13:32,875
The name for Francophone
Saskatchewaners.
336
00:13:33,019 --> 00:13:35,819
Basically our dad who was
a farmer all his life but
337
00:13:35,987 --> 00:13:38,987
loved to sing, he thought
well I'm going to teach
338
00:13:39,128 --> 00:13:41,168
them French songs and
that will sort of help
339
00:13:41,303 --> 00:13:44,273
perpetuate the language
and the culture.
340
00:13:44,409 --> 00:13:45,829
It did...
341
00:13:45,963 --> 00:13:48,173
until the French community
died out when people
342
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moved on to bigger places.
343
00:13:50,243 --> 00:13:52,693
But a few years ago, the
Campagnes came back.
344
00:13:52,832 --> 00:13:55,082
So at 50 years old I
decided to come back.
345
00:13:55,213 --> 00:13:58,393
And the land here
attracted all of us back.
346
00:13:58,527 --> 00:14:00,557
Solange was the first
one to come back and she
347
00:14:00,701 --> 00:14:04,981
started organically
growing kamut and flax and
348
00:14:05,120 --> 00:14:06,710
all kinds of other things
that children push
349
00:14:06,846 --> 00:14:09,186
to the side of their plate.
350
00:14:09,331 --> 00:14:11,261
You want to learn
something in French?
351
00:14:11,402 --> 00:14:14,472
My french is very poor but
I'd be willing to try.
352
00:14:15,855 --> 00:14:22,445
353
00:14:23,448 --> 00:14:25,658
My French is rusty,
but music is universal
354
00:14:25,795 --> 00:14:27,485
and the sentiment of this
love song almost
355
00:14:27,625 --> 00:14:30,555
brought me to tears.
356
00:14:30,697 --> 00:14:32,837
Now they have a huge
annual Fransaskois music
357
00:14:32,975 --> 00:14:34,935
festival that draws
thousands of people to
358
00:14:35,081 --> 00:14:37,461
celebrate their culture,
where it all started,
359
00:14:37,600 --> 00:14:39,670
Willow Bunch.
360
00:14:40,949 --> 00:14:42,299
It's extreme here.
361
00:14:42,467 --> 00:14:44,187
It's always been a
dynamically opposed like
362
00:14:44,331 --> 00:14:47,401
the French the English,
the cold, the hot.
363
00:14:47,541 --> 00:14:51,371
And the Métis brought in a
whole other culture too.
364
00:14:51,511 --> 00:14:53,311
So really they're able
to accomplish in a three
365
00:14:53,444 --> 00:14:54,964
minute song, what the
Canadian government have
366
00:14:55,135 --> 00:14:56,995
had a hard time
doing in 300 years.
367
00:14:57,137 --> 00:14:59,307
[Laughter]
368
00:15:03,626 --> 00:15:06,036
I wondered, how does a
town with such varied roots,
369
00:15:06,181 --> 00:15:08,011
somehow keep
it all together?
370
00:15:09,632 --> 00:15:11,602
Is it a town of different
opinions Willow Bunch?
371
00:15:11,738 --> 00:15:13,598
Yes -How so?
372
00:15:13,740 --> 00:15:15,570
Every small town is.
373
00:15:15,742 --> 00:15:17,472
You know you'll have four
different opinions on anything.
374
00:15:17,606 --> 00:15:19,746
So you just don't have
one, it's better.
375
00:15:19,884 --> 00:15:22,404
So this bar is sort of
like Switzerland.
376
00:15:22,542 --> 00:15:25,682
It's okay everyone is so
different I've never met
377
00:15:25,821 --> 00:15:29,411
a person I didn't find
something I could like about.
378
00:15:29,549 --> 00:15:31,829
That's what I like
about you, Dawn
379
00:15:31,965 --> 00:15:36,245
She chose smaller town
life two years ago.
380
00:15:36,383 --> 00:15:39,253
Dawn used to work for an
optometrist in Assiniboia
381
00:15:39,421 --> 00:15:42,391
she left that job and her
boss didn't see it coming.
382
00:15:42,562 --> 00:15:44,942
[Laughter]
383
00:15:46,635 --> 00:15:48,395
I mean I've never locked
the doors to my home.
384
00:15:48,568 --> 00:15:50,018
Is that right?
385
00:15:50,156 --> 00:15:52,016
I've never taken my
keys out of my vehicle.
386
00:15:52,158 --> 00:15:54,188
I'm happy with being able
to cross the street and
387
00:15:54,332 --> 00:15:56,542
not really pay attention
and I think there's
388
00:15:56,679 --> 00:15:59,539
a stop sign in town but
I'm not sure.
389
00:15:59,682 --> 00:16:02,692
Dawn - there are
several stop signs.
390
00:16:02,823 --> 00:16:04,723
I think
maybe a trip back to the
391
00:16:04,860 --> 00:16:08,000
optometrist
office is in order.
392
00:16:08,139 --> 00:16:09,729
Folks she says she leaves
her keys in her car,
393
00:16:09,865 --> 00:16:11,685
somebody take them.
394
00:16:11,832 --> 00:16:15,422
How can you not
want that for life?
395
00:16:15,560 --> 00:16:18,250
If you can make a living
here, then, you should.
396
00:16:18,391 --> 00:16:20,191
But there's signs of
something much bigger than
397
00:16:20,324 --> 00:16:22,744
retirees and tourists
coming to town.
398
00:16:22,878 --> 00:16:24,468
There's talk about oil
rigs that are being
399
00:16:24,604 --> 00:16:26,234
drilled in the
area and...
400
00:16:26,364 --> 00:16:28,194
So there's change
on the horizon?
401
00:16:28,366 --> 00:16:30,086
Yeah just started.
402
00:16:30,230 --> 00:16:31,710
I got a lump in my throat.
403
00:16:31,852 --> 00:16:34,102
We've never had
anything like that.
404
00:16:34,234 --> 00:16:36,204
Some people think oh
aren't you going to be happy?
405
00:16:36,340 --> 00:16:37,620
No.
406
00:16:37,755 --> 00:16:39,205
It's actually scary.
407
00:16:39,343 --> 00:16:41,033
I like the way it is.
408
00:16:41,207 --> 00:16:42,927
That's the fundamental
question for small towns
409
00:16:43,071 --> 00:16:45,381
that are struggling is you
want more people, you want
410
00:16:45,521 --> 00:16:48,591
more money, you want more
industry but do you?
411
00:16:48,731 --> 00:16:50,871
In a way...
412
00:16:51,044 --> 00:16:52,704
Do you understand
what comes with it?
413
00:16:52,839 --> 00:16:55,529
I said well Dawn what do
you see in the future of
414
00:16:55,704 --> 00:16:57,404
Willow Bunch?
415
00:16:57,533 --> 00:16:59,053
And she pointed over to
the sign and said well
416
00:16:59,225 --> 00:17:00,945
Friday night is rib night.
417
00:17:01,089 --> 00:17:03,679
[Laughter]
418
00:17:03,815 --> 00:17:07,815
Beyond that really is
anyone's guess I suppose.
419
00:17:09,649 --> 00:17:12,309
Of course I'm not really
saying it right am I?
420
00:17:12,445 --> 00:17:14,475
You guys don't say
Willow Bunch,
421
00:17:14,619 --> 00:17:16,479
you say Willowbunch.
422
00:17:16,621 --> 00:17:18,181
Willowbunch.
423
00:17:18,313 --> 00:17:19,593
As in how much you
love Willow Bunch?
424
00:17:19,728 --> 00:17:21,488
Well a bunch.
425
00:17:21,626 --> 00:17:23,866
[Laughter]
426
00:17:27,184 --> 00:17:29,224
I wanted to get a better picture
of the future of this place,
427
00:17:29,358 --> 00:17:31,258
and I'd heard about
another newcomer who could
428
00:17:31,395 --> 00:17:33,465
paint that picture by number.
429
00:17:34,570 --> 00:17:35,570
Pleased to meet you sir.
430
00:17:35,709 --> 00:17:37,329
Nice to meet you,
welcome to my home.
431
00:17:37,504 --> 00:17:39,444
Gordon Spowart is
a numerologist.
432
00:17:39,575 --> 00:17:42,475
He invited me
over for pie.
433
00:17:42,647 --> 00:17:48,337
[Groans & Laughter]
434
00:17:48,515 --> 00:17:52,415
You ain't seen
nothing yet.
435
00:17:52,554 --> 00:17:54,424
The numerological
institute of Canada.
436
00:17:54,556 --> 00:17:55,586
Mhm.
437
00:17:55,729 --> 00:17:56,699
it's only me.
438
00:17:56,834 --> 00:17:57,874
It's only one person.
439
00:17:58,007 --> 00:17:59,177
really?
440
00:17:59,319 --> 00:18:00,799
So you're number one.
441
00:18:00,941 --> 00:18:03,051
Well That's the
good thing about it.
442
00:18:03,185 --> 00:18:05,075
Gordon told me that he
could tell me all kinds of
443
00:18:05,256 --> 00:18:10,016
information just from the
first vowel of my first name.
444
00:18:10,158 --> 00:18:12,948
I said "O".
445
00:18:13,092 --> 00:18:17,542
[Laughter]
446
00:18:17,682 --> 00:18:19,822
That's is 10, 16, 7.
447
00:18:19,960 --> 00:18:22,480
That is 10, 16, 22.
448
00:18:22,618 --> 00:18:26,688
Every letter in your name
signifies a different number
449
00:18:26,829 --> 00:18:30,449
That's 1, 6, 5,
1, 2, 8, 1, 5, 4, 1.
450
00:18:30,592 --> 00:18:32,532
It sounded like an
auctioneer going.
451
00:18:32,663 --> 00:18:34,393
36, 37, 10, 1.
452
00:18:34,527 --> 00:18:36,217
9, 2, 8, 1, triple 9, 1.
453
00:18:36,356 --> 00:18:38,216
7 0 9 2 5 0 5 3 3
5, and I said sold!
454
00:18:38,358 --> 00:18:41,328
And I ended up
buying his couch.
455
00:18:41,465 --> 00:18:44,185
You have mastery
at your fingertips,
456
00:18:44,330 --> 00:18:47,160
are you living
up to your potential?
457
00:18:47,298 --> 00:18:50,198
I can hardly get
my laundry done.
458
00:18:52,303 --> 00:18:54,313
As for Willow bunch, he
told me a simple story of
459
00:18:54,443 --> 00:18:56,513
a farming town's
demise by the numbers.
460
00:18:56,652 --> 00:18:59,592
Once upon a time the farms
would be a hundred to a
461
00:18:59,724 --> 00:19:01,314
thousand acres.
462
00:19:01,485 --> 00:19:03,895
So there would be 20
farmers, with three, four
463
00:19:04,073 --> 00:19:06,393
kids each, that's eighty
people, a hundred people.
464
00:19:06,559 --> 00:19:08,729
Now that's one farm.
465
00:19:08,871 --> 00:19:11,251
But this areas' future
is so much bigger.
466
00:19:13,082 --> 00:19:15,292
Well the oil field there's
more than a trillion
467
00:19:15,430 --> 00:19:17,880
bottles of oil bigger
than Saudi Arabia.
468
00:19:18,053 --> 00:19:19,743
This place is a gold mine.
469
00:19:19,882 --> 00:19:21,572
People are going
to be coming here.
470
00:19:23,058 --> 00:19:24,578
How will they handle it?
471
00:19:24,749 --> 00:19:26,749
Well Gordon moved here
after 48 years in Toronto
472
00:19:26,924 --> 00:19:29,344
and he says the key to
change is to do what
473
00:19:29,478 --> 00:19:31,928
Legare and Sitting Bull
did, - make the most of
474
00:19:32,067 --> 00:19:33,717
the space you've got.
475
00:19:35,657 --> 00:19:37,177
And that's one of the
reasons why I built a
476
00:19:37,279 --> 00:19:39,179
labyrinth out in
the back yard.
477
00:19:39,316 --> 00:19:40,866
And the idea is you
meditate on something,
478
00:19:41,007 --> 00:19:43,347
and as you weave your way to
the centre of the circle
479
00:19:43,492 --> 00:19:45,432
hopefully you'll have some
clarity on the matter
480
00:19:45,563 --> 00:19:48,773
So you're accessing your
feminine intuitiveness as
481
00:19:48,946 --> 00:19:51,156
well as your male
aggressiveness and it's
482
00:19:51,293 --> 00:19:53,503
balancing it out
for you in harmony.
483
00:19:53,640 --> 00:19:54,990
Well it's good for me
cause I have both
484
00:19:55,124 --> 00:19:57,374
sets of genitals.
485
00:19:57,506 --> 00:19:59,536
Finally, a labyrinth
when you need one.
486
00:19:59,681 --> 00:20:01,371
Because there was still some
Stuff about Willow Bunch
487
00:20:01,510 --> 00:20:03,200
I was still trying to sort out.
488
00:20:03,340 --> 00:20:04,930
I couldn't really attach
489
00:20:05,100 --> 00:20:06,790
a singular identity
to Willow Bunch,
490
00:20:06,929 --> 00:20:08,449
it's a real hodgepodge right.
491
00:20:08,621 --> 00:20:10,211
At first I was thinking
is it a historical
492
00:20:10,347 --> 00:20:12,657
Métis community where
Sitting Bull sat?
493
00:20:12,797 --> 00:20:15,277
Or is it a
geological wonder?
494
00:20:15,455 --> 00:20:18,455
Is it a home of
a famous giant?
495
00:20:18,596 --> 00:20:20,116
A refuge for outlaws?
496
00:20:20,288 --> 00:20:22,048
And then I realized it is,
it's all of these things
497
00:20:22,186 --> 00:20:24,146
but a few new bits
and bobs as well now.
498
00:20:24,292 --> 00:20:26,982
You know everybody here's
a little different and is
499
00:20:27,122 --> 00:20:28,952
a different colourful
square on this quirky
500
00:20:29,124 --> 00:20:30,824
quilt of a town.
501
00:20:30,988 --> 00:20:32,538
And from what I'm told
of Saskatchewan winters
502
00:20:32,679 --> 00:20:35,479
you're going to need a
quilt, you're going to
503
00:20:35,613 --> 00:20:38,483
need a quilt and a
tuque and gloves.
504
00:20:40,308 --> 00:20:41,828
Just before I came over to
the Jolly Giant for the
505
00:20:41,964 --> 00:20:43,594
show tonight my mom gave
me a ring she said oh
506
00:20:43,725 --> 00:20:45,205
you know how's it going
in Saskatchewan?
507
00:20:45,347 --> 00:20:46,937
I said mom I stood in the
shadow of a giant,
508
00:20:47,073 --> 00:20:48,873
walked circles in a circle,
played twister on the
509
00:20:49,006 --> 00:20:50,766
petroglyphs and sang some
songs with the
510
00:20:50,904 --> 00:20:52,114
Fransaskois singers.
511
00:20:52,251 --> 00:20:53,701
She said Jonathan what
are you talking about?
512
00:20:53,838 --> 00:20:55,318
I said mom I'm talking
about Willow Bunch,
513
00:20:55,495 --> 00:20:56,695
Saskatchewan.
514
00:20:56,841 --> 00:20:59,091
Thanks so much everybody,
you've been great.
515
00:21:00,673 --> 00:21:04,093
We're all working together
as a very small community.
516
00:21:04,228 --> 00:21:07,018
You forget how the
rest of the town how much
517
00:21:07,162 --> 00:21:08,922
there is here, how many
different people.
518
00:21:09,095 --> 00:21:11,615
So now I think people will
get an idea of really how
519
00:21:11,753 --> 00:21:13,103
interesting the town is.
520
00:21:13,237 --> 00:21:15,447
Yeah it's nice to get a
little positive reaction
521
00:21:15,584 --> 00:21:18,104
to the area and a lot
of the people here.
522
00:21:18,242 --> 00:21:19,422
Good show.
523
00:21:19,554 --> 00:21:20,804
It was funny.
524
00:21:20,934 --> 00:21:22,354
Very proud, very proud.
525
00:21:22,488 --> 00:21:24,768
It was personal
so that was nice.
526
00:21:24,938 --> 00:21:28,248
He really learnt something
I think so that's good.
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