1 00:00:01,602 --> 00:00:03,702 Here we are in prince rupert, british columbia. 2 00:00:03,704 --> 00:00:06,371 [cheering & applauding] 3 00:00:06,374 --> 00:00:08,374 Canada's pacific northwest 4 00:00:08,509 --> 00:00:11,143 Doesn't get "northwester" than this, 5 00:00:11,212 --> 00:00:14,146 A two-hour flight north of vancouver. 6 00:00:14,215 --> 00:00:16,715 And we're so close to the alaskan panhandle, 7 00:00:16,717 --> 00:00:18,383 I packed my oven mitts. 8 00:00:18,386 --> 00:00:20,385 [laughing] 9 00:00:20,521 --> 00:00:24,056 Also known as the "city of rainbows"... 10 00:00:24,191 --> 00:00:27,259 Prince rupert holds the record for the 11 00:00:27,328 --> 00:00:30,295 Rainiest city in canada. 12 00:00:30,297 --> 00:00:33,031 [cheering & applauding] 13 00:00:33,067 --> 00:00:34,532 "take that, vancouver," 14 00:00:34,568 --> 00:00:36,334 Said the guy from st. John's. 15 00:00:36,370 --> 00:00:37,636 [laughing] 16 00:00:37,771 --> 00:00:40,439 You guys have, on average, 17 00:00:40,441 --> 00:00:42,407 Measurable precipitation 18 00:00:42,410 --> 00:00:46,345 240 days out of the year. 19 00:00:46,347 --> 00:00:50,149 Yet, nobody around here seems down about it. 20 00:00:50,284 --> 00:00:52,084 The people, the place itself, 21 00:00:52,219 --> 00:00:54,086 Nothing seems gloomy about it. 22 00:00:54,221 --> 00:00:56,688 People seem positive and optimistic. 23 00:00:56,690 --> 00:00:59,358 In fact, I would say the people of prince rupert 24 00:00:59,493 --> 00:01:02,361 Not only believe their glass is half full, 25 00:01:02,496 --> 00:01:05,096 They know it could easily be full-full 26 00:01:05,132 --> 00:01:06,732 If they just hold it out the window. 27 00:01:06,734 --> 00:01:09,635 [laughing] 28 00:01:09,637 --> 00:01:11,470 When you grow up in a small town in newfoundland, 29 00:01:11,605 --> 00:01:12,637 You see that people have 30 00:01:12,673 --> 00:01:14,206 A sense of humour about hard times. 31 00:01:14,275 --> 00:01:15,240 Check, check. 32 00:01:15,375 --> 00:01:17,308 I turned that into a career and hit the road. 33 00:01:17,344 --> 00:01:19,444 [mc] mr. Jonny harris! 34 00:01:19,513 --> 00:01:21,313 Now I'm on a mission to find the funny 35 00:01:21,448 --> 00:01:23,215 In the places you'd least expect it, 36 00:01:23,350 --> 00:01:25,384 Canada's struggling small towns. 37 00:01:25,519 --> 00:01:27,319 Towns that are against the ropes, 38 00:01:27,321 --> 00:01:28,587 But hanging in there... 39 00:01:28,589 --> 00:01:31,356 Still laughing in the face of adversity. 40 00:01:31,358 --> 00:01:33,258 This is prince rupert, british columbia! 41 00:01:33,393 --> 00:01:36,862 ♪ 42 00:01:37,731 --> 00:01:39,932 -How are ya? -Good, yourself? 43 00:01:40,067 --> 00:01:41,133 ♪ 44 00:01:41,268 --> 00:01:43,068 [indistinct conversation] 45 00:01:43,137 --> 00:01:45,403 ♪ 46 00:01:45,439 --> 00:01:49,141 [cheering & applauding] 47 00:01:49,210 --> 00:01:51,143 In the pacific northwest, 48 00:01:51,145 --> 00:01:53,145 The king of the sea is salmon, 49 00:01:53,214 --> 00:01:57,349 But this area was not just known for a salmon fishery. 50 00:01:57,418 --> 00:02:01,420 All along the coast, canneries provided people 51 00:02:01,422 --> 00:02:04,289 With a livelihood here for generations. 52 00:02:04,291 --> 00:02:06,892 It was a way of life. 53 00:02:06,961 --> 00:02:10,095 Now, there's not a single one. 54 00:02:10,097 --> 00:02:13,298 So, to help me process the fish plants, 55 00:02:13,367 --> 00:02:15,099 Or lack thereof, 56 00:02:15,136 --> 00:02:18,303 I spoke to a retired cannery millwright and 57 00:02:18,305 --> 00:02:21,272 Former union president, arnie nagy. 58 00:02:21,308 --> 00:02:23,942 [cheering & applauding] 59 00:02:23,978 --> 00:02:27,145 Arnie is half haida, and he told me 60 00:02:27,280 --> 00:02:29,514 His grandmother told him he wouldn't receive 61 00:02:29,517 --> 00:02:32,450 His haida name until he had earned it. 62 00:02:32,520 --> 00:02:35,254 I became active in the union. 63 00:02:35,389 --> 00:02:38,556 And took on a lot of issues on the environment, 64 00:02:38,592 --> 00:02:40,492 On the rights of working people. 65 00:02:40,627 --> 00:02:43,228 And for all the work that he's done for the 66 00:02:43,297 --> 00:02:44,963 Preservation of the salmon 67 00:02:45,098 --> 00:02:47,332 And the salmon fishing industry, 68 00:02:47,467 --> 00:02:51,202 At age 50, he was given his haida name. 69 00:02:51,204 --> 00:02:55,140 My haida name is- [indigenous name] 70 00:02:55,142 --> 00:02:57,142 Which means "strong salmon voice". 71 00:02:57,211 --> 00:02:59,377 Strong salmon voice. 72 00:02:59,446 --> 00:03:02,480 I don't think I was bestowed the same kind of honour 73 00:03:02,616 --> 00:03:05,417 When, at 15, people called me tuna breath. 74 00:03:05,486 --> 00:03:07,152 [laughing] 75 00:03:07,287 --> 00:03:10,088 But, I had to assume it was strong. 76 00:03:10,090 --> 00:03:12,056 It was strong. 77 00:03:12,092 --> 00:03:13,158 It was a real heyday. 78 00:03:13,293 --> 00:03:14,559 It was really something to see. 79 00:03:14,562 --> 00:03:17,028 Arnie told me at the peak of the industry, 80 00:03:17,097 --> 00:03:20,165 Over 3000 people worked canning fish 81 00:03:20,234 --> 00:03:21,700 Here in prince rupert. 82 00:03:21,702 --> 00:03:24,502 We had the largest salmon cannery in the world that was 83 00:03:24,504 --> 00:03:29,374 Capable of canning up to a million pounds a day of fish. 84 00:03:29,509 --> 00:03:31,643 He said at the heart of it was a machine called 85 00:03:31,778 --> 00:03:33,978 The iron butcher. 86 00:03:34,014 --> 00:03:36,381 ♪ 87 00:03:36,417 --> 00:03:39,117 And I saw an older version of this machine up at 88 00:03:39,186 --> 00:03:41,186 The old north pacific cannery. 89 00:03:41,255 --> 00:03:43,688 It's a contraption full of conveyor belts and 90 00:03:43,823 --> 00:03:46,391 Pulleys and spinning blades. 91 00:03:46,526 --> 00:03:49,394 An iron butcher is attached to what they call an indexer. 92 00:03:49,463 --> 00:03:52,130 So, the indexer cuts the head off the fish. 93 00:03:52,199 --> 00:03:54,666 It would chop the fish's head off. 94 00:03:54,702 --> 00:03:56,968 That's when the fish was getting indexed. 95 00:03:57,037 --> 00:04:00,138 I, I guess it sounds better than lopping. 96 00:04:00,140 --> 00:04:02,274 I think they used that during the french revolution, right? 97 00:04:02,409 --> 00:04:05,143 People would get sent to the guillotines to be indexed. 98 00:04:05,179 --> 00:04:07,412 [laughing] 99 00:04:07,414 --> 00:04:09,181 You definitely didn't want to be behind it 100 00:04:09,316 --> 00:04:10,349 When it was running. 101 00:04:10,484 --> 00:04:12,150 There'd be guts flying everywhere. 102 00:04:12,152 --> 00:04:13,952 [laughing] oh, my god. 103 00:04:14,087 --> 00:04:17,322 And his job was to climb under this machinery, 104 00:04:17,358 --> 00:04:20,892 To tighten the chains and the tension on the pulleys. 105 00:04:20,961 --> 00:04:23,695 He was the man with the spanner under the canner. 106 00:04:23,731 --> 00:04:25,163 [laughing] 107 00:04:25,298 --> 00:04:26,999 So, you're always getting fish blood and 108 00:04:27,134 --> 00:04:28,567 Fish slime on ya. 109 00:04:28,569 --> 00:04:30,102 It was dirty work. 110 00:04:30,237 --> 00:04:32,437 In fact, this was one place where you knew the 111 00:04:32,473 --> 00:04:35,207 Machinery malfunctioned if there was 112 00:04:35,209 --> 00:04:38,210 No blood and guts spewing out. 113 00:04:38,212 --> 00:04:40,445 Do you know what I mean? It's like, "oh, my god, 114 00:04:40,514 --> 00:04:42,580 At the plant today, whoa, 115 00:04:42,616 --> 00:04:44,649 Paul got his sleeve caught in the machine. 116 00:04:44,652 --> 00:04:46,985 And the next thing you know... 117 00:04:47,054 --> 00:04:49,121 There's no blood flying anywhere." 118 00:04:49,256 --> 00:04:51,523 [laughing] 119 00:04:51,592 --> 00:04:53,324 -It was loud. -Yeah. 120 00:04:53,460 --> 00:04:56,328 You couldn't yell to find out what was going on, 121 00:04:56,463 --> 00:04:57,962 So there was hand signals. 122 00:04:58,032 --> 00:04:59,697 And he said it was loud in there. 123 00:04:59,699 --> 00:05:01,600 So they would have hand signals 124 00:05:01,602 --> 00:05:04,269 For all the different species of salmon. 125 00:05:04,404 --> 00:05:07,238 Coho was a 'c'. 126 00:05:07,274 --> 00:05:09,141 -Sockeye. -Right, makes sense. 127 00:05:09,276 --> 00:05:10,875 You can probably guess what this one is. 128 00:05:10,944 --> 00:05:12,310 Sockeye. 129 00:05:12,445 --> 00:05:13,878 Ah, there were humpies. 130 00:05:14,013 --> 00:05:16,948 There's a dog salmon, would be the bark. 131 00:05:17,084 --> 00:05:20,018 He did this for a dog salmon, right? 132 00:05:20,020 --> 00:05:20,885 He did it like this. 133 00:05:20,954 --> 00:05:22,954 I would have done it more like that. 134 00:05:22,990 --> 00:05:24,889 [laughing] 135 00:05:24,958 --> 00:05:27,559 But I went to a performing arts school, so I'm going to- 136 00:05:27,561 --> 00:05:29,995 Yeah, yeah, I would've put some flair on it, right. 137 00:05:29,997 --> 00:05:34,031 I would've been like 3 coho, 4 humpy. 138 00:05:34,068 --> 00:05:37,702 [laughing] 139 00:05:37,838 --> 00:05:39,404 So, arnie, what happened? 140 00:05:39,540 --> 00:05:41,639 I mean, why did it close down? 141 00:05:41,675 --> 00:05:43,574 Greed. Greed. 142 00:05:43,610 --> 00:05:45,510 Because we got proper benefits, 143 00:05:45,546 --> 00:05:47,312 We had decent wages. 144 00:05:47,314 --> 00:05:49,647 Company says they weren't making enough money. 145 00:05:49,717 --> 00:05:52,984 2015 saw prince rupert's 146 00:05:53,120 --> 00:05:56,655 Commercial fish canning come to an end. 147 00:05:56,657 --> 00:05:58,390 You look at prince rupert now, 148 00:05:58,459 --> 00:06:00,658 Still feeling the ramifications of it. 149 00:06:00,794 --> 00:06:03,328 There's so many businesses that shut down because 150 00:06:03,463 --> 00:06:05,697 There's no more of that disposable income. 151 00:06:05,699 --> 00:06:08,200 Processing got outsourced. 152 00:06:08,202 --> 00:06:11,203 And not just to alaska- overseas. 153 00:06:11,205 --> 00:06:14,105 If you were to pick up a packaged frozen salmon in the 154 00:06:14,108 --> 00:06:17,675 Cardboard box, chances are it was processed in china. 155 00:06:17,711 --> 00:06:20,078 I think for the people who lost their jobs, 156 00:06:20,147 --> 00:06:22,280 It had to be unexpected. 157 00:06:22,282 --> 00:06:23,982 If you're working at a cannery, 158 00:06:24,117 --> 00:06:25,617 The whole point of a can, 159 00:06:25,752 --> 00:06:28,219 You're not thinking things are gonna go bad. 160 00:06:28,255 --> 00:06:30,622 [laughing] 161 00:06:30,691 --> 00:06:32,190 After you open it, 162 00:06:32,259 --> 00:06:33,958 It's almost impossible to close one. 163 00:06:33,994 --> 00:06:36,327 [laughing] 164 00:06:36,363 --> 00:06:38,964 And if you try, you expect cuts. 165 00:06:39,099 --> 00:06:41,900 [laughing] 166 00:06:42,035 --> 00:06:44,302 [applauding] 167 00:06:48,075 --> 00:06:49,407 ♪ 168 00:06:49,476 --> 00:06:53,244 [indistinct conversation] 169 00:06:53,313 --> 00:06:55,180 After the last cannery closed, 170 00:06:55,182 --> 00:06:57,949 Prince rupert's other waterfront industry- 171 00:06:58,084 --> 00:07:01,186 Shipping- has kept things afloat. 172 00:07:01,255 --> 00:07:03,021 Prince rupert is now, 173 00:07:03,090 --> 00:07:05,456 By the value of goods shipped, 174 00:07:05,592 --> 00:07:08,126 The third biggest port in canada. 175 00:07:08,128 --> 00:07:12,597 [cheering & applauding] 176 00:07:12,732 --> 00:07:16,067 And there's talk of expansion at the port. 177 00:07:16,136 --> 00:07:18,503 Now, one problem is these 178 00:07:18,639 --> 00:07:21,072 Increasingly busy shipping lanes 179 00:07:21,074 --> 00:07:25,410 Cross the migration paths of whales. 180 00:07:25,412 --> 00:07:27,879 Fortunately, we have scientists here who don't 181 00:07:28,014 --> 00:07:32,016 Just watch whales, they really look out for them. 182 00:07:32,085 --> 00:07:34,219 I had a chat with whale researcher, 183 00:07:34,288 --> 00:07:36,321 Karina dracott. 184 00:07:36,456 --> 00:07:41,059 [cheering & applauding] 185 00:07:41,194 --> 00:07:43,494 Just here in the harbour, we see a lot of whale activity, 186 00:07:43,530 --> 00:07:46,364 So we're worried about some of the increasing threats. 187 00:07:46,366 --> 00:07:48,967 Karina explained to me that whale strikes are 188 00:07:48,969 --> 00:07:53,371 A concern for ships and boats of all sizes. 189 00:07:53,507 --> 00:07:56,141 Sometimes you'll see whales doing this resting behavior, 190 00:07:56,143 --> 00:07:57,976 And they're often just below the surface 191 00:07:58,045 --> 00:07:59,510 So you can hardly see them. 192 00:07:59,546 --> 00:08:01,445 Part of our messaging is to let people know 193 00:08:01,482 --> 00:08:02,647 To look out for whales. 194 00:08:02,683 --> 00:08:04,649 If you see like a blow, to slow down 195 00:08:04,685 --> 00:08:07,252 Just to help reduce the chance of hitting a whale. 196 00:08:07,321 --> 00:08:09,621 And I know prince rupert has a history of a proud 197 00:08:09,756 --> 00:08:12,456 Union town, but we got to end whale strikes. 198 00:08:12,493 --> 00:08:15,260 [laughing] 199 00:08:15,395 --> 00:08:18,129 Karina said the goal is to study these animals at 200 00:08:18,131 --> 00:08:21,433 A distance, to interfere with them as little as possible. 201 00:08:21,568 --> 00:08:23,268 When we're out on the water, we're taking photos, 202 00:08:23,403 --> 00:08:24,736 But we're also looking to collect 203 00:08:24,738 --> 00:08:26,204 Different types of samples. 204 00:08:26,206 --> 00:08:28,339 We collect environmental dna. 205 00:08:28,375 --> 00:08:32,343 Part of studying them at a distance involves collecting 206 00:08:32,412 --> 00:08:37,148 What she calls "environmental dna". 207 00:08:37,283 --> 00:08:38,250 I said, "what's that?" 208 00:08:38,385 --> 00:08:39,784 She said, "you really want to know?" 209 00:08:39,786 --> 00:08:41,419 I said, "dump it on me." 210 00:08:41,455 --> 00:08:43,955 Whale poop or, a fecal sample, if you will. 211 00:08:44,024 --> 00:08:45,390 It's whale poop. 212 00:08:45,459 --> 00:08:46,491 [laughing] 213 00:08:46,626 --> 00:08:48,026 Well, if you're really curious, 214 00:08:48,161 --> 00:08:51,563 I did bring you a little sample to examine, yourself. 215 00:08:51,698 --> 00:08:53,431 -You shouldn't have. -Yeah, I know. 216 00:08:53,433 --> 00:08:55,166 Well, there you go, that is some whale poop. 217 00:08:55,235 --> 00:08:56,534 Not super fresh. 218 00:08:56,570 --> 00:08:58,670 The reason they collect this is the same reason 219 00:08:58,672 --> 00:09:01,172 Your doctor might ask you for a sample. 220 00:09:01,241 --> 00:09:03,508 This is- it's full of information. 221 00:09:03,510 --> 00:09:05,176 Yeah, it gives us a lot of information. 222 00:09:05,312 --> 00:09:07,979 Just like when you go to the doctors and they want tests, 223 00:09:07,981 --> 00:09:10,515 We kind of can tell the pregnancy, the sex, 224 00:09:10,650 --> 00:09:12,249 We can tell what they ate. 225 00:09:12,286 --> 00:09:13,585 It can tell us how stressed they are, even, 226 00:09:13,654 --> 00:09:14,986 Their cortisone levels. 227 00:09:15,022 --> 00:09:16,988 They can figure out more or less 228 00:09:16,990 --> 00:09:19,991 Whether the whale is healthy or sick. 229 00:09:20,027 --> 00:09:22,127 I was dying to keep it, just in case 230 00:09:22,262 --> 00:09:24,929 If my doctor ever asked me for a sample... 231 00:09:24,932 --> 00:09:26,164 -[laughing] -slip that in. 232 00:09:26,299 --> 00:09:30,035 That'd be hilarious! Then my doctor calls me up, 233 00:09:30,037 --> 00:09:31,936 And says, "jonny, I'm very concerned. 234 00:09:31,972 --> 00:09:35,006 I don't know how you got pregnant in your late 70s, 235 00:09:35,008 --> 00:09:37,075 But you should lay off of the krill." 236 00:09:37,077 --> 00:09:39,077 [laughing] 237 00:09:39,079 --> 00:09:41,479 -How do you get it? -[laughing] 238 00:09:41,515 --> 00:09:42,947 She said they might be out in the boat 239 00:09:43,016 --> 00:09:44,515 Watching a humpback whale. 240 00:09:44,585 --> 00:09:45,583 Sometimes we're watching, and then we're like, oh, 241 00:09:45,586 --> 00:09:48,453 That whale pooped. Okay, quick. Mobilize. 242 00:09:48,588 --> 00:09:50,989 It's a race against gravity. 243 00:09:51,058 --> 00:09:53,291 They gotta go as quickly as they can, right? 244 00:09:53,360 --> 00:09:55,559 And we'll try to get to it before it disappears. 245 00:09:55,596 --> 00:09:57,362 And sometimes we make it and sometimes we don't. 246 00:09:57,431 --> 00:09:59,497 I can imagine things are tense on the boat. 247 00:09:59,533 --> 00:10:01,499 It's like, "oh, my god, can you go any faster? 248 00:10:01,568 --> 00:10:03,568 I'm going as fast as the boat can go. 249 00:10:03,637 --> 00:10:05,269 Well, if you don't go any faster, 250 00:10:05,305 --> 00:10:06,671 I'm gonna lose my s***!" 251 00:10:06,806 --> 00:10:09,073 [laughing] 252 00:10:09,208 --> 00:10:10,375 I mean, sometimes when you're really lucky, 253 00:10:10,377 --> 00:10:13,311 It's just floating all together and you can scoop it up. 254 00:10:13,446 --> 00:10:15,046 Although, whales are smart. 255 00:10:15,181 --> 00:10:17,315 I wonder if they're ever like, "oh my god, 256 00:10:17,317 --> 00:10:19,250 There's that lady again, scooping up my poop with a 257 00:10:19,319 --> 00:10:21,318 Pool skimmer, and she's worried I'm sick?" 258 00:10:21,355 --> 00:10:23,688 [laughing] 259 00:10:28,595 --> 00:10:31,462 ♪ 260 00:10:31,464 --> 00:10:34,265 Karina told me there's more to her job than 261 00:10:34,267 --> 00:10:35,533 Looking out for a whales. 262 00:10:35,569 --> 00:10:39,003 Sometimes whales just need somebody to listen. 263 00:10:39,072 --> 00:10:41,138 Whales live in an acoustic environment. 264 00:10:41,174 --> 00:10:43,174 We live in a very visual environment, but they're, 265 00:10:43,210 --> 00:10:45,109 They're listening. They're talking to one another. 266 00:10:45,178 --> 00:10:46,344 They don't have great eyesight. 267 00:10:46,479 --> 00:10:49,214 They depend on sound a great deal. 268 00:10:49,349 --> 00:10:52,550 So the presence of ships nearby 269 00:10:52,552 --> 00:10:54,118 Can cause interference 270 00:10:54,187 --> 00:10:56,654 With the way the whales communicate. 271 00:10:56,690 --> 00:10:58,022 [chirping whale song] 272 00:10:58,091 --> 00:10:59,591 This is a hydrophone here. 273 00:10:59,593 --> 00:11:03,094 Whale researchers study this by putting a microphone 274 00:11:03,130 --> 00:11:05,963 In the water, a hydrophone. 275 00:11:05,999 --> 00:11:07,232 And she took me out. 276 00:11:07,367 --> 00:11:08,966 We went out in the boat. 277 00:11:09,002 --> 00:11:12,236 She got me to drop the hydrophone in the water. 278 00:11:12,272 --> 00:11:15,006 All right, throw 'er in. 279 00:11:15,008 --> 00:11:18,176 Which I can honestly say that was my first ever mic drop. 280 00:11:18,178 --> 00:11:19,944 [laughing] 281 00:11:19,980 --> 00:11:21,112 Let's switch that. 282 00:11:21,247 --> 00:11:23,081 [crackling] 283 00:11:23,216 --> 00:11:25,183 This hydrophone can pick up sound from 284 00:11:25,252 --> 00:11:27,551 Hundreds of kilometers away. 285 00:11:27,587 --> 00:11:28,953 That's a big ship. 286 00:11:29,089 --> 00:11:30,287 We're likely hearing a mixture of 287 00:11:30,323 --> 00:11:32,023 Several boats, actually. 288 00:11:32,025 --> 00:11:34,192 Humpback whale songs can get masked by 289 00:11:34,261 --> 00:11:36,060 The sound of shipping. 290 00:11:36,063 --> 00:11:37,996 [crackling & whirring] 291 00:11:37,998 --> 00:11:39,998 We got lucky. 292 00:11:40,133 --> 00:11:42,299 I don't know what, mathematically, 293 00:11:42,335 --> 00:11:43,968 What the odds were. 294 00:11:44,104 --> 00:11:47,405 We got unbelievably lucky. 295 00:11:47,540 --> 00:11:50,542 Like there was no whales, but it was sunny. 296 00:11:50,544 --> 00:11:53,478 [laughing] 297 00:11:53,613 --> 00:11:56,080 [applauding] 298 00:11:56,116 --> 00:11:57,648 Beautiful sunny day! 299 00:11:57,718 --> 00:12:01,219 Bombing around in a boat, sun beatin' down. 300 00:12:01,288 --> 00:12:04,289 Town looks beautiful, it was great. 301 00:12:04,424 --> 00:12:06,024 -Blue sky. -You never know. 302 00:12:06,026 --> 00:12:07,958 It changes every 15 minutes or so. 303 00:12:07,994 --> 00:12:09,693 Maybe I shouldn't jinx it. 304 00:12:09,730 --> 00:12:14,098 [thunder] 305 00:12:14,134 --> 00:12:20,504 ♪ 306 00:12:20,506 --> 00:12:22,974 Long before prince rupert's container ships 307 00:12:23,109 --> 00:12:25,109 And salmon canning, 308 00:12:25,112 --> 00:12:27,411 First nations people were catching, cooking, 309 00:12:27,447 --> 00:12:29,914 And curing fish in this area. 310 00:12:30,049 --> 00:12:34,451 Salmon was always a staple, but I met a couple of people 311 00:12:34,488 --> 00:12:37,055 From the tsimshian nation, who told me 312 00:12:37,190 --> 00:12:41,693 A mega source of offshore oil is 313 00:12:41,695 --> 00:12:43,595 The eulachan fish. 314 00:12:43,730 --> 00:12:46,130 Alayna russell and randy cobb! 315 00:12:46,199 --> 00:12:49,733 [cheering & applauding] 316 00:12:49,770 --> 00:12:51,402 Should I try something right off the bat? 317 00:12:51,538 --> 00:12:53,237 -Yeah, go for it. -What's a good, like...? 318 00:12:53,273 --> 00:12:55,273 This is just fried. 319 00:12:55,275 --> 00:12:56,674 So, starting with the tail? 320 00:12:56,743 --> 00:12:59,410 Yeah, take the tail and break it off, and... 321 00:12:59,446 --> 00:13:00,545 You can eat that actually. 322 00:13:00,680 --> 00:13:03,247 That's the best part. [laughing] 323 00:13:03,316 --> 00:13:06,250 We had fresh pan-fried eulachan. 324 00:13:06,319 --> 00:13:07,952 The head's still on. 325 00:13:07,988 --> 00:13:10,989 [pitter patter of rainfall] 326 00:13:11,124 --> 00:13:13,358 So I went for it, I ate it, head and all. 327 00:13:13,493 --> 00:13:15,092 -That's delicious. -Mm-hm. 328 00:13:15,128 --> 00:13:17,294 It was good, tasted just like the rest of the fish. 329 00:13:17,330 --> 00:13:19,964 I could feel I popped an eyeball at one point, 330 00:13:20,033 --> 00:13:21,365 That was kind of weird. 331 00:13:21,401 --> 00:13:23,034 -[laughing] -but, all natural. 332 00:13:23,169 --> 00:13:25,303 Like, you'd find weirder stuff in a wiener. 333 00:13:25,305 --> 00:13:27,071 [laughing] 334 00:13:27,207 --> 00:13:28,639 The eulachan is not only delicious, 335 00:13:28,675 --> 00:13:30,341 But it's versatile. 336 00:13:30,476 --> 00:13:31,976 This would be fresh out of the water, 337 00:13:32,045 --> 00:13:33,578 Right into the frying pan. 338 00:13:33,647 --> 00:13:35,513 That's my favourite way, and then puttin' them 339 00:13:35,582 --> 00:13:37,315 On sticks to hang in the smokehouse. 340 00:13:37,384 --> 00:13:38,616 And these are sundried. 341 00:13:38,751 --> 00:13:40,251 And then, as you're breaking the head off, 342 00:13:40,287 --> 00:13:43,054 Just give it a pull and the... 343 00:13:43,123 --> 00:13:44,989 The backbone comes out with it. 344 00:13:45,124 --> 00:13:46,257 I didn't know that hack. 345 00:13:46,392 --> 00:13:49,460 And, they make from it eulachan grease. 346 00:13:49,462 --> 00:13:51,329 This grease here is real white so, 347 00:13:51,398 --> 00:13:54,165 This one must have been from my very first cook. 348 00:13:54,300 --> 00:13:56,467 It's always been a highly valued commodity for the 349 00:13:56,503 --> 00:13:58,336 Indigenous people of the area. 350 00:13:58,405 --> 00:14:00,438 You can eat it so many different ways. 351 00:14:00,507 --> 00:14:02,006 Some people even put it on toast, 352 00:14:02,008 --> 00:14:03,474 Instead of butter, it's just... 353 00:14:03,543 --> 00:14:05,009 Eulachan grease and a little bit of salt. 354 00:14:05,144 --> 00:14:06,377 I was like, whoa, hang on now. 355 00:14:06,379 --> 00:14:08,412 I was already impressed with the eulachan. 356 00:14:08,481 --> 00:14:11,015 Now it feels like you're fishing for condiments. 357 00:14:11,017 --> 00:14:13,351 [laughing] 358 00:14:13,420 --> 00:14:15,552 To make this eulachan grease, 359 00:14:15,589 --> 00:14:17,621 First you have to catch the eulachan, 360 00:14:17,657 --> 00:14:20,158 And alayna said that that's actually the fun part. 361 00:14:20,160 --> 00:14:24,128 We go out there with our chest waders, our dip nets. 362 00:14:24,264 --> 00:14:26,231 We tie that sled to like our hip waders, 363 00:14:26,366 --> 00:14:27,465 And then we just scoop, and... 364 00:14:27,600 --> 00:14:28,967 Chuck 'em in the sled. 365 00:14:29,102 --> 00:14:31,235 Those are the best days to be out there. 366 00:14:31,238 --> 00:14:32,937 And then, randy takes them. 367 00:14:33,006 --> 00:14:35,506 We put it straight into a bin that drains, 368 00:14:35,642 --> 00:14:38,309 So you let it sit until it ages and ferments. 369 00:14:38,378 --> 00:14:39,377 Once they're ready, 370 00:14:39,379 --> 00:14:41,445 I fill up my tote right there with water. 371 00:14:41,514 --> 00:14:42,580 Dump 'em in. 372 00:14:42,715 --> 00:14:43,982 As the bodies start to break up, 373 00:14:44,117 --> 00:14:46,117 And then whatever has grease floats up. 374 00:14:46,186 --> 00:14:47,285 But it's funny 'cause randy, 375 00:14:47,354 --> 00:14:48,686 He made it sound simple at first. 376 00:14:48,755 --> 00:14:51,155 He's like, "if you know how to let food rot and 377 00:14:51,191 --> 00:14:53,458 You know how to boil water, you can make it." 378 00:14:53,460 --> 00:14:55,126 [laughing] 379 00:14:55,195 --> 00:14:57,228 I said, "do I know how to rot food...?" 380 00:14:57,363 --> 00:14:59,197 [laughing] 381 00:14:59,199 --> 00:15:02,199 I'm the michael jordan of letting food rot. 382 00:15:02,269 --> 00:15:06,137 I had carrots up in my cupboard one time that, 383 00:15:06,206 --> 00:15:09,273 I guess I just got used to it, but one day... 384 00:15:09,342 --> 00:15:11,208 Cops showed up, okay? 385 00:15:11,278 --> 00:15:13,210 [laughing] 386 00:15:13,246 --> 00:15:15,179 [applauding] 387 00:15:22,088 --> 00:15:23,955 In a town that sees this much rain, 388 00:15:24,090 --> 00:15:26,891 You don't screw around with a sunny day. 389 00:15:26,960 --> 00:15:29,293 You get out there and you enjoy it. 390 00:15:29,429 --> 00:15:32,229 You let the good times roll, and here in prince rupert, 391 00:15:32,299 --> 00:15:37,301 When the good times roll, they roll 20-sided dice. 392 00:15:37,370 --> 00:15:41,306 I had a pretty good larp with local elven entrepreneur, 393 00:15:41,441 --> 00:15:45,309 Founder of good times games, rob gruber! 394 00:15:45,312 --> 00:15:49,580 [cheering & applauding] 395 00:15:49,649 --> 00:15:53,050 Rob's shop is full of dungeons and dragons, 396 00:15:53,086 --> 00:15:54,251 And role playing games, 397 00:15:54,287 --> 00:15:56,520 And card games, and board games. 398 00:15:56,589 --> 00:16:00,992 He also organizes a lot of game programs for kids, 399 00:16:00,994 --> 00:16:03,527 And there's this amazing larp program. 400 00:16:03,596 --> 00:16:05,496 It's short for live action role play. 401 00:16:05,565 --> 00:16:07,598 So, it's basically like playing dungeons and dragons 402 00:16:07,667 --> 00:16:10,067 But doing it- doing the adventures in real life. 403 00:16:10,203 --> 00:16:12,370 And rob invited me to take part in 404 00:16:12,439 --> 00:16:14,671 One of their weekly battles. 405 00:16:14,708 --> 00:16:19,210 ♪ 406 00:16:19,279 --> 00:16:23,948 Kids show up dressed as medieval knights, wizards, 407 00:16:24,083 --> 00:16:26,217 And healers, and archers. 408 00:16:26,219 --> 00:16:28,152 There must've been 60 or 70 kids 409 00:16:28,287 --> 00:16:29,554 Who showed up to this thing. 410 00:16:29,556 --> 00:16:31,121 Now the most important rule of 411 00:16:31,157 --> 00:16:34,691 Live action sword and sorcery is? 412 00:16:34,728 --> 00:16:36,560 That's right. "honour in epic death," is just a 413 00:16:36,596 --> 00:16:39,564 Fancy way of us saying we play fair every time. 414 00:16:39,566 --> 00:16:42,500 Rob's character is the elf king. 415 00:16:42,569 --> 00:16:44,168 Alright, you guys ready for some battles? 416 00:16:44,170 --> 00:16:46,270 -Yeah! -Okay, epic. 417 00:16:46,272 --> 00:16:49,306 ♪ 418 00:16:49,308 --> 00:16:51,309 And I, too, joined the battle. 419 00:16:51,444 --> 00:16:53,978 I was a feared warrior that 420 00:16:54,047 --> 00:16:56,180 Went by the name of the iron butcher. 421 00:16:56,249 --> 00:16:58,316 [laughing] 422 00:16:58,451 --> 00:17:01,919 Today is a day unlike any other in the great history 423 00:17:01,988 --> 00:17:03,855 Of still standing! 424 00:17:03,990 --> 00:17:07,191 9 seasons have come and passed... 425 00:17:07,193 --> 00:17:10,194 And now, we fight for a 10! 426 00:17:10,196 --> 00:17:11,962 -Still! -Standing! 427 00:17:12,032 --> 00:17:14,031 -Still...! -Standing! 428 00:17:14,100 --> 00:17:16,067 -Still! -Standing! 429 00:17:16,202 --> 00:17:19,270 And then he got them divvied up into two teams. 430 00:17:19,272 --> 00:17:21,639 Blue and orange over there, red and green over there. 431 00:17:21,708 --> 00:17:23,874 Top field, on the dry spot. 432 00:17:23,943 --> 00:17:25,676 At one point I asked some of the bigger kids, 433 00:17:25,678 --> 00:17:27,945 Maybe 13 years' old or so, and I was like, 434 00:17:28,014 --> 00:17:29,981 "do we just charge into battle?" 435 00:17:29,983 --> 00:17:32,416 And one of them was like, "yeah, that's exactly 436 00:17:32,419 --> 00:17:35,086 What you do if you want to get killed right away." 437 00:17:35,155 --> 00:17:37,488 [laughing] 438 00:17:37,490 --> 00:17:39,390 He goes, "best thing to do is let some of the 439 00:17:39,525 --> 00:17:42,093 Little kids run in first as a meat shield." 440 00:17:42,228 --> 00:17:44,027 [laughing] 441 00:17:44,064 --> 00:17:46,163 [snarling] 442 00:17:46,232 --> 00:17:48,298 Skull crushers ready! 443 00:17:48,334 --> 00:17:49,634 Yeah! 444 00:17:49,769 --> 00:17:51,135 [snarling] 445 00:17:51,204 --> 00:17:53,171 Smoking elves ready! 446 00:17:53,173 --> 00:17:54,972 [growling] 447 00:17:55,041 --> 00:17:58,576 To start the battle, he blows this enormous conch. 448 00:17:58,645 --> 00:18:00,478 [horn blowing] 449 00:18:00,613 --> 00:18:02,346 [growling & shouting] 450 00:18:02,348 --> 00:18:04,215 Whoa! 451 00:18:04,350 --> 00:18:07,451 And then, it's like a mix between 452 00:18:07,520 --> 00:18:09,119 A battle scene from lord of the rings 453 00:18:09,155 --> 00:18:11,456 And red rover, red rover. 454 00:18:11,591 --> 00:18:14,125 [laughing] 455 00:18:14,127 --> 00:18:16,928 [children's chatter continues] 456 00:18:17,063 --> 00:18:22,066 ♪ 457 00:18:22,201 --> 00:18:25,103 ♪ 458 00:18:25,238 --> 00:18:26,671 The idea is, you know, 459 00:18:26,673 --> 00:18:28,873 If someone else's sword touches your arm 460 00:18:28,942 --> 00:18:30,541 You can't use it, or your leg. 461 00:18:30,543 --> 00:18:33,344 Or if you get hit in the torso, you're slain. 462 00:18:33,413 --> 00:18:35,413 But it's all on the honour system so, 463 00:18:35,415 --> 00:18:37,481 Rob, to encourage fair play, 464 00:18:37,484 --> 00:18:40,417 They should act out a dramatic- 465 00:18:40,453 --> 00:18:42,686 What he calls an epic death. 466 00:18:42,722 --> 00:18:44,488 Agh! 467 00:18:44,491 --> 00:18:47,424 I'm a trained actor, so I did a little bit of like 468 00:18:47,494 --> 00:18:49,627 Shakespearean julius caesar. 469 00:18:49,629 --> 00:18:51,896 [laughing] 470 00:18:51,965 --> 00:18:54,565 Mixed with willem defoe in platoon. 471 00:18:54,700 --> 00:18:58,268 [laughing] 472 00:18:58,304 --> 00:19:00,004 Ah! 473 00:19:00,006 --> 00:19:02,573 I fell to my knees first, and then- 474 00:19:02,575 --> 00:19:04,442 It was hard then for me to stay in character 475 00:19:04,577 --> 00:19:05,909 'cause I was worried I was gonna 476 00:19:05,945 --> 00:19:08,045 Get goose poop on my new jeans. 477 00:19:08,047 --> 00:19:10,248 [laughing] 478 00:19:10,250 --> 00:19:12,416 And if that happened, like, oh, my god, 479 00:19:12,485 --> 00:19:14,251 Forget some elf with a battle axe. 480 00:19:14,287 --> 00:19:15,619 My mom's gonna kill me. 481 00:19:15,688 --> 00:19:17,989 [laughing] 482 00:19:18,124 --> 00:19:21,125 ♪ [magical, sparkling harp] ♪ 483 00:19:21,194 --> 00:19:23,194 Did you just heal me? 484 00:19:23,263 --> 00:19:26,330 Thank you! Help me up, help me up! 485 00:19:26,399 --> 00:19:29,200 [grunting] 486 00:19:29,269 --> 00:19:31,602 Ah! Thank you, squire! 487 00:19:31,638 --> 00:19:35,206 I was slain until a girl ran over and she healed me, 488 00:19:35,275 --> 00:19:36,941 And then I got to battle again. 489 00:19:36,943 --> 00:19:40,478 She healed me just by holding her hands above me and- 490 00:19:40,613 --> 00:19:42,512 You could make a lot of money doing that in vancouver. 491 00:19:42,549 --> 00:19:44,948 -It's called reiki. -[laughing] 492 00:19:44,984 --> 00:19:47,084 Agh! 493 00:19:47,086 --> 00:19:50,021 Larping, like for kids, it's a cool thing to learn. 494 00:19:50,156 --> 00:19:53,224 [growling & shouting] roar! 495 00:19:53,293 --> 00:19:55,259 Especially the epic death, like if any of them 496 00:19:55,395 --> 00:19:57,227 Go on to become soccer players. 497 00:19:57,263 --> 00:20:00,031 [laughing] 498 00:20:00,033 --> 00:20:01,699 ♪ 499 00:20:01,701 --> 00:20:03,534 The canneries are gone, 500 00:20:03,536 --> 00:20:05,636 And if some suggest that's wrong, well, 501 00:20:05,705 --> 00:20:08,573 From the little I know, I'd have to say, yeah, kinda. 502 00:20:08,708 --> 00:20:11,041 If you're buying frozen salmon, 503 00:20:11,077 --> 00:20:13,577 Bought a couple miles away but got gutted, cleaned, 504 00:20:13,580 --> 00:20:16,647 And froze somewhere in china. 505 00:20:16,683 --> 00:20:18,349 There might be consternation 506 00:20:18,351 --> 00:20:20,517 About measurable precipitation, 507 00:20:20,587 --> 00:20:24,521 But you must consider just what the rainfall brings. 508 00:20:24,557 --> 00:20:26,624 In this city of rainbows, 509 00:20:26,693 --> 00:20:29,126 Prince rupert's people know... 510 00:20:29,128 --> 00:20:34,331 That the rain can only precipitate good things. 511 00:20:34,467 --> 00:20:35,666 Thanks for coming out, everybody, 512 00:20:35,668 --> 00:20:37,067 You've been amazing! 513 00:20:37,103 --> 00:20:39,636 [cheering & applauding] 514 00:20:39,638 --> 00:20:44,375 ♪ 515 00:20:44,377 --> 00:20:45,709 ♪ 516 00:20:45,778 --> 00:20:47,712 The seriousness of what's been going on 517 00:20:47,714 --> 00:20:49,179 In this community, 518 00:20:49,249 --> 00:20:51,148 You gotta have a laugh sometimes. 519 00:20:51,184 --> 00:20:53,216 Blue sky, nothing but blue sky. 520 00:20:53,253 --> 00:20:54,318 That's 'cause my eagle brothers are 521 00:20:54,453 --> 00:20:56,287 Keeping an eye on us up there. 522 00:20:56,289 --> 00:20:58,188 -Two of them. -Where? 523 00:20:58,224 --> 00:20:59,624 Whoa. 524 00:20:59,759 --> 00:21:01,625 ♪ 525 00:21:01,694 --> 00:21:03,227 Jonny's jokes were great. 526 00:21:03,229 --> 00:21:05,096 He's got something to learn about science though. 527 00:21:05,231 --> 00:21:07,631 ♪ 528 00:21:07,700 --> 00:21:09,567 Felt pretty proud of that actually, that was... 529 00:21:09,702 --> 00:21:11,235 That was cool. 530 00:21:11,370 --> 00:21:14,037 [group chatter] 531 00:21:14,073 --> 00:21:18,142 ♪ 532 00:21:18,277 --> 00:21:21,645 Avenge me, for pete sake! 533 00:21:21,714 --> 00:21:23,947 [cheering] yeah!