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Here we are in gibsons,
british columbia!
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[cheering & applauding]
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Gibsons, british columbia,
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On bc's beautiful
sunshine coast,
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Sits between the snow capped
coast mountains and
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The deep blue
georgia strait.
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And for decades this
place was home to fishers,
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And loggers, and
beachcombers, and...
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The beachcombers.
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[cheering & applauding]
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The iconic name,
legendary cbc series,
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Based on the adventures of
northwest log salvagers.
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It ran from 1972 to 1990.
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It is the longest-running
english drama
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In canadian
television history.
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[cheering & applauding]
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-For now.
-[laughing]
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For now.
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Although, unlike most
contemporary dramas,
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Beachcombers was only
a half hour show.
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So, if you're wondering
who's actually produced the
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Most content, well, that's
no murdoch mystery.
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[laughing]
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That's heartland.
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[laughing]
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When you grow up in a
small town in newfoundland,
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You see the people have
a sense of humour
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About hard times.
-Check, check.
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I turned that into a
career and hit the road.
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Mr. Jonny harris!
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Now I'm on a mission to find the
funny in the places you'd
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Least expect it, canada's
struggling small towns.
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Towns that are against the
ropes, but hanging in there.
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Still laughing in the
face of adversity.
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This is gibsons,
british columbia.
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♪
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[cheering & applauding]
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Through my short time here,
I feel like I've really come
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To understand a great
deal about this place,
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About the beautiful
island of gibsons.
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[laughing
& groaning]
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-What?
-[laughing]
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-Not an island?
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What are you talking about?
I took a ferry here,
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I had to take a ferry.
Look at a map?
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I did look at a map-
google maps.
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Driving directions from
vancouver to gibsons:
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Not available.
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No, I'm just yanking
your crank, of course.
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The fact of the matter is
there's no road up here
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To the sunshine coast.
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And a lot of people,
because they took the ferry,
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Tend to think that
it's an island.
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I've seen the t-shirts,
the bumper stickers:
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"we're not an island."
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You see it everywhere,
almost to the point that
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As a newfoundlander,
I'm like, what,
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You got a problem
with islands?
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[laughing]
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♪
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I wanted to talk to somebody
who knew about the fishery
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Here in gibsons, how it
was booming for decades,
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And where it all went prawn.
-[laughing]
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I had a chat with
pam robertson.
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[cheering & applauding]
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Pam was a fisher,
herself.
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She was married
to a fisherman.
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She raised a fisherman,
her son.
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The robertson's are
the worst thing that
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Happened to shrimp
since cocktail sauce.
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[laughing]
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We were growing up on
the boats, for sure.
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Yeah, it was a
way of life. I mean,
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I've been involved with
fishing since I was
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The age about four.
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She was raised by people
in the fishing industry.
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She told me, basically, her
daycare was a shrimp boat.
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[laughing]
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My mom would work,
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And my daycare providers
operated a shrimp boat.
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So, they would bring
me out on the water.
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Yeah, I'd play with little
octopus on the boat.
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You know, while most
girls playing with dolls,
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She'd be playing
with an octopus.
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When I was that age,
I wasn't allowed to
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Play with pens 'cause
I'd get ink everywhere.
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[laughing]
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But she said,
you know for real,
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People got into the industry
at a young age around here.
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She said it wasn't uncommon
for teenage fellas
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To drop out of
high school.
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They'd go out for a month
to two months at a time,
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Stay out on the water,
fill up the boat,
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And then come in
and deliver.
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You know, it helped our
community thrive because
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They would, you know, they
have a habit of spending
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Everything they earned
really quickly sometimes.
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-Right.
-Yeah.
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Everybody had some money,
and the young guys, you know,
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Fresh off the boats,
hard physical labour,
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Making money,
they could show off
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Some mussels while
flashing some clams.
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[laughing]
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Tell me your nickname
here in town?
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Shrimp lady.
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Pam said she would keep some
of the shrimp catch to sell
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Locally 'cause the bulk of
the catch was processed in
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Vancouver and shipped
overseas to japan.
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So, this way,
some of the locals
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Could get some of
their own product.
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And I'd be packing hundreds
of pounds of shrimp and...
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It's a fairly aromatic
profession to be in.
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So, yeah, the shrimp lady
was something
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That kind of caught on.
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Who's knocking at the door:
"mom, it's the shrimp lady."
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[laughing]
yeah, pretty much.
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I want to make a
tv show about it.
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Gibsons underground
prawn racket.
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And I'm the detective
that busts it.
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-I call it, "shrimp dick".
-[laughing]
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I could play the shrimp dick.
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[laughing]
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As lucrative as it was,
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The big shrimping era
couldn't last forever.
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Regardless of what red
lobster will tell you,
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There is no such thing
as endless shrimp.
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[laughing]
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The fishing was starting
to really disintegrate.
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So, the number of the
boats started diminishing.
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The size of boats
were diminishing.
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Restrictions were
eventually introduced,
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Seasons were shortened,
licenses became
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More expensive
and harder to get.
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It just became too
hard to make money.
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There was a, quite a few
fishing families engrained
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In the community and
they're no longer here
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On the sunshine coast.
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You know, shops were
closing the doors.
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So, things were
fairly barren
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For quite a good
number of years.
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Retail businesses
began to close.
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Without the stores, where will
the adults do their shopping?
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And without the
shrimp boats,
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Where will the
children play?
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[laughing]
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You know, not as many people
these days are into the
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Slog for logs, but I met two
people who are in it for the
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Long haul, even though
it's no day at the beach,
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Erik hammond and
jennifer pasmore.
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[cheering & applauding]
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Real life beachcombers.
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Now, they actually more often
use the term log salvager.
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But I didn't come halfway
across the country
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To not call you
beachcombers.
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[laughing]
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Eric and jennifer gave me
a rundown of
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What the job essentially is.
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Beachcombing is picking
up logs that still have
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Commercial or market value...
-Yeah.
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...That have been lost by the
logging industry.
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Logging companies,
they cut down trees and
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They float the
logs in a boom.
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They can move by
the thousands.
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You can see them all
up and down the coast.
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But sometimes,
weather or waves
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Or a break in the boom
can separate logs.
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And then people, you know,
they comb the beach,
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And they tow these logs out
and sell them
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Usually back to the
companies that cut them.
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I want to do a reality
show about this:
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Log the bounty hunter.
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[laughing]
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Well, we're looking for a
suspect that is 25-feet tall.
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It is reported to be
unarmed and slippery.
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[laughing]
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When the logging
industry was at its peak,
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There were over 2000
licensed log salvagers
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In british columbia,
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More than a dozen here
in gibsons, alone.
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Could you guesstimate like
sort of how many people
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From gibsons are still
involved in the industry?
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-[laughing]
-yeah, there's me.
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I actually have a partner
that I work with,
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George moore. He's been
around a long time.
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And then,
there's another guy.
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I asked erik, how many
are left here in town?
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He started by saying,
"well, let me see,
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There's me and
george and..."
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I was like, "okay, I get it,
I get the picture,
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I get the picture."
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It's a dying occupation,
for sure.
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You know,
my grandfather did it.
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My dad did it.
Took over from my dad.
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My son comes out
with me sometimes.
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He takes his son oren out,
and literally shows him
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The ropes, just as his
father taught him.
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And erik talks about,
you know,
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Beachcombing back
in his father's day.
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That was really the heyday.
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There were far more logs.
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It was more competitive.
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Very rarely was
it cooperative.
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And that's, that's that
kind of free spirit that
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Kind of came with it.
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It's up to you,
you and your wits, and...
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May the best man win,
kind of thing.
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A big part of it was
the thrill of the hunt.
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You wouldn't believe what
kind of a thrill you could
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Get hunting down
something that isn't even
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Running away from you.
-[laughing]
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Chasing down something that's
moving at the speed of tide.
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[laughing]
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Back in my dad's day, like,
you'd run into logs
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With a 5-foot butt,
you know.
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And now we're
talking like, like,
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We're down to 4-inch tops.
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It's not the same
as it used to be.
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Back then when they
were cutting down the
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Old growth trees,
you could go find a log that,
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Soaking wet, weighed
about 7000 pounds.
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You needed a 460-cubic inch
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Big block v8 just to get it
off the beach.
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I don't mean to lose anybody
with the technical lingo there.
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Basically, they're looking
for a boat that
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Has all the tug of...
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Well, a tugboat.
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But all the speed
of let's say...
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-A speedboat, yeah.
-[laughing]
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It's not as complicated now
that I say it out loud, but...
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Erik said one big
difference now is
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You don't just sort
of go out looking.
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You can't use that jet boat
unless you know there's
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Some logs out somewhere,
because you're just gonna
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Burn more fuel than
you're gonna make.
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You can't just sort of roll
them up and down the shore
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In a big block v8 'cause all
you'll be thinking about is
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Like, oh my god, how
much fuel am I burning?
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Is this- you know, it's a bit
like me on the treadmill.
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It's like, okay, for
what I'm burning,
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Is this really worth it?
And the answer's always no.
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[laughing]
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Erik said he was
showing me some of
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The basics of beachcombing.
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So, he went and he
got his jet boat.
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This is a sort of low,
sleek, very cool boat and
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He brings it up.
248
00:09:37,110 --> 00:09:39,177
And at the end of the
rope or the chain,
249
00:09:39,246 --> 00:09:42,547
You've got the spike,
the dog, the log dog.
250
00:09:42,616 --> 00:09:44,616
So, you take that, and
you got to whack it in,
251
00:09:44,618 --> 00:09:46,117
Make sure it's secure.
252
00:09:46,186 --> 00:09:48,253
And not too close to the end
of the log 'cause the
253
00:09:48,255 --> 00:09:49,887
Log will split,
and with tension,
254
00:09:49,957 --> 00:09:52,023
That thing's gonna
come flying back at you.
255
00:09:52,158 --> 00:09:53,424
If you're going
log dogging and
256
00:09:53,460 --> 00:09:54,893
You got a log dog
in the noggin...
257
00:09:55,028 --> 00:09:58,229
[laughing]
258
00:09:58,364 --> 00:10:00,298
Oh my gosh.
259
00:10:00,433 --> 00:10:02,233
It's the first day
on the job.
260
00:10:02,269 --> 00:10:04,301
I don't know if I'm much
good at beachcomb- I mean,
261
00:10:04,338 --> 00:10:06,171
As you can see, any kind of
combing, I'm not really...
262
00:10:06,306 --> 00:10:07,872
[laughing]
263
00:10:07,941 --> 00:10:10,108
And also, I go to a beach
to get away from work.
264
00:10:10,110 --> 00:10:11,442
Right, I'm not so much
a beachcomber,
265
00:10:11,511 --> 00:10:12,777
I'm a beach goer.
266
00:10:12,912 --> 00:10:14,312
Between all the
combing and going...
267
00:10:14,447 --> 00:10:16,313
-Oh!
-[laughing]
268
00:10:16,350 --> 00:10:17,415
I'd rather just log out.
269
00:10:17,550 --> 00:10:19,917
[laughing]
270
00:10:25,525 --> 00:10:29,627
♪
271
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I got a chance to visit the
most famous restaurant
272
00:10:33,133 --> 00:10:35,266
In the province,
molly's reach...
273
00:10:35,335 --> 00:10:36,367
[cheering & applauding]
274
00:10:36,370 --> 00:10:39,337
As seen on tv.
275
00:10:39,339 --> 00:10:41,473
The place where the
beachcombers would hang out.
276
00:10:41,475 --> 00:10:44,575
I had a chat with one of
the owners, stephanie heins.
277
00:10:44,645 --> 00:10:48,746
[cheering & applauding]
278
00:10:48,748 --> 00:10:51,315
We were buying into something
that was incredibly iconic
279
00:10:51,451 --> 00:10:52,617
For canadian history.
280
00:10:52,752 --> 00:10:55,286
There was a lot of
pressure... [laughing]
281
00:10:55,355 --> 00:10:56,354
...When we bought
this place,
282
00:10:56,356 --> 00:10:57,755
To keep it the home
of the beachcombers.
283
00:10:57,891 --> 00:11:00,491
When stephanie and the
new owners took over,
284
00:11:00,527 --> 00:11:02,127
Molly's had been
closed for a while.
285
00:11:02,129 --> 00:11:03,728
They wanted to
update the look.
286
00:11:03,730 --> 00:11:05,497
People were very vocal
about their opinions.
287
00:11:05,499 --> 00:11:08,032
They really did feel like
we should honour this
288
00:11:08,068 --> 00:11:09,701
As the home of
the beachcombers,
289
00:11:09,836 --> 00:11:13,204
But we wanted to add
a fresh coat of paint.
290
00:11:13,339 --> 00:11:16,274
You know, if you want to do
any updates to molly's reach,
291
00:11:16,409 --> 00:11:18,143
Like,
people are concerned.
292
00:11:18,278 --> 00:11:21,312
Everybody in town is
gonna weigh in on it.
293
00:11:21,314 --> 00:11:22,647
We don't own molly's.
294
00:11:22,782 --> 00:11:25,583
-The community owns molly's.
-Right.
295
00:11:25,585 --> 00:11:27,351
She said it's like
owning a restaurant
296
00:11:27,387 --> 00:11:29,420
With 4000 other people.
297
00:11:29,423 --> 00:11:31,322
Stephanie retains
majority share,
298
00:11:31,458 --> 00:11:33,791
But everybody's willing
to invest their two cents.
299
00:11:33,860 --> 00:11:36,261
[laughing]
300
00:11:36,396 --> 00:11:40,364
Stephanie is a classic
still standing name dropper.
301
00:11:40,434 --> 00:11:43,201
And that's a good thing.
That means during our chat,
302
00:11:43,270 --> 00:11:45,402
She made a point of
trying to mention,
303
00:11:45,439 --> 00:11:48,572
By name,
everybody who's helped out
304
00:11:48,608 --> 00:11:50,842
With the reopening of
molly's reach.
305
00:11:50,844 --> 00:11:53,278
John and roberta red
had done our logo.
306
00:11:53,280 --> 00:11:56,547
We contacted another
local, dan winehandle.
307
00:11:56,616 --> 00:11:58,349
You know,
mike and diane...
308
00:11:58,351 --> 00:12:00,818
So, rachel and ross dempster,
they, they really helped us.
309
00:12:00,820 --> 00:12:02,753
From restoring the
original booths,
310
00:12:02,789 --> 00:12:05,089
To redesigning the logo,
311
00:12:05,125 --> 00:12:08,159
To donating beachcombers'
memorabilia.
312
00:12:08,294 --> 00:12:12,029
Everybody who's had a hand
in making this chapter
313
00:12:12,099 --> 00:12:14,632
Of molly's reach a success.
314
00:12:14,768 --> 00:12:17,702
And there is a lot of them.
315
00:12:17,837 --> 00:12:18,836
Too many, really.
316
00:12:18,905 --> 00:12:21,505
I'm not gonna, ah, I'm not
gonna read 'em all.
317
00:12:21,541 --> 00:12:24,108
They know who they are,
they know who they are.
318
00:12:24,111 --> 00:12:28,246
So, we have a lot of students
that come in that help us
319
00:12:28,315 --> 00:12:30,447
Over the summer, and they're
like, "beachcomber what?"
320
00:12:30,484 --> 00:12:32,150
They've never
seen an episode.
321
00:12:32,152 --> 00:12:33,551
So, I say, "go home,
do your homework,
322
00:12:33,686 --> 00:12:35,252
Watch an episode or two.
323
00:12:35,288 --> 00:12:37,221
I'm gonna quiz you.
It's part of our training."
324
00:12:37,290 --> 00:12:40,024
Some of the younger staff,
they don't know the show.
325
00:12:40,160 --> 00:12:41,826
And she had a funny story
that there was
326
00:12:41,828 --> 00:12:43,661
Recently a 50-year reunion.
327
00:12:43,663 --> 00:12:46,864
Some of the actors
came to town for it.
328
00:12:46,900 --> 00:12:49,600
And they totally
came by unannounced.
329
00:12:49,636 --> 00:12:52,737
So, my staff were like,
"hi, how can we help you?"
330
00:12:52,872 --> 00:12:54,638
-[laughing]
-oh, no!
331
00:12:54,674 --> 00:12:57,275
The young employee was
like, "oh, geez, you know,
332
00:12:57,277 --> 00:12:59,877
We're actually pretty full
and we're closing soon."
333
00:12:59,913 --> 00:13:01,579
[laughing]
334
00:13:01,581 --> 00:13:02,647
"oh, we really hope that
335
00:13:02,649 --> 00:13:04,248
We could come in
for a milkshake."
336
00:13:04,317 --> 00:13:06,617
"we're here for the
50th anniversary."
337
00:13:06,686 --> 00:13:09,220
Stephanie caught them
at the nick of time.
338
00:13:09,355 --> 00:13:10,688
[laughing]
339
00:13:10,823 --> 00:13:12,623
Got them into
the restaurant.
340
00:13:12,692 --> 00:13:14,625
I'm like, "get them
to sign something.
341
00:13:14,694 --> 00:13:16,361
Get them to
sign anything!"
342
00:13:16,363 --> 00:13:20,164
They autographed a plexiglas
divider between the booths.
343
00:13:20,200 --> 00:13:21,498
The next day,
another young employee
344
00:13:21,535 --> 00:13:23,167
Took a bottle
of windex to it.
345
00:13:23,203 --> 00:13:25,303
[laughing]
346
00:13:25,305 --> 00:13:27,038
Tried to scrub it off,
thinking ...
347
00:13:27,173 --> 00:13:29,173
-It's graffiti.
-It's still there, yeah.
348
00:13:29,209 --> 00:13:32,177
"who put graffiti on?
Who would put graffiti?"
349
00:13:32,312 --> 00:13:34,145
[laughing]
350
00:13:34,214 --> 00:13:39,751
♪
351
00:13:39,886 --> 00:13:41,719
One thing gibsons
is known for
352
00:13:41,721 --> 00:13:44,255
Is a strong
filipino community.
353
00:13:44,324 --> 00:13:47,058
But if you call the
sunshine coast filipino
354
00:13:47,193 --> 00:13:49,727
Canadian association,
you better pray for mercy.
355
00:13:49,729 --> 00:13:51,295
[laughing]
356
00:13:51,364 --> 00:13:53,130
Because it all depends
who you get on the line.
357
00:13:53,200 --> 00:13:54,832
And she's the best,
mercy campbell.
358
00:13:54,967 --> 00:13:58,202
[cheering & applauding]
359
00:13:58,205 --> 00:13:59,737
All the way from
the philippines. You know,
360
00:13:59,806 --> 00:14:01,472
In the philippines,
they have t-shirts that say,
361
00:14:01,608 --> 00:14:03,141
"we're nothing
but islands."
362
00:14:03,143 --> 00:14:05,076
[laughing]
363
00:14:05,078 --> 00:14:08,679
Mercy told me that there's
nearly 500 filipino canadian
364
00:14:08,748 --> 00:14:10,681
Families on the
sunshine coast.
365
00:14:10,717 --> 00:14:13,318
Because we have this
community network,
366
00:14:13,453 --> 00:14:16,487
A lot of the filipino are
getting to know a lot of
367
00:14:16,556 --> 00:14:20,224
People, and it becomes
more like a home for them.
368
00:14:20,260 --> 00:14:22,760
And that's why she founded
the filipino-canadian
369
00:14:22,829 --> 00:14:26,297
Association, as a way to
provide moral and social
370
00:14:26,366 --> 00:14:29,500
Support to the community,
and promote the culture,
371
00:14:29,502 --> 00:14:31,769
Often through fundraisers
and events.
372
00:14:31,838 --> 00:14:35,039
And they also teach
traditional dancing.
373
00:14:35,108 --> 00:14:38,443
And that's how we bring in the
community to get together.
374
00:14:38,445 --> 00:14:42,780
We try to introduce them
to our culture by
375
00:14:42,782 --> 00:14:45,450
Showing them what kind of
different folk dance
376
00:14:45,585 --> 00:14:47,251
That we have in
the philippines.
377
00:14:47,387 --> 00:14:49,587
She had some of the other
ladies there with her and
378
00:14:49,722 --> 00:14:51,322
They did some of the
traditional dancing
379
00:14:51,391 --> 00:14:52,790
With the fans.
380
00:14:52,859 --> 00:14:58,396
Because back in the day
tradition forbade a man,
381
00:14:58,465 --> 00:15:00,598
Who was interested in a
woman, from just
382
00:15:00,733 --> 00:15:03,233
Going up to her and
speaking to her.
383
00:15:03,270 --> 00:15:06,404
All the movements with the
fan mean different things.
384
00:15:06,473 --> 00:15:08,739
It means that you are
interested in that guy.
385
00:15:08,808 --> 00:15:11,409
-Okay.
-So, you're kind of like shy.
386
00:15:11,411 --> 00:15:13,611
Like, if a woman makes
eye contact with you,
387
00:15:13,746 --> 00:15:16,214
And then she covers the
lower half of her face with
388
00:15:16,349 --> 00:15:19,616
The fan, that means possibly
she has covid...
389
00:15:19,653 --> 00:15:23,621
[laughing]
390
00:15:23,756 --> 00:15:26,423
But also, that she
is interested.
391
00:15:26,459 --> 00:15:31,762
When you're fanning
in like this,
392
00:15:31,764 --> 00:15:34,632
You're really wanting
to meet that person.
393
00:15:34,767 --> 00:15:36,467
-Great interest.
-Yes.
394
00:15:36,602 --> 00:15:39,837
And if she looks at you,
and she's actively fanning,
395
00:15:39,839 --> 00:15:42,407
That means she's
very interested.
396
00:15:42,409 --> 00:15:45,276
Or very warm, I guess,
I don't know.
397
00:15:45,278 --> 00:15:46,644
That might be confusing.
398
00:15:46,779 --> 00:15:48,746
Hey, I noticed you
fanning over here.
399
00:15:48,782 --> 00:15:50,247
Are you hot for me?
400
00:15:50,317 --> 00:15:51,516
Or are you just, oh,
you're just hot.
401
00:15:51,651 --> 00:15:52,517
Okay, no, no, no,
that's fine.
402
00:15:52,652 --> 00:15:54,519
I was just wondering."
403
00:15:54,654 --> 00:15:58,055
And if you kind of like this,
put your fan like this.
404
00:15:58,124 --> 00:15:59,724
It means that you're
not interested.
405
00:15:59,793 --> 00:16:02,059
A woman is not
interested in you,
406
00:16:02,095 --> 00:16:04,261
If she snaps her fan closed.
407
00:16:04,263 --> 00:16:06,130
I said, "okay, mercy,
what about when
408
00:16:06,132 --> 00:16:07,465
She whips a purse
at your head?"
409
00:16:07,534 --> 00:16:09,500
[laughing]
410
00:16:11,504 --> 00:16:13,204
Ah! One more time,
one more.
411
00:16:13,273 --> 00:16:14,471
She was trying to
show me how, you know,
412
00:16:14,507 --> 00:16:17,342
They whip the fan out in that
quick movement, you know.
413
00:16:17,477 --> 00:16:19,277
And I tried to do it.
414
00:16:19,412 --> 00:16:21,678
So, 1, 2, 3.
415
00:16:21,715 --> 00:16:23,747
[laughing]
416
00:16:23,783 --> 00:16:27,684
And I accidentally threw
my fan on the ground,
417
00:16:27,721 --> 00:16:29,620
Right in front of her.
Turns out,
418
00:16:29,756 --> 00:16:31,022
Technically,
we're married.
419
00:16:31,157 --> 00:16:33,424
[laughing]
420
00:16:33,493 --> 00:16:35,960
[applauding]
421
00:16:39,766 --> 00:16:43,033
You know, the decline of two
huge industries would drive
422
00:16:43,069 --> 00:16:46,003
Anybody to drink, and
gibsons is no exception.
423
00:16:46,039 --> 00:16:51,175
It has become a bastion
of bc booze making.
424
00:16:51,211 --> 00:16:53,844
I met with the coo of
persephone brewing,
425
00:16:53,913 --> 00:16:55,579
Sara parsley.
426
00:16:55,615 --> 00:16:57,915
[cheering & applauding]
427
00:16:58,051 --> 00:16:59,983
Persephone brewing,
better known by the locals
428
00:17:00,020 --> 00:17:02,854
As the beer farm 'cause
it's an actual farm.
429
00:17:02,856 --> 00:17:05,123
And persephone was
the first brewery
430
00:17:05,258 --> 00:17:07,458
To open on the
sunshine coast.
431
00:17:07,593 --> 00:17:10,995
I think now there are three
breweries, three cideries,
432
00:17:10,997 --> 00:17:13,631
There's distilleries
popping up now.
433
00:17:13,766 --> 00:17:18,636
We now have the second most
breweries per capita in bc.
434
00:17:18,638 --> 00:17:21,172
This place has earned the
nickname the brewers coast.
435
00:17:21,307 --> 00:17:23,907
[cheering & applauding]
436
00:17:23,943 --> 00:17:25,876
Which is probably better
than the idea I had,
437
00:17:25,912 --> 00:17:28,178
Which could be confusing,
the yeast coast.
438
00:17:28,214 --> 00:17:30,981
[laughing]
439
00:17:31,051 --> 00:17:33,451
It's the hot spot to be
in the middle of summer.
440
00:17:33,586 --> 00:17:34,485
Cheers.
441
00:17:34,620 --> 00:17:36,487
Sara said at the height
of tourist season,
442
00:17:36,556 --> 00:17:39,756
They can see anywhere
between 500 and 1000 people
443
00:17:39,793 --> 00:17:42,760
Come through that place
in a single day.
444
00:17:42,762 --> 00:17:44,729
There's so much space
to just spread out.
445
00:17:44,731 --> 00:17:45,863
People come in,
have a beer,
446
00:17:45,899 --> 00:17:47,932
Grab some food,
and wander around,
447
00:17:48,001 --> 00:17:51,068
Just chilling out and
enjoying the farm space.
448
00:17:51,071 --> 00:17:54,171
Another great thing about
persephone is that they are
449
00:17:54,240 --> 00:17:57,809
Partnered with scacl,
okay, the sunshine coast
450
00:17:57,944 --> 00:18:00,111
Association for
community living.
451
00:18:00,246 --> 00:18:01,379
[cheering & applauding]
452
00:18:01,514 --> 00:18:04,849
Who work to remove obstacles
for adults with disabilities
453
00:18:04,851 --> 00:18:06,851
Looking for employment.
454
00:18:06,853 --> 00:18:08,786
Right from the conception
of this company,
455
00:18:08,788 --> 00:18:11,189
We felt it was
important to include
456
00:18:11,324 --> 00:18:12,890
Adults living
with disabilities.
457
00:18:12,926 --> 00:18:14,425
It's a beautiful spot,
even like,
458
00:18:14,560 --> 00:18:18,262
Down by the chicken coop.
Chicken orchard, I'm sorry.
459
00:18:18,264 --> 00:18:20,064
You can go down
with a beverage,
460
00:18:20,199 --> 00:18:22,199
And then sit and watch
the chickens run around.
461
00:18:22,268 --> 00:18:23,801
I think it's the
country's only
462
00:18:23,870 --> 00:18:25,936
Fully licensed chicken coop.
463
00:18:25,972 --> 00:18:28,172
At persephone,
every night is wing night.
464
00:18:28,308 --> 00:18:31,108
[laughing]
465
00:18:31,243 --> 00:18:32,777
I met kara toews there.
466
00:18:32,912 --> 00:18:35,146
[cheering & applauding]
467
00:18:35,148 --> 00:18:38,149
She's responsible for the
chickens, for feeding them,
468
00:18:38,218 --> 00:18:40,151
For cleaning out the coop.
469
00:18:40,286 --> 00:18:42,653
Kara said there was one
rooster there that
470
00:18:42,655 --> 00:18:44,288
Was particularly notorious.
471
00:18:44,290 --> 00:18:46,323
Yes, his name
was einstein.
472
00:18:46,325 --> 00:18:47,825
He was just an
aggressive rooster,
473
00:18:47,894 --> 00:18:51,595
And he would just be attacking
our legs and stuff.
474
00:18:51,664 --> 00:18:53,431
And he'd like,
peck at your ankles.
475
00:18:53,566 --> 00:18:56,133
But maybe he was just looking
for a bit of revenge for
476
00:18:56,136 --> 00:18:58,769
Everybody who's
eaten a chicken leg.
477
00:18:58,838 --> 00:18:59,903
He's like,
"alright, humans.
478
00:18:59,939 --> 00:19:02,840
How do you like it when
your legs are battered?"
479
00:19:02,842 --> 00:19:05,075
-Aw!
-[laughing]
480
00:19:05,145 --> 00:19:06,811
Kara got me to
feed the chickens.
481
00:19:06,813 --> 00:19:08,478
This is the
good stuff, hey?
482
00:19:08,515 --> 00:19:13,918
This is homemade, high end
organic chicken feed, okay.
483
00:19:13,987 --> 00:19:15,852
Still looks and
smells like crap.
484
00:19:15,889 --> 00:19:17,721
[laughing]
485
00:19:17,757 --> 00:19:18,989
I'm throwing some
of this stuff out,
486
00:19:19,058 --> 00:19:20,157
And the chickens go for it.
487
00:19:20,226 --> 00:19:21,826
And then one of my camera
guys was like, "oh, jonny,
488
00:19:21,961 --> 00:19:23,761
Try to throw it right in
front of the camera lens,"
489
00:19:23,896 --> 00:19:25,229
And all the
chickens flock over,
490
00:19:25,231 --> 00:19:27,531
And we got some
really great footage,
491
00:19:27,567 --> 00:19:29,600
Until somebody up at the
outdoor patio tables
492
00:19:29,602 --> 00:19:31,469
Cracked a beer,
and then my whole crew
493
00:19:31,604 --> 00:19:32,803
Sort of started just
going towards...
494
00:19:32,939 --> 00:19:34,238
[laughing]
495
00:19:34,240 --> 00:19:35,806
They were getting
shots of the chicken,
496
00:19:35,842 --> 00:19:36,674
And then it was like...
497
00:19:36,676 --> 00:19:38,675
[mimicking open beer]
"ksss"!
498
00:19:38,711 --> 00:19:41,879
[laughing]
499
00:19:41,948 --> 00:19:45,883
♪
500
00:19:45,885 --> 00:19:47,751
You know, the heyday of
fishing and prawns
501
00:19:47,787 --> 00:19:49,120
Are long gone.
502
00:19:49,255 --> 00:19:51,221
And the same goes for
combing the beach.
503
00:19:51,257 --> 00:19:53,857
But to say the place
isn't thriving again,
504
00:19:53,927 --> 00:19:56,093
Would be more than a
bit of a molly's reach.
505
00:19:56,228 --> 00:19:58,262
[laughing]
506
00:19:58,264 --> 00:20:01,299
Learn some lessons
with a filipino fan,
507
00:20:01,301 --> 00:20:03,033
And take the
dancing course.
508
00:20:03,102 --> 00:20:05,236
Just don't drop it 'cause
even though your partner is
509
00:20:05,305 --> 00:20:07,037
Someone you hardly
know, technically,
510
00:20:07,073 --> 00:20:08,605
You will need a divorce.
511
00:20:08,641 --> 00:20:10,274
[laughing]
512
00:20:10,276 --> 00:20:12,242
Take your log dog
down to the beach,
513
00:20:12,278 --> 00:20:14,812
Have it fetch a
three-tonne tree.
514
00:20:14,947 --> 00:20:16,647
Or, grab a beer,
blow off the foam,
515
00:20:16,782 --> 00:20:18,582
Where the orchard
chickens roam,
516
00:20:18,585 --> 00:20:21,919
At the beer farm
called persephone.
517
00:20:21,921 --> 00:20:24,588
It's great that tourism
is on the rise, though,
518
00:20:24,591 --> 00:20:26,190
You tend to roll your eyes
when they make
519
00:20:26,259 --> 00:20:29,193
The old "island" mistake.
On gibsons here
520
00:20:29,328 --> 00:20:32,263
Between snow-capped
mountains of green and
521
00:20:32,265 --> 00:20:33,964
The deep blue
georgia strait.
522
00:20:34,000 --> 00:20:35,266
Thanks for coming out,
everybody.
523
00:20:35,335 --> 00:20:36,667
You've been great,
thank you!
524
00:20:36,802 --> 00:20:40,604
[cheering & applauding]
525
00:20:40,607 --> 00:20:43,774
I am very proud to
be a gibsons person.
526
00:20:43,810 --> 00:20:46,243
He encapsulated our
little town really well.
527
00:20:46,378 --> 00:20:49,613
Yeast coast, jonny?
I don't think so.
528
00:20:49,616 --> 00:20:51,782
I haven't laughed like
that in a long time.
529
00:20:51,851 --> 00:20:53,684
So, I'm really grateful
that I got to attend.
530
00:20:53,819 --> 00:20:55,085
[off-screen] 3, 2...
531
00:20:55,154 --> 00:20:57,087
Oh...
[laughing]
532
00:20:57,156 --> 00:21:00,157
-Here we go, in-
-hey, do we do it on 1?
533
00:21:00,293 --> 00:21:01,625
Or, 3, 2, 1, do it?
534
00:21:01,694 --> 00:21:03,827
-3, 2, 1, go.