What Life Is Like In Canadian Small Towns

What Life Is Like In Canadian Small Towns | Hafford, Saskatchewan

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4 жыл бұрын

You've probably never seen THIS SIDE of Canada. Saskatchewan is right in the middle of the country and is known for being the heart of the agriculture industry. If you're thinking of immigrating to Canada or simply visiting, I hope this video will inspire you to take a visit to Saskatchewan! There are so many small towns in the province and sometimes they have a population of only a couple hundred people. The way of life is much different than life in big city, so I thought I would give you guys an inside look to life on the farm and showing the amenities of our closest town which is called Hafford. Hope you guys enjoy the video and let me know what you think in the comments! xx
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@surreygeorge11 3 жыл бұрын

To really know what it's like to be Canadian, you have to live in a small town for awhile. People are warmer, wind is colder, and you will encounter wisdom not found in books. Small towns grow big hearts.

@theblissfullone 2 жыл бұрын

Well said.🌷

@sundayznostalgianightz6510 Жыл бұрын

I'm not Canadian and nor have I ever been to Canada. I'm Mexican and I'll absolutely also agree people in the countryside are usually more simple and kinder than the people in the cities, at least with the encounters I've had. I grew up in a tiny ranch in Mexico called La Poma in the state Michoacán, people are way nicer than the snobs in the capital of Morelia and are just in general more simpler.

@heavensounds1566 3 ай бұрын

I think this is the best comment I have ever read on KZfaq 🙏😍

@allwynpmathew2238 3 жыл бұрын

Ur dad is a great person. He's a person who is supplying food to many of the people in Canada. Be proud of him.

@rakibulrozen8698 3 жыл бұрын

I agree with you. Proud of your Dad.

@musicforsoulchannel9249 2 жыл бұрын

We are from Regina, an Immigrant from Philippines, and I really appreciate how farmers in Sakatchewan invested their life, sweat amd blood, to feed the people of the world. Thanks to your Dad and to all farmers of Saskatchewan. Proud Saskatchewanian here❤

@andrewfurlan670 3 жыл бұрын

Lived in Saskatoon for 25 years. Beautiful city in the summer but winters are very cold. If you like wide open space, Saskatchewan is an amazing province with great people.

@JimMork 9 ай бұрын

I imagine not that different from Michigan North Dakota where my mother spent her childhood years.

@MrMortsnerd 4 жыл бұрын

I hitchhiked all of Canada from coast to coast in 1973 and '74, and one the favourite parts of my trip was sleeping under the stars near Swift Current. Saskatchewan is all sky and worth a trip in itself. There's no place like it.

@alanmacification 4 жыл бұрын

A Saskatchewan farmer visits Alberta: " Ya, those mountains are pretty , but they kinda block your view! "

@javawsey 4 жыл бұрын

I love that one. Especially being from Sask.

@Whateva67 4 жыл бұрын

That’s funny,my grandma from Sturgis Saskatchewan actually said that when she talked about British Columbia. Miss you nana😊

@alanmacification 4 жыл бұрын

@@javawsey Drove across Southern Sask. on the Trans Canada and got extreme vertigo. Had to pull over and get out of the car and sit and force myself not to look at the horizon for about 15 minutes.

@N1inSK 4 жыл бұрын

My father-in-law might have said that!

@beautynotstatic2419 4 жыл бұрын

@@alanmacification Don't be a Trucker. Please.

@theghostmachine 4 жыл бұрын

I spent my first year in Canada in Saskatchewan, 7 years go. Beautiful province, with even more beautiful people. I still miss those saskatoonberry pies

@AlinaMcleod 4 жыл бұрын

So good!

@marksmith9566 3 жыл бұрын

Got a recipe?

@gabriellagirardi4741 2 жыл бұрын

How nice your Dad is! He's a positive person and you must love him very much

@peterho5557 4 жыл бұрын

Love your spirit. It is so great to see someone who has not forgotten their roots and proud of where they were from. I am originally from Malaysia and have been residing in Los Angeles for the last 35 years. I have been to small town Saskatchewan. I graduated from University of Saskatchewan. I love the simplicity and the work ethics of the Saskatchewan people. Love your videos. New to your channel.

@bdeditch 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you, I was born and raised in Hafford and was able to show my American wife more of it.

@Sam-ImbasicallyaNPC 3 жыл бұрын

I lived pretty close to Hafford. Do you remember The Sword (i think that the name) diner that had those massive hamburgers that you needed to order in advance

@bdeditch 3 жыл бұрын

@@Sam-ImbasicallyaNPC Yes I remember it.

@isaacpena690 3 жыл бұрын

Canadians have a unique and beautiful country 🇨🇦🇨🇦. I have been to Ontario and Quebec twice and I marveled at these extraordinary places. Hi from Ciudad de México🇲🇽.

@michaelfox6820 4 жыл бұрын

I emigrated from the U.S. when I was about 25 and I started my Canadian life in Saskatchewan. I was in university in Saskatoon, but I traveled all over the province. I loved it! Beautiful landscapes, people very friendly. I remember walking to university one -30 morning and someone just stopped and offered me a ride - just because it was cold. I recently visited Saskatoon to see a friend, just before the Covid lockdown. Fond memories! Thanks for posting this video.

@warchief6733 4 жыл бұрын

My friend was walking down the street with another friend who was of Aboriginal descent and some guys driving by rolled down all the windows and leaned out doing that racist thing where you scream at a high pitch and pound on your mouth. Apparently this is very common for Aboriginal people to experience all over Saskatchewan.

@oilersridersbluejays 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah. It's also common for European descended people to experience as well in Saskatchewan. Good and bad in all races so I don't get your point.

@warchief6733 3 жыл бұрын

Ludwig van Beethoven that’s because your not trying hard enough to get my point and you think your one of the good ones so you have to defend yourself with statements of denial, repression, regression, projection, among all other defence mechanisms. You trying to make the argument we all face the same degree of madness in our society and that’s false. Use any metric and you will find the truth if you care to educate yourself. Your statement indicates to me that you have layers upon layers of false beliefs before you can admit that your sense of worth is fake and that your true self needs no proof. Until then, nothing I or anyone else will have anything of value to you. You and those like you unfortunately are alone and lonely but you think your not, because you make every effort to find others like yourself, commonality among peers, it’s not true relationships it’s false, an echo chamber. All your doing is reinforcing false beliefs with each other. There is nothing original in that. it’s sad really. But that’s your journey not mine. When you are able to realize that you have to stop relying on immature defence mechanisms to protect a false pride system, and see your true self maybe then we can have a conversation. Until then, my posts speak for themselves.

@warchief6733 3 жыл бұрын

Ludwig van Beethoven but you’re right, Europeans do discriminate against each other too and I was already aware of that if you had read any of my other posts on this video.

@warchief6733 3 жыл бұрын

Ludwig van Beethoven like the British who fought the French in Canada discriminate against French, British, not all of course but the consensus view from this ethnic group historically was ethnocentric. Ethnicity is not a race. Races are categorized by colour not ethnicity. If an ethnicity is being discriminated it’s not racism it’s discrimination. No one had any love for Irish in Europe. But one day, you’ll get it hopefully. Just not today.

@ElwoodAndersonNV 4 жыл бұрын

Your video reminds me of where I grew up, on a farm a few miles south of Tioga, North Dakota. There were only 350 people in Tioga, mostly Scandinavians and a few people of Irish and German descent, in my elementary school years, so my class only had twelve students until the seventh grade. At that time, oil was discovered and the size of my class doubled the next year with students from the oil industry in Oklahoma and Texas. We learned about new foods like grits, black eyed peas, okra, etc form them and they learned about lefse and scandinavian pastry from us. I learned to drive very young , but only on the farm. I had my first fender bender at age 11. I picked rocks, drove tractor with implements in the fields, and hauled grain in harvest season. The school which housed all grades from 1 to 12 (no kindergarten in the fifties) was the center of community activities. In a small school you can participate in all activities, including band, chorus, basketball, football, and baseball. And, you know everyone, so children have a lot of independence because all the parents know each other and look out for not only their own children, but also the children of others. In winter there was skating and cross country skiing (or behind a car) since there are no mountains. In the summers there was swimming and fishing in the lakes and streams, hunting, horseback riding, and a lot of exploring of anything and everything. We used to go fishing for pike in Saskatchewan. When I graduated from high school I went to college at the University of California, Berkeley and never returned to North Dakota, but I go back for every high school reunion. It was certainly a rewarding and lasting life experience.

@stacymirba1433 4 жыл бұрын

As an American I have extensive knowledge of another town in Saskatchewan called Dog River. When you said you have a liquor store with an insurance company I laughed because so does Dog River.

@kirkkrieger9360 4 жыл бұрын

Dog River? Don't you mean Rouleau? Lol

@turkey4957 4 жыл бұрын

@@kirkkrieger9360 it's nicknamed dog river

@gregpenny4384 3 жыл бұрын

and until Sears closed it was also their out let.

@momoney00can 4 жыл бұрын

I have to say of all the people I met through out my life people from Saskatchewan by far are the nicest people ever. They are smart, so easy going, when I find out a person is from Saskatchewan i get a big smile one my face, I should visit there one day.

@gwood701 4 жыл бұрын

Moved here in 2012 from England and im still here

@andreagervais2671 3 жыл бұрын

You would love it here. Except for the fact of the horrible winds lol

@landolandolandolandolando 3 жыл бұрын

@Cory Scopis bruh “everybody”. it depends where you are in certain cities. either than the one rough neighborhood in each city, it’s a wonderful place to live

@islandwills2778 3 жыл бұрын

honestly not been my experience, some rather anti social people here in sask. I think its all the isolation makes some of us crazy

@islandwills2778 3 жыл бұрын

@@andreagervais2671 and the insects. dont forget the swarms of insects.

@Travelling_with_Neelim 2 жыл бұрын

People are so wonderful here. Love the environment of this small town.

@wheelzwheela 4 жыл бұрын

When I saw those truck seat covers I knew this was a legit Saskatchewan production. 3:54

@DGardhouse 4 жыл бұрын

wheelzwheela - When I saw the seat covers it reminded me of my first girlfriend fathers pick up. He too was a farmer, (Dutton, Ontario). Thanks for posting the video, I enjoyed watching it.

@treelife365 4 жыл бұрын

Old farm owner Derek farmed a small farm in Saskatchewan. The Ministry of Labour Relations and Workplace Safety claimed he was not paying proper wages to his workers and sent an agent out to interview him. “I need a list of your employees and how much you pay them,” demanded the agent. “Well,” replied old Derek, “There’s my ranch hand from Mexico who’s been with me for 3 years. I pay him $600 a week plus free room and board. The cook has been here for 18 months, and I pay her $500 a week plus free room and board. Then there’s the half-wit hoser who works about 18 hours every day and does about 90 percent of all the work around here. He makes about $10 per week, pays his own room and board, and I buy him a bottle of bourbon every Saturday night.” “That’s the guy I want to talk to, the half-wit hoser,” says the agent. “That would be me,” replied old farmer Derek.

@singhsaab3335 3 жыл бұрын

Umm... I think I missed your point?

@treelife365 3 жыл бұрын

@@singhsaab3335 - Oh, it was just a joke, because other people were making jokes about farmers. The punchline in my joke is that the farmer is the one who is underpaid... even though he's the owner...

@fredfrond6148 3 жыл бұрын

S Brian Treelife 😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣.

@surreygeorge11 3 жыл бұрын

Same thing goes in business. They asking how many people I have working. I told them half on a good day.

@treelife365 3 жыл бұрын

@@surreygeorge11 - So true! Nobody works as hard as the owner... and not many people are motivated to be the owner, either.

@Samu-1 2 жыл бұрын

“The man, the legend himself” love how you introduced your dad. Respect ✊ ☺️

@JimMork 9 ай бұрын

Her dad has a sense of humor.

@seanmcnamara1267 4 жыл бұрын

Small world, I married a beautiful Ukrainian girl from hafford on july5,1975 . I took my vows in English and Ukrainian. Good town good people!

@BlueTenorSax 4 жыл бұрын

In Saskatchewan, if your dog ran away 3 days ago, you can still see it.

@frisbe9279 4 жыл бұрын

Good gawd that's a knee slapper haven't heard that one before !!!

@Sam-ImbasicallyaNPC 4 жыл бұрын

In northern Saskatchewan, if your dog ran away 3 days ago, you probably will never see it again.

@joshl6275 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah was visiting my cousin in AB and we were driving the countryside. We got to a spot in the road where it was just endless plains. She was like "See that? That's Saskatchewan. So now you don't have to go there."

@oilersridersbluejays 3 жыл бұрын

Only if you're driving along the Trans Canada #1 Highway. Go north a couple hours. Still lots of farmland, but there are hills and poplar trees all over the place. Go north of that, it's solid spruce and pine and if you look on the map, you're still technically in the southern half of Saskatchewan (although barely). You can tell when someone isn't from here because they think of Saskatchewan as just this empty vast plain of fields. The reality is it's much more diverse than that.

@phils.859 3 жыл бұрын

Lol that's so true

@user-wv2rz1xj8x 4 жыл бұрын

As a fellow Ukrainian from a small town in far northern Alberta it brings a smile to my face to see some coverage on small town life in Canada. In a vast Country like Canada it feels at times that us Albertans are by ourselves in terms of a sense of community. Through all that I always remember that Saskatchewan is of similarity to Alberta in the sense of community and because of that I always see Saskatchewanians as my brothers and sisters. Happy I came across this gem of a channel, you earned yourself a sub. God bless.

@Prairielily04 4 жыл бұрын

Hi Alina, I am actually from Hafford and although I live in Edmonton, I still have a home in town! Thanks for this!!!🌾❤️

@israeliyanya4072 3 жыл бұрын

I love you

@bdeditch 3 жыл бұрын

Long time no see Carol

@ostacruiser 4 жыл бұрын

Grew up on a farm 15 mins East of North Battleford, wouldn't trade it for anything! Love the country! Excellent video!

@AlinaMcleod 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!

@pogs9765 3 жыл бұрын

I live in black lake well lived in stony from 0 to 9 we moved to pa with my family at 10 we moved back to black lake and we live at my gandpas house his name is martin broussie

@allighn4044 3 жыл бұрын

I’m a Saskatoon kid but there’s nothing I love more than exploring the country side

@Victoriaxx08 3 жыл бұрын

I am applying for a job in Scott SK near north battleford. I’m amazed at the amount of houses for sale in all of these tiny towns. I’m from a small town in Ontario and we have virtually nothing for sale

@sarahpapi9171 3 жыл бұрын

Plz is there any crimes there ?

@patriciafraser9900 4 жыл бұрын

I'm Ukrainian, a baby boomer and grew up on a farm outside of Hafford. Was bused in every day attending all 12 years and have such great memories of my time growing up in this area. BUT as a young kid city life was where I was headed, living in Regina until about a year ago. Moved to a small town under 100 people (go figure) and loving it. Great video, felt good seeing Hafford highlighted. 💓

@kevinli2574 3 жыл бұрын

When I was planning for emigration, I was applying visa for Canada and Australia at the same time. Specifically, for Saskatchewan Canada and Queensland Australia. I researched a bit for both of the countries and knew a bit of them. Who ever would give me the visa first I would go there. If I went to Canada, I probably would have settled in Saskatoon. Now I am in Brisbane Australia, a hilly, warm, coastal city. Good to watch this video, for the place of my could-be home. Good to know all the friendly people there. What's interesting is, Saskatoon has a completely opposite natural environment-- it's flat, cold, in land.

@Carlvr6driver66 4 жыл бұрын

I really love your video, I'm from Quebec and i went on roadtrip with my bestfriend in 2017 to Banff, we've stop at a A&W in Moose Jaw on highway 1 and we were looking at a group of farmers that were at a table speaking together and we told ourself that we would love to just sit with them and speak with them about anything and they would have good stories to share but we never did it we were a bit to shy and did not wanted to bother them with our bad accent! But by watching your videos, i can see more of what i missed when i was there! Thank You!

@pontyGT2009 4 жыл бұрын

thank you so much for this video. my grandparents ( Werezak) owned a farm north of Radisson / ( about 20 min south of Hafford.) for many many years. Hafford and Radisson are both special places to me as I still have family around Radisson. ❤❤

@kevinmonseler3592 4 жыл бұрын

I remember Hafford when the bar was open and the drinks cold, the smell of fresh sausage smoking from my friends dads grocery store, the friends made and lost.......what a great town Hafford was.... I still drive by smiling at the time spent. Great video thanks for the trip down memory lane.

@norton352 4 жыл бұрын

That's just over 3 hours North from where I live. It's nice in these small rural communities,everybody knows everyone. You'd definitely have to visit this province to experience the beauty of it. I used to live in Saskatoon many years ago,had both my shoulder surgeries up there. It's nice to see you visiting your hometown, I bet your dad,and others were very happy to see you,and that beautiful smile again!

@bhrugupatel14 3 жыл бұрын

Yes your dad is a great person who supplies food to the peoples lives in the cities💪

@frankandrews2810 3 жыл бұрын

And has a beautiful daughter

@billlumley4245 4 жыл бұрын

I loved this, Most of my family live in Saskatchewan, Unity, Moose Jaw, Bigger, like the sign says this ain't New York it's Bigger, Macklin , Saskatoon, Regina, Assiniboia, Limerick, Battle Creek, North Battelford. Thank you. You & your dad are wonderful people. When I come back I will for sure visit Hafford. Stay safe & healthy.

@jonny2waggons825 4 жыл бұрын

I'm from BC ,and as a commercial transport driver I've traveled a lot in Saskatchewan. My experience has been pleasant there. Most people think of Saskatchewan as being flat. However it has many small glens and creek bottom lands that are some of the most delightful places for photography, and just plain a feast for your eyes. The morning and evening light is like nowhere else. These small communities are the real jewels of our country. Salt of the earth people. They aren't all caught up in too much political correctness, and not afraid to tell it like it is. If you live in one of these places you most likely to be there on your Merritt or because you enjoy the calmness. Just my observation. Nice vlog.

@shs646 4 жыл бұрын

Quapelle valley

@jonny2waggons825 4 жыл бұрын

@@shs646 yes. I've been through that valley, and it IS wonderful.

@Religious_man 4 жыл бұрын

This is why I like small towns and the surrounding countryside. They tend to stay humble and rarely change. I love humble places. Most of the bigger places appalls me. My heart will never let go of precious places like this, especially here in North America.

@jonny2waggons825 4 жыл бұрын

@Dan Smith Buffalo.. I'm in.

@marcusius6577 4 жыл бұрын

@Dan Smith The problem in this country is each provinces are unique and based on different cultures. But instead of talking to each others and to understand each others, there is a constant struggle and it's very sad. I visited half of the country (plus some Eastern US states) and when you talk to the everyday people, you realise they are like you with the same dreams. All the noise behind are caused by politics who want to buy votes and journals who want to sell copies.

@allighn4044 3 жыл бұрын

I’m a Saskatoon kid but there’s nothing I enjoy more than exploring the country side

@cathypruden5612 4 жыл бұрын

Fun to see a town and area where I spent many summers visiting my grandparents who immigrated from Ukraine. My mother (Halia Bahniuk) was born and raised on a homestead a few miles out of Hafford and we had many relatives to visit in the town proper as well as Redberry and Blaine Lake. I still remember the many hall dances for reunions and weddings, some abundant gardens, picking Saskatoon berries and sitting around the kitchen with the aunts eating homemade bread, with butter and jam. Have to mention Saskatchewan has some of the nicest lakes in Canada. Hey cousins!

@whutteretbrock2181 4 жыл бұрын

I was a tourist from Ireland and visited that area in the early 1970s, spending a lot of time in Speers. Loved it.

@johnzuck6163 4 жыл бұрын

Very nice video, my dad was born on a farm north of there and for fun him and his buddies would swim Redberry lake the long way, he said about half way across they got pretty tired so stopped and floated on their backs for a while, the lake being so salty helped with that.

@beerguttbill4520 4 жыл бұрын

Just a guy who grew up in sask, admittedly the 6th biggest city, Yorkton but after my recent travels to Toronto and mexico city I know how truly different it is, and I feel lucky to have been born in one of the greatest places on earth. I encourage all to come visit and to talk to people about what there is the see here, some of the best places to visit are the ones only the locals know about. Just if you come during the colder months don't forget your bunny hug.

@AlinaMcleod 4 жыл бұрын

Sad no one else knows what a bunnyhug is!

@LaChigary 4 жыл бұрын

I still think your dad should have an in depth farming tip segment :) . Your Dad is awesomel . Thanks for sharing this . Makes me wish I'd grown up in a small town .

@yomama9567 4 жыл бұрын

People that have land to roam, like this-are luckiest now

@Religious_man 4 жыл бұрын

I'm American and this looks like a nice place. Maybe I'll visit someday soon.

@mackenziewarner165 3 жыл бұрын

I’m from Melfort, SK and seeing everyone be like “I should visit” is so funny because they’re gonna get here and be like “oh wow, another field...” 😂😂

@Hi-jk9zn 3 жыл бұрын

I’m from Melfort too!

@Victoriaxx08 3 жыл бұрын

Lol I’m from Ontario but SK is my fav province. My town is flat as hell with no trees and just farm fields. Saskatchewan is like my town but on steroids. I love how much nothing there is. And I hate cities

@jackryder9539 3 жыл бұрын

Good old Saskatchewan! My favorite province, so pretty especially in the late spring and summer monthes. I'm from Weyburn

@sincerely_y7381 4 жыл бұрын

Alina, You literally bring joy into my boring life. Your sweet eyes, beautiful smile and this peaceful video make me feel really good.

@hollywood84660 4 жыл бұрын

That was awesome, I always love the small town feel and sense of community of our small towns. greetings from saskatoon.

@herbourneshorthorns3698 4 жыл бұрын

My husband's aunt Beulah was a missionary nurse in Korea (1932-1974) who was posted to the health care in Hafford during one of the war years evacuations she experienced. I've been hearing about Hafford for nearly 50 years and it was so nice to get an introduction to the current community. Lovely photography. The drone views give a sense of the space we live in on the prairies.

@feistyfenian6335 2 жыл бұрын

I lived in Saskatoon about 4.5 years ago and still miss it and the province. Saskatchewan is so underrated and overlooked by so many, From the Cochin lighthouse to the Tunnels of Moose Jaw to the Manitou--our Dead Sea, and our Sahara like Athabasca sand dunes, and Finnish Tom Sukanen's Ship, there is so many "hidden gems" to see. My great grandparents and a grand uncle settled and had a farm near Winter Sask--Winter is no longer there but it was close to Unity and my grandfather and his siblings went to the Seagram schoolhouse. The biggest thing to happen there when they lived there was school was closed on account of a skunk spraying.

@mikecheck7480 4 жыл бұрын

As a guy from Toronto, I love seeing this view from a small town in Saskatchewan!!!! 🇨🇦 proud!!!!

@oilersridersbluejays 3 жыл бұрын

If you guys would stop voting Liberal out there we would be proud of Toronto too.

@hassanfazal7925 3 жыл бұрын

@@oilersridersbluejays not everything in life is politics bud

@oilersridersbluejays 3 жыл бұрын

@@hassanfazal7925 it's kind of a big deal though bud.

@AndrewTsui-rg3bt 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your video. It reminds me of my years spent in Saskatchewan. I went to a small town called OUTLOOK, attended a boarding school in the year of 1972. I came from Hong Kong and it was such a cultural and geographical change for me. I finished University and left Saskatchewan in 1987. I am living in BC now and I sometimes miss that open space and cold, fresh air of Saskatchewan. I still have some friends living there, may be I should take a trip back to Saskatoon.

@kimwong237 4 жыл бұрын

Fantastic video. Lovely to see your home town and watching it brought back a lot of memories. I was born and raised in Saskatchewan. As a kid we played hockey in a number of small towns. The rinks were in themselves communities. Often curling rinks were attached to the hockey rink. At the end of the game, regardless if we won or lost, we all looked forward to the homemade pierogies and cabbage rolls.

@tor2162 2 жыл бұрын

I am Canadian, raised in Kingston, mostly in Toronto as an adult. Loved this, so nice to see what life in small town Saskatchewan is like. Thank you!

@StephaneDemers 4 жыл бұрын

Beautiful Saskatchewan Canada. Thank you for farming.

@arvindersingh955 3 жыл бұрын

Not doubt about that its very beautifull Country

@johnturoff7486 4 жыл бұрын

There is an old saying"You spend half your life running away from home and the the other half running back to it! Thanks for the peak at a slice of heaven called Hafford, your Ukrainian soul shines brightly!!!

@AlinaMcleod 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@jonminnella4157 4 жыл бұрын

So true

@warchief6733 4 жыл бұрын

Canada has no identity one can call beautiful its neurotic and dysfunctional. One would have to seriously twist and corrupt the way they perceive reality to think there is anything lovely about Canada.

@warchief6733 4 жыл бұрын

Pharyn Gealized I like to say that I am a gratefully recovering victim of torture and assimilation, decolonizing from a great corruption that spread like a virus among many groups. Resistance is not futile, resistance is empowering, liberating, a just and righteous act, an act of truth and reconciliation.

@oilersridersbluejays 3 жыл бұрын

saint sioux what?

@mmu6840 2 жыл бұрын

Wow your dads friend really can sing I really enjoyed that!

@sweetpete9696 4 жыл бұрын

I'm a small town boy.I grew up in Willowridge in south Canterbury New Zealand .We had a dairy farm there .Eventually I moved to Christchurch for a change of career Really loved yt video.You and your dad are such beautiful people 🥰God bless you!

@r.blakehole932 4 жыл бұрын

I'm glad your small town has survived. A few years ago my sister and I drove through central Washington State. Our old home lands. Small town after small town was dead or dying. All the houses and businesses boarded up. Yet, the surrounding farms were operating. They had all been bought up by Agri-Corporations. If all our food is produced by a handful of multi-national corporations instead of thousands of independent farms....Does anyone think that is a good idea??????

@canadianperspective3731 4 жыл бұрын

R. Blakehole The small time rancher knows every one of his cows, by name. The corporate farm treats them like sardines. The family grain farmer rotates his crops and lets the land rest in summer fallow. The corporate farms pump nitrogen into the soil until it is no longer productive. Yes, I have noticed that as soon as production becomes corporate, the planet suffers.

@woodchuck1946 4 жыл бұрын

@tiluu Except that history has proved it doesn't work.

@woodchuck1946 4 жыл бұрын

@tiluu Government production of food doesn't work. Banking in Canada is not in private hands. Plus governments are not efficient business operators. Plus they are not elected to be businessmen.

@qjtvaddict 4 жыл бұрын

NOPE!!!!! Unless the multinational corporations are bribed into organic farming and regulated

@qjtvaddict 4 жыл бұрын

tiluu like communism? Still better than corporate control

@jeffherman1640 4 жыл бұрын

That is so awesome. Sunday of the may long weekend and I stumble across this vid. My family immigrated to Saskatchewan, settles in Hafford. Very touching.

@luvmyredheads Жыл бұрын

This was fun to stumble upon. My great grandpa had a grain elevator in Krydor and my grandmother was born in the newly built hospital in Hafford in 1926.

@AdrianBoyko 2 жыл бұрын

Never expected to see a video about Hafford on KZfaq! My Polish ancestors lived on the south side of Redberry Lake and some of my Ukrainian ancestors were in nearby Speers. I love the view from the old Polish Roman Catholic Church just southeast of the lake. I also had Ukrainian ancestors in Tarnopol/Tway, not far from Kinistino. I just love the whole area around Saskatoon, Battleford, and Prince Albert and have spent many days driving around searching for and visiting ancestral sites.

@CraigArend 4 жыл бұрын

Very interesting! Farming is where the ENTIRE food supply chain starts. Empty shelves might be annoying here in NYC, but empty barns and fields would be utterly devastating. Cool drone footage too!

4 жыл бұрын

My first girl friend, Marilyn, was from Saskatoon and that was the reason the name Saskatchewan called my attention when, randomly, it appeared in my youtube.... loved her. Thanks for remind me of this beautiful time of my life. Greetings from Rio de Janeiro

@bCanadian 4 жыл бұрын

Are you settled in Saskatoon? Nice

4 жыл бұрын

@@bCanadian No. I never had been there. The only time I went to Canada was for a conference in Montreal. I knew her when she came to Brazil in a Lions' exchange program 🤗

@bCanadian 4 жыл бұрын

@ Oh Good

@summervibes9218 4 жыл бұрын

Great video!!! Country life special life🥰👍🏻 I grew up in Delisle SK and then moved up to Nipawin for three and a half years then moved out to Vancouver Island and have been on the island for three years. It’s great seeing my home province and understanding your video and how special it really is.

@mikekeeper1320 4 жыл бұрын

Nice video,I'm from ontario and worked in the pot ash mines for maintaince coatings due to the high corrosion issues they have .I met some of the most beautiful and kind people there,you farmers are loved for all your hard work you do for this whole country. The little towns and church's are so nicely kept .keep up the real canadian spirit and God be with all of you.

@dakotamickscorner7637 4 жыл бұрын

Beautiful, reminds me of the small town of South Dakota where I was raised. Can tell I could be quite happy in your small town. Thanks

@ltcajh 4 жыл бұрын

I was thinking of SD too., heading west toward the Missouri River. Bet you freeze your moose nuggets off even worse up there!

@azmainfaik5968 4 жыл бұрын

Your dady is a friendly....you are really lucky to got a such good dad

@MrBelmont79 4 жыл бұрын

I have lived most of my life in big cities, but it’s kind of lonely because we tend to be suspicious of everybody. When I used to go to more rural areas for vacations, it felt refreshing. People would leave their front doors and windows open all day long and everybody would know who you are. I miss that. Thank you for a wonderful video and stay safe. Greetings from Mexico 😘❤️😘

@JimMork 9 ай бұрын

My family had a farm when I was born. But economics forced us to seek a midsized city. I can appreciate the peace of rural life, but I know we were never meant to return. Grandparents were Norwegian farmers, but I don't think the parents generation ever lived rural lives. Grandparents on farms in Europe were very poor.

@CaeserOct 2 жыл бұрын

Real Life Corner Gas. From Texas (although not a small town) and lived in the Midwest briefly. Am familiar with these types of places, very quaint. Thank you for sharing!

@chriswilliamson590 4 жыл бұрын

This is a great video and I have often wondered what it’s like there. I have family in Medicine Hat Alberta. I live in Sheffield, England. Waving hi over the pond.

@CheesyHotDogPuff 4 жыл бұрын

From an Albertan, thanks for showing the smaller prairie towns of Canada. There's a special magic to them.

@littlecody 4 жыл бұрын

@ good time to hop on yer sled.

@warchief6733 4 жыл бұрын

The magic is in the mushrooms your taking to live in some alternate perception about small towns. All I see is stolen land and some made up story about why it’s not stolen land.

@prsgrind8794 4 жыл бұрын

@@warchief6733 That´s life and history, deal with it, the winner takes it all...

@warchief6733 4 жыл бұрын

Prs Grind more fantasy dream living thinking, do you believe in Santa Clause too?

@prsgrind8794 4 жыл бұрын

@@warchief6733 He´s Finnish!

@paulette6365 3 жыл бұрын

I was born in Kerrobert Saskatchewan, family from Luseland. My family moved to BC when I was 6 weeks old. I love Saskatchewan and visit as much as I can. I attended the Hafford Polkafest a few years back with my sister and cousins. Great time!

@robertpelletier643 4 жыл бұрын

My wife and I lived in Saskatoon a few years ago, and passed by Hafford in one of our road trips. Seeing the road signs in cyrillic, I said to my wife "I think we're in Russia, we've travelled too far west !"

@thefrostyassassin9100 3 жыл бұрын

You are actually in Ukraine lol

@Yurrrik87 3 жыл бұрын

In russian their hands grow from wrote place its ukrainian build it!!!

@thecrowfliescrooked 4 жыл бұрын

I'm from Saskatchewanand I have family in Alberta and it always amused me when they referred to us as flatlanders, like Alberta was full of mountains.

@mr.d9922 4 жыл бұрын

Exactly, it's such a bizarre perspective they have of themselves lol.

@peterhumphries7505 4 жыл бұрын

I found the video really interesting. A glimpse of your upbringing in rural Canada. I kind of grew up on my Uncle's farm, but have been driving locomotives pretty much all of my working life. I'm now living and working in Darwin, Australia. It's a lot different to Saskatchewan. Hot and humid most of the time. Anyway, thank you for going to the effort of making the video and posting it on KZfaq. I'm glad that I came across it. Oh yeah, and say hi to your dad and his musician friend.

@thalpropertymanagementscon7350 3 жыл бұрын

Your dad farm is so nice and I like your dad farming mind and ideas

@jimjones7912 2 жыл бұрын

If been to Saskatchewan a number of times, as a truck driver. On memorable trip , I came from Portland Oregon going to a place west of Thompson MB. Went up through Hudson Bay and on gravel roads to the Pas in MB. On other trips delivered in Regina, Saskatoon, Lloydminster....etc! Your video brought me a flood of memories! I'm 77, still truckin!

@alexphan9750 4 жыл бұрын

Your dad is so wholesome!

@marianfrances4959 4 жыл бұрын

Loved it! Was born in sask and have even been to Hafford! 😉🇨🇦

@yenningchua6285 3 жыл бұрын

As a Malaysian international student who may be leaving Canada for good, I hope that I can get a chance to stay here for a few more years and explore other parts of Canada apart from Ontario. Thank you for this video!

@fingling8 6 ай бұрын

Enjoyed your Melfort one, and same for this one. You're a thoughtful presenter--very pretty, too. I spend too much time wandering small towns (virtually!), and I find it both depressing (how nature has been knocked back, yet also how the people have vacated the land, abandoned schoolhouses and farmhouses, how big megafarms have taken over also is a bit sad, and in some parts so many oil derricks!) and invigorating (imagining how I might like small-town life, or even an acreage (but no farm--I'm retired). I'm from Sask. (Regina), but haven't lived there for decades. So seeing these is right up my alley. Gives a sense of the slowness of life.

@stillrandy 4 жыл бұрын

Nice video. It's great to see small town Canada. I've lived in Borden, Radisson, Fielding, Maymont, Blaine Lake, and Lac la Peche over the last few years.

@4ucmikey 4 жыл бұрын

Breath taking and beautiful.

@KeashaRyan 2 жыл бұрын

I'm loving this video! So peaceful!

@AzusxD 3 жыл бұрын

Amazing video! I've added a few places to my "to go list" now! Hopefully the trip to SKW can happen soon!

@dorothywelburn5979 4 жыл бұрын

I have spent a lot of time in Hafford as my daughter and three granddaughters live here and I have found lots of things to love about the place.

@FruitPuncho 4 жыл бұрын

Great video Alina as always such inspiration to travel as well to beautiful peaceful places you are truly a great traveler exploring everywhere where there is great sunset always keep on sharing with us on life, as always keep it up 👍

@ilovecan3116 3 жыл бұрын

The realistic feeling of Canada is not in downtown of any city but what small towns and interior has to offer with amazing climate and some cool food culture and many more breathtaking experience it has to offer

@bardamu9662 3 жыл бұрын

Great reportage! You are very gifted in putting people at ease during interviews. Congrats for your great work!

@Tiejocky 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the “tour”. video like this help us to see outside of our home city while unfortunately being in a lock down

@jf6395 4 жыл бұрын

l'm from Montana...and ive been to Saskatchewan...we go to roughriders games sometimes lol

@AlinaMcleod 4 жыл бұрын

haha that's awesome

@vlal86 4 жыл бұрын

Does Montana look similar to Saskatchewan?

@jf6395 4 жыл бұрын

@@vlal86 Montana borders three canadian provinces British Columbia, Alberta and Saskatchewan and north eastern Montana which borders SK, is indistinguishable from that part of Canada...Western Montana where I live is very Mountainous with many ranges of Mountains separated by high elevation valleys for example I live in a valley at about 5000 feet or 1550 meters elevation surrounded by mountains reaching up to 11000 feet or 3400 meters which are still deeply covered in snow, our spring is just getting going with nights often still below freezing and warm days interspersed with cool even snowy days. Montana is one of the largest states in the usa and one of the least populated. geographically we are larger than germany or the UK and have a population of only 1 million (we think it is getting crowded lol). we are very diverse geographically. Montana is extraordinarily beautiful, and still very wild in many places, with abundant wildlife. from Grizzly bears ,wolves , elk moose pronghorns bighorn sheep mountain goats and mountain lions....amazing birds, rivers teeming with fish....

@vlal86 4 жыл бұрын

@@jf6395 Thanks, I imagine that Montana is a beautiful land with rigorous climate

@prairiestrong4037 4 жыл бұрын

Go Riders!!!!

@josephpeeteetuce9702 4 жыл бұрын

Right on awesome town I'm gald I'm from Saskatchewan all the way thank you for posting it stay safe

@markszeto1209 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing, I enjoyed watching it. Love the back to basic in living and life.

@rgt4848 4 жыл бұрын

Good stuff. When I was a kid, a very long time ago, I spent a lot of time in Blaine Lake and Marcelin.

@homerzhang2748 4 жыл бұрын

It’s so interesting small town, I should have a time to see because I am living a bigger city.Thank your wonderful video.

@jacksmith6486 4 жыл бұрын

From BC. Thanks for sharing the beautiful small town. I love farming. Looking forward to see your next farming video!

@lynnelizabeth9343 4 жыл бұрын

That pup was very happy to see you! Your dad is a gem. Saw the video where he picked you up at the airport. Great video ...

@joeespo177 4 жыл бұрын

Such an interesting video. Beautiful, well-spoken young woman. Delightful 17 minutes. Thank you.

@auzzymotto 4 жыл бұрын

Simp alert

@jasonbaulch7583 4 жыл бұрын

@@auzzymotto no this is called being nice and respectful

@auzzymotto 4 жыл бұрын

@@jasonbaulch7583 no it's called being a simp so be quite boomer

@jasonbaulch7583 4 жыл бұрын

@@auzzymotto I'm 14

@auzzymotto 4 жыл бұрын

@@jasonbaulch7583 sure you are

@BalwinderSinghDeol 4 жыл бұрын

I have been living in Saskatchewan for last 10 years. I moved from Toronto. I must say Saskatchewan is very beautiful place to live. It's so quiet as compared to those big cities. People do have time to say Hi to each other and are always welcoming. ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️I love Saskatchewan ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

@jamesburke7053 4 жыл бұрын

Take the turban off enjoy the fresh air running through your hair, you will feel the freedom

@BalwinderSinghDeol 4 жыл бұрын

@@jamesburke7053 that's my religion. So, no thanks I feel the feel the freedom while wearing it

@KingGaurav 4 жыл бұрын

Hello Balwinder Ji, Sat Sri Akaal, Namaste. I am from India. I also want to move Canada. I have decent education qualification and currently working in a company. What are my chances to move to Canada. How much time will it take if I start preparing for that from now.?

@musafir1335 4 жыл бұрын

I need job offer, can you help me with it... I have applied for the canadian PR

@marcusius6577 4 жыл бұрын

@@BalwinderSinghDeol Forget that guy , Sorry I try to find the proper words this morning and seem to not working. (Damn confinement is melting my brain !) I would say stay truthful as who you are and be proud of it.