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

[@surreygeorge11]

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]

Well said.🌷

[@sundayznostalgianightz6510]

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]

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

[@SuperReznative]

​@@sundayznostalgianightz6510 Shalom from Prairies Canada

[@vncstudio]

Agreed! The spirit of Canada is in its wilderness and small towns.

[@allwynpmathew2238]

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]

I agree with you. Proud of your Dad.

[@worldofshortschannel25]

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❤

[@SuperReznative]

Grew up on prairies ,lots of hardship and dedication...Those hospitality culture were from Christian roots.Small town gossip & alcoholism is the downside.

[@michaelfox6820]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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.

[@C61-y9s]

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.

[@MrMortsnerd]

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]

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

[@javawsey]

I love that one. Especially being from Sask.

[@Whateva67]

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

[@alanmacification]

@@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]

My father-in-law might have said that!

[@beautynotstatic2419]

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

[@ElwoodAndersonNV]

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.

[@theghostmachine]

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]

So good!

[@marksmith9566]

Got a recipe?

[@SuperReznative]

​@@AlinaMcleodthe good people are being replaced by,not so good and high minded..non Christians. ( where, great values and ethics form)

[@momoney00can]

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]

Moved here in 2012 from England and im still here

[@andreagervais2671]

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

[@landolandolandolandolando]

@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]

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]

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

[@stacymirba1433]

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]

Dog River? Don't you mean Rouleau? Lol

[@turkey4957]

@@kirkkrieger9360 it's nicknamed dog river

[@gregpenny4384]

and until Sears closed it was also their out let.

[@treelife365]

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]

Umm... I think I missed your point?

[@treelife365]

@@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]

S Brian Treelife 😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣.

[@surreygeorge11]

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

[@treelife365]

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

[@BlueTenorSax]

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

[@frisbe9279]

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

[@Unnoticeable-and-Forgotten]

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

[@joshl6275]

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]

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]

Lol that's so true

[@peterho5557]

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.

[@mmu6840]

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

[@andrewfurlan670]

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]

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

[@ostacruiser]

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

[@AlinaMcleod]

Thank you so much!

[@pogs9765]

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]

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

[@Victoriaxx08]

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]

Plz is there any crimes there ?

[@isaacpena690]

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🇲🇽.

[@Travelling_with_Neelim]

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

[@SM-B1]

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

[@JimMork]

Her dad has a sense of humor.

[@jonny2waggons825]

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]

Quapelle valley

[@jonny2waggons825]

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

[@Religious_man]

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]

@Dan Smith Buffalo.. I'm in.

[@marcusius6577]

@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.

[@kevinmonseler3592]

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.

[@wheelzwheela]

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

[@DGardhouse]

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.

[@gabriellagirardi4741]

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

[@robertpelletier643]

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]

You are actually in Ukraine lol

[@Yurrrik87]

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

[@johnturoff7486]

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]

Thank you!

[@jonminnella4157]

So true

[@warchief6733]

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]

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]

saint sioux what?

[@AndrewTsui-rg3bt]

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.

[@seanmcnamara1267]

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!

[@bdeditch]

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

[@Unnoticeable-and-Forgotten]

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]

@@Unnoticeable-and-Forgotten Yes I remember it.

[@garyfreeman165]

My mother was born there in 1919

[@CaeserOct]

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!

[@r.blakehole932]

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]

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]

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

[@woodchuck1946]

@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]

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

[@qjtvaddict]

tiluu like communism? Still better than corporate control

[@CheesyHotDogPuff]

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

[@littlecody]

@ good time to hop on yer sled.

[@warchief6733]

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]

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

[@warchief6733]

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

[@prsgrind8794]

@@warchief6733 He´s Finnish!

[@sincerely_y7381]

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

[@Carlvr6driver66]

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!

[@kimwong237]

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.

[@jeffherman1640]

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.

[@whutteretbrock2181]

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

[@pontyGT2009]

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. ❤❤

[@BryanBosch-jz2ot]

I grew up in Unity, lived in Lloyminster, Marsden, Lone Rock, Estevan, Carlyle, Paradise Hill, Big River. Northern half of the province is Canadian Sheild, rugged, wild & poluted with beautiful pristeen lakes & rivers full of fish & wild life.

[@cathypruden5612]

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!

[@billlumley4245]

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.

[@patriciafraser9900]

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. 💓

[@Prairielily04]

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

[@israeliyanya4072]

I love you

[@bdeditch]

Long time no see Carol

[@herbourneshorthorns3698]

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]

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.

[@hollywood84660]

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

[@johnzuck6163]

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.

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]

Are you settled in Saskatoon? Nice

@@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]

@ Oh Good

[@kevinli2574]

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.

[@mackenziewarner165]

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]

I’m from Melfort too!

[@Victoriaxx08]

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

[@mikecheck7480]

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

[@oilersridersbluejays]

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

[@hassanfazal7925]

@@oilersridersbluejays not everything in life is politics bud

[@oilersridersbluejays]

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

[@yomama9567]

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

[@peterhumphries7505]

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 KZbin. I'm glad that I came across it. Oh yeah, and say hi to your dad and his musician friend.

[@norton352]

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!

[@mikekeeper1320]

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.

[@joeespo177]

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

[@auzzymotto]

Simp alert

[@jasonbaulch7583]

@@auzzymotto no this is called being nice and respectful

[@auzzymotto]

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

[@jasonbaulch7583]

@@auzzymotto I'm 14

[@auzzymotto]

@@jasonbaulch7583 sure you are

[@nailbenderMatt]

Your Dad is the star of the show. Very good portrayal of life in the “Land of the living sky”

[@warchief6733]

No mention of indigenous people by your dad at all. It’s as if he thinks he’s been there the whole time.

[@nailbenderMatt]

@@warchief6733 I'm sure if you'd like to put together a little video telling the world what a great place your community is perhaps I might watch that as well. But, if you don't, your story will go untold.

[@BalwinderSinghDeol]

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]

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

[@BalwinderSinghDeol]

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

[@KingGaurav]

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]

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

[@marcusius6577]

@@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.

[@tor2162]

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!

[@bhrugupatel14]

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

[@frankandrews2810]

And has a beautiful daughter

[@CraigArend]

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!

[@allankamen9875]

I spent a summer when I was 16, almost 40 years ago, in Dalmeny Saskatchewan, not far from your home town. I was in the air cadets and it was an exchange programme. It was also a Ukrainian family with about 300 acres of land and was primarily a dairy farm. I got the worst sunburn of my life while swathing the fields in that summer. It was a really great time. I can still remember Roy and Fritz from this trip. Fritz (a girl) was my pledge for the exchange programme. It's very likely I drove through your town that summer. I know we did a large loop driving north from Dalmeny where the father purchased a bull for his farm. This was the only farming experience in my life and I still remember it fondly. If I was back in SK, I'd definitely drive by and see what has happened on this farm, which was very easy to find just off the highway. Great memories, thank you for the video. I'll be checking out more of your content.

[@robertpelletier643]

Nice to see a post from a fellow air cadet. I was in St-Hubert Québec from 73-78, around the same time. Were you stationed in SK ?

[@soisitimpossible]

This is like small town Alberta. Sadly with limited resources they're called go nowhere towns. But farmers feed the world. The quiet is unsurpassed. The Canadian farmer is solid stock and good folk for the most part. I've never seen a Canadian farmer not help a neighbour. Just for the simple fact next week you may be the one in need!! Great vid.

[@qjtvaddict]

They have nothing to do

[@qjtvaddict]

I wonder if HSR China style can save rural areas?

[@warchief6733]

Farmers are not good people. They stole the land they’re using and ruin ecosystems and the environment.

[@warchief6733]

Karen Gordon it’s a myth saying farmers feed the world. They sell food to the world at the highest price they can get. They sell to feed livestock around the world. The food they sell has little to no nutritional value. You can eat it but you won’t get anything from it. Saskatchewan farmers are not the saviours of the world that your catchy overused phrase “farmers feed the world” states. Research shows what pesticides farmers use do to the environment, toppling ecosystems down forever, they’re never coming back. You can tell yourself these lies and make yourself believe in mythologies and pass down stories to your children and grandchildren for generations but it will always be lies. Lying to yourself not only harms you but it’s an imposition on those of us who live in reality when your myths have real life consequences. Please.....

[@warchief6733]

Karen Gordon as for paying rent to “Indians”, what Indians are you referring to? East Indians? People from India? See, that’s what I’m talking about, the lies you tell yourself, the myths, the bed time stories, and you believe them! There are no such thing as Indians unless you meant people from India. If you’re referring to people who are indigenous to the stolen land you have mythologized as Saskatchewan then you are talking about a racist word invented by racists to identify a divers population with different languages, culture, mores, laws, expressing themselves uniquely and distinct from each other. It’s common for racists to take short cuts to thinking inventing myths rather than trying to understand reality around them. That’s how racists invented the word “Indian”, they thought they arrived in India when in fact they were lost. The myth of the Indian spread like religion with its racist cult like following. Racist people legalized the racist term Indian in the Canadian expression of apartheid by making The Indian Act. But you knew all this right? You knew but you still rely on racist terminology. No farmer or Canadian pays enough rent so again, please....but at least your talking so your mind isn’t completely closed shut. First Nations people through no fault of their own live in the worst conditions across every socio-economic demographic. Racist myths are still told about the “Indian” having no basis in reality but do have an effect on life outcomes, such as this video and the racism endemic to these myths. Racists in large have no idea what Canada has done to “Indians” through 150 years of assimilation and Indian Residential School systems but some knew precisely what they were doing. You might if you did some research on your own family and there you will find that you have completely bought into racist lies that produced your identity through war, factions, torture and torment. You’re still living in that legacy today. You were assimilated into a racist belief system which only by your skin you may have membership. But if those who believe in supremacy, they have their own membership verification system that would out you. Your probably not white enough for true Aryan race identity, another myth. The white race is as imaginary as the white mans invention of the Indian. There is no such thing as a white man or an Indian even if they come from India, since history never records an India. It’s about made up as Canada is in the imagination. This video and your beliefs in the myths and romanticism about it have set back any progress to civilization by about 540 years. But you knew that....that’s the purpose of racism maintaining an old class system to keep the rich, richer. They thought well the role to play. You need to read books!

[@jimjones7912]

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!

[@MrBelmont79]

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]

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.

[@dakotamickscorner7637]

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]

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

[@kanjinakatsu2069]

My wife and I have bicycled across Canada twice- most recently last year (2019) when we were in our 70s. We really enjoyed the countryside and the people of small-town Saskatchewan, Alberta and Manitoba. This is a side of our country that too many people never get to experience, and they are much poorer for it. Over the last several years we have travelled to many places around the world and are always so happy to get home. It makes us appreciate how special Canada is. Keep up the good work, and thank you for sharing with us.

[@N1inSK]

I have bicycled a bit in rural Saskatchewan; the roads used to have GREAT shoulders to ride on, and the people are always friendly. And it's best to ride from west to east; that's downhill and with the prevailing wind. :)

[@aaronrichards2842]

did you stop at whitewood? what year?

[@kanjinakatsu2069]

@@aaronrichards2842 We rode by Whitewood in 2010 and didn't stop because the tailwind that day gave us a 200+ km day all the way from Regina to Moosomin.

[@kanjinakatsu2069]

@@N1inSK That was our logic too. Unfortunately, nature is sometimes fickle. From Cutknife to the Manitoba border we had easterly headwinds. :)

[@aaronrichards2842]

@@kanjinakatsu2069 too bad...we had a wicked steak sandwich.. but respect!!!!

[@steven-k.]

This basically explains in one video everything I've been trying to explain for years, lol. 1) There are a ton of Ukrainians (even the street signs in small towns are in Ukrainian); 2) It takes a lot of effort to grow stuff; 3) The roads are pretty rough so you NEED something like a pick-up; 4) It's really effing cold; 5) AND - people are really musical, get a group of five or more people together and at least one of them will have a guitar. (Ten or more and one of them can play a church organ.) (Although I'm a coward because I live in the "big city")

[@warchief6733]

There are history books out there to explain Ukrainian immigration issues and assimilation into W.A.S.P. society.

[@allighn4044]

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

[@LaChigary]

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 .

[@Religious_man]

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

[@Tiejocky]

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

[@stillrandy]

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.

[@beerguttbill4520]

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]

Sad no one else knows what a bunnyhug is!

[@katelynboser1988]

Love the video!! It’s exciting to see something like this on KZbin! I’m from the Rabbit Lake area and have been to Hafford many times! I love Saskatchewan❤️🌾

[@dorothywelburn5979]

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.

[@chriswilliamson590]

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.

[@jacksmith6486]

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

[@summervibes9218]

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.

[@thecrowfliescrooked]

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]

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

[@StephaneDemers]

Beautiful Saskatchewan Canada. Thank you for farming.

[@arvindersingh955]

Not doubt about that its very beautifull Country

[@homerzhang2748]

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

[@ilovecan3116]

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

[@jackryder9539]

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

[@AdrianBoyko]

Never expected to see a video about Hafford on KZbin! 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.

[@saideepakb]

Hi from Toronto! I am a new immigrant to Canada and would love to visit such farms and meet amazing people like your father. You should consider organizing tours for people from big cities where people are either new to the country or have never been to a truly rural area. Thanks!

[@yenningchua6285]

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!

[@jocelynapag6132]

I am impressed. This is such a beautiful place. It just takes one to get used to the kind of living that they have. Living in a very cool and quiet place.

[@digittbr1688]

I was raised on a small tobacco farm in North Carolina and I would love to live in Saskatchewan. The serenity and solitude look amazing. Thanks for sharing.

[@FruitPuncho]

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 👍

[@tamarapressman4320]

Thank you for this heartwarming and important introduction to your home town and the life on a farm in Saskatchewan!

[@warchief6733]

No thank you for this romanticized depiction of ethnocentrism.

[@javierfloresguerrero1753]

I'm living in Cancun and a lot of snow geese come to spend warm vacations here but one day,I don't know when ,but one day I will be in that beautiful country CANADA.

[@donaldwohlgemuth9010]

Thank you! I've been to Hafford and loved the show! I spent my summers in small town Neilburg SK

[@luvmyredheads]

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.

[@bjornyesterday8362]

I’m a prairie boy and after watching this....homesick.

[@omegaseamaster1550]

I was half expecting to see Blackie on the centre console going along for the ride....

[@marksmith9566]

Our cat used to ride on the top of the bench seat from Rhode Island to Maine. Don't know how she didn't fly off at stops. Aptly named Lady Mary.

[@ivoneiteixeira9610]

That's such a beautiful place, I love your Channel

[@AlinaMcleod]

Thank you!

[@sweetpete9696]

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!

[@ryanarnault9195]

My Grandfather lived in Hafford for some time when he moved to Canada, it was before my time as I remember my grandparents living in North Battledord when I was a kid. He owned a piece of farm land, I remember going out there with him when I was a teenager to help out. That was roughly 20 years ago. The video reminded me of all the summers I'd spend with my grandparents.

[@jf6395]

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

[@AlinaMcleod]

haha that's awesome

[@vlal86]

Does Montana look similar to Saskatchewan?

[@jf6395]

@@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]

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

[@prairiestrong4037]

Go Riders!!!!