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[cheering & applause]

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Two hours from vancouver,

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Hope has long been considered
the gateway to holidayland.

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Last chance for gas between
vancouver and the okanagan.

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The trouble is,

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Since the decline of the
logging industry,

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Many people think of it as
something of a pit stop.

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They get gas and
use the bathroom,

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And then they're
on their way.

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What are you
guys up to today?

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We are on our way to vancouver.

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Stop through on the
way to kelowna.

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We stop here and let her
grandson run around in the park.

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But hope is an exciting place
with roaring rivers and

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Canyons and
demolition derbies.

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And then, there's all these
incredible carvings you see

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On the sidewalks done
with chainsaws.

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It's been the beautiful
backdrop for movie magic.

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They shot rambo here,
for pete's sake!

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[cheering & applause]

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Hope is more than a
gateway or a pit stop.

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Hope is moving from the place
to pee to the place to be.

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[cheering & applause]

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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 humor about hard times.

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Check, check.

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I turned that into a career
and hit the road.

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Mr. Jonny harris!

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Now I'm on a mission to find
it funny in the places you'd

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Least expect - canada's
struggling small towns.

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Towns that are
against the ropes,

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But hanging in there.

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Still laughing in the
face of adversity.

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This is hope,
british columbia.

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♪

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[cheering & applause]

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Hope is staggeringly gorgeous.
There's so much to do here.

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And "all roads lead to hope,"
they say.

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There are four major highways,
two rivers,

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Two railways,
two pipelines,

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Bc's major
transmission lines.

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Everything seems to come in and
out and flow through hope.

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Some people say it
is the heart of bc.

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But instead of blood,
you pump gas.

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[laughing]

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[applauding]

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♪

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Back in the economic heyday,
logging was king,

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And this was a
transportation hub.

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There was logs floating
down your rivers.

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There was an endless line of

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Logging trucks
on your highways.

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But when the logging
jobs got axed,

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Many loggers were forced to
branch out into other areas.

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But I talked to one logger
who stuck to his roots,

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Ray of hope, ray zervini.

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[cheering & applause]

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Ray told me how for decades,
hope's economy

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Relied on logs more than
the fireplace channel.

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[laughing]

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♪

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Well, hope had a large sawmill
just up the river from us.

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And they were our
largest employer.

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But when the cuts
started happening,

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The mills started
downsizing,

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We started seeing less
and less employment.

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Ray said that when they
closed the sawmill,

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That resulted in
about 400 layoffs.

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And that for every job
lost to a logger,

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There were six jobs lost in
supporting industries.

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All the storefronts were full
prior to the mill closure and,

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Shortly after, businesses
started closing down.

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For instance, we had
14 service stations.

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We had two sporting
goods stores.

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We had restaurants.

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We had men's and women's
clothing stores.

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And young adults started
moving elsewhere for work and

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The town really felt it.

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I don't want to say that the
people of hope felt hopeless,

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But hope felt less
full of people.

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The thing is nowadays
here in hope,

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It's not that there isn't
infrastructure to welcome

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More visitors here.

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There's lovely cafes,
a beautiful park.

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There's 1500 motel rooms.

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So, is the challenge now to get
people to just, you know,

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Spend more time here?

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Yes, for a small town there is
quite a few amenities.

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And you know,
people don't really see it

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As they're zipping through.

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Back in the day,
this wasn't just

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An industrial
transportation hub.

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It was the gateway
to holidayland.

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It used to say right there
on the wooden signs

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Over the highway.

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"gateway to holidayland" was
the theme at the time to,

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You know, get people to
come through hope.

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But I think they realized that
most of the people were just

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Stopping for fuel and
a sandwich and

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Heading through again.

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I think when they
expanded the highway,

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Those signs had to be
taken down.

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And I guess, cut up
'cause I saw one,

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But it just says "gateway".

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I think you kept
the wrong word.

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[laughing]

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I think you should have
kept "holidayland".

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Make people think
they're already here.

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[laughing]

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It's like, you wouldn't take
that the old bc license plate

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That said the,
"best place on earth" and

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Shorten it to just,
"place on earth".

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[laughing]

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♪

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Ray said when he was young,
when he was a teenager,

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He had a job pumping gas
like a lot of guys did.

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He was a logger
for many years.

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Now runs a chainsaw
repair shop.

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This guy, he's the full package.

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And speaking of his package...

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[laughing]

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[laughing loudly]

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Ray is also mr. Hope.

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[cheering & applause]

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But it was for a fundraiser.

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Never defeated,
never challenged.

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They got a few prospective
gentlemen from hope to

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Bare all in front of
a crowd of women.

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[laughing]
is that right?

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He said by the end of it,
he was wearing nothing

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But a tiger print loincloth.

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[laughing]

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Which barely came
down to here.

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But listen, they raised
a lot of money.

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Luckily, that night,
nobody was low balling.

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[laughing & applauding]

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From dirt bikers in the ditch,
to capsize canoes,

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To wind toppled tractor
trailers on your highways...

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This is no holidayland for the
local search and rescue team.

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I went and I had a chat with
the president of the

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Hope search and rescue,
noelle hartt.

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[cheering & applause]

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I've met a lot of people
on my travels,

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And I finally found somebody
who told me not to get lost.

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[laughing]

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We've been around
since 1963.

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And, we put a lot of effort
in the last three years

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To grow our team.
We have 32 active members.

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Typically during the day when
there's a call for road rescue,

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We have a core team of
six or seven of us

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That can make it.

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Hope's search and rescue,
or sar,

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Their duties include many
different facets,

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From swift water rescue, to
ground search and rescue,

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But they're taken up
predominantly by road rescues.

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We have all the major highways
that come through here.

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We also have the coquihalla,
which is...

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One of the most infamous
deadly highways in all of

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North america,
maybe the world.

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"the coq",
as locals call it.

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The highway through hell.

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It's known for twisty turns,
steep canyons,

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Over 1200 meters
of elevation,

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And extreme rapid
changes in weather.

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You might leave vancouver
wearing flip flops and,

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Head up the coquihalla and
encounter a snowstorm

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In the middle of June.
It's a different world.

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If you're not prepared or
thinking about

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High mountain travel,

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You can be definitely
caught off guard.

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She said, you know,
you get up that high,

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You could get into trouble.
That's what they say—

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If you get too high
on the coq,

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You could
be in trouble.

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[laughing]

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And then noelle and her
team got to come get you

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And then you're gonna
feel twice as bad

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When they're
bringing you down.

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That's what they say, it's even
worse coming down off the coq.

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[laughing]

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It's about making sure you have
your 24-hour pack with you,

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So you can survive.

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She said, "have some sort of
emergency kit in your car.

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Have some water, some food,
some extra clothes".

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That's very important.

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I mean, even if you
make it through,

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You might end up wanting to
change your underpants.

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[laughing]

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It's so scary on that highway,
you don't need to

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Crash your car to have
an accident.

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[laughing]

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But hope search and rescue,
you know,

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They'll be there if
something bad happens.

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But more importantly, they
want to help prevent

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Bad things from happening.

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A lot of what sar group's is
about education and prevention.

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Hopefully, the big thing that
we want to see people doing is

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Calling 9-1-1, rather than
calling or texting their family

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And friends saying,
"I'm stuck. I need help,"

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Or, "I think I'm lost".

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And why is that?

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Oh, you're using your
battery up.

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But we also have the
opportunity to ping your phone,

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If there's enough
battery on it.

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And zero in on your
location with gps.

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So, if you think you're lost
and you've got your phone,

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Don't do anything dumb like
go on social media.

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People have done it, okay.
You know what I mean?

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Taking a selfie.

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"I think I'm lost in the
mountains lol"

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[laughing]

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#no-filter
#no-food-or-water

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[laughing]

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♪

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Some of the guys on the crew
were there and they

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Showed me how to perform
a standard car rescue.

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I was in the car with matt.

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And, I may have distracted him
a bit while he was driving.

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Jonny!

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Oh, my god,
what'd you hit?

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We ended up running
over the test dummy.

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His name is carl.

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I think it's short for,
"car-landed on my chest".

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[laughing]

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Oh, no, this isn't good.

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Matt, if only your friends
from hope search and rescue

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Were in the immediate area.

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I know.

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♪

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They made me the team lead.

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Okay, so there's these bags
that you put under the car

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That get inflated
and lift the car.

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And I got the pneumatics.

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It's hooked up
to a canister.

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Okay, so now you're the most
important person on the scene.

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That's your biggest
mistake in this.

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[laughing] yeah,
we're gonna find out.

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The only thing I know about
lifting a car with pneumatics

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I learned from
a dr. Dre video.

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[laughing]

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I don't really know
what I'm doing.

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But, you know,
they walked me through it.

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This is just a small part of it.

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Because if we have to cut the
car open in order to get the

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Patient out, we have to set up
the hydraulic pump and all

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The jaws of life, all the
rescue equipment.

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I was gonna say we could
try it on my truck,

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But I passed on the
extra insurance.

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Yeah.

250
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But eventually it worked,
you know, and lifted.

251
00:10:42,775 --> 00:10:45,343
That wheel came off carl.

252
00:10:45,345 --> 00:10:47,178
Yeah, this is pretty cool.

253
00:10:47,246 --> 00:10:49,380
Did I do a good job
as team lead?

254
00:10:49,449 --> 00:10:51,349
I don't know, but carl,
he's in one piece.

255
00:10:51,418 --> 00:10:52,450
And to tell you the truth,

256
00:10:52,518 --> 00:10:54,118
I think he got a
weight off his chest.

257
00:10:54,187 --> 00:10:57,789
[laughing]

258
00:10:57,857 --> 00:10:59,323
But it was fun to be out
with the team.

259
00:10:59,326 --> 00:11:00,725
That was a first
for me, you know,

260
00:11:00,793 --> 00:11:02,160
Remaining at the
scene of an accident.

261
00:11:02,228 --> 00:11:03,728
[laughing]

262
00:11:03,796 --> 00:11:05,730
I think I learned a lot.
I think, yeah...

263
00:11:05,799 --> 00:11:08,433
[applause]

264
00:11:16,109 --> 00:11:19,511
I heard about a tour company
called bad rock

265
00:11:19,579 --> 00:11:21,546
That was on a good roll.

266
00:11:21,614 --> 00:11:23,815
Sonny mchalsie and
bonnie graham.

267
00:11:23,883 --> 00:11:27,118
[cheering & applause]

268
00:11:27,120 --> 00:11:31,022
They operate a guided
bus tour with a focus on

269
00:11:31,090 --> 00:11:34,325
Indigenous sto:Lo place
themes in the original

270
00:11:34,393 --> 00:11:36,094
Halq'eméylem language.

271
00:11:36,162 --> 00:11:38,129
Bad rock tours leaves
from chilliwack,

272
00:11:38,131 --> 00:11:39,497
Comes down the valley.

273
00:11:39,499 --> 00:11:44,302
Sonny leads the tour and talks
about all the place names.

274
00:11:44,370 --> 00:11:46,237
I talk about 120 place names.

275
00:11:46,305 --> 00:11:47,505
Is that right?

276
00:11:47,574 --> 00:11:49,674
I talk nonstop for seven hours.

277
00:11:49,743 --> 00:11:51,542
At the end of the day,
you're tired of me.

278
00:11:51,611 --> 00:11:52,810
Ha-ha.

279
00:11:52,879 --> 00:11:57,248
He said the sto:Lo place names
could be names for rivers or

280
00:11:57,316 --> 00:11:59,550
Rock formations,
you name it.

281
00:11:59,619 --> 00:12:01,419
Well, sonny names it
and explains it.

282
00:12:01,421 --> 00:12:02,721
You know what I mean.

283
00:12:02,789 --> 00:12:04,622
[laughing]

284
00:12:04,690 --> 00:12:06,758
But I was just asking him
about hope 'cause I'd

285
00:12:06,826 --> 00:12:08,793
Heard like a couple of
different stories, but that

286
00:12:08,862 --> 00:12:11,429
Nobody really knew how
hope got that name.

287
00:12:11,497 --> 00:12:14,866
Our name for the town
of hope is ts'qo:Ls.

288
00:12:14,934 --> 00:12:17,368
And ts'qo:Ls does
not mean hope.

289
00:12:17,437 --> 00:12:21,005
So, ts'qo:Ls means
bare or bald.

290
00:12:21,007 --> 00:12:23,608
And it's called that because
they have all that wind

291
00:12:23,676 --> 00:12:26,210
That blows from the coast,
right into hope.

292
00:12:26,279 --> 00:12:28,346
So, if you look at the
tops of the trees there,

293
00:12:28,414 --> 00:12:31,649
They're bare or bald
on the west side.

294
00:12:31,717 --> 00:12:34,452
It's kind of funny that you
went from bald to hope.

295
00:12:34,520 --> 00:12:36,087
Maybe you're on rogaine.

296
00:12:36,155 --> 00:12:38,656
[laughing]

297
00:12:38,724 --> 00:12:41,793
The halq'eméylem names tell
you something about

298
00:12:41,861 --> 00:12:43,995
What it looks like or
how to navigate it or

299
00:12:44,063 --> 00:12:46,164
What you're gonna
encounter there.

300
00:12:46,232 --> 00:12:47,532
As opposed to like,
a lot of times

301
00:12:47,600 --> 00:12:51,235
European's name places,
you know,

302
00:12:51,238 --> 00:12:53,404
To honour other
people who may or

303
00:12:53,406 --> 00:12:55,840
May not have a lot to
do with that area.

304
00:12:55,909 --> 00:12:57,108
Like,
even the thompson river.

305
00:12:57,176 --> 00:12:59,143
Let's say david thompson
never, ever came to

306
00:12:59,146 --> 00:13:01,212
The thompson river,
but it carries that name.

307
00:13:01,281 --> 00:13:03,514
I think, case in point,
mount ogilvy.

308
00:13:03,517 --> 00:13:05,550
I haven't met anybody who
knows who ogilvy was.

309
00:13:05,618 --> 00:13:09,353
- Our name for it is qemqemo.
- And what does that...?

310
00:13:09,422 --> 00:13:11,122
Shaped like a
mountain goat breast.

311
00:13:11,191 --> 00:13:12,857
Ever since he told me,
that's all I see.

312
00:13:12,926 --> 00:13:15,860
- [laughing]
- do you know what I mean?

313
00:13:15,928 --> 00:13:17,595
I mean, you gotta picture the
mountain upside down.

314
00:13:17,597 --> 00:13:19,363
But once you do...

315
00:13:19,366 --> 00:13:21,232
[laughing]

316
00:13:21,301 --> 00:13:24,135
Yeah, I see teat, you know
what I mean, like...

317
00:13:24,203 --> 00:13:26,037
Bonnie's also an artist
who has been tasked with

318
00:13:26,105 --> 00:13:29,240
Creating a unique
sto:Lo font.

319
00:13:29,308 --> 00:13:30,741
So, it's english characters,

320
00:13:30,810 --> 00:13:33,611
But done with the
coast salish style.

321
00:13:33,679 --> 00:13:36,214
It's my own
personal mission in

322
00:13:36,282 --> 00:13:38,549
Sharing the language
through art.

323
00:13:38,618 --> 00:13:41,285
And it's all tied together
with making sure

324
00:13:41,354 --> 00:13:42,753
The language stays alive.

325
00:13:42,822 --> 00:13:45,823
As far as fonts go,
it is bold and just my type.

326
00:13:45,826 --> 00:13:47,992
[laughing]

327
00:13:48,060 --> 00:13:49,727
And listen...

328
00:13:49,795 --> 00:13:51,362
You know she's good
with characters,

329
00:13:51,430 --> 00:13:53,097
She manages to keep
sonny in line.

330
00:13:53,099 --> 00:13:57,301
[laughing]

331
00:13:57,370 --> 00:14:02,106
♪

332
00:14:02,174 --> 00:14:05,209
You know, many productions
have taken advantage of

333
00:14:05,212 --> 00:14:08,346
Your scenery here,
including a movie...

334
00:14:08,414 --> 00:14:11,616
That for 40 years has remained
one of the most enduring and

335
00:14:11,618 --> 00:14:14,518
Popular action films
in movie history.

336
00:14:14,587 --> 00:14:16,988
I'm talking about
rambo: First blood.

337
00:14:17,056 --> 00:14:22,393
[cheering & applause]

338
00:14:22,461 --> 00:14:24,762
If they want the
real deal tour,

339
00:14:24,764 --> 00:14:27,865
They seek out this guy,
brian mckinney.

340
00:14:27,868 --> 00:14:32,503
[cheering & applause]

341
00:14:32,571 --> 00:14:34,839
15 to 20,000 people a year

342
00:14:34,908 --> 00:14:37,241
Come to hope,
british columbia, canada

343
00:14:37,310 --> 00:14:40,111
Because this is
where their

344
00:14:40,179 --> 00:14:43,648
Favourite 80s cult
movie was shot.

345
00:14:43,716 --> 00:14:45,950
It had everything that the
script was looking for.

346
00:14:46,018 --> 00:14:48,686
The mountains,
the water, the cliffs.

347
00:14:48,754 --> 00:14:52,590
And, of course, the
willingness to cooperate.

348
00:14:52,658 --> 00:14:55,326
Hope was eager to have the
production come here.

349
00:14:55,394 --> 00:14:57,528
They came here and they
said, "okay, listen,

350
00:14:57,597 --> 00:15:00,131
We got to close streets and
shoot late in the night".

351
00:15:00,199 --> 00:15:03,301
"oh, yes, no problem here
in hope. Not at all".

352
00:15:03,303 --> 00:15:04,735
"okay, there's gonna be
a lot of automatic

353
00:15:04,804 --> 00:15:06,103
Gunfire and explosions".

354
00:15:06,106 --> 00:15:07,972
"yes, oh my god,
no worries at all".

355
00:15:08,040 --> 00:15:11,142
"and for the last scene, we're
gonna blow up a gas station".

356
00:15:11,210 --> 00:15:12,443
"blow up a gas station!

357
00:15:12,511 --> 00:15:14,145
My god, we got a bunch
we're not using".

358
00:15:14,147 --> 00:15:16,981
[laughing]

359
00:15:17,049 --> 00:15:19,484
And so, the production
came and the town

360
00:15:19,552 --> 00:15:21,486
Was abuzz with excitement.

361
00:15:21,554 --> 00:15:23,688
Brian was only a school
kid at the time.

362
00:15:23,690 --> 00:15:25,323
They would do field trips
out of school.

363
00:15:25,391 --> 00:15:26,291
You know, they'd be like,

364
00:15:26,359 --> 00:15:27,625
"oh, they're shooting
first blood downtown".

365
00:15:27,693 --> 00:15:30,494
When I was a kid, I wasn't
allowed to watch rambo.

366
00:15:30,563 --> 00:15:32,563
Here, they'd call your parents
if you missed it.

367
00:15:32,565 --> 00:15:36,834
[laughing]

368
00:15:36,903 --> 00:15:40,037
♪

369
00:15:40,106 --> 00:15:42,206
If you're a fan of first blood,
you're getting goosebumps

370
00:15:42,208 --> 00:15:44,508
Right now because we are
actually almost sitting right on

371
00:15:44,577 --> 00:15:47,345
The doorstep of where the
sheriff's office was built.

372
00:15:47,413 --> 00:15:50,047
When they shot rambo,
they encompassed

373
00:15:50,050 --> 00:15:53,551
Parts of hope that were
already landmarks.

374
00:15:53,619 --> 00:15:56,487
For example,
the othello tunnels,

375
00:15:56,555 --> 00:15:59,056
And that's where they shot
some of the iconic scenes

376
00:15:59,059 --> 00:16:02,827
Of rambo's scaling down
to sheer rock face.

377
00:16:02,895 --> 00:16:04,462
It's just beautiful there.

378
00:16:04,530 --> 00:16:06,464
It's funny, you know,
this town reminds me

379
00:16:06,532 --> 00:16:07,932
Of sylvester stallone.

380
00:16:08,000 --> 00:16:09,800
And not just because they
shot rambo here,

381
00:16:09,869 --> 00:16:11,969
But because it's rocky too.

382
00:16:12,038 --> 00:16:14,572
[laughing]
ah!

383
00:16:14,640 --> 00:16:17,442
[applauding]

384
00:16:17,510 --> 00:16:18,609
Woo!

385
00:16:18,678 --> 00:16:19,944
The fan base is just growing.

386
00:16:20,013 --> 00:16:21,812
It really is, it's just
gone crazy.

387
00:16:21,815 --> 00:16:23,080
Talking about, you know,

388
00:16:23,083 --> 00:16:25,583
The sheer endurance
of this movie.

389
00:16:25,651 --> 00:16:28,019
I think it was two years ago
that rambo

390
00:16:28,087 --> 00:16:30,221
Got his own
chainsaw carving.

391
00:16:30,289 --> 00:16:32,156
Although, I don't know if
the whole thing was done

392
00:16:32,224 --> 00:16:34,492
With chainsaws 'cause
those abs, to me,

393
00:16:34,560 --> 00:16:36,160
They look chiseled.

394
00:16:36,162 --> 00:16:38,429
[laughing]

395
00:16:48,741 --> 00:16:50,841
There might be hundreds
of vacant motel rooms

396
00:16:50,910 --> 00:16:54,345
Here in hope, but
if you really...

397
00:16:54,413 --> 00:16:57,848
Want the best place to
crash, look no further than

398
00:16:57,851 --> 00:17:00,184
Brigade days
demolition derby.

399
00:17:00,186 --> 00:17:04,021
I spoke with scott medlock,
jim lasser

400
00:17:04,090 --> 00:17:05,523
And katie antonishka.

401
00:17:05,591 --> 00:17:07,258
[cheering & applause]

402
00:17:07,326 --> 00:17:13,597
♪

403
00:17:13,666 --> 00:17:15,433
We hold the distinction of
having the longest

404
00:17:15,501 --> 00:17:17,435
Continuous running
derby in...

405
00:17:17,437 --> 00:17:19,670
Probably canada,
possibly north america.

406
00:17:19,738 --> 00:17:21,172
53 years running this year.

407
00:17:21,240 --> 00:17:22,873
It was originally the fire
department started off

408
00:17:22,942 --> 00:17:25,443
Doing it and then we
picked it up and...

409
00:17:25,511 --> 00:17:27,011
- Carried it on.
- Continued running with it.

410
00:17:27,079 --> 00:17:31,282
They told me the big derby
is at the fall fair.

411
00:17:31,350 --> 00:17:33,717
You get ready to go in the
arena and you look up.

412
00:17:33,720 --> 00:17:35,886
Thousands of people out
there cheering you on.

413
00:17:35,955 --> 00:17:37,221
There's nothing
better than that.

414
00:17:37,223 --> 00:17:39,290
All these people that come
from miles around and

415
00:17:39,358 --> 00:17:41,826
See cars get demolished.

416
00:17:41,828 --> 00:17:43,427
- [bang]!
- Wow!

417
00:17:43,496 --> 00:17:44,762
My goodness.

418
00:17:44,831 --> 00:17:46,764
Usually, if I get demolished
at the fall fair,

419
00:17:46,832 --> 00:17:48,766
It's 'cause I've had a few
too many vodka cran.

420
00:17:48,768 --> 00:17:51,602
[laughing]

421
00:17:51,604 --> 00:17:54,505
But it's not just a
demolition derby.

422
00:17:54,574 --> 00:17:57,341
There's figure eight racing,
four by four racing.

423
00:17:57,409 --> 00:17:58,709
♪

424
00:17:58,777 --> 00:18:00,945
- Are we good to go?
- Yeah.

425
00:18:01,013 --> 00:18:03,214
Somebody was generous
enough to let me take a car

426
00:18:03,216 --> 00:18:06,016
For a little rip around the
figure eight course.

427
00:18:06,085 --> 00:18:10,721
I went out with katie
and it was a blast.

428
00:18:10,789 --> 00:18:12,490
Now, to the untrained eye,

429
00:18:12,558 --> 00:18:14,859
You might look at this
car and say, okay...

430
00:18:14,861 --> 00:18:17,027
"there's an
alignment issue".

431
00:18:17,096 --> 00:18:18,395
[laughing]

432
00:18:18,398 --> 00:18:19,730
You might look at this
car and say, oh,

433
00:18:19,798 --> 00:18:23,567
You know the back wheels
don't "aim forwards".

434
00:18:23,636 --> 00:18:25,369
Oh!
[laughing]

435
00:18:25,437 --> 00:18:26,704
Keep going!

436
00:18:26,772 --> 00:18:28,539
Oh, did you lose steering?

437
00:18:28,541 --> 00:18:30,741
Unfortunately,
after a few laps,

438
00:18:30,809 --> 00:18:34,011
It was my front wheels
that I couldn't turn.

439
00:18:34,079 --> 00:18:37,014
[laughing]

440
00:18:37,082 --> 00:18:40,451
Then I got to officiate a
figure eight race.

441
00:18:40,519 --> 00:18:47,291
♪

442
00:18:47,293 --> 00:18:48,759
[horn honking]

443
00:18:48,827 --> 00:18:51,328
Katie's little brother,
steven, he was there.

444
00:18:51,397 --> 00:18:55,099
12 years' old and, and doing
figure eight racing.

445
00:18:55,167 --> 00:18:57,935
I mean, he's fast,
he's aggressive.

446
00:18:57,937 --> 00:19:00,704
If he wants to get his license
in four years from now,

447
00:19:00,707 --> 00:19:02,573
This young man has
a lot to unlearn.

448
00:19:02,641 --> 00:19:05,409
[laughing]

449
00:19:05,411 --> 00:19:06,977
- Steven, is this your car?
- Yes.

450
00:19:07,046 --> 00:19:10,314
I happen to have a
refurbished front bumper.

451
00:19:10,316 --> 00:19:12,283
I'll give you a
great deal on it.

452
00:19:12,351 --> 00:19:13,584
What do his teachers say?

453
00:19:13,586 --> 00:19:15,486
"oh, steven, how was
your weekend?"

454
00:19:15,554 --> 00:19:17,388
"well, I got into
a car accident."

455
00:19:17,456 --> 00:19:19,223
"oh, my god, do you
want to talk about it?"

456
00:19:19,291 --> 00:19:21,692
"do I?
There I was second place,

457
00:19:21,760 --> 00:19:22,994
Three laps to go..."

458
00:19:23,062 --> 00:19:26,397
[laughing]

459
00:19:26,465 --> 00:19:29,267
Hey, look at that!

460
00:19:29,335 --> 00:19:31,402
Good as new.

461
00:19:31,470 --> 00:19:34,305
♪

462
00:19:34,373 --> 00:19:37,742
You know, if you ever get this
chance to come here to hope,

463
00:19:37,810 --> 00:19:39,543
I definitely think
you should do it.

464
00:19:39,612 --> 00:19:42,947
From the rambo tour to
wood carvings and more.

465
00:19:43,015 --> 00:19:45,216
It's a shame that most just
drive through it.

466
00:19:45,218 --> 00:19:47,618
Put on a helmet and
ram other cars

467
00:19:47,686 --> 00:19:49,720
In an armoured
chevy impala.

468
00:19:49,788 --> 00:19:52,556
If you really want a thrill,
go pack some extra undies

469
00:19:52,625 --> 00:19:54,992
And go drive the coquillha.

470
00:19:55,060 --> 00:19:57,294
Hope search and rescue
will come find you,

471
00:19:57,363 --> 00:20:00,197
If things go off the rails and
into vehicular mayhem.

472
00:20:00,266 --> 00:20:02,733
Or just sit back on the bus
and hear hope's history

473
00:20:02,801 --> 00:20:05,369
In its original
halq'eméylem.

474
00:20:05,437 --> 00:20:07,738
Next time you're in hope
don't just grab a snack and

475
00:20:07,806 --> 00:20:10,908
Put some gas in your car.
For a gateway to somewhere,

476
00:20:10,976 --> 00:20:14,144
You might just find it's
pretty cool where you are.

477
00:20:14,213 --> 00:20:16,513
Thanks for coming out, hope.
You've been amazing.

478
00:20:16,516 --> 00:20:18,582
- [cheering & applause]
- been great, thank you!

479
00:20:18,585 --> 00:20:20,584
[cheering & applause]

480
00:20:20,587 --> 00:20:22,253
Awesome, it was a
wonderful evening.

481
00:20:22,321 --> 00:20:24,355
It was really special
tonight being in here and

482
00:20:24,423 --> 00:20:26,057
Hearing laughter.

483
00:20:26,125 --> 00:20:27,391
♪

484
00:20:27,393 --> 00:20:29,526
We could all use a little bit
more hope right now and,

485
00:20:29,595 --> 00:20:31,362
Johnny just hit it
right out of the park.

486
00:20:31,430 --> 00:20:33,864
♪

487
00:20:33,866 --> 00:20:36,100
Sonny's memory
is incredible.

488
00:20:36,168 --> 00:20:38,002
They call me one-take sonny.

489
00:20:38,070 --> 00:20:40,504
- Oh, yeah?
- [laughing]

490
00:20:40,572 --> 00:20:44,275
[camera clicking]

491
00:20:44,343 --> 00:20:46,877
Love to give you a hope
motorsports group t-shirt.

492
00:20:46,945 --> 00:20:48,946
- Right on, look at this.
- Got our slogan on the back.

493
00:20:49,015 --> 00:20:52,349
- "talk derby to me".
- I love it, I love it.

494
00:20:52,418 --> 00:20:55,185
Excellent to see everybody that
was involved in the show.

495
00:20:55,188 --> 00:20:56,487
That was fantastic.

496
00:20:56,555 --> 00:20:57,855
Good sample of the
whole community.

497
00:20:57,857 --> 00:21:00,424
Coming to you live
from hope, bc.

498
00:21:00,493 --> 00:21:03,427
♪

499
00:21:03,429 --> 00:21:04,962
[laughing]