I'm an old Canadian guy now. I trucked all over Canada and the USA all my life. But my most enjoyable moments were when I was layed over in little towns like yours. Always relaxing and the folks were friendly, helpful, and couldn't do enough to make you feel at home and comfortable. I so miss those days. When you go back to places you leave, you always remember your your good times you had at the places and with the people who aren't there anymore. In 1962, I bought a 1953 Chevy for $35. My best friend and I left Toronto to go to the west coast. In Broadview Sask. the Chevy died. A wrecking yard traded a 1951 Pontiac for my Chev and some labour . The Pontiac took us to Vancouver and died. We hitched and hopped freight trains to get home. Did odd jobs for money in little towns. People were just awesome. I always got the travelling itch after that trip. Hence the truck driving career.

@ybleon7131

3 жыл бұрын

35 dollars for a car? wow..

@mikepech1648

3 жыл бұрын

@@ybleon7131 things were different then. Didn't need insurance. Only had to pay the government $20 for unsatisfied judgement. Whatever that meant. A friend saw two 51 mercurys sitting in a farmers field. He got them both for $150. We put a battery in one and it ran and we towed the other one home with it. The good old days.

@ybleon7131

3 жыл бұрын

@@mikepech1648 thanks for sharing

Thank you for the video, your dad is a sweet man, and he is lucky to have such a sweet daughter.

It's fun to go out with your father, you can see your face is cheerful, nostalgic for where you used to go to school, keep it up 👍👍😊

Saskatchewan and Manitoba were my two favorite provinces when I travelled across Canada. Beautiful scenery and the most pleasant people in Canada. It was like being in another world as an American.

@That90sShow

Жыл бұрын

You must be from a Democrat state. Southern Americans are by far the friendliest people. Democrats and liberals are miserable people.

I remember being 8 years old and walking out to your guys farm to see your horses ❤️ your dad would come out and chat with me while petting the horses it was my get away.. thank you so much for sharing this video 💕

@AlinaMcleod

4 жыл бұрын

Aw that's so sweet! Thank you!

@mohammedmunabbaralam4797

4 жыл бұрын

Hlw,you looking nice,not fun,god promise....

@canabox7112

2 жыл бұрын

That’s awesome! Thanks for sharing

@azulmax3453

Жыл бұрын

Feliz día Aliña Mclbe

@azulmax3453

Жыл бұрын

@@AlinaMcleod TEAMo te extraño muco

I noticed your dad built this and he built that... Remember that, that is how prosperity come into being. One must create.

@chrismorrow4269

4 жыл бұрын

Why not go and stay their text me ok don't be in fear God bless you

@tapasroy8023

4 жыл бұрын

‌mam I'm going your cantry please help me

Your dad is a wonderful man. You are amazing and beautiful. So nice to see you guys together.

Your dad is a great man!

A great father to that daughtor. Also the daughtor hired the father as driver, companion, friend and bodyguard for her loving trip is that wonderfull!

Dad is a stand up guy. Looks like a great place to grow up. You had everything you needed.

Grew up in Elrose with about 200 other people. Say what you will but growing up like that is the best.Three things make a Saskatchewan small town: 1) grain elevators, 2) a curling rink and 3) a Chinese/Canadian restaurant.

I grew up in Manitoba. Kinistino is so similar to every small town across the prairies. A real walk down memory lane.

Very sweet to spend a good and quality time with your Dad. Thumbs up.

Alina, your Stepfather is such a nice human being! You are lucky to have him. I think it is a nice idea to revisit the places of your early life in Canada, like this town. These kinds of memories will always be with you and help you in the years to come, tackling any problem or issue you might be carrying around. 😎

Love your content! I grew up in Blaine Lake Sask, (where my dad was from) and spent a lot of time in the Krydor area, as my mother was from around there... It was a different way of life all those years ago, but I cherish them. I spend all of my adolescent summers in small-town, Sask. Grandparents farmed wheat and I Iearned how to work hard, from them... Moved on to Saskatoon to go to elementary and high school and eventually med school at U of Sask... My family is still there and I visit often. I love the way that Saskatchewan people have always looked out for each other...

It’s great to be part of your journey, and allowing us along into your history and emotions. Thx

Nice to share your child hood memories....thank you for sharing us...

I think it’s really meaningful that you guys go back visit old home. Find a good place to live better than stay in hopeless place. You are blessed

Thanks for touring your town, I had fun watching you guys having fun while at it. Glad you got to spend some time with your father, those moments you could cherish and your dad seems like such a good person.

This is the best video, thanks for taking us back to your childhood Alina, very nostagic and touching. Well done. I grew up in Edmonton and going back can relate to see how the trees in the backyard of what used to be our family home has grown so much after 20 years.

Loved this video Alina. Was able to capture your emotions with your reactions. Thank you for sharing

I enjoy your moving narration of your childhood life in a small town in Canada. Memories are important when we grow old; they connect us to our families even when our families are long gone.

Your Dad is just fantastic! Спасибо за теплое видео Алина!

Childhood memories where we came from is always so sweet I remember our home town nostalgic feeling!♥️🇵🇭🇨🇦

Thanks so much for posting this great video! My grandparents were from Kinistino, as well both my aunt and my Dad were born there. My Grandfather had the barbershop on Main Street for just over 50 years, making it the town's longest surviving business under the same owner. I spent many summers as a kid in the town as well. Fond memories!

i love watching your vids, being new in this industry is just amazing to learn new things like this

Alina, it's very nice of you to go back to where you grew and sharing with us your child wood memories. You are still a child before your loving father introspecting past.

She's still a very young lady. This was just yesterday from an older person's view. lol

I grew up in a 50k population of a city and I thought that was small but I love visiting small towns like this and talking to older generations like your dad, that have a great connection to the land and the people who lived there. ❤️

I grew up in a similar small town in southern Manitoba. The feel of this video took me back there over 60 years ago, and the vibe was the same. So thanks Alina.

Priceless and precious memories.. plus having a good dad.

That was pretty cool! Thanks for sharing with us! Also, i liked your dads old house he grew up in! Memory lane can be pretty awesome!

Hi Alina, a very good watch to see your experience in your hometown that you grown up. Thanks for your video.

Just came across this lovely video by chance. Seems like a really nice place. It is always emotional going back to your childhood home, and thanks for sharing.

I always love these type of small town because they have natural Beauty and a peacefull life.

Very nice, small and quiet town! I love this kind of place, not so big, but peaceful and environment-friendly.

so i grew up in a small town in USA . not as small as yours. i was lured to big city after i was 18. i went to college. then i came back to my small town. i was married. raised two daughters here in my small town. now my girls are both 18. they are into their college educations and pursuing their careers and lives of their own. i want to retire to a smaller town now of around the same size as where you grew up. its very nice. also my daughters are Ukrainian from their Mom (Polish from me) our heritage. We are Americans. but we love our heritage. Especially the food (Thanks Babcia!), music(our Auntie has a Bandura! Amazing!), and our religion. You remind me of my girls going to our playgrounds. One day my two girls got into an argument at the playground. So The younger one started walking home. Then we heard her call "Dad". and a deer was running up the street directly toward her. She managed to dodge out to the way, and the deer, which had its face bloodied-probably hit by car- ran past us at the playground and straight off the end of the near by town fishing dock, we watched it swim across the harbor. One of the strangest things we ever saw, then the fight between the girls was over ! We enjoy your videos. Thank you.

Dear Alina: It was really beautiful to see you bringing to life your cherished childhood memories. You are the light of your daddy's blue eyes... He simply adores you beyond words and it is beautiful to see his sweet surrender of love for you; for his amazingly beautiful daughter... Furthermore, I can not believe how strong and fit he is... What a great dad you have...The only thing left to do is to wish you, your mom, and your dad the best year ever filled with love and laughter and lots of time together... You have a precious family Alina; stay close to them while they are still here... They are truly amazing... All the best the world has to offer to all of you in 2022 and thank you for the memories.

What a great relationship the one you have with your father. I enjoy your content.

Thank you very much for sharing your memoirs and to show us your beautiful home town. I grew up in a tiny mining town located pretty close to the border line to the neighboring country in Central America. The time have elapsed and I haven't been able to get back for a visit. You made me recall that part of my live. Thank you again.

The YT algorithm sent me here. You seem so happy to be revisiting & you look radiant. Great video Alina. Your Dad seems nice.

I enjoyed this one! I've spent some time up there around Melfort and Gronlid. Always good to see a video of SK when so far! Always miss it!

HI ! Alina , thanks for sharing its pretty good to go back in your home town specially seeing your parents ,Bobby from Vegas.

Awe, lovely watching a tour of your hometown and seeing where you and your dad's family grew up. Lovely memories you shared :)

a good father...

Alina, Thanks for sharing this piece of your formative years. Kinistino seems very clean and friendly. I was a child (K-5th) in small towns of Jackson Ohio, and Galesburg Illinois. Smaller towns can produce persons with very charitable and courageous character - residents often come together and foster a sense of community. I still remember the "Apple Festival" and the marching bands and floats on the main drag during the parades, where I lived. Holiday lights from the streetlamps. I had some of the best elementary school teachers - remember their last names even today (Keller, Hackett, Picket). Loved recess on the playgrounds! Living on a farm property - a source your love of nature and animals? Likely fostered some gregarious self-sufficiency, as farming requires it (and because you were an only child?). Your character and love of life is amazing - goodness there in your background. You might find it interesting to study the developmental stages and agendas of people at different ages in the theories of Erik Erikson, Developmental Psychologist. Here is a link to an article: McLeod, S. A. (2018, May 03). Erik Erikson's stages of psychosocial development. Simply Psychology. www.simplypsychology.org/Erik-Erikson.html Sorry, but I was curious. After looking at my old home towns, I looked to find the property on both Google Maps, and Apple Maps - top down on Apple Maps still shows the house present, but Google Maps has updated and its gone - maybe you want to do a screen capture of it for remembrance sake. Street view (Dixon) still shows the house in Google - it was modest, but pretty. Yes, I'll admit, I was a little sad for you to see it gone - all we have is the NOW (right?), so we need to make it our best, and fill it with love, our most important memory! Thinking about it . . . would you ever want to repurchase the large lot for a retirement or periodic escape spot, and build a sweet little modern bungalow there? If I was independently wealthy, I'd buy it for you . . . but, I'm not. So, here's wishing you a million bucks, and continued prosperity! LOL!

I've got you beat! I grew up in an Oregon town of 360 people. My graduation class was 16 kids. I cherish my small town upbringing. I can't possibly describe how much the city kids missed out on. I grew up on a ranch and had a wonderful experience!!

@brendansearle972

4 жыл бұрын

Pat Murphy bud my grad class is gonna be 3

@AwesomeSauceToys21

4 жыл бұрын

That’s weird no one wants that

Beautiful! ... Thanks for making the video for us!

A thousand thanks for sharing your early years. Some of my best memories are simple experiences.

@AlinaMcleod

6 жыл бұрын

That's very true!

Your face and the sound in your voice said a lot more than mere words, especially at the place where your home once stood. If I'm not mistaken, a little bit of your soul will always be there.

Looks like you and your dad were tearyeyed visiting your old homestead. Smile because your past makes your present and future.

Brings back a lot of memories. I remember I returned to my hometown in Montana. No one I grew up with was there. The old creek we swam in all the time used to have 20 or 30 kids in it during the summer. There was 3 when I visited. The town now has about 800 people, down from 3500 in my day.

I have memories of a nearby Saskatchewan town, Kelvington, and growing up there in what may as well be another world in time. Thank you for being just a real person!

@PandaMan-xy1he

2 жыл бұрын

Hey, I lived in Rose Valley for a while, played basketball in Kelvington!

I grew up outside of Carberry Manitoba this brings back so much Prairie Love!

“We shall not cease from exploration And the end of all our exploring Will be to arrive where we started And know the place for the first time." - T.S. Eliot

Great video makes me think about looking back and visiting important places from the past. Keep up the great work, I like the family stories 😎

Love your hometown! Thanks for the tour!

I very much liked your casual dress, with your cami and jean shorts. Also I liked when you did some of the activities you did as a child, like swinging, climbing the "hill" and all the child things you reenacted. Yes, it must have been weird to see property you spent time in and have it gone, but you can remember the land features. I grew up in Kansas City, but I was there from birth until I went to college at Kansas State University......I do remember visiting my old schools and commenting, as you did, on how everything seemed so small. You seemed happy to be there....I got a little bit of a wistful feeling. It is amazing all you have done as an immigrant and especially leaving for Japan at age 11. You are just so trained to have stars in your eyes and wonder about the world. Also your considerable courage in your achievements....yes you have had your eyes on the prize.

Pilgrimage to one's own childhood......incredible ! God bless you !

I love your video. It reminds me of the times I've been back to my child hood home. Seemed like everything shrank up, everything was smaller than I remember. I love to walk through old abandoned buildings like you did and wonder about the people who built it and lived in it. Thanks for your story.

I lived in Prince Albert and used to spend summers at my fathers as a kid growing up in the 90s at james smith cree nation just 20min down the road from kinistino. From time to time we would come here for groceries at co-op or post office to mail somthing and sometimes I could talk him into taking me to the sven cafe' or juggheads. So many good memories here. Now I live in Kelowna British Columbia with my wife and 3 kids. That being said I still like to look back at my past and this town was a small but memorable part of it. Beautiful video thanks !

Sooo Saskatchewan, so cool ! Your videos are really well done and depict small-town Sask very well. I grew up on a farm in Saskatchewan and my hometown had about 100 people. I've lived in Vancouver for quite a few years and have met lot's of people from small -town Sask, all of us talk about the good Ole days back in Saskatchewan, and all of us really miss it. I think you miss it too, but the good thing is that small-town Sask doesn't change very much. My hometown is Viceroy, Love all your videos and will keep watching them. Thanks for sharing those great Saskatchewan memories!

nice to recollect the memories of yesterday....

I drive through your home town once in awhile, I will take more notice of it next time since I know it’s your hometown. Again I love your thankful positive outlook, I think it’s fair to say, that many people wouldn’t appreciate their upbringing in a similar setting.

Hello Alina, I am from Mexico City and some time ago spent a winter between Winnipeg, Manitoba and Saskatoon, Saskatchewan in Canada, flying back and for to Mexico's beaches like Los Cabos, Cozumel Acapulco, Ixtapa-Zih, Cancún and Varadero in Cuba, in a Mexican charter airline, like a flight attendant and those cities also Regina and Brandon bring me so many memories in my mind. I like to remember those times, thank you.

Really lovely and peaceful town, thanks for your video Alina.

Interesting video It's great to see videos of small towns. Loved it. Keep them coming

Happy to see childhood place , great feelings about childhood time

I live in a major metro area (U.S) and currently going through a particularly rough time right now with busyness, stress, and feeling overwhelmed at times. It was nice watching you and your dad walking along the quiet streets of your small hometown, just bantering and reminiscing-it provided both a certain peace and a longing for the uncomplicated. Thank you for sharing! 🙂

@AlinaMcleod

4 жыл бұрын

Hope things get better for you!

@BluePacificRQF

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you. 🙂

The place where you have grown up is very nice and I suppose the surroundigs are nice, too. Your childhood must have been very happy and full if joy. Thank you very much for this awesome video

Its nice to remember your childhood memory...that's keep you feel younger

i go there all the time. i love going to these little sask towns in the summer.

So many memories of that place. Went to school there from grade 7-12. Still drive through on a regular basis to our farm north of kinistino.

Its very candid of you to show us your hometown like this. I went well over ten years without seeing the hometown where I grew up in another country and it immediately brought back so many memories. Its a strange feeling but also a familiar one.

@AlinaMcleod

4 жыл бұрын

It is a strange feeling! For me it feels like trying on old clothes that you've outgrown lol.

@MrSupernova111

4 жыл бұрын

Alina Mcleod . Yes!!! Great way to put it! Cheers!

Alina thanks for this beautiful and honest video about your childhood a d for sharing your story. It's always good to see the real world behind the tourist view this kind of open information help us to understand that is only one world and only one race anywhere in the world so doesn't matter what part on the world we live we are equal. Thanks again dear alina I really hope someday soon I could visit this wonderful country to see with my own eyes the people and enjoy your culture. Your friend Luis from Los Angeles

Thank you so much Alina Mcleod.

so good you can still play with your father. so sweet..

I am from Regina (originally from Ukraine) and was surprised to learn you grew up in Sask! great video!

Nature, real and lovely.

Looks so chill in the country side! And here I am stuck in a big city.

Nice to see your old memories Alina

Looks like a great place to grow up. Clean and much space. I live in a small city/village in the Netherlands and I always feel sad for children in big cities.

Hi Alina, the part where you and dad were swinging in the playground and strolling down the street so cool, id love to live in a nice small town like that :-)

Thank you Alina.

wow i also miss my hometown i havent visited there for morethan 30 yrs now my memories recall when i was growing up in my hometown thanks for sharing this video

I like your dad's truck... I have the same model, except the color. nice trip, beautiful town, and amazing memories.

Aw, thanks for taking us on a tour of your hometown; one that I have traveled through a couple of times. I grew up in a northern Saskatchewan village of about 800 people too, and maybe one day I will do a tour like this 😁

Your father is a very kind person.

It's nice to see and feel the places of Your Childhood

Both u and father r loving people. U r simple kind hearted lady

Out of all of your videos, this is my favorite.

I ENJOYED ALL THE PRETY FEELINGS YOU HAVE ..LUCKY FATHER AND DAUGHTER ..SO COOL TO SEE YOU ... STAY BLESSED

Alina🙌🏻that’s one of your best video, I really enjoyed. Very nice of the take down your memory lane:) I think your dad is really cool:) nice to him on the swing😃👌

@AlinaMcleod

6 жыл бұрын

Aw thank you and I'm glad!

keep visiting your home town. its alsways a good feeling.

It`s amazing how Slavic the name "Kinistino" looks & sounds :) You spent canadian part of your childhood & teenage years in the really lovely place, I think. Sad that big house burned down, but it`s great that you had a chance to show your father's cute small old house. Very heartwarming & positive tour, no matter what! Thank You ❤️

@allenplante4402

4 жыл бұрын

Mitos. Kinistino sounds like a cree word

@thatconradguy

3 жыл бұрын

Kinistinaw - Cree - there are three of us

@tonyulriksen6532

2 жыл бұрын

@@allenplante4402 yes, and mitos means "tree" in Cree 😊

@allenplante4402

2 жыл бұрын

@@tonyulriksen6532 my family tree,goes back to jean baptiste lagimoniere and mary anne gaboury,,,,riels grand parents,,,and my uncle archie was a cree code talker,in the Canadian army, 1939-1945

@tonyulriksen6532

2 жыл бұрын

@@allenplante4402 Yes, impressive! Takaki miyosin. My mother's people are Cree from the Woodland area of Lac La Ronge, Churchill River.

Thanks for sharing.

Quiet and peaceful town!

I grew up in Melfort and my parents would take us for Chinese food at the Swen Cafe. I saw the old Swen Cafe sign in your video. Thanks for the tour it brings back memories.

@AlinaMcleod

4 жыл бұрын

The Swen is awesome!

@ziggysanderson

4 жыл бұрын

I grew up in Lake Lenore, lived in Melfort of a few years so as well and hit up the Swen a few times!

@kan2877

4 жыл бұрын

Mmmm Dr. Mo’s soup from Swen!!

Wow Alina! I enjoyed viewing this video along with your tourist guide. Its very comforting and give me hope from mankind to see someone like you, a very beautiful and successful woman to stay so grounded to earth, humble and with a heart so full of joy and with this inner child to share all this beautiful memories with us. Thank you very much for your time. I wish you so much success in your life!

@AlinaMcleod

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!

@victorml4235

5 жыл бұрын

You are welcome, and very welcome too to come and visit my little country Costa Rica whenever you want. It would be an honour to show you the touristic interesting places.@@AlinaMcleod

Love to see you and your dad lots of love