After spending a majority of my working/volunteer career in and around the media world, I was quite accustomed to being interviewed both by television and radio reporters. For example; I had the pleasure and honour of being elected to the Town Council of Happy Valley-Goose Bay five times holding the positions of Councillor, Deputy Mayor and acting Mayor, from time to time. In addition to my council involvement I was the Executive Director of the Labrador Friendship Centre for about five years. This is a wonderful community based not for profit organization based in Happy Valley-Goose Bay that delivers countless community programs such as the food bank, soup kitchen, hostel, seniors and youth programs to the Upper Lake Melville area. Both of these positions gave me the opportunity and responsibility of having to give public interviews occasionally to share our messages. I will say for the most part, these discussions were always quite positive and enjoyable. But none of this would prepare me for what was about to happen. I was working as the General Manager for a small family business in North West River, Labrador owned by Leander Baikie (well know musician with the band the Flummies) and his son Colin Baikie (MMA/UFC fighter) CRB Automotive. North West River has an estimated population of about 500-520 people give or take a few. CRB Automotive is the only garage/gas bar for forty kilometers and is situated at the most north easterly road in Labrador. They currently have twenty employees and offer automobile repairs and gas bar services to the community of North West River as well as the closely accompanying First Nation Reserve of Sheshatshui. They are literally at the end of the road. So, while I was enjoying my new quite life away from Labrador politics, unknown to us, a gentleman (Mike Armitage) who was an employee of Proper Television (who produce reality TV shows such as Cold-Water Cowboys) from Toronto was flying over head. He wondered to himself; "who lives there? What do they do?" He subsequently posted a notice on a local social media site looking for a family operated garage with unique personnel and not your every day run of the mill customers. Colin immediately responded to the post and set up a meeting in Montreal (where he was training) with Mr. Armitage and others of Proper and sold his idea. He is quite the salesman! The rest is history as they say. Before you know it, three people from Proper Television showed up on February/2017 and shot what is referred to as a Trailer/Teaser, basically they followed us around for a week and developed a five-minute promo for the Executive of Proper Television. By mid March, a full crew was on our door steps which included camera men, sound technicians, producers, director, production assistants and project developers. So, I guess they liked the teaser! The show is tilted "Last Stop Garage" and started to air every Monday night on October 23/2017 on the Discovery channel. The official Discovery web site posted the following about our show and stars a colorful crew of ingenious mechanics who using sometimes questionable backwoods resourcefulness, the clever hack specialist put their "mechanical magic to work to fix" and build just about anything for any one in the remote area. With a whole lot of heart, they "et er done", Labrador style. Just as the community often relies on the garage, the staff (characters) rely on the eccentric locals for wisdom, hard to find parts and a helping hand". They filmed twelve episodes which featured projects ranging from building a miniature ice groomer for outdoor rinks to the building of a floating barge to haul garbage from damage caused to the recently flooded community of Mud Lake. All in all, the whole experience was one I will soon not forget. What the future holds for this show and a possible season two is yet to be worked out with the decisions makers. But "who would think" that a group of (some will say misfits) would star in a show that is being aired through-out Canada as well as at least five other countries and have a blast doing it. Not only has the show catapulted the characters into the public eye, (people actually stop me and want selfies, LOL), but it has profiled the beautiful wonderful community of North West River and the stunning scenery of the Big Land. From left to right; Corey Webber (Chief Mechanic), Stan Oliver (General Manager), Colin Baikie (Owner)   Submitted By: Stan Oliver