The People in the Hood: True Stories from a Northern Canadian Pub and Beer Store

By: Cam Thunder

Narrated by: Cam Thunder

The following stories took place from 1978 till 2016. They are all 100 percent true. In 1978 my dad, my mom, my dad’s business partner (Walter), and a new party all bought the First Litre Complex. When they first bought it, it consisted of a pub, grocery store, beauty salon, and laundromat. There also was an apartment below the grocery store that the owner-operator was going to live in. The owner operator eventually moved out beside the complex, into a little house that the partners purchased. We leased the grocery store out to an independent operator.

I am thankful for the chance to run and own the First Litre. It helped make me stronger, more compassionate, and a better person overall. Once again without Al and Polly Thun, none of this would have been possible.

If you enjoyed the first book, hang on, cause this one’s pretty funny also. Laugh on.

©2021 Cameron Thuner (P)2021 Cameron Thuner

Underwhelming.

I was a police officer who lived and worked here during this period. I could see it from my yard. This bar was located in the worst neighborhood of the #1 ranked most dangerous city in Canada, according to MacLeans Magazine, year after year. So you would rightly expect some crazy stories!
The author does a good job of capturing the overall sense of poverty and disorder, but his stories are run of the mill stuff that might shock somebody who's never worked in the service industry on the rougher side of a northern town. It was actually *much* worse than the book suggests. For example, he doesn't mention a family of four that went missing after the father/husband was allegedly offered a job by by a guy he met at the bar. Or the many shootings. He does mention theft, prostitution, drugs, skims over gangs, etc.
It's poorly written and the reading is also mediocre.
Save yourself $5US: Google about Prince George.