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Corner gas is a television show based in a fictional Canadian town called Dog River. Things in Dog River are often slow and uneventful and the townsfolk like it that way. In the first few episodes one of the main plots is the new owner of Ruby's Cafe, Lacey, trying to run things a little different than the townsfolk are used to and meeting some hostility. Brett, the main character and the owner of the gas station is the main character who tries to keep life simple but is usually the character who ends up going through to most trouble. His interest in Lacey drives him to do alot of things he normally wouldn't even try such as babysitting to try and impress a girl. Most of the plot lines follow along the lines of odd and everyday things such as the signs in the bathrooms in the gas station and getting a new cell phone.
I Can see why this show is called the Seinfeld of Canada. Seinfeld prided itself on being a show about nothing and Corner Gas follows along these same lines. Much like alot of the small towns in North Dakota, and on the plains as a whole, the townsfolk like things the tradition way they are and when those things change for whatever reason they are usually met with confusion and often hostility. I cant speak for every town on the plains but being from a small town i have witness this hostility myself many times. My town often prides itself on trying to be open to businesses and opportunities but whenever anything new comes to town it is usually met with alot of scepticism and more that a fair share of hostility that makes it tough for new businesses whcih in my opinion is partly to blame why the population of our town is slowly declining. In my opinion a small town needs to be open to change in order to survive and im not sure Dog River would survive for long in the real world.