Sheryl Thompson and her family have always joked about going on a show like Family Feud Canada.
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So she and her family (Julie Bronson, Robyn Ross, Iris Rayburn and Marian Atkinson) put together an audition tape and sent it off.
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Somebody at CBC must have enjoyed it, because after a few interviews and Zoom meetings, they asked Thompson if she and the family could come to Toronto for filming in September.
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The episode, which aired Dec. 5, has the Roberts family, who are members of the We Wai Kum First Nation, facing off against the Wilson family from Whitby, Ontario. For those who don含羞草研究社檛 want a spoiler, the episode is available to watch . While the Roberts含羞草研究社� didn含羞草研究社檛 prevail against the Wilsons, they sure did have a good time.
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Though they did not win, they did get $200 each from Family Feud Canada. They decided that since they were already in Toronto they would do some things that they always wanted to do like watch a Blue Jays game and visit Niagara Falls.
Thompson含羞草研究社檚 favourite part of the experience was coming home to people in the community who were excited about the local exposure on TV.
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The episode is available .
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