The Pig Roast Nobody Planned (That's Why It Worked)

Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift · Jun 30, 2026 · 9m

What makes a good party is a question most people think they already know the answer to. This conversation suggests they don't. From flood warnings in Calgary to a Cuban pig roast in a small Ontario village, the night shift checks in coast to coast on a summer that is swinging between sticky and soaked.

The pig roast wasn't decorated. It wasn't curated. A neighbour named Orlando wheeled out a coal box, dropped in a pig, and invited people over because he likes getting people together. That was the whole plan. What followed was the kind of night that takes 51 years to understand and about…