Corner Gas 2004 2009 Popular comedian Brent Butt returns to small town Saskatchewan to portray the life he would have led had he gotten a real job pumping gas at Corner Gas Each episode of Corner Gas delivers a half hour of comedic voyeurism in a place where everyone knows everyone elses business The series is set in the fictional town of Dog River Saskatchewan, and focuses on the life or lack thereof of gas station owner Brent LeRoy, coffee shop proprietor Lacey Burrows and the folks who populate the area Dog River is a nice town, but far from the quaint and idyllic little burgs were used to seeing on TV