By: Mae Skold and Audrey Smith

Frankie Macdonald is a Canadian weatherman born on April 24, 1984. He is from Whitney Pier, an area in Sydney, Nova Scotia. He is also known for his humorous videos as a comedian. He makes online weather forecasts and meteorologist reports. He often posts them on YouTube, but he is also known for TikTok and Instagram. His YouTube channel handle is: dogsandwolves.

He is pretty popular and has received more than 32 million views on YouTube. He has been a popular creator since 2007 on YouTube. His father, Finneas Macdonald was also a weather reporter in Canada in his time, reporting on well known Canadian weather events such as Winnipeg’s “Snowstorm of the Century”, “Greatest Rainfall in One Day”, and “Hurricane Beth terrorizing Nova Scotia”. Hurricane Beth was widely reported by Finneas MacDonald at the start of his career, due to the fact that he inhabited Sydney, Nova Scotia.

Frankie has said in his videos that his father was the one who got him involved in weather reporting and content creation. Ever since Frankie was younger, he said, he has wanted to follow in his father’s footsteps of weather reporting. Along with this career as a weather reporter, Frankie Macdonald owns a bakery in his hometown of Sydney, Nova Scotia called “McKayla Smiths.” This bakery was run by a friend of his in Sydney, but has been turned over to him. He has decided to keep the name of the bakery the same in order to keep the original charm of the bakery.

In one of Frankie’s videos, he goes through his favorite activities to do in Sydney, Nova Scotia, including taking a visit to “Mckayla Smiths.” He also discusses his other favorite things to do in the area of Sydney. He mentions that you can visit the “Largest Ceilidh Fiddle in the World” at the Sydney waterfront. There are many boardwalks and waterfront stores along the cape.

The “Celtic Colors Festival” according to Frankie MacDonald, takes place every October at the cape, with some concerts performing in Sydney.

Though Frankie is living his best life now he comes with a troubling past. Before fame he was heavy into drugs and the world of prostitution which he is very open about on his platforms. He shares his story to empower others to pursue recovery and that a future is possible after the streets. His podcast “Meth to Mr. Mac D” offers a lot of self help advice to those struggling, and he features guests frequently to get other stories shared.

Frankie is a very versatile influencer sharing everything from books to video content to owning a bakery. How does he manage all of this you may ask? The answer is his family and friends. You can see them frequently featured on the YouTube channel as they vlog their lives managing all of Frankie’s successful businesses. His cousin Bobby plays a big role in the YouTube side of things and even collaborates with him and Frankie’s channel together to put out gaming content along with the vlogs. This just further diversifies the Macdonald family industry.

Frankie has a line of merchandise available for his fans for any of his many businesses. Anything from bobble heads to Nike tracksuits; he has it all. He recently has worked on a collaboration with famous influencer Irissa Darizz. Their merch line sold out instantly but is getting restocked Summer 2023. Fans will be waiting patiently to get their hands on one of their limited edition Nike techs.

Frankie Macdonald is certainly an entrepreneurial prodigy and his success is nothing to be looked over. We hope you will check his content out and enjoy it with the world. As Frankie would say from his signature YouTube videos, see you later Senkies!