Summary For those of you who may not like long articles, lets get the facts out of the way right from the start. Those who oppose supportive housing projects are just as compassionate as those who support them. We all want to help the most vulnerable members of our community family and provide them with the compassion, services, connections, supports and shelter which will allow them to gain a solid foundation towards becoming happy,...

Around 2003 my partner and I moved from Calgary, Alberta (Canada) to Squamish, British Columbia (BC). We had both moved to Calgary from Prince George, BC only the year before but shortly after moving to Calgary I got head-hunted by an executive search firm for a position in Vancouver, BC (close to Squamish) with the BC Government. I had also spent about 15 years of my life rock climbing in Squamish where I had many epic and...