ADAM OLSEN -- Let's be honest with each other; no matter how many million-dollar announcements government parachutes into communities, throwing more cash at problems will not solve them
Emily and I live on Tsartlip in Brentwood Bay. We are raising our kids in the backyard of the same 3/4 acre property that I grew up on. My sister and her husband (my wife's brother) and their three children live in the house we grew up in. My brother lives in a newly renovated cabin, once called "Eddie's Shack" and a woman and her young son live in the old cottage that once housed Mt. Newton Indian Sweaters. My two nephews live in the suite above my sister. Yup it is a full house. Our property is the same age as me. My dad was digging in a double-wide trailer on the lot when I was born. Our family has continuously lived there for the past 43 years. There have been a variety of people who have lived in the various empty rooms, shacks and sheds around the property over the years. Family and friends who needed a place to stay would float through and become a permanent part of the history of this place. Everyone on their own It's fascinating ...