Many workers on this B.C. island live in trailers, boats and makeshift shelters due to housing shortage

Many workers on this B.C. island live in trailers, boats and makeshift shelters due to housing shortage

When Donna Vasallo lost her housing on Salt Spring Island, the mother of two figured she would have to leave the island – until Country Grocer, where she works, offered shelter for her family in a two-bedroom trailer.“It's meant a

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