Jennifer Broadwell and her family were ready to say goodbye to San Antonio. After living with the city’s traffic, stress and limited green space for years, they wanted to trade it for a small town that instead offered access to mountains, lakes and safe streets where the children could play. As her husband finished up studies to become an orthodontist, a colleague who had settled in Alberta urged them to look north of the border.
Alberta, however, had a major drawback: it’s cold. Next, they investigated the B.C. Interior: getting closer. Finally, they received an email alert for an orthodontic practice for sale in a small British Columbian town with a funny name: Salmon Arm.