By Nora O’Malley, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Ha-Shilth-Sa Port Alberni, BC – Caroline Hall says her brother Shawn is an addict. Shawn Hall, 33, has been living on the streets of Port Alberni for months now, she says. \u201cI really care about him. He\u2019s a good person, he just got in a really bad place. I\u2019m just hoping one day he\u2019ll get better \u2018cause I don\u2019t know… He\u2019s my baby brother,\u201d said Hall. \u201cI deal with my brother a lot. I usually hold on to his paycheque and distribute it out to him throughout the month, so he doesn\u2019t spend it all at once,\u201d she shared. Shawn is Indigenous, with Cree and likely Hesquiaht First Nation roots. He is a repeat offender with a criminal history dating back to at… <\/p>\n
By Nora O’Malley, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Ha-Shilth-Sa Port Alberni, BC – Caroline Hall says her brother Shawn is an addict. Shawn Hall, 33, has been living on the streets of Port Alberni for months now, she says. \u201cI really care about him. He\u2019s a good person, he just got in a really bad place. I\u2019m just hoping one day he\u2019ll get better \u2018cause I don\u2019t know… He\u2019s my baby brother,\u201d said Hall. \u201cI deal with my brother a lot. I usually hold on to his paycheque and distribute it out to him throughout the month, so he doesn\u2019t spend it all at once,\u201d she shared. Shawn is Indigenous, with Cree and likely Hesquiaht First Nation roots. He is a repeat offender with a criminal history dating back to at... <\/p>\n