Sunshine Coast: Invisible business boom supplants traditional workplaces

ROBERTS CREEK — When computer programmer David Chisholm moved to the Sunshine Coast, he brought his job with him.
“You can take your kids to the playground and everyone you talk to works at home or has a spouse that works at home,” he said.
More than 30 per cent of people employed in Gibsons, Sechelt and the surrounding communities either work at home or have no fixed workplace, according to Statistics Canada. The average for B.C. is just 19 per cent.
Rather than chasing jobs w