Nice area you're living in there buddy. Watch out for the mountains when ya fly. I was looking on the MAAC site and it looks like you are fairly far away from any club(at least I don't see one too close by. The closest ones that I can see at least are Kelowna/Kamloops and then Calgary on the other side. I wouldn't be surprised if there was something going on in Banff either but I didn't see a club there(may have missed it). Maybe, just maybe, it would be worth contacting someone in one of these clubs and arranging to go meet with them once or twice if they'd have an instructor available to at least get ya going. First, to test fly the aircraft and then second to get you soloing. I'm sure if you explain your situation they'd be willing to get you up and trained in 1 or 2 sessions to at least give you the basics.

Just a thought.