REID ALL ABOUT IT – Independent performance audit of shelters is needed
An occasional glimpse into the mayoral life of Reid Hamer-Jackson. Today’s instalment features a notice of motion the mayor will bring to City council at this [Continue]
Housing
HOUSING – British Columbians ‘voting with their feet’ in face of rising housing costs
While the BC NDP play up a 0.7 per cent change in their annual allowable rent increase, Conservative MLA Peter Milobar says housing issues in B.C. are more systemic and [Continue]
A HOME AWAY FROM HOME: Rethinking International Student Housing at TRU
By PETER TSIGARIS Thompson Rivers University THIS EDITORIAL is part of a book series I co-authored with senior undergraduate students, titled In the Shadow of the Hills: [Continue]
HOUSING – 20 complex-care homes planned for ‘Columbia Precinct’
The provincial government, through BC Housing, plans to build 20 complex-care homes on a subdivided portion of a 5.5-hectare (13.5 acres) lot in what’s known as the [Continue]
CHARBONNEAU – Speculation Tax Declaration defies the presumption of innocence
KAMLOOPSIANS ARE RECEIVING the Speculation Tax Declaration form in the mail for the first time. I thought it must be some kind of scam but B.C.’s Finance Minister Brenda [Continue]
FORSETH – NDP continues misleading claims about housing starts in B.C.
TODAY’S LATEST email from the BC NDP to members and supporters’, states: “Times are still tough for people looking for affordable places to rent. We are in [Continue]
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