Housing

EDITORIAL – Doerkson’s pledge to ditch housing quotas is a welcome move

November 10, 2026 // 0 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. FORCING HOUSING QUOTAS on municipalities was always a really bad idea. The BC Conservatives have promised to do away with them, and it will [Continue]

LETTER – The curious case of the affluent poor

April 24, 2026 // 4 Comments

I am sorry to have to say this Canada has for sometime been quietly creating a new class: the affluent poor, people with good incomes who still can’t afford a home without [Continue]

CITY COUNCIL – Residents will get a chance to weigh in on shelter extension

March 10, 2026 // 4 Comments

Residents will get a chance to weigh in on whether a controversial emergency shelter in the Tranquille Road shopping area will stay open for three more years. City council [Continue]

REID ALL ABOUT IT – Independent performance audit of shelters is needed

November 3, 2025 // 5 Comments

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 – British Columbians ‘voting with their feet’ in face of rising housing costs

August 27, 2025 // 3 Comments

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

April 26, 2025 // 5 Comments

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]