On Thursday, Nov. 6, 2025, Rentals.ca released a report indicating that rental asking prices in British Columbia lead the country in declines, down 9.6% over the past two years and 5.8% in the past year alone. Vancouver reached a 43-month low in October 2025, falling 11.4% over the past three years and declining on an annual basis for a 23rd consecutive month. In Surrey, the asking rent for a one bedroom compared to this time last year is down 12%.

A request to allow a second floating workcamp or ‘floatel’ for workers building the Woodfibre LNG liquified natural gas construction site southwest of Squamish, B.C. has been approved.

More shelter spaces are available this winter than previous seasons, providing people experiencing homelessness in British Columbia with life-saving access to additional warm, safe indoor spaces as colder weather arrives.

Diversifying and expanding B.C.’s forestry sector is top of mind as Ravi Parmar, Minister of Forests, leads industry representatives, First Nations, and other sector experts on a trade mission to Japan and South Korea.

Efforts are underway to diversify and strengthen British Columbia’s forestry sector with a new office in London, England.

People in northern B.C. will benefit from improved access to housing, health care, emergency services, child care and community programs, thanks to more than $5 million in funding from the Northern Healthy Communities Fund (NHCF).

The Province has tabled legislation in response to a request by the City of Vancouver to dissolve the Vancouver Board of Parks and Recreation.