British Columbia’s Residential Tenancy Branch (RTB) has imposed a $5,000 administrative penalty on the owner of the West Hotel, a single room occupancy hotel in Vancouver.

New requirements for home inspectors will give consumers increased confidence when they purchase a home.

Metlakatla First Nation has signed two pipeline benefits agreements with the provincial government that will provide direct benefits to the community as a result of B.C.’s developing liquefied natural gas (LNG) industry.

The B.C. government is providing $270,000 to allow the 40-bed temporary shelter in Maple Ridge to remain open until the end of June 2016.

The Minister of Natural Gas Development Rich Coleman, introduced amendments that will streamline safety oversight over oil and gas facilities, including liquefied natural gas facilities.

The Tsimshian Roundtable, a unique partnership of the six Tsimshian First Nations and LNG proponents in northwest B.C., is getting provincial government support to develop solutions to historic employment barriers for First Nations.

The B.C. government has issued a Request for Expressions of Interest (REOI) for non-profit housing societies to own and operate two social housing sites currently owned by the Province and managed by BC Housing – Ted Kuhn Towers in Surrey and Sunset Towers in Vancouver.

Over the next five years, the Province is committing a total of $355 million to create upwards of 2,000 new affordable housing units across British Columbia.