B.C.

Stantec

REMI Network

Stantec to design billion-dollar battery factory in B.C.

Stantec has been selected to provide design services for a $1-billion lithium-ion battery cell manufacturing facility in British Columbia.
permitting

Construction Business

B.C. looks to streamline permitting strategy

The Government of B.C. is looking at creating a one-stop-shop approach to provincial permitting to help speed up approvals.
Victoria

REMI Network

New on-campus housing opens at UVic

An eight-storey student-housing building with 385 beds has opened at the University of Victoria, offering more living arrangements in a city with one of the lowest rental vacancy rates in the province. 
Taylor Bridge

Construction Business

B.C. invites input on Taylor Bridge future

The B.C. government is asking local residents, business and industry, and the public to share input on the next stage for Taylor Bridge.
Coast Mountain College

Canadian Facility Management & Design

Coast Mountain College boosts Indigenous student housing

The three-storey building at Coast Mountain College replaced 40-year-old-student housing that was no longer fit for purpose.
B.C. nixes rodenticides for mice and rat control

Facility Cleaning & Maintenance

Rodenticides nixed for B.C. mice and rat control

British Columbia is poised to make a temporary ban on rodenticides for mice and rat control permanent within commercial and residential properties.
Federal government

REMI Network

B.C. realtors warn cooling-off reg will inflame competitive housing market

The BC Real Estate Association is giving a thumbs down to the government regulation that was approved yesterday as part of the Property Law Amendment Act.
dementia-inclusive

REMI Network

Researchers working to create more dementia-inclusive communities

Researchers from the University of Northern British Columbia, Simon Fraser University and the University of British Columbia are working to create more dementia-friendly neighbourhoods.
workers

REMI Network

Nominations open for B.C.’s technical safety awards

Technical Safety BC is gearing up to recognize outstanding achievement, innovation and leadership in the field at awards this fall.
B.C. wildfire

Canadian Facility Management & Design

Lessons from the Wildfires: Tips for Cleaning Smoke Damage

Since early April 2017, first responders, Canadian agencies, and restoration specialists have been uniting to bring British Columbia back from one of the worst wildfire seasons in the province's history.
U-Haul

REMI Network

Former Zellers in B.C. to become U-Haul store

An adaptive reuse project will soon turn a former Zeller’s into a U-Haul Moving & Storage facility.
Copeman Healthcare

Canadian Facility Management & Design

Copeman Healthcare Centre opens in downtown Vancouver

Kirsten Reite Architecture (KRA) has announced the opening of the new Copeman Healthcare Centre, located on Hornby Street in downtown Vancouver, B.C.
B.C. prohibits CECRA-eligible landlords from evicting tenants

CondoBusiness

B.C. appoints superintendent of real estate

British Columbia has appointed regulator and public sector leader Michael Noseworthy as the superintendent of real estate, effective Oct. 19, 2016.
strata

CondoBusiness

B.C. strata owners to benefit from changes

British Columbia is making changes to its Strata Property Act that will give owners more flexibility when they decide they would like to sell the property.
economy

Canadian Facility Management & Design

Grants available to arts and culture groups in B.C.

Arts and culture organizations in British Columbia can now apply for grants up to $50,000 for small capital projects as part of the province’s Collaborative
regulations

CondoBusiness

B.C. real estate consumers protected by new regs

British Columbia Finance Minister Michael de Jong recently announced new regulations that will help real estate consumers make informed decisions about contract assignments before accepting
protection

CondoBusiness

Better protection for B.C. real estate consumers

The Real Estate Council of B.C. is putting into place new methods to enhance public protection for real estate consumers in the province. Effective April