News Items tag as: B.C. Housing

Realtor didn't tell B.C. couple about expensive condo costs, gets fined
September 09, 2023 - 6:00 PM
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Omissions by a BC real estate agent cost his client $40,000 and now cost himself $30,000 in fines — but his client won't see a penny of it.
B.C. Housing buys fire-damaged Kamloops apartment building for $13M
April 06, 2023 - 3:34 PM

B.C. Housing has purchased a North Kamloops apartment building for $13 million roughly two years after a fire forced out its residents.
B.C. Housing buys another Kamloops motel
December 09, 2022 - 1:05 PM
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B.C. Housing bought the Lamplighter Motel in Kamloops, adding to its stock of housing in the city.
Kamloops mayor rebuked for trying to find shelter for disabled homeless man
November 16, 2022 - 8:00 AM

B.C. Housing says the mayor of Kamloops has a pattern of showing up at its facilities unannounced.
Kamloops motel reopens as supportive housing with 12 fewer beds than planned
September 23, 2022 - 10:22 AM
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B.C. Housing has repurposed a former hotel in Kamloops as supportive housing.
Public fears prolific offenders, not housing projects: Minister Eby
May 05, 2022 - 5:30 PM

As the province tries to investigate how best to deal with repeat offenders committing property crimes, the housing minister says the problem can be conflated with homelessness and addiction in B.C. cities.
Disabled Kamloops artist to burn paintings to protest high rent
March 18, 2022 - 6:30 AM

Karla Pearce lives with an invisible disability and gets by with government assistance, but cost of living increases have pushed those government cheques well-behind a livable wage.
Considerable flood damage to B.C. Housing-owned Kamloops motel delays repairs
March 09, 2022 - 3:19 PM

When B.C. Housing purchased the Fortune Motel, it budgeted for more than $500,000 in repairs, but that was before a flood.
Supportive housing, complex care priority for Kamloops: B.C. housing minister
January 26, 2022 - 3:00 PM

Supportive housing and complex care in Kamloops is a top priority for B.C.'s housing minister.
Province to build new homeless shelter for Penticton to replace controversial one
December 15, 2021 - 4:43 PM

After Penticton city council got into a fight with B.C.’s Attorney General earlier this year over a homeless shelter, the two parties appear to have found a solution.
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Enjoy lights, treasure, health and happiness at these weekend events in Kamloops, Okanagan
There are lots of fun things to do this coming weekend for people of all ages to get out and enjoy together, and here are just a few of them. The days are getting shorter and it's all about lighting up the night at Peachland &rsq

Kelowna craft distillery sells for $3.8 million
A distillery in Kelowna has sold for $3.8 million. Wiseacre Farm Distillery in southeast Kelowna posted on its website in July it had not only sold out all its products but was closing down to transition to new owners. William

Aurora Cannabis to raise $33.8M in share offering, plans to repay convertible debt
EDMONTON - Shares of Aurora Cannabis Inc. were down more than 10 per cent after the cannabis company announced plans to raise $33.8 million in a share offering. The company says Canaccord Genuity has agreed to buy, on a bought deal basis, 4

Two years and still waiting to build a house in Lake Country
While the province is pushing to get more homes built faster, officials with the District of Lake Country is still apparently dragging its feet. Les Bellamy, the owner of long-established and award-winning Bellamy Homes in Kelowna, sent a &

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