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The UBCO downtown Kelowna campus construction has resumed. The evacuated low-income housing Hadgraft Wilson Place can be seen in the background. (Brittany Webster/Capital News)

UBCO requests access for assessment of evacuated Kelowna apartments

Hadgraft Wilson Place residents will be housed by Okanagan College for the summer

  • Apr 29, 2024

 

The National Day of Mourning is not only a day of remembrance; it’s a call to action. Each of the 175 workers lost in British Columbia last year represents a unique loss felt deeply by their families, friends and colleagues.

Reflection and Action: Honouring workers on the National Day of Mourning

In 2023, 175 BC workers lost their lives to workplace injury or disease

  • Apr 18, 2024

 

Workers are seen on a condo tower under construction in Coquitlam, B.C., on Tuesday, May 16, 2023. British Columbia’s construction industry says its workforce numbers have improved in recent years, but labour shortages persist and are putting “extreme pressures” on employers. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

Worker shortage, late payments have B.C. construction industry asking for help

Shortage of qualified workers pushes average annual wage to just short of $75,000

 

A new building is being built at the University of British Columbia campus in Vancouver, B.C., Monday, June, 13, 2016. The province is making building-code changes allowing for the use of mass timber in buildings up to 18 storeys, an increase from the previous 12-storey limit. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward

Timber-framed construction free to climb 6 storeys higher in B.C.

B.C. building code to allow mass timber in buildings up to 18 storeys, up from 12

A new building is being built at the University of British Columbia campus in Vancouver, B.C., Monday, June, 13, 2016. The province is making building-code changes allowing for the use of mass timber in buildings up to 18 storeys, an increase from the previous 12-storey limit. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward
Hadgraft Wilson Place in Kelowna. (Brittany Webster/Capital News)

Awaiting answers after Kelowna affordable housing evacuated

UBCO downtown construction causing ground shifting, safety concerns at low-income housing

  • Apr 3, 2024
Hadgraft Wilson Place in Kelowna. (Brittany Webster/Capital News)
A large crack can be seen at the entrance to the parking garage at Hadgraft Wilson Place in Kelowna. (Brittany Webster/Capital News)

‘Make people accountable’: Evacuated Kelowna residents defeated by UBCO build

Hadgraft Wilson Place is home to more than 80 residents

  • Apr 2, 2024
A large crack can be seen at the entrance to the parking garage at Hadgraft Wilson Place in Kelowna. (Brittany Webster/Capital News)
Othello Tunnels have been closed since the November 2021 floods. (Jessica Peters/ Black Press Media)

Hope’s Othello Tunnels to partially reopen in July

Atmospheric river damage to be repaired at 30 sites in Coquihalla Canyon Park

Othello Tunnels have been closed since the November 2021 floods. (Jessica Peters/ Black Press Media)
The mayor of Vancouver says he is “deeply saddened” by the death of a worker in Vancouver’s Oakridge neighbourhood when a load from a crane fell on a building under construction. Vancouver Fire and Rescue Services workers climb to retrieve loose building materials after a load from a crane fell from the top of the building smashing multiple floors of the Oakridge Mall construction in Vancouver, B.C., Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ethan Cairns.

Calls for safety echo after dropped crane load kills Vancouver worker

WorkSafeBC probing what it says is the 3rd crane incident this year, although none appear related

The mayor of Vancouver says he is “deeply saddened” by the death of a worker in Vancouver’s Oakridge neighbourhood when a load from a crane fell on a building under construction. Vancouver Fire and Rescue Services workers climb to retrieve loose building materials after a load from a crane fell from the top of the building smashing multiple floors of the Oakridge Mall construction in Vancouver, B.C., Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ethan Cairns.
Jill Hall with the radon mitigation system installed in the crawl space of her Chilliwack home. Hall is a non-smoker who was diagnosed with lung cancer and is now warning people of the risks of radon. (Jenna Hauck/ Chilliwack Progress file)

Radon mitigation changes to B.C. Building Code praised by advocates

BC Building Code changes will see mandatory rough-in radon-mitigation in new home construction

Jill Hall with the radon mitigation system installed in the crawl space of her Chilliwack home. Hall is a non-smoker who was diagnosed with lung cancer and is now warning people of the risks of radon. (Jenna Hauck/ Chilliwack Progress file)
A wall collapse at a six-storey building under construction on Fraser Highway near 200th Street dumped bricks on a neighbouring car sales lot in Langley City. (Dan Ferguson./Langley Advance Times)

Building under construction collapses onto Langley car dealership

Wall tumbled during Saturday-morning windstorm that struck South Coast

A wall collapse at a six-storey building under construction on Fraser Highway near 200th Street dumped bricks on a neighbouring car sales lot in Langley City. (Dan Ferguson./Langley Advance Times)
Two Victoria Clipper vessels pass each other. One is on the way to Seattle and the other is about to dock at the Belleville Terminal, which is set to be redeveloped. (Black Press Media Photo File)

$303M redevelopment of Victoria/Washington State ferry link moves forward

Request issued for design and construction of downtown Belleville terminal

Two Victoria Clipper vessels pass each other. One is on the way to Seattle and the other is about to dock at the Belleville Terminal, which is set to be redeveloped. (Black Press Media Photo File)
Premier David Eby announced Monday (Oct. 16), that flushing toilets will soon be a requirement on B.C. construction sites with 25 workers or more. (Pixabay)

Flush toilets to be required on large B.C. construction sites

Announcement from Eby comes in midst of campaign from construction union

Premier David Eby announced Monday (Oct. 16), that flushing toilets will soon be a requirement on B.C. construction sites with 25 workers or more. (Pixabay)
Unionized B.C. construction workers are calling for flushing toilets at work sites, saying portable ones are disgusting and dehumanizing. (Unsplash)

B.C. construction workers demanding flushing toilets at work sites

Tradespeople say porta-potties often so filthy they won’t go to washroom all day

Unionized B.C. construction workers are calling for flushing toilets at work sites, saying portable ones are disgusting and dehumanizing. (Unsplash)
Selina Robinson, B.C.’s minister of post-secondary education, here seen in March 2023, says a new fund announced Wednesday will help recruit more people into the construction industry. (Black Press Media file photo)

New B.C. government fund tries to rebuild image of construction industry

‘Construction industry is not a top career choice for young people,’ says industry leader

Selina Robinson, B.C.’s minister of post-secondary education, here seen in March 2023, says a new fund announced Wednesday will help recruit more people into the construction industry. (Black Press Media file photo)
(Image/ Kicking Horse Canyon Phase 4)

Extended closure coming to B.C.’s Highway 1, east of Golden

The stretch of Trans Canada highway will be closed for a total of 17 days, adding delay of 1.5 hours

(Image/ Kicking Horse Canyon Phase 4)
A battle between rival traffic control and flagging firms led to a $1.5 million defamation judgment against a Langley-based company’s former executives. (Image from Pixabay)

$1.5 million damages in defamation suit against Langley traffic control firm

Fake articles made wild accusations about one firm’s owner

A battle between rival traffic control and flagging firms led to a $1.5 million defamation judgment against a Langley-based company’s former executives. (Image from Pixabay)
A new housing development is constructed in Toronto on May 15, 2023, THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young

Canada’s housing starts make largest month-to-month jump in a decade

CMHC says rate of new construction in Vancouver in June was up 71 per cent from May

A new housing development is constructed in Toronto on May 15, 2023, THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young
A ceremony was held July 12, 2023 at Knowles Heritage Park to mark two years since the Kelowna crane collapse at a downtown construction site and unveil the design for a permanent memorial. (Brittany Webster/Capital News)

VIDEO: Rise Memorial designs unveiled 2 years after fatal Kelowna crane collapse

United Way has set up an online fundraiser to collect donations for the project

  • Jul 12, 2023
A ceremony was held July 12, 2023 at Knowles Heritage Park to mark two years since the Kelowna crane collapse at a downtown construction site and unveil the design for a permanent memorial. (Brittany Webster/Capital News)
A new sinkhole – the fifth in the area this spring – appeared on Rob Rindt’s turf farm on June 10. The pile of gravel on the left is fill to seal it in. (Matthew Claxton/Langley Advance Times)

Fifth Trans Mountain pipeline-related sinkhole since April concerns B.C. farmer

He estimates the latest sinkhole was up to 30 feet deep

A new sinkhole – the fifth in the area this spring – appeared on Rob Rindt’s turf farm on June 10. The pile of gravel on the left is fill to seal it in. (Matthew Claxton/Langley Advance Times)
A machinery operator works on a gravel road off the side of Bear Mountain Parkway in Langford on May 29. (Bailey Moreton/News Staff)

Lack of B.C. affordable housing chasing away the people who could build it

B.C. builders say tradespeople shortage made worse by the number of workers leaving the province

A machinery operator works on a gravel road off the side of Bear Mountain Parkway in Langford on May 29. (Bailey Moreton/News Staff)