Building Permits

• Illegal Surrey builds still standing, despite order to tear them down

  The City of Surrey took legal action against six property owners in October 2023 who illegally built structures without permits, and who in some cases lived in them.

  Politics

  Feb 12
  
• Bush Creek East wildfire: Regional district issues moratorium on building permits

  The geotechnical assessments could take four to six weeks, “but the whole area, itself, could take up to three months,” said Tracy Hughes of the CSRD.

  Fire

  Sep 16, 2023
  
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• Building boom continues in Vernon, B.C.

  For the second consecutive year, the value of building permits issued was higher than ever before. But it's not expected to be enough to address Vernon's housing challenges.

  Canada

  Jan 20, 2023
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• N.B. to consider making landlords justify rental increases, minister says

  The New Brunswick government says it will end it's temporary rent cap on Dec. 31, in part, because it is deterring the development of new housing.

  Politics

  Dec 8, 2022
• Burnaby, B.C. cites ‘building boom’ as development permits top $2B for first time

  With more than a month left in 2022, the city has issued 1,133 development permits worth $2.1 billion. That's nearly double the $1.09-billion value on 1,092 permits issued in 2021.

  Canada

  Nov 18, 2022
• Hamilton clears $1 billion in building permits in 2022, setting new record

  June 17, 2022, marked the earliest date by which the city had ever reached the billion-dollar mark in construction value, 13 days earlier than the previous record set in 2021.

  Economy

  Jul 11, 2022
• Pointe-Claire in showdown with real estate developer

  The West Island city in Quebec has issued an interim moratorium on the construction of high-density housing projects, but Cadillac Fairview wants them to reconsider.

  Canada

  Feb 17, 2022
• Court orders demolition of $3M Gatineau, Que., luxury home built too close to road

  The ruling describes how the home's owner, Patrick Molla, had thought everything was in order when he was granted permits to build in May 2013.

  Canada

  Jul 22, 2021
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• ‘Cautious optimism’: Report shows early signs of economic recovery in Central Okanagan

  A quarterly report released by the Central Okanagan Economic Development Commission Monday morning has revealed hat the local economy is seeing signs of recovery.

  News

  May 10, 2021
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• Sask. building permit values surge, but market still ‘under-performing’

  Statistics Canada data shows building permit values in Saskatchewan jumped by 15.3 per cent from July to August, but experts aren’t celebrating the news.

  Economy

  Oct 9, 2019