Building Code

• Debate over single-stair apartment buildings flares in Burnaby

  Earlier this year, the province announced building code changes that removed the requirement to have two stairwells in multi-unit buildings of up to six storeys.

  Economy

  Sep 27
  
• Firefighters raise concerns about B.C.’s new single-stairwell apartment rules

  The changes are meant to allow housing on smaller lots and allow greater flexibility for multi-bedroom apartments, adding housing density in areas of transit-oriented developments.

  Economy

  Sep 2
  
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• Board of health calls for Ontario to upgrade to building code ventilation standards

  An Ontario board of health is asking the province to amend the building code to mandate higher standards for ventilation, in light of the spread of COVID-19.

  Health

  Mar 16, 2023
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• ‘No partners willing’ to support fire codes on First Nations, Ottawa says

  For decades, house fires on First Nations have caused deaths and injuries at a much higher rate than off-reserve.

  Canada

  Jan 23, 2023
• No way to enforce building, fire codes on First Nations: federal officials

  Pursuing a legislative fix would require significant time and money, federal officials warn in an internal briefing document.

  Canada

  Oct 5, 2022
• National building code changes will require safer windows in new Calgary homes

  The changes will limit how much a window can open on the second storey of newly built single-detached homes and aims to prevent falls from windows.

  Health

  May 20, 2022
• How Lethbridge’s SunRidge neighbourhood set the stage for sustainable living

  It was the Lethbridge neighbourhood of SunRidge that helped set the standard for green living in Canada in 2006, according to Built Green Canada.

  Consumer

  Jan 13, 2022
• Barrie tornado: Engineering professor calls for building code changes, review of damaged homes

  'Several of the houses we could see — there's one in particular that I put on my Twitter — where the roof just slid off,' professor Gregory Kopp told Global News Radio 640 Toronto.

  Weather

  Jul 17, 2021
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• Winnipeg seniors without shower, toilet as impasse with city over damaged sewer line drags on

  A Winnipeg senior is in a stalemate with the city over who is going to repair her sewer line, leaving her and her husband without laundry, showers, or a functioning toilet.

  Consumer

  May 12, 2021
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• Edmonton sees affordable housing opportunity with new provincial building code

  When the province announced that the building code will change on the use of wood-framed apartment buildings as high as 12-storeys, it opened the door for a more cost-efficient approach for affordable housing in Edmonton.

  Politics

  Jan 27, 2020