Homes

Condo Smarts: Heat dome has put laws on air conditioning into spotlight

It鈥檚 time for stratas to revisit their air-conditioning bylaws

Jun 18, 2022 4:55 AM Read more >

These sa国际传媒 garden centres have fire-resistant plants

Tagging fire-resistant plants is part of a larger initiative to equip people in sa国际传媒 with knowledge and tools to mitigate wildfire risk.

Jun 15, 2022 3:56 PM Read more >

Helen Chesnut's Garden Notes: Preparation key to keep cut roses looking rosy

Here's a step-by-step guide to keeping your cut flowers fresh

Jun 15, 2022 4:55 AM Read more >

Helen Chesnut's Garden Notes: The garden is alive with the sound of honeybees

The familiar sound of bees at work again after an unseasonably cold start to spring was encouraging, an assurance that at least this element in the natural world was coming to rights.

Jun 11, 2022 5:00 AM Read more >

Condo Smarts: Proxy must vote at time vote is called

Votes are only calculated at the time the vote it taken and voting instructions cannot be precalculated and announced

Jun 11, 2022 4:50 AM Read more >

Funding announced to help retrofit affordable housing in sa国际传媒 during extreme heat events

Vancity is targeting sa国际传媒's most vulnerable populations with a series of grants to help future-proof homes in the event of extreme heat.

Jun 10, 2022 6:00 PM Read more >

Helen Chesnut's Garden Notes: Short cuttings work best to propagate star jasmine

A ventilated plastic 鈥渉umidity tent鈥� arranged over the cuttings is useful during the rooting period.

Jun 8, 2022 5:00 AM Read more >

sa国际传媒 strata can give toilet overflow bill to owner, tribunal rules

A sa国际传媒 tribunal said a strata tenant was responsible for ensuring a toilet didn't overflow despite the fact a pipe blockage was in common property.

Jun 7, 2022 9:00 AM Read more >

Lawrie McFarlane: Tribunal's hillside-elevator ruling goes too far

The sa国际传媒 Human Rights Tribunal has ordered a strata to build a hillside elevator for a resident who can no longer manage the 102 steps from his home to the top gully in which his house sits.

Jun 5, 2022 12:02 AM Read more >

House Beautiful: Cordova Bay home's garden like a fairy-tale scene

Couple's 3,000-square-foot home with rampant West Coast garden continues to evolve

Jun 4, 2022 5:01 AM Read more >