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A Surrey condo owner who fought against $800 in fines for smoking cigarettes and marijuana in his unit has to pay more than $13,000 to cover the strata’s legal fees. The strata at a complex on 68th Avenue with 55 … Continue reading →

Soudabeh Zarrinkafsh has lived in the spacious basement of a North Vancouver townhouse, with a door that walks out onto a leafy backyard garden, for two years. And she doesn’t want to move. But the UBC Hospital employee may be … Continue reading →

The provincial government may introduce legislative changes to deal with racist covenants on land title records, but has stopped short of fully endorsing specific solutions proposed by the District of West Vancouver to remove historical language that outlawed some homes … Continue reading →

A senior in Deep Cove has won a $35,000 human rights award against his strata, and the right to install a costly tram to and from his hillside home to accommodate his health and mobility issues Gerald Testar and his … Continue reading →

A Vancouver strata has won a civil case brought by a condo owner who says his electrical vehicle charger was unfairly shut off. Milad Rostamkhani is an owner at the Shangri-La, at 1111 Alberni St., and alleged in a civil … Continue reading →

A chartered accountant who misled B.C.’s real estate regulator about his unlicensed property management business has been fined $100,000. According to the B.C. Financial Services Authority, the penalty against Yiu Keung (“Anthony”) Ng is the first of its kind since … Continue reading →

More than two years after finding out their building wasn’t built to code, dozens of condo owners in Surrey, B.C., are suing the developer and contractors behind the project. Homeowners with units in the building filed a lengthy lawsuit this … Continue reading →