The City of Kelowna called a meeting Sunday and told those affected that they had three days to get their belongings and leave.
Dozens of people are now displaced due to significant safety concerns caused by the construction of UBC Okanagan downtown campus. This is just the latest development since the project started as several other buildings in the area have already been forced to shut down operations due to cracks and movement in the foundation. Taya Fast reports.
“I know a lot of people are angry and I don’t think it gets you anywhere, but it’s pretty devastating for everybody involved,” Tracy said.Hadgraft Wilson Place provides safe rental options for people with limited incomes but was also built with mindfulness toward people with a vast spectrum of challenges. For example, eight of the one-bedroom units are completely wheelchair-accessible, and Harry lives in one of those units.
Pathways Abilities Society, which operates the building, is offering accommodation for tenants who need to temporarily relocate to a hotel.Some premiers would rather ‘complain’ than make carbon price alternative: Trudeau In a statement, UBC representative Nathan Skolski said UBC Properties Trust is voluntarily suspending construction activity on its downtown Kelowna project until further notice.
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