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Real estate board donates to VON Sakura House – Woodstock Sentinel Review

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4 years ago

June 19, 2020

The Woodstock-Ingersoll and District Real Estate Board donated $2,800 to VON Sakura House as part of their ongoing efforts to help during the pandemic.

VON Sakura House – Oxford County’s only residential hospice.

The Woodstock-Ingersoll and District Real Estate Board donated $2,800 to VON Sakura House as part of its ongoing efforts to help during the pandemic.

The local board made the funding as part of the Ontario Real Estate Association and Ontario Realtors Care Foundation’s $480,000 donation to be distributed across the province to help shelters, food banks and shelter-based charities.

“The unprecedented impact of COVID-19 has been felt around the world, including in our local communities of Oxford County, with vulnerable populations being disproportionately affected,” Lesley Michie, the president of the real estate board, said.

The provincial funding is being distributed to more than 50 charities in Ontario.

The care foundation has existed since 1977 and receives funding through realtors. In 2019, the foundation raised more than $1.2 million for shelter-based organizations.

“Here in the communities of Oxford County, we have been proud to partner with Sakura House and have witnessed first-hand the tremendous work they do to support individuals and families requiring hospice services,” Michie said. “We hope that this donation will help them get through this incredibly difficult time.”

The donation is redirected from OREA’s $5-million grant to the care foundation.

“We are grateful to the Woodstock-Ingersoll and District Real Estate Board for their donation to VON Sakura House,” John Goodbun, the chair of VON Oxford Community Corporation, said. “Support from our community has made it possible for Sakura House to continue to provide compassionate and professional care 24 hours a day, seven days a week, to patients and families across Oxford County during challenging times.”

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Homelessness: Tiny home village to open next week in Halifax suburb

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2 weeks ago

October 24, 2024

Anne Joseph

HALIFAX – A village of tiny homes is set to open next month in a Halifax suburb, the latest project by the provincial government to address homelessness.

Located in Lower Sackville, N.S., the tiny home community will house up to 34 people when the first 26 units open Nov. 4.

Another 35 people are scheduled to move in when construction on another 29 units should be complete in December, under a partnership between the province, the Halifax Regional Municipality, United Way Halifax, The Shaw Group and Dexter Construction.

The province invested $9.4 million to build the village and will contribute $935,000 annually for operating costs.

Residents have been chosen from a list of people experiencing homelessness maintained by the Affordable Housing Association of Nova Scotia.

They will pay rent that is tied to their income for a unit that is fully furnished with a private bathroom, shower and a kitchen equipped with a cooktop, small fridge and microwave.

The Atlantic Community Shelters Society will also provide support to residents, ranging from counselling and mental health supports to employment and educational services.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Oct. 24, 2024.

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Here are some facts about British Columbia’s housing market

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3 weeks ago

October 17, 2024

Anne Joseph

Housing affordability is a key issue in the provincial election campaign in British Columbia, particularly in major centres.

Here are some statistics about housing in B.C. from the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation’s 2024 Rental Market Report, issued in January, and the B.C. Real Estate Association’s August 2024 report.

Average residential home price in B.C.: $938,500

Average price in greater Vancouver (2024 year to date): $1,304,438

Average price in greater Victoria (2024 year to date): $979,103

Average price in the Okanagan (2024 year to date): $748,015

Average two-bedroom purpose-built rental in Vancouver: $2,181

Average two-bedroom purpose-built rental in Victoria: $1,839

Average two-bedroom purpose-built rental in Canada: $1,359

Rental vacancy rate in Vancouver: 0.9 per cent

How much more do new renters in Vancouver pay compared with renters who have occupied their home for at least a year: 27 per cent

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Oct. 17, 2024.

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B.C. voters face atmospheric river with heavy rain, high winds on election day

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3 weeks ago

October 17, 2024

Anne Joseph

VANCOUVER – Voters along the south coast of British Columbia who have not cast their ballots yet will have to contend with heavy rain and high winds from an incoming atmospheric river weather system on election day.

Environment Canada says the weather system will bring prolonged heavy rain to Metro Vancouver, the Sunshine Coast, Fraser Valley, Howe Sound, Whistler and Vancouver Island starting Friday.

The agency says strong winds with gusts up to 80 kilometres an hour will also develop on Saturday — the day thousands are expected to go to the polls across B.C. — in parts of Vancouver Island and Metro Vancouver.

Wednesday was the last day for advance voting, which started on Oct. 10.

More than 180,000 voters cast their votes Wednesday — the most ever on an advance voting day in B.C., beating the record set just days earlier on Oct. 10 of more than 170,000 votes.

Environment Canada says voters in the area of the atmospheric river can expect around 70 millimetres of precipitation generally and up to 100 millimetres along the coastal mountains, while parts of Vancouver Island could see as much as 200 millimetres of rainfall for the weekend.

An atmospheric river system in November 2021 created severe flooding and landslides that at one point severed most rail links between Vancouver’s port and the rest of Canada while inundating communities in the Fraser Valley and B.C. Interior.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Oct. 17, 2024.

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