B.C.’s Civil Resolution Tribunal has awarded a Lower Mainland strata $10,000 in compensation for an insurance deductible after a sprinkler pipe burst in an owner’s unit.    Read the article………………………………

Dear Tony: Our strata in the North Okanagan was a total loss during the fires this summer. We have received a settlement payment from the insurance company for the loss, and owners are wondering what comes next. Do we rebuild, do we simply shut down the strata corporation and disperse the funds to everyone, or […]

Qian Wang told the Civil Resolution Tribunal she and her daughter enjoy the little evergreen in front of their townhouse ‘especially at Christmas’ but the tribunal has ruled the strata can cut the tree down at will to protect a retaining wall from its roots.   Read the article………………………………..

An Alberta condominium owners’ group is renewing its call for the province to find a way to get its members access to the electricity rebate that was first rolled out in the summer of 2022.   Read the article………………………………

Dear Tony: Our strata council is quite confused over the recent legislative changes for short-term rentals. We have been advised that we are going to be responsible for reporting the number of short-term units and who owns them, but we cannot find anything that indicates a strata council will have any duties.    Read the Q&A…………………………..

Dear Tony: I live in a 38-unit apartment-style condo building in East Vancouver. Our building ownership has slowly turned over to investors with less than 50% resident owners. The roof on our building is almost 19 years old, and the top floor units have all experienced water damage from the failing membrane.    Read the Q&A……………………………….

Dear Tony: What do we do if our strata council will not hold a special general meeting that has been petitioned by the owners? Our council are continually violating our bylaws, the Act and failing to enforce bylaws. After firing our gardeners, they have purchased landscaping equipment without the authority to spend the funds or […]

Apartment owners at Ingleton Place don’t think they should have to pay to fix an elevator that’s not in their building, but the CRT says it has already ruled on the issue.   Read the article…………………………

City officials say the portion of a new condo building where a ceiling collapsed Wednesday had not yet been cleared for occupancy.  A resident of the building at 1808 St. Clair Avenue West told CTV News Toronto Thursday that he was working out at the building’s gym the previous evening when he heard what sounded […]

B.C.’s Civil Resolution Tribunal has ordered an owner to pay $13,193 in fines and legal costs in a dispute about him parking a recreational vehicle (RV) on bare strata property.   Read the article……………………………..

B.C.’s Civil Resolution Tribunal has ordered a B.C. strata to pay an owner $2,500 after hearing tales of violence, threats of self-harm, and harm to a child.    Read the article……………………………….

As water streamed from the 4th floor to the lobby, my condo building’s long-serving strata council president redefined gravity when she declared that water from a washing machine on the ground floor ascended four storeys to cause the leak.   Read the article………………………………….

An eye-popping case at the BC Civil Resolution Tribunal that involved domestic abuse found a strata owing one of its residents a lot of money…….Though the strata tried to intervene, the fact that TM continued to complain for months left the tribunal with the conclusion that the “strata did not act reasonably.” Read the article………………………………..

A BC resident struggling with her building’s strata decided to sue it, claiming that it had passed rules specifically to harass her.  Kanwaljot Gill claimed that the strata, which governed a townhouse property she co-owned, would enforce the rules inconsistently and unfairly strictly against her.   Read the article…………………………..

Q:  Our property manager advised us that our minimum contributions for our AGM will be effective Nov. 1, but we are holding our meeting on Oct. 25. With the increase of all operating costs, we hoped to delay any contribution this year to offset significant increases in strata fees.  Read the Q&A…………………………………

A condominium corporation’s decision to spend $500,000 on a cryptocurrency product called “Pink Piggy Investment Group” has resulted in the suspension and potential revocation of the license of the condominium manager.   Read the article…………………………….

A neighbourhood association wants the Saskatoon Police Service (SPS) to take a different approach to policing in the area by investing in prevention.   Read the article…………………………….

Q:   After consultation with our insurance broker, we were advised that we could exempt our strata from a collective strata policy by unanimous vote if all the owners agreed and signed a waiver. Other than one unit owner — who we can’t reach at this time — everyone is in favour.  Is this a dangerous […]

Qian Wang told the Civil Resolution Tribunal she and her daughter enjoy the little evergreen in front of their townhouse ‘especially at Christmas’ but the tribunal has ruled the strata can cut the tree down at will to protect a retaining wall from its roots.    Read the article…………………………….

Dear Tony: Our property manager advised us that our minimum contributions for our AGM will be effective Nov. 1, but we are holding our meeting on Oct. 25. With the increase of all operating costs, we were hoping to delay any contribution this year to offset significant increases in strata fees.   Read the Q&A…………………………………

Q: What do we do if our strata council will not hold a special general meeting that the owners have petitioned? Our council continually violates our bylaws and the Act and fails to enforce bylaws. After firing our gardeners, they purchased landscaping equipment without the authority to spend the funds or terminate the contract.   Read the […]

A B.C. couple has been ordered to stop smoking in their home and on their patio, losing a bid for an exemption to their strata’s bylaw.   Read the article……………………………..

The City of Williams Lake has renewed its State of Local Emergency (SOLE) for the Terra Ridge strata development at 500 Wotzke Drive.  Four of the 80 units in the complex were issued a ‘Do Not Occupy’ order on September 15 after the city received a concerning engineering report.    Read the article…………………………….

A B.C. woman who bought a condo with plans to use it as an Airbnb part-time has lost her bid for an exemption to the strata’s bylaws prohibiting short-term rentals.   Read the article………………………………

A group of condo residents in Montreal’s Ville-Marie borough is suing the city after their building flooded several times. They say experts have proven the building is up to code—the problem is on the outside.    Read the article……………………………….

Q: Dear Tony: What do we do if our strata council will not hold a special general meeting that has been petitioned by the owners? Our council are continually violating our bylaws, the Act and failing to enforce bylaws.     Read the Q&A………………………………

Q: Our strata corporation is a mixed-use of residential and retail. Since its opening in 2014, all the property owners showed up at the annual meeting, and each person was given a voting card, whether in person or an electronic meeting.   Read the Q&A……………………………..

B.C.’s Civil Resolution Tribunal has found a Vancouver strata council treated a member unfairly in removing him but said it can’t reinstate him as his term ended.  Read the article…………………………….

Four homes in a Williams Lake, B.C., group of duplexes have been ordered evacuated and the remainder are on evacuation alert over concerns about their structural integrity.   Read the article……………………………

Dear Tony: Out strata corporation is a mixed use of residential and retail. Since it’s opening in 2014, all the property owners showed up at the annual meeting and each person was given a voting card, whether in person, or shown in an electronic meeting.   Read the Q&A………………………………

Arcane legal documents can stand in the way of new builds, even when city has approved them    Read the article………………………………

A Burnaby apartment owner battling $22,000 in strata bylaw fines for renting out one of his rooms to a roommate has won a victory at the Civil Resolution Tribunal.   Read the article………………………..

The owner of a Burnaby apartment has won the right to use a parking spot she parked in for 12 years before her strata declared it was actually a walkway.   Read the article………………………..

The allocation of parking stalls at strata properties around Canada is a big deal for residents, generally regarding matters of convenience and accessibility, and one townhouse owner took his strata corporation to court over the issue.  Read the article………………………..

Dear Tony: Our 14-floor building in Burnaby is experiencing chronic failures of our hot water. The strata corporation maintains, or rather avoids maintaining, our four boilers, which provide for hot water for the units. Heating is electric in each unit and each unit has a gas fireplace.    Read the Q&A……………………………….

City billing officials are now engaging condo associations in Medicine Hat to extend a “cost-pressure relief” program to individual unit owners who pay bills via their condo fees, officials tell the News.  That program, passed last, week provides $800 over the next three months to residential – $2,000 for businesses – utility account holders on […]

Q: Our bylaws require an owner to pay for any strata insurance deductible when they have caused a claim, but does this also apply to a flood caused by the owner when there is no claim?   Read the Q&A……………………………..

B.C.’s Civil Resolution Tribunal has dismissed a strata’s claim against a disabled elderly grandmother after it claimed her grandson did not meet the complex’s 55-year-old age requirement when he provided the woman overnight medical care.  Read the article………………………..

In just over a decade, several hundred Albertans have been forced out of their condos in high-profile evacuations. Previous cases provide a troubling blueprint for the challenges ahead for the displaced residents of Castledowns Pointe.   Read the article………………………..

Dear Tony: Is a strata entitled to collect the amount of damages from an owner when the origin of the claim is from their strata lot? Our bylaws require an owner to pay for any strata insurance deductible when they have caused a claim, but does this also apply to a flood caused by the […]