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The NDP government and BC Housing confirmed on Wednesday that one resident is still living at the Luugat on Granville Street in Vancouver.

Carney made the announcement in Vancouver as part of a housing funding plan that includes reducing fees for developers and converting unsold new condos into affordable housing.

As BC Housing continues to move residents out of a single-room occupancy hotel on the Granville strip, one man says a family member has been evicted into homelessness.

The building is now privately owned, and the government says that BC Housing has been working to find new homes for tenants, but Robert is refusing to move.

The province now says that Atira, which was managing the SRO, received $3.9 million from BC Housing during the fiscal year ending on March 31.

The cabin is over 4,400 square feet and features five bedrooms and four bathrooms and is located in Anmore, which is close to Port Moody.

“It’s horrific,” said BC Conservative interim leader Trevor Halford. The fact of the matter is that the province is operating like a slum landlord.”

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This comes after the rejection of a tentative agreement reached between the Nurses’ Bargaining Association (NBA) and health employers.

The government had said all tenants of the Luugat would be moved by the end of June, but also said no one would be evicted if there wasn’t a place for them to go.

Some Conservative MPs recalled the Commons Ethics Committee and demanded the probe during a meeting on Tuesday, but were shut down.

The Ainslie Creek and Brunswick Creek wildfires along Highway 1 have collectively grown to nearly 20,000 hectares and are still considered out of control.

'The White House has a thorough review process for all clemency requests, with the President being the ultimate decider,' a White House official told Global News in a statement.

The BC Nurses' Union issued a 72-hour strike notice on Monday, saying it had yet to receive a meaningful response from its employer.

Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre is criticizing a plan by Ottawa and the B.C. government to buy unsold condos for affordable housing, calling it a bail-out for developers.

B.C.'s Ministry of Housing and Municipal Affairs said they know more needs to be done to help the most vulnerable members of the province's communities.

From at least late March to mid-May, there were only two tenants at the Colonial Hotel at 122 Water Street in Gastown, as the SRO operated by Atira prepared to close.

Nine supportive housing units are being built to offer at-risk youth a safer and more stable place to live, and is being called the first of its kind in New Brunswick. 

In February, the town of Smithers said it was selected as one of the Ministry of Housing and Municipal Affairs and BC Housing’s HEART and HEARTH communities.

It's been just over a year since Keith Scott was found dead, and his ex-wife says their daughter still asks every day why the killer hasn't been brought to justice.