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Apartments and Condos in
British Columbia, Canada, International
September 20, 2016
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Langley
Legal

Parksville
Penticton
Salmon Arm

Squamish
Tsawwassen
Vancouver

Victoria
White Rock

General

5/29/14 Smoke-free condos on the rise in B.C. CBC News Smoke-free Housing B.C. has been pushing for a ban on smoking in buildings for 10 years, but advocates say the concept is starting to take off with more than 100 apartment buildings now entirely smoke-free.
1/20/14 BC Health Advocates want multi-unit housing providers to wake up and smell the smoke. Going smoke-free is good for healthy living and a healthy bottom line! Lung Association British Columbia Uncharted tobacco territory however remains - namely in our homes and specifically smoking in multi-unit housing.
7/20/12 Smoking issues plague condo corporations TheStar.com Condominium corporations have a duty to accommodate residents who have sensitivity to second-hand cigarette smoke, according to a recent decision of the British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal. Corporations who fail in their duty may well be subject to penalties.
5/27/12 Seeing bylaws through the smoke TheProvince.com Addressing nuisances such as the smell of cigarette smoke or loud noise is tricky territory for strata4

Langley

1/28/16

B.C. judge tells man he must quit smoking in his condo ahead of human rights challenge

National Post A “life-long smoker” has been ordered to butt out inside his Langley, B.C., apartment while he waits to challenge his condo corporation with a human rights complaint.
1/27/16

Military veteran fights to continue smoking in Langley strata building

straight.com Paul Aradi, 70, was ordered by the B.C. Supreme Court to butt out and follow the no-smoking bylaw in the Langley strata building where he lives.
7/16/12 Another win for non-smokers Langley Times Pamela and Gord Weitzel are breathing a smoke-free sigh of relief after a long, stressful battle against a chain-smoking neighbour.
5/15/12 Should stratas consider non-smoking bylaws? News1130.com The freedom to smoke on your balcony could be a hot topic at your next strata council meeting.

Legal

9/7/15

Smoker-Rights Battle Heads To B.C. Supreme Court huffingtonpost.ca Now, a bitter battle between a Langley strata council and Paul Aradi, a man who says he should have the right to smoke in his own condo, is headed to B.C. Supreme Court.

Parksville

8/22/13 Condo owner seeks ban on smoking on balconies Oceanside Star "It became an issue of people who are concerned about smoke in their own units but aren't too concerned about smoke in other people's units," Kleinfelder says.

Penticton

4/13/16 Smoking ban challenged as discriminatory vancouver.24hours.ca A Penticton woman who says a strata bylaw forbidding from smoking on her patio is discriminatory will have her case heard by the B.C. Human Rights Tribunal.

Salmon Arm

1/5/16 Why your condo neighbours might not be allowed to smoke on their own balconies infotel.ca Because of the proximity of the balconies to each other, and to doors, windows, and air-conditioners of adjacent units, Andrushko complained the second-hand smoke was interfering with his enjoyment of his home, while also posing a health hazard.

Squamish

8/15/13 Squamish stratas vote to go smoke-free The Chief Residents in some Squamish condo complexes are butting out after their stratas elected to designate the premises smoke-free.

Tsawwassen

4/15/16 Smoke drives tenant out Delat-Optimist.com Having moved to KinVillage's North Court apartment building in Tsawwassen earlier this year, Paage said she now spends hours sitting at McDonald's and nights sleeping in her car because of cigarette smoke from neighbours.

Vancouver

1/12/16

Strata heads to B.C. Supreme Court to get senior smoker to butt out

BC CTV News The council is seeking a court order against Langley senior Paul Aradi, claiming he’s been warned numerous times to abide by a smoking ban on the property that was passed in 2009.
9/27/12 Smoking banned in 42-storey Vancouver condo tower The Vancouver Sun Offenders face penalty, after first offence, of up to $200 for smoking in any of the building’s 237 units
8/22/12 Seniors fuming over indoor smoking ban 24H “We can’t allow an exemption that would permit indoor smoking because according to the World Health Organization, there is no safe level of second-hand smoke,” said Patricia Daly, chief medical officer for Vancouver Coast Health.
7/19/12 Smoke and ire Maple Ridge PittMeadows Times It floats where the breezes carry it, and enters the noses and airways and lungs of anyone who happens to be in its path.
7/17/12 Smoking feud has a simple answer — quit The Province There will undoubtedly come a time when municipalities in B.C. join the City of Laguna Woods, Calif., and adopt bylaws that prevent people from puffing on cigarettes in the balconies and patios of their own homes.
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7/16/12 Ban smoking outside homes, Maple Ridge family urges city hall The Province The Krossas' single-family home in the 10,000-block Beecham Place is separated from their neighbours' by a gap of not much more than two metres in the area of the back patio, where the neighbouring couple generally smoke once or more daily, according to the Krossas.
           Backyard smoking angers Maple Ridge family CBC News
           Second-hand fumes cause stir Maple Ridge PittMeadows Times
5/15/12 Pair handed $8K after rights denied by smoking neighbours Canadian Television A couple who say they became sick and anxious because neighbours were smoking on their balconies have been awarded more than $8,0004
5/14/12 Strata board ordered to pay up for second-hand smoke (the link is no longer working) The Vancouver Sun The B.C. Human Rights Tribunal Monday issued an award that could offer legal hope to condominium owners who believe they suffer from the effects of unwanted second-hand smoke.
           Reasons for the decision
5/9/12 Smoker-segregated residences would solve smoking disputes The Vancouver Sun Thank you for this article. As an asthmatic who was forced to move six times because of smoking neighbours, I never thought I was lucky. 4
5/7/12 Tenants fume over invasive second-hand smoke The Vancouver Sun Landlords and renters have few options in getting longtime residents to butt out4
5/6/12 Second-hand smoke in apartments: When lifestyles collide The Vancouver Sun Should smokers be allowed to do as they please in their own homes and the onus be placed on non-smokers to move if they don’t like it, or do the rights of non-smokers trump what smokers can do in their own home or castle?4
12/21/11 Demand for smoke-free housing on the rise in Metro Vancouver Straight.com    Vision Vancouver’s Tim Stevenson is open to the idea that future multi-unit premises should be completely smoke-free.4

Victoria

12/4/16 Housing residents cannot escape smoke Times Colonist That means residents are allowed to smoke inside the building, regardless of children visiting grandma or grandma navigating smoke-filled hallways.
6/28/15 Condo complexes can become smoke-free TimesColonist.com Although B.C. has the lowest smoking rate in the country at 14 per cent, close to 50 per cent of British Columbians who live in condos have experienced unwanted smoke coming from their neighbours.
1013/13 Smoking in apartments infringes in neighbour's rights VicNews.com We who live in apartment buildings are often subjected to second-hand smoke from other tenants who decide to smoke out on their balconies.
8/9/12 Non-smoking tenants have few options Times-Colonist No matter what anyone says, smoking impacts huge volumes of air that people, in addition to the smoker, need to breathe.
8/9/12 Smokers should accept consequences Times-Colonist As a non-smoker living in a smoker-infested apartment building, my clothes, my bed linens, my living quarters smell like second-hand smoke because there is no way to prevent toxic smoke from entering my apartment.
1/11/12 Nine out of 10 condo owners like to be smoke-free
Times Colonist Dear Condo Smarts: We have been looking for a condo in a non-smoking building in the Vancouver area for three months with little success.4

White Rock

6/5/14 White Rock residents’ claim of discrimination of second-hand smoke dismissed Vancouver Sun A B.C. Human Rights Tribunal decision has dismissed the claim of a trio of Kiwanis Park Place residents that they had been discriminated against by building management on account of their exposure to second-hand smoke.

"But now God has shown us a different way to heaven - not by "being good enough" and trying to keep his laws, but by a new way (though not new, really, for the Scriptures told about it long ago). Now God says he will accept and acquit us - declare us "not guilty" - if we trust Jesus Christ to take away our sins. And we all can be saved in this same way, by coming to Christ, no matter who we are or what we have been like. Yes, all have sinned; all fall short of God's glorious ideal; yet now God declares us "not guilty" of offending him if we trust in Jesus Christ, who in his kindness freely takes away our sins." Romans 3:21-24 Living Bible