ITA, September 24, 2019.
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Sales have begun for the commercial component of a mixed-use residential-industrial project on East Hastings Street that the developers claim is one-of-a-kind in the city and is part of a transformation taking place in Strathcona.
Article by Evan Duggan, Vancouver Sun, November 1, 2016.
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VICTORIA - B.C.'s Housing Minister says he'll move to make balcony sprinklers mandatory in smaller wood-construction buildings, after a blaze at a Langley condo complex sparked calls for reforms from B.C.'s fire chiefs.
Article by Rob Shaw, The Province, December 13, 2016.
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METRO VANCOUVER - Sprinkler systems are being urged for older apartment buildings following a fire in New Westminster early Friday that caused the building to collapse, displacing dozens of residents.
Based on the article by Tiffany Crawford, Vancouver Sun, February 1, 2014.
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The way Quebec politicians and others are carrying on, you'd think that the automatic sprinkler system was an untried, still slightly sketchy, cutting-edge technology and not one proven up the yingyang in the 142 years since it was invented.
Based on the article by Christie Blatchford, Vancouver Sun, January 27, 2014.
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Between 2006 and 2011, the death rate in apartment buildings without sprinklers was 23.1 for every 1,000 fires. In apartments with sprinklers, it was 2.1 deaths for every 1,000 fires.
Based on the article by Bruce Constantineau and Tiffany Crawford, Vancouver Sun, April 5, 2013:
Sprinkler appeal follows fire death. Seniors advocate calls for government funding to make older buildings safer.
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