Apartment Buildings: Vancouver and Apartment

apartment buildings: Businesses were encouraged to close early in Halifax, the provincial capital and home to 400,000 people.article continues below Trending Stories Meet the latest victims of Vancouver's rental crisis kittens Vancouver man sent to prison for conspiring to burn Kerrisdale real estate office Vision Vancouver will not run a mayoral candidate for first time in party's history Vancouver firefighter makes house calls' to overdose victimsA crane toppled and crashed into the side of a downtown apartment building under construction, according to Vancouver Courier. In the city's south end, a roof was ripped off an apartment complex, and firefighter Jeff Paris said several apartment buildings were being evacuated. Residents of Nova Scotia braced for heavy rainfall and potential flooding along the coast, as officials in Halifax urged people to secure heavy objects that might become projectiles. With the collapsed crane and all the down trees and power lines, it's fortunate there are no significant injuries or deaths, he said. We've got snacks and food and we're hunkered down in the house playing board games and watching the rain and the wind. The power went out hours ago, but we were well prepared, said Tim Rissesco, who lives on the east side of Halifax harbour in Dartmouth. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.