Fu Ren and Feng Yan pleaded guilty to six of 20 code violations they were facing related to the building, but arguments over the remaining 14 did not get underway.
Inspection reports for a Vancouver apartment building gutted by a recent fire reveal the challenges that the city faces in getting property owners to address fire code violations difficulties that leave renters in neglected buildings at risk, some experts and tenant advocates warn.
For the third time in two weeks, Vancouver firefighters were called to extinguish a blaze at a vacant apartment building in the Mount Pleasant neighbourhood on Wednesday.