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Sometimes known as granny flats or coach houses, they're structures — either existing or purpose-built — at the rear of some backyards in which people can legally live. The city's housing committee meets Tuesday to launch consultations aimed at a new bylaw that would legalize and regulate the units. The push for garden suites comes at…

The creator of one of the city’s first tiny houses held an open house Friday to show the end result to the many people interested in her project. Sarah Cipkar broke ground on the 430-square-foot, one-bedroom cottage on Aug. 10 and it’s almost completed after three months. Originally budgeted at $115,000 to $120,000, she came fairly…

Public school board trustee Sarah Cipkar broke ground Wednesday on a cute little cottage in her backyard — not a playhouse for her daughter Harvest, but a tiny house that adds badly needed housing to the downtown core. “I’m really excited, I wanted to start this in April,” she said of the project she’s been planning…