B.C.'s housing minister says the province isn't looking at making a new supportive housing building in Nanaimo's downtown core free of drugs and alcohol, despite city council's plea to do so. 

At a recent meeting, Nanaimo council voted to send a letter to the province asking it to ban substances at the building, located at 250 Terminal Ave. 

Coun. Erin Hemmens, who put forward the motion to send the letter, said it comes from a request from the neighbourhood.  

"Folks who have been through treatme…