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Alberta hospitals get rigorous trespass rules

Alberta hospitals get rigorous trespass controls

The move responds to a series of unruly gatherings that dissenters opposed to COVID-19 vaccination have staged at health care campuses throughout the province.
Gogama

Forestry company invests $10M in Gogama housing facility

First Nation Industrial Systems will help a major wood products company in northern Ontario to construct a housing complex for incoming employees.
Dakota Dunes Resort

Indigenous themes illuminate Dakota Dunes Resort

The Whitecap Dakota First Nation collaborated with designers on the new Dakota Dunes Resort in Saskatchewan.
Canadian Canoe Museum

New Canadian Canoe Museum slated for 2023

A new home for the Canadian Canoe Museum will start rising Peterborough, Ont., on a five-acre site along the water’s edge.
greenhouse gas

Community net metering demo set for Ontario

Sifton Properties’ West 5, a 70-acre mixed-use development in London, Ontario, will be a test site for an electricity generation and sharing model known as community net metering.
tourism

Ontario gives $100-mil boost to tourism industry

Eligible applicants include inns and lodges, boat tours, ski centres, live performance venues, cinemas, drive-in theatres, and amusement and water parks.
BGO grows data centre portfolio

BentallGreenOak grows data centre portfolio

BentallGreenOak has augmented its nascent data centre portfolio with the acquisition of a 200,000-square-foot facility in downtown Montreal, continuing the foray into the alternative asset class launched earlier this spring.
tailgate toolkit

Fewer Canadians report ‘sense of belonging’ at work 

More than half of Canadians are doing their job when feeling unwell on a weekly basis. The mental health scores among this group are significantly below those who report never working while feeling unwell.
remote building inspections

Remote building inspections to get code clarity

A proposed amendment to the Ontario Building Code would explicitly allow for alternatives to building inspectors’ physical presence on construction sites.
Glenbow Museum

Calgary’s Glenbow Museum begins massive overhaul

Calgary's Glenbow Museum kicked-off a three-year, $120-million renovation that will eliminate barriers to accessibility never considered when the building was designed in the 1970s.
Buildings urged to brandish orange for Truth & Reconciliation Week

Buildings urged to brandish orange Sept. 30

Orange is the designated colour to show support and build awareness within commercial and institutional buildings as Canada prepares to mark its first official National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.
Manitoba

B.C. begins bringing hospital staffing back in-house

B.C. says the move is an attempt to improve wages and work environments and make frontline work more desirable.
race2reduce prepares to mark 2021 milestones

Race2reduce prepares to mark 2021 milestones

This year’s top achievers in the friendly competition with serious intent will be announced on September 16 when the annual CREST (commercial real estate sustainability trailblazers) awards are bestowed.
masks

Study finds ‘serious difference’ in viability of different masks

A new study from the University of Waterloo found the most common masks, primarily due to problems with fit, filter about 10 per cent of exhaled aerosol droplets.
vaccine

Majority of businesses plan mandatory vaccination

Majority of Canadian businesses are making or plan to make COVID-19 vaccination mandatory for their employees.
Fitwel Viral Response

BentallGreenOak sets record with Fitwel Viral Response

The achievement represents the largest portfolio of commercial real estate properties in Canada to earn the certification.
ESG benchmarking tallies continued global uptake

ESG benchmarking tallies growing global uptake

The 2021 GRESB real estate results, slated to be released later this fall, will draw from a database of 1,520 entities collectively reporting on 117,000 assets valued at USD $5.7 trillion.