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ISSA Hygieia

ISSA Hygieia launches new community for female professionals

The program dedicated to the advancement and retention of women in cleaning has launched an online Canadian community.
bed bugs

Toronto is Canada’s hotspot for bed bugs

As Canadians start to travel back into facilities en masse, so too will bed bugs. So what can be done to stop them?
Kingston City Hall

Kingston City Hall achieves GBAC STAR accreditation

“Achieving this accreditation helps us maintain a clean facility to protect both our government workers and citizens and keep essential functions running.”
Michelle Noble named ONEIA executive director

Michelle Noble to champion Ontario cleantech

Michelle Noble has been named the first fulltime executive director of the Ontario Environment Industry Association, in step with the expanding cleantech and environmental services sectors.
leadership

Corporate officers to assume more liability

Omnibus legislation aims to ease transition for licensed trades and professions moving into Ontario, and to enshrine steeper maximum fines in the Occupational Health and Safety Act.
CIMS

Canadian companies earn CIMS certification

CIMS is the first consensus-based management standard that outlines the primary characteristics of a successful, quality cleaning organization.
Kimberly-Clark

Kimberly-Clark unveils biggest tech innovation in over a decade

The company calls its new washroom dispensers the quietest on the market.
HVAC filters

HVAC filters demand predicted to keep rising

The driving factor for growth market is increasing demand for HVAC systems and awareness around IAQ.
handwashing

Survey finds significant drop in handwashing hygiene

The annual Healthy Handwashing Survey from Bradley Corp. has found that general pandemic fastidiousness has declined.
ISSA

ISSA extends online education platform

The revamped online hub offers a variety of educational tools and new opportunities to achieve certifications.
Ontario not sticking with license plate renewal fees

Ontario not sticking with plate renewal fees

The Ontario government will eliminate its license plate sticker system for passenger and light-duty vehicles, motorcycles and mopeds, and forego the associated revenue.
antimicrobial testing

Antimicrobial testing available for new ISO ceramic tile standards

Testing using new ISO standards is now available from the Tile Council of North America testing lab.
traffic-based cleaning

Promoting hygiene through traffic-based cleaning

Butlr Technologies' people-sensing platform uses thermal wireless sensors and AI to detect human presence indoors.
Ontario may relax squeeze on storage sheds

Ontario may relax squeeze on storage sheds

A proposed regulatory change would allow storage sheds to be 50 per cent bigger before Ontario property owners would have to obtain building permits.
GBAC

GBAC publishes IAQ infection prevention strategy paper

The paper addresses several strategies for improving indoor air quality in facilities such as schools, restaurants, convention centres & gyms.
janitors

Ottawa protests stripping janitors of work and pay

"Be good corporate citizens; show you respect Ottawa’s janitors and pay lost wages," pleads a union and advocacy statement.
BSCAI

BSCAI announces 2022 Board of Directors

The Building Service Contractors Association International (BSCAI) has named its new officers and directors.