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Canada pledges $6B housing infrastructure fund

The Government of Canada is launching a new $6 billion Canada Housing Infrastructure Fund to help accelerate critical housing infrastructure.
Manitoba security system purchasers get rebate

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Manitoba security system purchasers to get rebate

The Manitoba government is delivering on an election campaign promise to provide a $300 rebate on the purchase of a business or home security system.
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Canadians specify hybrid work as a top job benefit

While one in five employers want to see their workers in the office more readily, 79 per cent said they would not issue a full return-to-office yet.
Residential Tenancy Act

Canadian Apartment Magazine

BC proposes amendments to Residential Tenancy Act

The Province of B.C. is changing the Residential Tenancy Act to deter bad-faith evictions and eliminate rent increases for households with children.
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Solar installation begins operating at Commonwealth Recreation Centre

The installation can offset between 75 and 100 per cent of the facility's energy needs in ideal solar conditions on a day with average building consumption.
QEII Halifax Infirmary

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Work begins on QEII Halifax Infirmary expansion

The largest healthcare construction project in Nova Scotia’s history is now underway.
Critical minerals promise to work on attitude

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Critical minerals promise to work on their attitude

The clean tech enablers say they will try to ease up on scathing remarks about humanity’s shortcomings and become more encouraging.
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condo fees

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Analysis reveals GTA’s highest and lowest condo fees

The least expensive maintenance fees were mainly located beyond Toronto’s core.
Competition Bureau orders Quebec divestiture

Construction Business

Competition Bureau orders Quebec divestiture

Quebec-based concrete supplier, Béton Provincial, will have to divest a ready-mix concrete plant that is part of its pending acquisition of a rival’s Quebec operations.
Constraints on cannabis retailers could loosen

Canadian Property Management

Constraints on cannabis retailers could loosen

A proposed tweak to the rules governing store configurations could make Ontario’s enclosed shopping malls more welcoming for cannabis retailers.
Ontario landlords

Canadian Apartment Magazine

30,000 Ontario landlords unite against failing LTB

More than 30,000 Ontario landlords have signed a petition urging the Ford government to implement an automatic evictions process to speed up delays at the LTB.
Cleantech start-ups tapped for Sask tax credit

Canadian Property Management

Cleantech start-ups tapped for Sask tax credit

Saskatchewan-based deantech start-ups are newly included in a provincial incentive program that will convey up to $225,000 in non-refundable tax credits per annual investment to their investors.
New Brunswick confirms funds for private renters

Canadian Apartment Magazine

New Brunswick confirms funds for private renters

The newly released 2024 New Brunswick budget confirms funds to assist tenants in the private rental housing market, including for the launch of a promised direct-to-tenant rental benefit.

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Designer chosen for Canada’s first proton therapy facility

Stantec is designing the Ben Stelter Proton Facility and Neuroscience Centre of Excellence in Edmonton, Canada’s first cancer care facility offering proton therapy.
Toronto eyes enforcement clout for EV spaces

Canadian Apartment Magazine

Toronto eyes enforcement clout for EV spaces

Toronto’s commercial and multifamily landlords could be getting some enforcement clout beyond the honour system to discourage misuse of electric vehicle charging spaces in their parking garages.
Vancouver to gain more authority over landscaping

Design Quarterly

Vancouver to gain more authority over landscaping

Proposed amendments to Vancouver’s charter would allow Council to set conditions for landscaping new development and hand off dog licence revocation to City staff.
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McGill achieves sustainable milestone 

McGill University has become the oldest in Canada to receive a Platinum STARS rating for sustainability.