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Airport wildlife hazards prompt pond prohibition

Canadian Facility Management & Design

Airport wildlife hazards prompt pond prohibition

Proposed updates to the Vancouver International Airport zoning regulations include a pond prohibition and building height restrictions in two areas where a future new runway could be located.
SWTCH

Canadian Apartment Magazine

SWTCH Energy announces new funding for EV infrastructure

Toronto-based SWTCH announced it has raised $27.2 million in new funding to enable the acceleration of EV charging infrastructure in multi-res buildings.
Duty to consult merges with gas pipeline fast track

Canadian Property Management

Duty to consult merged into pipeline fast track

The Ontario government is considering how to integrate its duty to consult with Indigenous peoples into regulations to fast-track approvals of specified natural gas pipelines.
Funds pledged for community and federal assets

Canadian Facility Management & Design

Funds pledged for community and federal assets

The 2024 federal budget tops up funding for municipal and community-based public facilities, and announces planned spending on key assets in the government's own portfolio.
Toronto

REMI Network

Toronto adopts renewed climate actions

The city adopted a new series of actions to reduce greenhouse gas emissions as it released its first Annual TransformTO Net Zero Progress and Accountability Report.
Data management capabilities acquire tax perk

Canadian Property Management

Data management capabilities get tax perk

The 2024 federal budget introduces temporary accelerated depreciation of specified "innovation-enabling and productivity-enhancing" assets and new purpose-built rental housing.
first-time buyers

REMI Network

Budget 2024 misses the mark for first-time buyers

Thirty-one per cent of the cost of buying a new home is attributable to taxes, fees and levies, according to a study done by the Canadian Centre for Economic Analysis.
climate

REMI Network

Housing plan falls short on climate resilience

Sustainability proponents are flagging missed opportunities to meet national climate commitments by 2050.

Canadian Facility Management & Design

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housing market

Canadian Apartment Magazine

New measures announced in Canada’s Housing Plan

Calling it "the most comprehensive and ambitious housing plan ever seen in Canada," Prime Minister Justin Trudeau emphasized the new housing plan will lead to 3.87 million homes by 2031.
Etobicoke Civic Centre

REMI Network

Construction begins on Etobicoke Civic Centre

Plans are moving forward on what will become Toronto’s first near-zero emissions community.
Victoria

Construction Business

Major Victoria waterfront development proposed

The first rezoning submission for Victoria’s Arts and Innovation District by Reliance Properties will see a major mixed-use development.
the CAT

REMI Network

Ontario introduces new ‘cutting red tape’ legislation

Ontario introduced new legislation to cut red tape and build at least 1.5 million homes by 2031, the government announced on Wednesday.
construction tariffs

REMI Network

Construction labour crunch at odds with housing targets

Canada’s residential construction industry will need to attract more than 1,030,000 workers in order to reach 5.8 million housing starts.
proponent

REMI Network

Portage Place site to become health and housing hub

The overhaul of Portage Place in downtown Winnipeg is moving forward. A healthcare centre and a 15-storey multi-family tower are in the works.
Waste heat stretches district energy capacity

Canadian Facility Management & Design

LEED v5 embraces three underpinning fundamentals

Decarbonization, quality of life and ecological conservation and restoration are the underpinning fundamentals of LEED version 5, which has just been released for a first round of public input.
New heights for Ontario mass timber construction

Canadian Facility Management & Design

New heights for Ontario mass timber construction

A promised amendment to Ontario's building code will allow for mass timber buildings of up to 18 storeys, an increase above the current 12-storey threshold..