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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
April Leadership Series
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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.
REMI Network
Construction begins on Etobicoke Civic Centre
Plans are moving forward on what will become Toronto’s first near-zero emissions community.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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..


















