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Tariff pressure intensifies for woodworkers

Design Quarterly

Tariff pressure intensifies for woodworkers

Canada’s secondary wood manufacturing sector sees U.S. measure extend beyond previously tariffed finished products into selected furniture, millwork, panels and cutting tools.
trade war

Canadian Apartment Magazine

When trade war fallout hits the housing market

Housing developers already battling labour shortages, high interest rates, and soaring land costs now face a new destabilizing force as the Canada–U.S. trade war disrupts every stage of construction.
Gordie Howe Bridge

Canadian Facility Management & Design

Port of entry prioritizes stress-reducing design

Moriyama Teshima Architects designed a calming campus that reflects Canada’s natural history amidst an otherwise hyper-surveillanced area.
New split for global adjustment costs explored

Canadian Property Management

New split for global adjustment costs explored

Ontario proposes a distinct electricity rate class for new data centres, as part of a package of requirements for facilities seeking to connect to the provincial power grid.
building records

Canadian Apartment Magazine

The hidden weak link in building records

As veteran facility managers retire, decades of building records and the knowledge behind them are vanishing, creating costly blind spots for owners and insurers.
aging in place

CondoBusiness

Evolving smart home tech redefines aging in place

Emerging technologies are powering homes into active support systems that can monitor, predict and respond to the changing needs of older adults and boost their
Hazards switching out in energy transition

Canadian Property Management

Hazards switching out in the energy transition

The energy transition comes with a risk management learning curve as one potentially hazardous mainstay gives way to another.
procedural changes lease

Canadian Apartment Magazine

When procedural changes backfire

A tenant uprising at a high‑rise in Etobicoke is fast becoming a cautionary tale for Ontario landlords, after residents pushed back against sudden procedural changes that disrupted how they pay rent.
Winter maintenance budgeting gets slipperier

Facility Cleaning & Maintenance

Winter maintenance budgeting gets slipperier

A threatened 50 per cent tariff on Canadian road salt imported into the United States is creating winter maintenance budgeting uncertainties on both sides of the international border.
Ontario Building Code perched on cutting edge

Canadian Property Management

Ontario Building Code perched on cutting edge

The first-ever comprehensive review of the Ontario Building Code has a mandate to root out duplications, anachronisms and undue complexities that have accumulated over the course of 50 years.
IAQ

Canadian Facility Management & Design

Tech access to boost occupants’ IAQ oversight

Greater access to low-cost indoor air quality (IAQ) sensors may create new scrutiny for facility management teams.
roberts

Canadian Apartment Magazine

A blueprint for scalable affordable housing in Ontario

Operated by Durham Region Non‑Profit Housing Corporation (DRNPHC) and developed by The Daniels Corporation, 1707 Ritson Road North in Oshawa is blueprint for success.
Ontario mulls new retrofit financing option

Canadian Property Management

Ontario mulls new retrofit financing option

The Ontario government is proposing to open up a new financing option for energy and water efficiency upgrades in commercial and multifamily buildings.
LTB

Canadian Apartment Magazine

Ontario’s new LTB rules now in effect

Ontario has introduced several amendments to the Residential Tenancies Act (RTA) and Landlord and Tenant Board (LTB) processes through Bill 60 and Bill 97, effective July 1.
Insurance

CondoBusiness

Insurance market shift demands budget vigilance

The high insurance premiums that have rattled Ontario’s condo corporations are declining after years of substantial increases, but industry professionals are cautioning boards to remain vigilant about various insurance-related risks that can impact their budgets.
Cross-border ties deepen on energy efficiency

Canadian Property Management

Cross-border ties deepen on energy efficiency

Proposed updates to Canada’s energy efficiency regulation designate additional energy-using products and impose more rigorous standards on some products already mandated to comply.
Ontario electricity procurement passes on gas

Canadian Property Management

Ontario electricity procurement passes on gas

Renewable energy proponents have emerged as the favoured bidders in the first phase of Ontario’s effort to add 7,500 megawatts of electricity resources to the provincial grid by 2034.