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More lucrative support for NS accessory units

Canadian Property Management

Ontario extends ban on commercial evictions

Commercial evictions are still on hold in Ontario for qualifying tenants experiencing pandemic-related financial stress. A new regulation, enabled through 2020 budget legislation, extends the protections.
virtual meetings

CondoBusiness

What’s ahead for virtual meetings in 2021?

Up until May 31, 2021, condominium corporations can hold virtual meetings and use electronic voting, without a bylaw.
GBAC STAR Facility Accreditation

Facility Cleaning & Maintenance

GBAC STAR Facility Accreditation continues to saturate Canada

The program is gathering pace north of the border, as everything from hotels to arenas to convention centres secure accreditation.
worksafebc

Canadian Property Management

More electricity price adjustments for Ontario

For now, residential and small business customers enrolled for either time-of-use (TOU) rates or tiered pricing under the provincial regulated price plan will be charged the off-peak TOU rate of 8.5 cents per kilowatt-hour for all electricity consumption.
residential evictions

Canadian Apartment Magazine

Ontario issues temporary pause on residential evictions

The Ontario government has issued an emergency order to temporarily pause the enforcement of residential evictions for the second time since March 2020.
vigilant construction

Construction Business

CCA: stay vigilant amid rising COVID-19 cases

The construction industry must remain vigilant and follow worksite health and safety protocols as well as general public health measures.
workplace virus rule

Facility Cleaning & Maintenance

Virginia introduces America’s first permanent workplace virus rule

Virginia, the first state to introduce a temporary workplace virus measure last year, has voted to enact a permanent ruling.
flu

Facility Cleaning & Maintenance

Feared flu-COVID “twindemic” not materializing

There were prominent fears that COVID-19 and flu could launch a twin global assault. Thankfully, that does not appear to be materializing.
repetitive strain

Canadian Facility Management & Design

Considering ergonomics of the hybrid office

Working from home can create a struggle to disconnect from work when the day is done and to find balance.
RentCafe insurance

Canadian Apartment Magazine

Evicting tenants during a pandemic

As COVID-19 cases continue to surge across the nation, the dispute over whether evicting tenants is ethical has reached fever pitch.
office

REMI Network

Companies urged to clarify post-COVID workplace plans

Businesses that ignore current data related to the employee experience risk dismantling years of trust in the post-pandemic workplace. 
surface testing

Facility Cleaning & Maintenance

Surface testing can be critical in the fight to control COVID-19

A biotech company has found that surface testing can detect when the coronavirus enters a building before a person even knows they’re infected.
Office vacancy rates rose in all major Canadian markets in Q4 2020

Canadian Property Management

Office vacancy rates climb with Q4 sublets

Industrial availability tightened from the third quarter in eight of the 11 surveyed markets, ending the year at well below 2 per cent in Vancouver and Montreal and below 1 per cent in Toronto.
substance

CondoBusiness

Mental illness in condos amid a pandemic

The role a condo corporation plays in the life of a resident struggling with mental illness can often be a delicate matter.
labour market

Canadian Apartment Magazine

Dawn of a new era for development in Canada

With the end of the COVID-19 pandemic in sight, many analysts predict we're at the dawn of a new era for development in Canada.

Facility Cleaning & Maintenance

Expanded Winter 2020 issue of FC&M now available

The cleaning and maintenance industry has never been more important. Here, amid the difficult backdrop of 2020, we look to celebrate that.

Facility Cleaning & Maintenance

The coronavirus mutates & spreads: what does that mean?

A 70 per cent more infectious, aggressive mutated form of the coronavirus has emerged. But what does that mean?