COVID-19
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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?

















