Health and Safety
Canadian Property Management
Toronto office workers inform recovery plans
Based on survey findings, downtown commercial landlords are beginning the pandemic recovery process with a tenant base that generally looks favourably on the area and their experiences within it.
Canadian Property Management
Looser office densities deemed viable in Toronto
Toronto is positioned among select global cities with a combination of space and cost factors that could better appeal to employers seeking to expand space-per-person ratios in their office footprint.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Nova Scotia adds new protocols for showing rental units
The Province of Nova Scotia has announced new protocols for showing residential rental units during the third wave of COVID-19.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
COVID-19 resilience funds disbursed to Ottawa
$11.2 million will be allocated throughout Ottawa’s 23 city wards and put toward outdoor recreational facilities, pedestrian safety measures, and HVAC and digital connectivity upgrades in community centres and other municipal buildings.
REMI Network
Large-scale long-term care homes ‘strongly discouraged’
Researchers say 31 per cent of infections and 31 per cent of deaths could have been prevented if all Ontario long-term care residents had had single rooms.
REMI Network
Budget includes millions for correctional facilities
Federal correctional facilities are getting a $154.6-million cash infusion beginning this year and carrying though to 2022, as many face rising cases of COVID-19 among inmates and staff.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Weathering the 3rd wave of COVID-19
As COVID-19 variants surge throughout the country, what do the latest lockdown measures mean for residential landlords?
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Ontario promises funds for gathering spaces
Further details and an application portal for the $50-million fund announced in the 2021 Ontario budget are promised for later this spring.
Facility Cleaning & Maintenance
Employees willing to take pay cut for better air quality
Post-pandemic employees will demand safer environments including higher air quality to get back into their workplaces.
REMI Network
Turning the workplace into a calming retreat
For workers seeking relief from media over-saturation and cramped living environments, the workplace can function as a retreat from the overstimulation of daily life.
Facility Cleaning & Maintenance
Ontario Nurses’ Association urges province on airborne transmission
The Ontario Nurses' Association says the province has failed to act "despite persistent infection and consensus on aerosol transmission."
Facility Cleaning & Maintenance
Vaccination priority list omits security guards
Union officials are also calling on Ontario Premier Doug Ford to affirm that security guards are essential workers.
REMI Network
Rethinking the restroom experience
According to the National Collaborating Centre for Environmental Health, virus transmission in a public restroom is of great concern
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.
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.
Facility Cleaning & Maintenance
Pain, floor mopping, and the pandemic
The health and injury risk posed by floor mopping deserves increased attention.
