Health Care
REMI Network
Yukon budget commits to reforming health system
The Yukon has earmarked $165 million for initiatives that will modernize the territory’s health system and ramp up mental health and substance-use supports.
Facility Cleaning & Maintenance
IEHA renews focus on healthcare and hospitality
IEHA has announced an updated brand identity, including a new name and logo, to reflect its role in the healthcare and hospitality industries.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Code rigour relaxed for ad hoc health care space
The NFPA guidance on alternative compliance options was developed to address four scenarios that have been rapidly arising in the United States.
Canadian Property Management
Canadian health care delivers climate champions
More than 190 health care organizations collectively represent 17,500 hospitals and related facilities in 28 countries that have signed on to the global effort to improve the sector's resiliency and reduce its environmental footprint.
REMI Network
NZ quake study gets to heart of housing damage
Researchers have drawn a link between destabilized housing conditions and a higher than normal heart attack rate in the aftermath of New Zealand's 2010 and 2011 earthquakes.
REMI Network
Green Hospital Scorecard results to roll out soon
Ontario-based hospitals are currently filling out the Green Hospital Scorecard—a sustainable benchmarking tool that will soon go national.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Brampton’s Peel Memorial Centre reaches substantial completion
Brampton’s Peel Memorial Centre for Integrated Health and Wellness has reached substantial completion, making the building ready for occupation.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Putting the ‘gold’ in golden years: Maxime Camerlain, Chartwell
In the not too distant past, aging Canadians faced a grim decision over where to live out their so-called ‘golden years,’ but in 2016, the options are far less stark.
Canadian Property Management
Warehouse space pegged to prosper in 2016
When asked to rate the outlook for six property types, Canadian evaluators placed nothing in the "good to excellent" nor "abysmal to poor" categories, but all property types except single-family residential are gauged "fair to good" investment prospects for 2016.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Ontario to support health infrastructure renewal
Ontario has committed $125 million to renewing critical infrastructure at 128 hospitals across the province.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Topping off celebrated at Peel healthcare facility
Construction on Peel Memorial Centre for Integrated Health and Wellness, located in Brampton, Ont., has reached a major milestone.
REMI Network
Health care org is 2015 ENERGY STAR Advocate
The Canadian Coalition for Green Health Care received the ENERGY STAR Advocate of the Year award for promoting ENERGY STAR within Canada’s health sector.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Construction completed on new Oakville hospital
Interior and exterior construction on Halton Healthcare’s new Oakville hospital has reached completion.
Canadian Property Management
Dream aligns philanthropy with learning
Dream Unlimited Corp's $1-million donation is part of a learning partnership with Women's College Hospital, drawing on expertise in both organizations.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Healthcare facility to undergo $10-mil revamp
Construction has begun on the planned $10-million redevelopment of a healthcare facility located in Powerview-Pine Falls, Man.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Renovations begin at Nova Scotia hospital
A $6-million renovation project has begun at Dartmouth General Hospital in Dartmouth, N.S. Upgrades include wheelchair-accessible patient rooms and bathrooms, new healthcare worker hand-washing sinks in hallways, utility rooms for the cleaning and sterilization of medical equipment, new team stations for staff members, and plumbing and electrical upgrades for a future fifth floor expansion.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
McGill celebrates Canada’s largest hospital move
In what has been described by the McGill University Health Centre (MUHC) as the largest hospital move ever made in Canada, 154 inpatients, including 139 adults and 15 babies, were recently moved from the Royal Victoria Hospital to the university’s new Glen site. The five-and-a-half hour move was a key redevelopment operation of MUHC 2015.





