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fire safety

Canadian Apartment Magazine

Your fire safety plan is approved

A fire safety plan isn’t meant to be a binder that only comes out during inspections; it contains vital information the right team members should known.
emails

CondoBusiness

New email changes to impact condo systems

By the end of December 2026, Microsoft will change how systems are allowed to sign in to send emails, such as trouble alerts, status reports, or notices that something needs attention.
Legionnaires

Canadian Facility Management & Design

Legionnaires outbreak renews focus on facility risk

A recent Toronto Public Health investigation has identified a cooling tower at the Toronto Transit Commission’s Hillcrest Complex as the source of a Legionnaires' disease outbreak.
Prototype storm shelters demonstrate concrete resistance

Canadian Facility Management & Design

Storm shelters demonstrate concrete resistance

New specifications for prototype storm shelters recommend concrete masonry design and construction applications for safety assurance and code compliance.
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.
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.
B.C. zeroes in on chronic property offenders

Canadian Property Management

B.C. zeroes in on chronic property offenders

British Columbia is taking a team approach in an effort to turn around offenders with multiple convictions for property crimes.
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.
electrical

REMI Network

Initiative targets electrical safety in landscaping trades

A collaboration between Landscape Ontario and the Electrical Safety Authority will support safe work around electrical infrastructure.
Affordable housing feels brunt of climate risk

Canadian Apartment Magazine

Affordable housing feels brunt of climate risk

Residents of social and affordable housing have increasingly been within range of severe flooding and wildfire threats, and disproportionately unprotected by insurance.
microsoft

CondoBusiness

Preparing for Microsoft’s EWS deadline

On October 1, 2026, Microsoft will begin disabling Exchange Web Services, with a permanent shutdown scheduled for April 1, 2027. Software that condo corporations rely upon every day will quietly stop performing certain functions.
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.
RECO

REMI Network

RECO launches new financial reporting measures

The Real Estate Council of Ontario is implementing new financial filing requirements to strengthen brokerage oversight.
risk site

Construction Business

Construction site safety risk management

Construction site security has traditionally been viewed as a reactive measure. Today, that mindset is changing.
Soccer fan influx afoot in Toronto

Canadian Property Management

Soccer fan influx afoot in Toronto

An influx of soccer fans is expected to shake up the routine for downtown Toronto businesses and residents when the FIFA World Cup tournament gets underway.
Feds have hazy read on climate risk exposure

Canadian Facility Management & Design

Feds have hazy read on climate risk exposure

Key federal departments are scrambling to catch up with climate risk assessments and response plans after the Auditor General of Canada uncovered gaps in monitoring and a slow rollout of adaptive actions.
workplace safety

REMI Network

Workplace safety leaders cite budget priorities

The majority of safety leaders plan to maintain or increase their budgets over the next two years as workplace incidents persist worldwide.