Risk Management
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
REMI Network
RECO launches new financial reporting measures
The Real Estate Council of Ontario is implementing new financial filing requirements to strengthen brokerage oversight.
Construction Business
Construction site safety risk management
Construction site security has traditionally been viewed as a reactive measure. Today, that mindset is changing.
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.
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.
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.




















