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Feds eye regulatory scofflaws and tax debtors

Canadian Property Management

Feds eye regulatory scofflaws and tax debtors

Regulatory scofflaws and tax debtors could face harsher penalties and credit rating damage through new measures proposed in the 2026 federal budget.
Canada courts infrastructure investment capital

Canadian Property Management

Canada courts infrastructure investment capital

The Canadian government plans to loosen the regulatory reins on life insurers to free up more potential capital for large infrastructure projects.
Ontario to codify lithium-ion battery hazards

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Ontario to codify lithium-ion battery hazards

Proposed changes to Ontario’s Fire Code would introduce new rules for the safe handling of lithium-ion batteries and micromobility devices that contain them.
Cyber breach revelations fettered with stigma

Canadian Property Management

Cyber breach revelations fettered with stigma

The fallout from a cyber breach often includes deflected blame and self-recrimination that gives perpetrators better cover to keep refining their tactics.
Health officials tap water management plans

CondoBusiness

Health officials tap water management programs

New guidance from Health Canada urges multifamily landlords and condo corporations to implement water management programs to guard against microbial growth and chemical contaminant leaching.
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

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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.