Risk Management
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.
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.
REMI Network
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.
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.
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.
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.





















