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Researchers look at humidity as a weapon in the fight against airborne viruses
The ongoing fight against the COVID-19 pandemic could get a boost if Canadians paid more attention to the relative humidity levels in public and private spaces, according to a growing body of international research.Doctors,…
Cities lead the charge on the coronavirus front lines
A crew works on building a 68-bed emergency field hospital specially equipped with a respiratory unit in New York’s Central Park on March 29, 2020.
AP Photo/Mary Altaffer
Shauna Brail, University of TorontoHow many times have we heard…
Construction councils applaud Ontario government’s COVID-19 action plan
As a result of the government’s Ontario's Action Plan: Responding to COVID-19 (March 2020 Economic and Fiscal Update), the Residential and Civil Construction Alliance of Ontario (RCCAO) and the Residential Construction Council of Ontario…
The Canadian Urban Institute Launches COVID-19 Learning Platforms
The Canadian Urban Institute has recently released two new online platforms to support quick learning and adaptation at the municipal and community levels during COVID-19. “We designed these easy-to-use tools to give people…
Ontario closing more businesses effective Saturday to limit spread of COVID 19
TORONTO – Premier Doug Ford moved swiftly to shutter a larger swath of Ontario's economy on Friday in the wake of bleak projections about the death toll of the CODIV-19 pandemic.Shortly after the release of numbers showing…
Vancouver home sales up 46% in March, but show signs of slowing due to outbreak
Home sales in the Vancouver region were strong for the first half of March, but started to taper as the COVID-19 outbreak intensified, the Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver said Thursday.Despite the slowdown, overall sales for…
GTA new home sales sees highest number since 2002
The GTA home market was up 211 per cent in February 2020 with 4,665 total new home sales — the highest number of new homes sold in February since 2002, according to, according to Altus Group, BILD’s official source for new home market…
Major residential landlords signal flexibility for tenants in need
TORONTO — Some of Canada's biggest residential landlords say they're committed to working with tenants who have lost their job because of the novel coronavirus pandemic.The signals come as efforts to contain the outbreak have led to…
BILD Supports Construction Sites as “Essential Workplace”
Last week, the Provincial Government ordered at-risk workplaces to close-down to prevent the spread of COVID-19. In a list of "essential workplaces" that can stay open during the corona virus pandemic, constructions sites are among the 74…
Some restaurateurs get rent relief, while others stress over April bills
Grace An nearly cried after the landlord for her downtown Toronto restaurant called with a compromise: pay half the roughly $5,000 rent in April and May, and pay back the other half over time when business, hopefully, returns to normal.…