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Canada needs infrastructure that can handle climate change, report says
NATIONAL OBSERVERCanada should act fast to protect critical infrastructure from climate breakdown by building resiliency into ports, power grids, bridges, and more, the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) says.…
Most buildings were designed for an earlier climate – here’s what will happen as global warming …
Lunatictm/ShutterstockRan Boydell, Heriot-Watt UniversityClimate change will affect every aspect of our lives – including the buildings we live and work in. Most people in the US, for example, spend about 90% of their time…
Glen Abbey owner ClubLink withdraws appeals over development of golf course
TORONTO – The company that operates the famed Glen Abbey golf course in Oakville, Ont., has withdrawn from its attempt to get permission for a proposed housing and commercial development.TWC Enterprises Ltd., which does business…
Realtors tell renters to lock in homes before border reopens, competition stiffens
TORONTO – Realtors say people on the hunt for rental properties should lock in a lease before Canada reopens its borders.Though the federal government hasn't said how soon borders could reopen, real estate agents predict there will be a…
RCCAO calls on federal government to address significant infrastructure deficit
The federal government must tackle the country’s massive infrastructure deficit and commit more money into transit, waterworks and roads and bridges, the Residential and Civil Construction Alliance of Ontario (RCCAO) has stated in a recent…
Collaboration with industry required for local housing crisis, says area developer
COLLINGWOODTODAY.CAA major factor impacting the region's attainable housing crisis is the lack of collaboration between the municipality and the development industry, according to Thomas Vincent, president of Global Hospitality Inc.…
Toronto’s financial district, PATH brace for longer recovery as businesses reopen
TORONTO – For the last 34 years, Alex Zilberberg's mornings have begun with a lineup of customers so strong that his The Bagel Stop locations do 70 per cent of their daily business before 10 a.m.But since the COVID-19 pandemic began,…
Toronto home sales and prices down in June, but TRREB will still upgrades forecast
TORONTO – The Toronto Regional Real Estate Board says the pace of sales and home prices eased in June as COVID-19 cases subsided, but a heated start to the year still pushed it to upgrade its annual forecast.The real estate board said…
Feds to begin talks on high frequency rail with Indigenous groups, private sector
QUEBEC – The federal government says it's taking the first steps in building a long-awaited high frequency rail line along the Toronto to Quebec City corridor.Transportation Minister Omar Alghabra says the government is now looking to…
Ontario’s ICI Permit Values Fall to Lowest Point in 2021: OCS
Last week, Statistics Canada released building permit data for May 2021. Ontario’s monthly ICI (industrial, commercial, institutional) permit value total was the lowest since December 2020. Institutional permit values were down slightly…