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What Makes Innovation Districts Work?
As economies around the world face exponential disruption from technology companies across all sectors, cities are trying to figure out how they can become the next hotbed for tech innovation. Initiatives range from the creation of planned…
The Effect of Transit Lines on House Prices
Although rapid transit projects can cost up to billions of dollars to construct, a new study from UBC’s Sauder School of Business explores how improved access to employment centers can increase nearby home prices in urban areas.…
Time to reset Waterfront Toronto’s Smart City public consultations
An artist’s rendering of the proposed Quayside neighbourhood in Toronto.
Alphabet Inc. Sidewalk Labs
Sidewalk Labs, the Google company tapped by Waterfront Toronto to propose a smart-city development in its 12-acre Quayside district, has…
Ontario appoints special adviser on flooding
Ontario has appointed a special adviser on flooding to recommend ways the province can reduce the impacts of flooding and help communities deal with them.Doug McNeil is a former Manitoba deputy minister of infrastructure and…
B.C. Posts $1.5B Surplus as Tax Revenue Increases and Real Estate Market Cools
VICTORIA — The British Columbia government ended its fiscal year with an operating surplus of $1.5 billion as the province collected more revenue from taxation and less money from a softening real estate market.The 2018-19 public…
Study says rents in most cities are unaffordable for lower income earners
OTTAWA — A minimum-wage worker could afford to rent in just a few neighbourhoods in Canada, suggests a new analysis of the country's rental market that also raises questions about a promised federal rent-supplement program.The report…
Average Monthly Rents in Canada Increase For Second Straight Month: Rentals.ca Report
Since late last year, the average size of units for rent in Canada has been slowly declining, from 1,010 square feet (sf) in October 2018 to 933 sf in June 2019, according to Rentals.ca’s July National Rent Report.The report reveals…
Alberta economy doing better than expected in June forecast, TD economists note
CALGARY – Encouraging data points are forcing economists to consider upgrading their expectations for weak 2019 economic growth in Alberta as the province continues to recover from the effects of extreme heavy oil price weakness late last…
Government Announces $462 million in funding for Phase 2 of the Federal Community Housing Initiative
The Honourable Jean-Yves Duclos, Minister of Families, Children and Social Development and Minister Responsible for Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) announced $462 million in funding over eight years for Phase 2 of the Federal…
NDP’s Singh says Canada needs a national cycling strategy
OTTAWA – NDP leader Jagmeet Singh is a well-known cycling enthusiast whose folding bike seems to travel almost everywhere he does.Singh now wants to bring his love for two-wheeled-transportation to Canadians everywhere with a national…