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Strong mayor powers to be expanded to more Ontario cities, Ford says
Ontario Premier Doug Ford said Monday he's planning to expand so-called strong mayor powers to municipalities other than Toronto and Ottawa as a way to get more housing built.Municipal Affairs and Housing Minister Steve Clark…
Ontario introduces ‘strong mayor’ legislation to speed up housing development
TORONTO – Ontario is proposing to give the mayors of Toronto and Ottawa veto powers over bylaws that conflict with provincial priorities, such as building housing.Municipal Affairs and Housing Minister Steve Clark introduced the…
If we love our cities, we’ll make better decisions about their future after the COVID-19 pandemic
Meg Holden, Simon Fraser UniversityIt’s the most famous city slogan in the world: I Love New York. And yet, surprisingly, love doesn’t seem to play a part in how urban planners build cities.Because of the COVID-19 pandemic,…
To build sustainable cities, involve those who live in them
Sylvie Albert, University of Winnipeg and Manish Pandey, University of WinnipegCities have an important role in making progress on sustainability and climate change issues. And for them to achieve this, urban residents need to be…
GTA new condo sales slow, 10,000 to be delayed: Urbanation
Greater Toronto Area (GTA) new condominium sales totaled 6,792 units in the second quarter, declining 19% from the first quarter and 24% year-over-year but remaining above the 10-year average of 6,302 sales, according to Urbanation…
Home Prices See Steady Rise Across Canada in H1: CENTURY 21
A press release from CENTURY 21 Canada states that while interest rates have been on the rise for the past few months, the Canadian housing landscape continued to see pricing growth during the first six months of this year. The company…
Sci-fi shows like ‘Westworld’ and ‘Altered Carbon’ offer a glimpse into the future of urban…
Future transportation design should address inequality and not exacerbate it.
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Burcu Olgen, Concordia University; Fatima Mehrzad, Concordia University; Negarsadat Rahimi, Concordia University, and Sara El Khatib, Concordia…
Canada’s inflation rate climbs to 8.1% in June as gas prices soared
OTTAWA – Canada's annual inflation rate rose to 8.1 per cent in June, boosted by soaring gas prices, which rose more than 50 per cent compared with a year ago, Statistics Canada said Wednesday.The June inflation rate was up from 7.7…
Cities need to embrace green innovation now to cut heat deaths in the future
The severe heat wave in western Canada and the U.S. Pacific Northwest, between June and July 2021 caused 1,400 deaths.
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Alex Boston, Simon Fraser UniversityIn late June 2021, North America’s most severe heat wave in…
Suburban office vacancy rate lower than those seen in downtowns: CBRE
TORONTO – Commercial real estate firm CBRE says for the second quarter in a row, the country's suburban office vacancy level was lower than the rate seen for downtown regions.The firm says the national suburban office vacancy rate…