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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…
Vancouver’s June home sales down 35% from last year, 16% from May: board
Last month's Greater Vancouver area home sales dropped by about 35 per cent since last June and 16 per cent from May 2022 as houses remained on the market longer and interest rates rose, the region's real estate board said Tuesday.…
Calgary home sales ease as detached and semi detached markets see pullback: board
CALGARY – The Calgary Real Estate Board says sales eased in June as the market experienced a pullback in the detached and semi-detached housing categories.The Alberta board says last month's sales amounted to 2,842, down two per…
Call to Teams for Design Competition for Ontario Line East Joint Corridor
Metrolinx has launched a design competition to encourage teams to submit innovative urban design and landscape architecture solutions for the Ontario Line infrastructure that will be built around the existing rail corridor extending…
Alberta housing starts rebound to 2015 levels as oil prices surge
CALGARY – Alberta's cities are once again abuzz with the sound of hammers and saws as surging oil prices fuel a fresh building boom in the province.According to Statistics Canada, housing starts in Alberta, seasonally adjusted at an…
Some highlight quotes from the B.C. money laundering inquiry
VANCOUVER – The final report from the money laundering inquiry looking into cash from organized crime being filtered through British Columbia casinos, the real estate industry and elsewhere says RCMP, the federal anti-money laundering…