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Toronto Ontario Airbnb tribunal upholds Toronto rules on short term rentals city
TORONTO – An Ontario tribunal has upheld rules passed by the City of Toronto on short-term rentals like Airbnb.The Local Planning Appeal Tribunal said in a ruling released Monday that it has dismissed an appeal by several residents who…
3 ways cities can prepare for climate emergencies
Thousands of people evacuated Calgary when its two rivers flooded in June 2013.
THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward
Cities are on the front line of climate change. While their footprints cover a mere two per cent of the Earth’s surface,…
Sidewalk labs releases further plans for Toronto waterfront development
TORONTO – Sidewalk Labs has released a 482-page document updating its plans for a development on Toronto's waterfront in a bid to alleviate some of the privacy concerns that have swirled around the project since its proposal.The…
When capitalism kills culture: Gentrified real estate puts squeeze on indie bookstores
Independent bookstores are places where culture is collected and disseminated. The gentrification of city centres makes their existence increasingly precarious.
Kévin Langlais on Unsplash, CC BY-NC
The story is all too familiar – yet it…
What a minority government could mean for affordable housing in Canada
An aerial view of houses in Oshawa, Ont. is shown in November 2017. Canada’s minority government could result in progress on affordable housing.
THE CANADIAN PRESS/Lars Hagberg
Along with climate change, affordable housing was one of the…
Proposed class action lawsuit filed over Halifax crane toppled by Dorian
HALIFAX – A proposed class action lawsuit is looking to recover losses sustained by businesses and residential tenants displaced by the collapse of a construction crane in downtown Halifax last month during post tropical storm Dorian.…
Google affiliate begins drone deliveries in Virginia town
A Google affiliate started using drones Friday to deliver customers' Walgreens and FedEx purchases in a test being run in a Virginia town.Wing, which is owned by Google parent Alphabet, received federal approval earlier this year to…
Canada’s New Home Data Problem
When starting any new company these days, an entrepreneur must consider whether technology will put them out of business in the future. That was certainly a consideration for me when starting a consulting firm that produces residential…
Stressed Out
It is only days before the 2019 Federal Election, and what many in our industry are waiting to see is what, if anything, the winning party will do to address a relatively new-ish top-of-mind- issue to most Canadians: housing affordability…
UPS gets government approval to become a drone airline
DALLAS – UPS says it has won government approval to run a drone airline, a first for a U.S. company, and it plans to expand deliveries on hospital campuses and eventually other industries.United Parcel Service Inc. said Tuesday that its…