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Here We Go Again
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: mega-events do little to stimulate growth, strain already-burdened budgets, and in the end rarely deliver on their promises of urban rejuvenation. Back in mid-2015 I was paranoid that Toronto —…
Ontario investing up to $657 million in green social housing infrastructure
Ontario is providing new funding for repairs and retrofits to social housing across the province in order to improve living conditions and fight climate change. This investment is part of Ontario's Climate Change Action Plan and is funded…
Q&A: Toronto Councillor Kristyn Wong-Tam
"We have seen it time and time again, when Expos leave a city, people stand an inch or two taller knowing they were able to accomplish it. The Pan Am games was a great example; a relatively small games like that and the city came alive."
Q&A: Joe Berridge
A partner in Toronto’s Urban Strategies, he has worked on the Manchester Commonwealth Games and a facility at the London Olympics as well as being familiar with the Sydney Olympics and other major urban-centred events.
Q&A: Bureau International des Expositions
Responses prepared by Antoine Bourdeix, Paris, France The Bureau International des Expositions (BIE) is the intergovernmental organisation embodying the commitment of its 170 Member States to lead, promote and foster International…
Niagara Parks Issues RFP for Queen Victoria Park Master Plan
The Niagara Parks Commission has issued a formal Request for Proposals (RFP) to the Planning, Architectural and Landscape Architectural Consultant community, seeking support for the development of a renewed Concept Master Plan for Queen…
The Curious Effect of Airbnb
Vancouver bets on ‘thoughtful’ regulation of home-sharing but will continue to lose to Airbnb’s mounting urban consequences without modern enforcement.
Tax Now, Ask Questions Later
Ontario mimes B.C. and announces a new Non-Resident Speculation tax to be followed by a program to collect data on foreign ownership.
Drawstrings tightened
If infrastructure funding announcements in the 2016 Federal Budget and 2016 Fall Economic Statement — totalling $180 billion — seemed like a New Year’s party to many in the building industries, 2017’s budget unveiled on March 22nd was more…
Parks, big and small, needed for public health: World Health Organization
Feeling stressed? Research suggests you should to head to your local park as the surrounding greenery may help you relax.
Matilda van den Bosch, an assistant professor at UBC’s school of population and public health and department of forest…