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Ontario promises action to address rising insurance rates as critics urge regulation

Shawn Jeffords Oct 23, 2020

TORONTO — Under pressure to address rising commercial insurance rates blamed on the pandemic, Premier Doug Ford promised this week to take action to stop what he called ``gouging'' by some companies in the sector. Ford twice this week has…

Construction

Ontario contractors warn there is not enough infrastructure work in the pipeline: RCCAO Survey

Building Oct 23, 2020

According to a survey released by the Residential and Civil Construction Alliance of Ontario (RCCAO), COVID-19 has significantly affected Ontario’s civil and engineering contractors and resulted in a dramatic drop in tenders being issued…

Building

DCS Finds High Commercial Office Cleaning Costs Despite Low Occupancy Rates

Building Oct 21, 2020

A DCS Global (DCS) review of cleaning costs in commercial office facilities suggests that these expenses have not come down significantly despite low occupancy rates.“I have talked to several senior property managers about their…

Building Design

Smart City Learning: how surveillance can help build safer, smarter schools

Keith D'Sa Oct 15, 2020

From superbugs to lootings and aggressive behaviours, building within a world of ever-evolving security threats requires smarter solutions, especially when it’s something as important as our schools. You may already have heard of the term…

Building

Restaurants Canada anticipates foodservice sales losses will result in lost jobs

Building Oct 15, 2020

Restaurants Canada anticipates that closing indoor dining in Ontario’s COVID-19 hot spots will result in tens of thousands of lost jobs that will require government help to recover.“Our sector was one of the first to suffer the impacts…

Cities

Winter city design: 3 ways to save our small businesses this COVID-19 winter

Simon O’Byrne Oct 13, 2020

This has been a tough year. On January 1, 2020 not many of us predicted the scale of the COVID-19 pandemic, and the profound effect both the virus itself and the public health response would have on our lives. Social distancing made it a…

Real Estate

Toronto home sales surged 42 per cent to set new September record

Anita Balakrishnan - The Canadian Press Oct 6, 2020

Toronto's housing market saw its best September on record as pent-up demand and rock bottom borrowing costs supercharged sales despite the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.The Toronto Regional Real Estate Board said 11,083 existing homes were…

Real Estate

Vancouver home sales surge 56.2 per cent to record level in September

Anita Balakrishnan - The Canadian Press Oct 5, 2020

The real estate market in Vancouver had its best September on record this year in terms of the number of homes sold.The Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver said on Friday that 3,643 homes were sold last month, up 56.2 per cent from…

Real Estate

Toronto real estate poses bubble risk, while Vancouver homes are overvalued, UBS says

Anita Balakrishnan - The Canadian Press Oct 5, 2020

Toronto is one of seven world cities most at risk of a residential real estate bubble, according to a new report released by UBS this week.Toronto scored 1.96 in the UBS Global Real Estate Bubble Index, the third-highest score below…

Construction

Infrastructure bank to invest $10 billion in priority areas for pandemic recovery

The Canadian Press Oct 1, 2020

OTTAWA – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau outlined Thursday how the Canada Infrastructure Bank intends to invest $10 billion in projects meant to create 60,000 jobs and contribute to the fight against climate change.''We will continue to…

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