Floods are drowning home prices across the country, states report
A new report that examined the impact of extreme weather-related floods on housing sales in five Canadian communities over the past eight years concluded they pushed down prices of the dwellings by an average of 8.2 per cent.
Pascal Harvey is a Montreal-based sociologist, urban planner and entrepreneur of Innu descent. Born in Jonquière, Que., he has more than 15 years of experience in real estate, urban planning...
2020NBC amendments represent a lost opportunity for Canada
The long-awaited National Building Code updates known as the 2020NBC is scheduled to be released to the industry in the next month or so, two years overdue.
Federal investments for sustainable initiatives in Quebec
The Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) recently announced a combined investment totaling more than $12.6 million through FCM’s Green Municipal Fund (GMF) to help reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, reduce waste and improve the quality of water in communities across Quebec.
Legal Notes: Ontario’s soil registry pause proposal offers time for planning
On March 11, Ontario’s Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks announced a proposed one year pause to the implementation of certain provisions under its excess soil regulations that came into effect on Jan. 1, 2022.
Calgary actually has an impressive history of repurposing heritage buildings
One of the hot-button topics these days in city planning is the adaptive reuse — or repurposing — of older buildings by renovating them to accommodate new uses, rather than tearing them down.
Nova Scotia tenders investigations into impacts of more than 70 former mines
Last March, after Nova Scotia identified nearly 70 sites it plans to assess and potentially remediate, officials have now added five more sites to its long list of areas contaminated during the province’s first gold rush era.
Ontario Proposes to Postpone Implementation of Phase Two of the Excess Soil Regulation
On March 11, 2022, the Ontario Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks published a proposal to delay the implementation of Phase Two of the On-Site and Excess Soil Management Regulation under the Environmental Protection Act, which took effect on January 1, 2022...
Fast changes, food woes and who’s vulnerable: 7 big takeaways from the U.N. climate report
U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres called the more than 3,600-page report “an atlas of human suffering” and a “damning indictment of failed climate leadership.”
Ukraine Is in an Environmental Crisis Too
Russia’s attack is literally tearing the country apart, polluting air and water. Ukrainians will suffer long after the conflict ends.
