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Canadian Market

Rising House Prices And Tanking Rental Market Show Pandemic’s Economic Divide But the weakness in the rental market risks infecting the housing market MONTREAL ― The COVID-19 lockdowns have exposed a divide in Canada’s job market, with low-income earners getting...

Affordable Housing

Liberals look at buying distressed buildings to save stock of affordable housing OTTAWA — A new analysis of the country’s stock of affordable housing suggests the Liberals’ decade-long strategy to provide more of it is starting in a deeper hole than...

Airbnb

How the Airbnb ban led to lower rental prices in Canada’s major cities The long-term rental market is seeing a migration of furnished units due to the pandemic and a ban on short-term rentals “We are seeing an incredible new amount of inventory of furnished...

Human Resources

Onboarding new employees in extraordinary days Think back to your first few weeks on your current job – the excitement, the nerves, the stress, the desire to learn, the wanting to impress. Now, imagine going through all that during a global pandemic. It seems almost...

Reopening Nova Scotia

Workplace COVID-19 Prevention Plans Businesses and organizations that weren’t required to close under the Health Protection Act Order should develop a Workplace COVID-19 Prevention Plan to prevent the spread of COVID-19. Plans should show how businesses and...

Development

Heritage advisory committee recommends redevelopment plan for downtown buildings Halifax’s heritage advisory committee has agreed with Dexel Developments on its plan for redeveloping the block between Province House and Grand Parade. The project involves two...