Many industries are experiencing shortages due to the pandemic. However, as we see the situation change to an endemic, the staff lost through layoffs and shutdowns may no longer be waiting in the wings. Now is the time to look at talent recruitment and the technology that can make the process easier.

Contractors working in the snow and ice management industry are facing a blizzard of challenges on the insurance side, or what many are calling a crisis.

Many condo corporations struggle to prioritize. In fact, it's a challenge facing several organizations across industries, from a board level, right down to day-to-day task assignments. Condo boards and their management teams are no different.

Anyone entering the condo management field needs to be willing to work on their interpersonal skills, which outweigh academic credibility.

Protecting your condo board is critical, and directors and officers coverage is just one component of that.

As policies continue to change and the labour shortages remain unsettled, managers must continue to ride the waves.

Those seeking more affordable housing options are finding a cure-all in the condo market, which offers affordability, availability, amenities, and neighbourhood liveability.

Building failures of this horrific scope are seldom seen in North America. But it is important to examine what happened so we can learn and prevent similar collapses in the future.

A few Toronto-based condos authorized a “safety and security” committee, made up of owners, to research security concerns and solutions and advise the board of directors.

An increasing number of condos within the last two months have implemented mandatory vaccination policies, which apply to indoor common element amenity users and on-site employees.

Maintaining residents’ privacy is nothing new in condos, but optional vaccine policies are bringing more relevance to the issue of anonymity. .

If one board director considers another director problematic, despite an excellent board orientation, it is time to act.

As appealing as old buildings are, they do present some unique challenges for residents. Often, these aging developments hang on to old processes.

Nova Scotia’s new provincial government is signalling looming surcharges for residential property purchasers and owners who pay their income tax in other jurisdictions.

We should be asking our reserve fund planners to look at the Paris accord target dates and compare the end-of-life replacement of our gas-burning appliances against the target dates.

As the country moves to accelerate the adoption of electric vehicles, questions are brewing among people living in multi-unit dwellings.

Bonflict of interest on the board of directors is a topic that often raises ire of many owners and prospective buyers.