Stephen Gordon on the housing market
Stephen Gordon – National Post
Here is part of what is hopefully one of the last of a once-robust breed – The Apocalyptic Canadian Housing Market Story, this one from Macleans:
Judging by the latest real estate data, the Canadian housing market could scarcely be better. Average home prices are up more [...]

Merchandise Lofts Building Green Roof Case Study Toronto, Ontario
Background
In 1910 Robert Simpson Co Ltd. constructed a five-storey, reinforced concrete and steel structure, which was used for wagon storage and as a harness shop. In 1916 an 11-storey mail-order building and warehouse was added at the south end of the complex. The final construction phase of [...]

Toronto shifts its focus from managing homelessness to ending it
At 2.5 million people, Toronto is Canada’s largest city, home to a diversity of neighbourhoods and community interests and until recently, a homelessness challenge with the size and complexity to match.
In February 2005, Toronto City Council made a commitment to end street homelessness by approving a [...]