by CAI Canada | Jul 7, 2017 | Uncategorized
Ontario continues to expand its accessibility standards as part of the movement towards a barrier-free and accessible province for individuals with disabilities. In the process, condominium corporations contemplating certain renovations may unexpectedly find...
by CAI Canada | Jul 7, 2017 | Uncategorized
Most condominium boards assume that their condominium would be constructed properly and meet the minimum standards set out in Ontario’s Building Code. Unfortunately, this is not always the case. In the recent case of The Corporation of the City of Mississauga v Peel...
by CAI Canada | Jul 7, 2017 | Uncategorized
The Ottawa Citizen recently reported about a 275-unit condominium building that was facing costs of approximately $15.3 million to complete a major overhaul of the entire brick and cladding façade to stop water penetration in the units. Unfortunately, the condominium...
by CAI Canada | Jul 7, 2017 | Uncategorized
The fall issue of CCI Toronto’s CondoVoice is now available online. As part of a celebration of CCI Toronto’s history, CondoVoice salutes Denise Lash’s contributions as a member of the Board of Directors from 1997 to 2005 and as Vice President from 1999 to 2005. See...
by CAI Canada | Jul 7, 2017 | Uncategorized
The Toronto Star recently reported that a woman drowned in a Toronto condo pool on the weekend. Based on the information contained in the Toronto Star article, certain aspects of this drowning are similar to those in the case of Laila Nader, who died in a condo pool...
by CAI Canada | Jul 7, 2017 | Uncategorized
A recent article in the Toronto Sun reported on a condo owner who was asked to remove a Christmas wreath from the door to his unit, as this was a breach of the condo corporation’s rules. At a casual glance hanging a wreath on the door seems harmless. However, in...
