Partner Day March 19, 2022

Sep 1, 2022

FREE ACCESS for residents of the City of Owen Sound and Township of Georgian Bluffs to the YMCA of Owen Sound Grey Bruce in recognition for their support in creating our beautiful YMCA Health,Fitness & Aquatics facility. All Ages Family Fun: Leisure Pool 8:45 a.m....

Ace Your Interview

Sep 1, 2022

Date: Available anytimeLocation: OnlineYou got the call, now what? Setting a good first impression can make or break your chances of landing a job. Learn about the different types of interviews, how to prepare for them and tips on answering questions to let your...

HEAT WARNING , Port Alberni

Sep 1, 2022

Persons in or near this area should be on the lookout for adverse weather conditions and take necessary safety precautions. Issued: 04:33 AM PDT Thursday 01 September 2022

It can cost you to back out of a purchase

Jul 30, 2022

Superior Court orders a buyer to pay over $600,000 to the builder of a Thornhill development where she walked away from her deal. Over the last five years, Ontario’s courts have been busy with litigation involving failed residential real estate transactions. When the market tanked in 2017 after the introduction of the 15 per cent […]

Superior Court awards condo owner $30,000 in noise ruling

Jul 9, 2022

‘This singular issue has been outstanding … for the better part of 10 to 11 years,’ writes the justice in her decision about garbage room clamour. A case released by the Superior Court last month is a textbook example of how condominium boards should respond to noise complaints from a building resident. Fung-Ling Wong owns […]

Floor plan review is critical to a condo purchase

Jun 25, 2022

Make sure your lawyer confirms the unit you’re buying matches the building plans, writes Bob Aaron. A near disaster in closing 173 units in a new Guelph, Ont. condominium project last week underscores that the most important documents in any condominium purchase are the floor plans. Yet it seems that most buyers’ lawyers do not […]

Is it time to abandon the metric system in construction and real estate?

Jun 11, 2022

Our strange mix of using both Imperial and metric systems is hard to fathom by any measure, writes Bob Aaron. As Britain prepared to celebrate the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee last week, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was expected to announce the country’s return to Imperial measurements. Since 2000, EU rules required Britain to give the […]

A ‘believe it or not’ home insurance case in Superior Court

May 28, 2022

Superior Court justice compares events to Ripley’s iconic tagline in his decision on litigation, writes Bob Aaron A court case involving the appraisal of a fire loss on a Toronto home was described in a Superior Court ruling last month as a Ripley’s Believe It or Not event. “The debacle will make a fine attraction […]