Canada Condo, Strata & HOA News

Condo Smarts: Costs can be allocated according to usage (BC)

Dear Tony: Our strata consists of both apartment buildings and townhouses. We have a fire safety service agreement which involves…

9 months ago

Reform can reduce strata insurance (Op/Ed) (BC)

The British Columbia Strata Act is quite clear in requiring each and every strata to purchase and maintain insurance on…

9 months ago

Condo Smarts: Use of surveillance to enforce bylaws (BC)

Q: In my condo, numerous signs state that video surveillance will be used to enforce bylaws and impose fines. I would…

9 months ago

Toronto condo complex going viral for excruciating 20-minute elevator waits (ON)

It can be a total nightmare just getting from A to B in Toronto, but for residents of one midtown…

9 months ago

BC resident sues strata after being asked to move air conditioning unit

A dispute between a townhouse owner and a strata corporation over an air conditioning unit ended in a legal battle…

9 months ago

Condo Smarts: What issues arise from surveillance cameras in condos? (BC)

Dear Tony: In my condo there are numerous signs stating that video surveillance will be used to enforce bylaws and…

10 months ago

Condo unit goes up in flames in Mississauga (ON)

When crews arrived flames were showing on the 15th floor and there was heavy smoke on the floor. And flames…

10 months ago

This Toronto condo shows how to get EV chargers installed inexpensively for residents (ON)

Where once the soaring Dominion Coal silos stored dirty, carbon-intensive energy, now electric vehicles store clean, nearly carbon-free electricity in…

10 months ago

Owner must pay Metro Vancouver strata $75K for e-cigarette fire (BC)

B.C.’s Civil Resolution Tribunal has ordered the condo owners in an upscale Vancouver building to pay $75,873 for a fire…

10 months ago

Toronto condo owners are getting huge payout after falling balcony glass incidents (ON)

Select condo owners in Toronto (who one could call lucky or not-so-lucky, depending how you look at it) are now…

10 months ago