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By Ryan Jones, Vice-President, Risk Services, Federated Insurance
Although we’re still in the early days of summer, wildfires have already begun burning across the country. According to Natural Resources Canada, the 2023 wildfire season was the most destructive ever recorded in our country, and widespread from the West Coast to the Atlantic Provinces and in the North. In a typical...
By Kevin Lee, CHBA CEO
Government advocacy-wise, this year has already been one of the best ever for the association.
After extensive advocacy by CHBA and provincial and local HBAs on behalf of members, the federal government put forth measures in this year’s federal budget that many seasoned veterans of the association noted is the most significant set of budget policy...
Every year, volunteer members, HBAs and their staff work tirelessly to build strong communities, strengthen the industry and give back to cities, towns and neighbourhoods across Canada. The CHBA Association Leadership Awards honour the leaders within our Association – both individuals and our local and provincial homebuilders’ associations. This year’s honours were given out during CHBA’s Home Building Week...
When it comes to home interior finishes, there’s a rainbow of colourful choices to help light up your customers’ lives. Bright ones. Darker, soothing ones. Decorative wallpaper. Woven carpets, rugs and flooring that will take everything today’s kids and pets can dish out. Let’s take a look at the benefits of some of these new products.
Graham & Brown’s easy...
DEWALT lets you take your workshop to the work site
DEWALT says the TOUGHSYSTEM 2.0 “is built to go from workshop to van to jobsite and anywhere else the job takes you.”
What’s more, it’s portable and proven to last.
The system lets you assemble a wide range of toolboxes, drawers and organizers. The one-touch connect-and-release technology makes it easy to open...
JELD-WEN’s JWC8500 series window is leading the industry with impressive new performance standards
Drastic shifts in costs, revenues and housing market trends in recent years have led some highrise residential developers to pause or cancel housing projects.
An increased number of purchasers are defaulting on the purchase of residential homes, whether condominium or lowrise freehold homes. This is particularly the case for homes sold at high prices at peak market (particularly in late 2021 and early 2022).
With 17.1 per cent of Indigenous people living in overcrowded housing, and within that umbrella 40.1 per cent of Inuit, 21.4 per cent of First Nations and 7.9 per cent of Metis, a solution to their housing crisis is imminently important.
To get more young people into the skilled trades in construction, it is imperative that we educate them at an early age about the myriad well-paying career opportunities that are available.
