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With heat-related illness on the rise amid record-breaking temperatures across the country, some Canadian cities are adopting by-laws that require landlords to keep their buildings below a maximum temperature. In Manitoba, organizations say that kind of regulation would get the cold shoulder. “Conceptually, it’s extremely important, we all want to …
Read More »64% of Canadians have air conditioning. Is it enough for climate change? – National
Climate scientists proclaimed July 3, 2023, the hottest day in human record keeping. Canada has seen a swathe of heat warnings in the past week, warning of elevated risks for heat-related illnesses and air quality. And the return of El Niño, a naturally occurring climate pattern, is bringing even warmer …
Read More »Ontario tenants say central air remains unfixed despite extreme heat
Some tenants of an apartment building in Kingston, Ont., say they have been suffering through the recent heat wave with no air conditioning, with little communication from their property management company on when the central air will be fixed. Rob Katzel says the air at his Princess Street apartment building, …
Read More »99% of Ontario nursing homes now have air conditioning in residents’ rooms: minister
Nearly 99 per cent of nursing homes in Ontario now have air conditioning in residents’ rooms, almost a year after the province set a deadline for the requirement. Long-Term Care Minister Paul Calandra said only nine of the 625 nursing homes in Ontario remain without air conditioning in resident rooms. …
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