TORONTO – In almost every neighbourhood in Toronto and the GTA, homes sold for below asking prices last month, according to a report by Wahi, a real estate analytics firm. “In August, the share of neighbourhoods in underbidding territory across the region matched a three-year high” said Wahi’s Josh Sherman. According to the report, released on September 4 (and available here), 98% of GTA neighbourhoods with at least five home sales during the month were underbid in August, up from 95% in July and 89% a year ago. →
TORONTO – L’estate è praticamente finita, gli incendi no. E mentre nel Canada occidentale continua l’emergenza anche per il fumo e la qualità dell’aria, in quello orientale arrivano i primi avvisi di gelo…
TORONTO – Il tema è spinoso e di conseguenza è destinato a dividere. La proposta di Pierre Poilievre di eliminare il programma governativo sui lavoratori stranieri temporanei – Temporary Foreign Worker Program (TFWP) – ha suscitato in questi giorni polemiche e veleni, con il governo federale che rimane sulle sue – sì ad un’eventuale riforma, no all’abolizione tout court – e con il leader conservatore che ha trovato per strada degli alleati inaspettati, primo tra tutti il premier della British Columbia David Eby…
TORONTO – Summer is practically over, but wildfires are not. And while Western Canada continues to face emergencies due to smoke and air quality, the first frost warnings are arriving in Eastern Canada. →
TORONTO – I wanted to see the artwork of Giuseppe Mercurio in the “context’ which I thought I heard him present as “distinctly his”: non linear, non geometric and non-restricted by “styles and norms” attributable, potentially, to a particular school of Art and Design distinguishable from any other. Rather, Mercurio prefers his work to be seen as a “burst of feelings”, an “explosion of emotions”, whose context may be limited by “experiences” the viewer might share with the author…
