And so, as CBC reports, the housing boom in Canada's cities goes on.

Three months after issuing its first red warning on the state of the country's housing market, CMHC said Thursday that strong evidence of "problematic" conditions nationally have continued for a second consecutive quarter ( Read more... )

The Financial Post's Garry Marr describes how the Toronto real estate boom is driving up prices elsewhere in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area and beyond, as far as Niagara.

Canada’s largest city just keeps getting bigger - at least in terms of what constitutes “Toronto” real estate ( Read more... )

The Globe and Mail's Alex Bozikovic reports on the central place that the library has taken in Canaidan architecture, as a locus for experimentation. As someone who likes the Toronto Reference Library and loves the newly-encountered Bibliothèque nationale in Montréal, this article makes perfect sense.

Imagine a slab: a low box clad in limestone ( Read more... )

The National Post carries Sean Fitzgerald's Postmedia News article examining how Hamilton is becoming a hub for millennial migrants, particularly from expensive Toronto.

According to a 2016 study by the Social Planning and Research Council of Hamilton, there are now more millennials than baby boomers living in Hamilton, with millennials making up ( Read more... )

The Globe and Mail's Michele Sponagle writes about reasons why Toronto restaurateurs are abandoning this city for Hamilton, with its lower costs and better traffic. I'm wondering if these reasons willb e echoed more broadly by Torontonians.

Michael Cipollo declared once and for all that he was done with Toronto - its $25-a-day parking, brutal ( Read more... )

CBC News' Amara McLaughlin describes a location in Hamilton that is apparently the locus for dangerous selfies. What does it say of me that my first reaction is happiness at learning of this spectacularly scenic place?

(I'll be safe, don't worry.)

A small, rocky outcropping above Hamilton's Tews Falls that is twice as high as the American side of ( Read more... )

The Globe and Mail's Greg Keenan reports on a very controversial plan for rebuilding Hamilton's storied Stelco steel plant.

A plan to lift Stelco Inc. out of creditor protection is backed by the Ontario government and one of the steel maker’s union locals, but another union local, the city of Hamilton and a former president of the company oppose ( Read more... )

Via blogTO, I came across Mark McNeil's Hamilton Spectator report noting that Hamilton has the hottest real estate market in Canada.

The RE/MAX annual Housing Market Outlook Report says real estate in Hamilton-Burlington shot up by 19.8 per cent this year compared to last. That's a few notches ahead of second place Fraser Valley, which rose by 19. ( Read more... )

Spacing's Alanna Stuart writes about Hamilton's position on the edge gives it a chance to innovate. Gerschenkron's argument from backwardness?

Despite its new reputation as a real estate hotbed, Hamilton has yet to be branded as an internationally renowned cultural hub, though the annual Supercrawl arts festival is threatening to change that. The ( Read more... )

The Globe and Mail's Diane Jermyn reports on how Hamilton is trying to join in urban Canada's high-tech boom.

When software developer Andrew Holden first moved to Hamilton a decade ago, software jobs and tech companies were scarce ( Read more... )