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Toronto Real Estate Prices Have Dropped Over $360k Since Peak

Greater Toronto real estate prices have now seen the largest correction in history. That didn’t stop prices from slipping further in October, according to TRREB data. Lofty inventory and weak sales pushed prices down to their lowest level in almost 6 years. Toronto Real Estate Prices Have Plunged 28.4% Since Peak The…

Intelligence · IRPP Policy Options

Ottawa can do more to free up trade among provinces

(Version française disponible ici.) Interprovincial trade has taken on greater significance in recent months, particularly in response to the tariff dispute with the United States. The federal government frequently reiterates its commitment to a single Canadian economy. However, while many barriers to trade fall withi…

Discover · Spacing Toronto

Bringing art to cemeteries

Looking through a bright and colorful door set against an open grass field, the serene landscape of Mount Pleasant Cemetery shifts. Framed by the doorway, the distant headstones become surrounded by vibrant and cheerful color. Home to hundreds of gravesites within the city, the cemetery exists as a collective network…

Intelligence · IRPP Policy Options

Alberta’s immigration referendum is over. Now what?

Alberta voters narrowly said “yes” in the province’s October referendum to five proposals about immigration – ranging from assuming more provincial control over the system to restricting newcomers’ access to public services and imposing new voter ID requirements – that form the foundation of the government’s proposed…

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Real Estate · Storeys Real Estate

Expert: For Some, Homeownership Is Just A Dream

For decades, buying a home was viewed as a rite of passage to adulthood. It represented stability, security, and the opportunity to build a future. Today, for many young people, it feels more like a fantasy than a realistic goal.Recent polling and research have consistently shown that a growing number of young people…

Intelligence · IRPP Policy Options

Canada must stop treating sexual strangulation as just rough sex

Cheryl VanHuizen’s last text to her son promised she would call him tomorrow. Less than two hours later, she was dead. Her neck cartilage was fractured in three places. Her face and body bore bruises and abrasions. She had multiple anal injuries, including a rectal tear the forensic pathologist determined occurred aft…

Discover · Spacing Toronto

Election 2026: Olivia Chow and the post-election safety file

Lost in the aftermath of Olivia Chow’s shock-and-awe victory last week - in which she beat Brad Bradford by almost 130,000 votes and prevailed in almost every part of the city - is a sense of what the 400,000 Torontonians who voted against her were saying. It is, of course, a mug’s game to tryContinue reading "Electio…

Real Estate · Storeys Real Estate

Moving Day: October 2026 Industry Hires And Promotions

We know you like to know what's up.For your information, reference, and networking needs, here are the moves, hires, and promotions the real estate and development sector saw in October 2026:Kyle Chatterson has been promoted to Associate VP of Leasing at Dream Unlimited. Deanna C. has been promoted to Documentation An…

Discover · Spacing Toronto

National Iron Works/Canron Foundry: Photographs, 1916-1986

An oblique aerial photo of the Toronto waterfront taken circa 1965 shows construction of the Gardiner Expressway nearing completion west of the Don Valley. Along the upper left edge of the frame, the Cherry Street bascule bridge near the end of the Keating Channel is seen with its roadway in the raised position. Oppos…

Real Estate · Storeys Real Estate

One Way to Make Toronto Condos More Livable: Let Buyers Make Them Bigger

For years, Toronto developers built condos that were an easy sell to investors, even if they weren’t ideal places to live. But with the market reckoning with a glut of “shoebox” inventory, the shortcomings of that approach are tough to ignore. Purchasers want more space from their condos; they want room to actually li…

Intelligence · IRPP Policy Options

Parliament can learn from Canadians on foreign policy

Together, we have spent years around federal cabinet tables led by different prime ministers from different political parties. We know how quickly policy challenges become partisan choices: Defence or development? Economic interests or Canadian values? The United States or new trading partners? These contrasts can sha…