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They are icons of the Canadian landscape, rough-hewn testaments to both a pioneering spirit and an unforgiving climate. But now, log homes are weathering a different adversary – modern building codes.

The City of Ottawa is suffering from a shortage of building code inspectors, raising concerns about the quality of new homes built in the city's rapidly expanding suburbs. The city needs eight more ...

As the United States faces a mounting housing affordability crisis, a debate is intensifying between home builders and code officials over how best to balance costs, safety, and long-term efficiency ...

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OTTAWA — No one ever accused a residential building code of being fashion-conscious, but codes, like clothes, do change. In Ontario, for example, the last round of amendments in 2012 saw a significant ...

As the Chaudière River receded from the downtown area of Sainte-Marie, Quebec, in 2019, it left the usual devastation after a flood – mud-smeared streets, basements drenched in dirty water, a park ...

The impacts of floods, wildfires and other catastrophic events are on the rise in Canada. They’re already costing the country billions of dollars in losses, which only stand to grow in the coming ...