The Ontario Fire Code will have some significant changes that will be implemented starting Jan. 1, 2026. These will expand ...

Ontario is rolling out new, strict carbon monoxide safety rules, and they'll affect almost every type of home across the province next year.

An update to the Ontario Building Code that just came into effect with the dawn of 2025 should mean quieter, more eco-friendly and, perhaps more importantly, faster construction of new homes across ...

TORONTO ― Today, the Ontario government declared May to be Building Safety Month. This recognizes the importance of the province’s Building Code and the critical role building officials play in ...

2:29 Ontario announces more funding for air ventilation improvements in schools The chair of the board of Peterborough Public Health wrote this month to Health Minister Sylvia Jones and Municipal ...

Toon Dreessen is president of Architects DCA. He is a past president of the Ontario Association of Architects. Building codes represent a jurisdiction’s minimum standard for safe structures, and were ...

An Ontario board of health is asking the province to amend the building code to mandate higher standards for ventilation, in light of the spread of COVID-19. The chair of the board of health in ...

An Ontario board of health is asking the province to amend the building code to mandate higher standards for ventilation, in light of the spread of COVID-19. The chair of the board of health in ...

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