I am a big fan of the show Q on CBC Radio One. I listen daily (usually to the podcast), and often find interesting bits of information to use in other areas of my life. A few months ago, I heard Jian Ghomeshi interview Adele McAlear, creator of the site Death and...
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Monitoring abusive condo owners
Back in August, a decision was released on York Condominium Corporation No. 137 v. Hayes, which involved a condo owner who was verbally and physically abusive to other residents in the building. The condo board was attempting to have Hayes removed, and had applied to...
Reviving the debate on physician-assisted suicide
Last week, I blogged about the Globe’s death series and the importance of living wills. This week I wanted to draw from that series again, but this time on a very different topic: euthanasia. This past summer, the British Columbia Superior Court released its decision...
Small spaces
Could you live here? A developer in Surrey, BC is hoping to build Canada’s smallest condos, with the units ranging from 290 to 653 square feet. The price makes them open to people who want to buy but can’t afford the skyrocketing real estate prices in the Vancouver...
Controlling your care
Late last year, the Globe and Mail ran a whole series of articles on death. They discussed many topics related to death and dying, generally and specifically within Canada. In this particular article, the question is on end-of-life care: what happens when someone is...
Inspecting the inspectors
Jeff Lem is a well-known real estate lawyer in Toronto. He wrote this article several weeks ago for the Law Times, and it caught my attention: the province of Ontario is looking at bringing in regulations for home inspectors. Currently, only British Columbia regulates...
Knock-down drag-out
All too often, people fight over inheritances. One child received more, or in a different way; one child received specific items that another wanted; parents assumed that the children would get along and left an asset that was supposed to be shared, and now no one...
Buying bookshelves
In my home office, I have three large IKEA bookshelves. I acquired them separately over the years, but made sure to always buy the same exact model and finish so that, now that they are in a row on the same wall, they look like a beautiful, built-in shelf, where all...
Feeling good about giving to charity
Many of you probably remember watching the show Friends. In the fifth season, there was an episode where Phoebe was trying to do a good deed that she didn’t feel good about. In the end, she tried to give money during a telethon to PBS, which she hated. The donation...
Leasing to own
In the Barrie area, we have several adult communities; most notable are Hoe Doe Valley, Big Cedar Estates and Sandy Cove Acres. All of these communities are comprised of communal areas and, generally, mobile (or otherwise movable) homes. Sometimes, the land is owned;...