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TORONTO 鈥?Demand from retirees, investors and those looking for a winter getaway is driving strong demand for condominiums in popular recreational real estate markets, at times, nearly double the rate for detached homes, says a report by Royal LePage.The realty brokerage says the median price for a condominium located in Whistler, B.C., grew by 26.5 per cent to $61
stanley cup 0,000 this year, compared with a year ago. While prices for detached homes in the popular ski resort town increased by 14.5 per cent to a median price of $2.4 million for the same period.Pat Kelly, president and owner of Royal LePage Black Tusk, attributed the growth in condo prices to a boon in the tourism sector by buyers looking for short-term income rentals and investment properties. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW It was a similar trend in other popular winter destinations in Canada.The report found that c
stanley cup ondo prices at the foot of Mont-Tremblant, Que., grew by 30 per cent to $325,000 from a year ago. The median price for a condominium in Mont-Tremblant village climbed 8.1 per cent to $186,500. The price of a detached home in the village was up 1.9 per cent to $425,000 year over year. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW Condo prices in Canmore, Alta., near pic
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Hamilton paramedics had a lull in hospital r
stanley termoska uns in the early days of COVID-19.But calls are up again, leading to ambulance offload delays at hospitals already hard hit by the resurgent pandemic.Take Friday. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW Around 11 a.m., 25 ambulances, each carrying two paramedics, were on the road.But of those ambulances, there were only eight available to respond to emergencies across the entire city, said EMS Chief Mike Sanderson 鈥?which is less than ideal. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW All the rest are on calls, he added.In the first two months of the pandemic last year, the average ambulance call volume per day was 194. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW But it didnt last, Paul Johnson, general manager of healthy and safe communities, told councillors during a budget presentation Thursday. ART
stanley quencher ICLE CONTINUES BELOW By May 22, our call volume went up, he said, noting an increase in daily calls for service of nearly 30 for the balance of 2020.Hamilton EMS has pitched a seven per cent budget hike for 2021, which includes $700,000 to put an additional staffed ambulance on the road.Thats half of the cost. The prov
stanley cup ince will pick up the balance of the 2021 expenditure next year, a funding lag that continues to irk city officials.The EMS expenditure is part of the proposed health