TorontoIAM: Condo Sales Surpass Single-Family Home Sales in Toronto, Tasers Demonstration Addresses Police Safety

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For the First Time, Condo Sales Surpass Single-Family Home Sales in Toronto

According to a recent post in Real Estate Intelligence, Condo sales have now surpassed single-family detached home sales in Toronto. According to the Building Industry and Land Development Association, and for the first time, new condominium sales in the Toronto area have “officially passed the 50 percent mark,” outselling what has “long been the ‘ideal dream’ for Canadian homebuyers,” the single-family detached home.

Stephen Dupuis, chief executive of the association, said, “This is really unheard of. Low-rise homes were always the preferred choice, but it shows you how much the market has changed.” The post reports that the average new condo price is now $347,207, up 8.6 per cent from last November. Low-rise homes saw a price increase of 6.8% to $429,673.”

Maple Leafs are Gentlemen Through and Through

Hockey Buzz’s Howard Berger tells us why he thinks Hockey players are tops. After the Maple Leafs “disaster in Carolina the other night” they have moved on to Florida’s Gulf Coast for a little recovery time. “Though Paul Maurice put his charges through a no-nonsense practice yesterday… there was a sense of calm afterwards.” Said Darcy Tucker, who used to live in the area before his trade to the Leafs. “Sometimes, you come down here and you start to feel a bit better about things… Guys that are banged up, their bodies don't seem to ache as much when they get up in the morning.”



Berger’s family went to the Forum for the Leafs' practice. “It was the first such experience for Lauren, who will be eight in February, and she was all excited.” A few minutes after they got there, Steve McKichan flipped a puck over the glass. Jason Blake skated by and did the same for his son. When the players later emerged from the dressing room, “many of them stopped by to say hello.” They took the time to make them feel welcome, “less than 24 hours after a gut-wrenching defeat.” Hockey players are, for the most part, genuine. There are many good folks in sports, he writes in his post, “but not as widespread as the fellows who put on the blades and whack each other around the ice.”

Tasers Make Policing Environment Safer

Ursula Bennett, blogging on Mississauga Musings, gives us a report on a recent Peel Police Services Board Meeting. During the meeting, she witnessed a taser gun demonstration, along with Peel Regional Police officers Sergeant K. McCowell and Constable J. Rego’s presentation “Use of Force – Peel Regional Police Taser Information,” with subsequent Q&A. She includes a video on her blog of the presentation, which includes “a video clip of Constable Rego being Taser-ed at a police conference he attended in the States. To date, Constable Rego has allowed himself to be Tasered twelve times.”

Bennett writes in her post that “citizens can be assured that the Taser helps make the difficult job of policing safer for our officers” and thanks those who are “gutsy” enough to volunteer to be tagged with one. The taser is more affective than pepper spray. “A subject with a snootful of pepper spray [was] able to whack a bat a dozen times vs. a Tasered bat-wielder [who dropped] like a sack of compliant potatoes before his first swing.” It’s about workplace safety, and there’s “zero doubt that Tasers make it safer for Peel Police officers --especially when they're forced to face a 300+lb Belligerant coming at them complete with hammers for fists.”

New Store Encourages Green Consumerism

Recently on The Bargainista, shopping in Toronto, our blogger features a “new little shop inspiring people to live a little greener.” Carrying a wide-range of “environmentally-friendly, natural and organic items, Dandilion Mud Pie carries everything from household cleaning products to jewelery. According to the Bargainista herself, “you’ll find something for everyone.”



“I’m definitely intrigued by the variety of home-grown products,” she writes in her post. “My favorites are the bags from Echoes in the Attic.” This “cool spot” also carries “clothing, skin care, nic nacs and hand-crafted accessories” and is located behind Pizzaville on Fairlawn Ave.

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