Condo Corporations have experienced rising insurance premiums over the past couple of years.As winter approaches and settles in, most condo owners that can’t escape south will likely start complaining about the weather and slippery conditions on roads, sidewalks and parking lots. Read on if you want to reduce potential slip and fall claims which could impact insurance premiums.

The City of Winnipeg has formalized their process and set up a web page to better engage all stakeholders on the issue of regulating short term rentals (STRs) https://engage.winnipeg.ca/short-term-rentals. While there is a visible lull in activity in the Council chamber due to the municipal election, City staff are working diligently in the background to have recommendations to Council during the winter. CCI Manitoba will continue to monitor the progress and provide updates throughout the process.

While there has been a lull in activity in the City of Winnipeg in regards to the imposition of a multi-family waste diversion (WFWD) fee, the Provincial Government has started a project that will disrupt the City's plans to some extent.

We have 15 director positions on our Board with each normally serving three year terms, The terms are staggered so that five are elected by our memberseach year at our AGM. On September 22nd at Fort Gibraltar, seven directors were elected to the Board, because we had two directors resign due to other commitments, primarily professional work and family obligation. One of those departing directors was Delaney Vun, a long time Board Member, who served in various capacities, both chairing and serving on multiple committees, and was vice president for a few years. The departing director was Matt Jerome, who was elected to our Board in 2020 and served as our Vice President this past year. We thank both of them for their service.

The City of Winnipeg has a web page with information about their recycling strategy for multi-family properties https://engage.winnipeg.ca/recycling-strategy-for-apartments-and-condos.

The City of Winnipeg has formalized their process and set up a web page to better engage all stakeholders on the issue of regulating short term rentals (STRs) https://engage.winnipeg.ca/short-term-rentals. The web page shows that the period for public consultation has now closed and City Staff are reviewing the information submitted and developing recommendations for Council over the next few months.