In this edition, we have four topics of interest:

• Urgent requests to CCI
• Carbon tax rebates
• Naturally Occurring Retirement Communities (NORCs)
• Mortgagees and condominium corporation records

This article is a result of some questions posed by a member at our Annual General Meeting in September 2024 and our continuing efforts to identify all of Manitoba’s condominium corporations so we can better serve them. The member asked how many condominium corporations there are in the province and how many of them are members. The member suggested they should all be members; CCI Manitoba strongly agrees. After responding to the initial questions, the member asked why we hadn’t contacted all of the corporations with no prior CCI history and asked them to join.

How is your condominium corporation’s budget looking for the current fiscal year? Were you prepared for the tax and rate increases passed by your municipal council?

An often-asked question is: What does a condo board director have to know? Here is a pathway to enlightenment for both condo directors and unit owners.

Articles of interest recently published on our website news feed include the following subjects:

• Numerous articles about March being fraud awareness month 

• Updates on Winnipeg sewer, water and waste fees and their impacts on condo corporations

• Trending articles from across the country

Here is the current list of CCI Manitoba's individual members and condo corporation members.

In this edition, we have five topics of interest:

• Presidents's Forum review
• Condo trash
• The need for a reserve fund
• Property appraisals
• Municipal agreements

What does fiduciary responsibility really mean anyway?

Tips for reducing the risk of winter slips and falls.

Articles of interest recently published on our website news feed include:

• Aging in place and proactively thinking of accessibility needs
• Accessibility needs and service animals
• Is your condominium corporation prepared for a data breach?
• Does your condo have a shared facility agreement with another condo?
• Recycle your old fridge or freezer
• Attention all condo corporation directors!
• Condominium board accountability
• Problems in Edmonton with green bin roll-out for condos
   

We find that our Individual members are some of the most engaged and active members of any membership category and some of our staunchest supporters, while our condo corporation members and their unit owners are by far the most numerous of any membership category and the reason CCI exists.

For up-to-date information about in-person and online events, please go to https://cci-manitoba.ca/education-events/upcoming-course-events. Note that the education events listed below are now free for CCI members.
 

In this edition, we have five topics of interest:

• Condo director elections and acclamations
• Condo corporation board behaviour
• Registry of condo corporations
• A reminder about  electronic meetings 
• Proxies

Here’s an easy-to-read guide to condo ownership

Condo Questions and Answers, Ontario edition: What you can do about the 40+ most common — and unexpected — condo problems, by Sally Thompson

Here are ideas for making the condo act more effective