Last year, the City of Toronto opened a respite centre for people who are homeless in my neighbourhood. This news came in tandem with the destruction of a “tent city” under the nearby Gardiner Expressway – a space that is being reclaimed as the trendy Bentway for the...
Just by the mere act of reading this sentence, dear reader, you’re already ahead of the game. For 30 years, REM has provided the real estate industry in Canada with quality, independent journalism. We have covered major changes and upheavals from an independent point...
It is not difficult for me to imagine what hell is like. I may not be a very religious man, but I do believe in hell. I know hell exists. But when and where is up to us. On Apr. 22, 1915, hell was Ypres, Belgium. It was then and there that soldiers of the German...
When I was in high school, a new kid moved to our town and quickly became part of my group of friends. We called him “Communist Mike”. It wasn’t just a clever nickname. He literally was a communist. Only about a year later, though, Mike passed away after taking his...
I grew up with this magazine you’re reading. Literally. My dad, Heino, launched this humble publication 29 years ago, and as a result I’ve had the good fortune of spending nearly my entire life surrounded by some the biggest names in Canadian real estate. I’ve watched...
