Women are under-represented in the boardrooms of corporate Canada, holding just 12 per cent of board seats at 677 TSX-listed companies analyzed by provincial regulators last year. But the disparity is larger in the medical marijuana business. Only 5 per cent of the board seats at publicly traded marijuana producers are currently occupied by women, according to an analysis of data conducted by The Canadian Press.

Canadian cannabis companies face dearth of female directors (June 7, 2017)

At least 85 real estate companies have not implemented a plan showing how they are trying to detect money laundering and other suspicious transactions, nearly 15 years after they were required to do so, according to data obtained by The Canadian Press.

Dozens of real estate firms not compliant with anti-money laundering rules (May 24, 2016)

Toronto's blistering real estate market continued to burn hot last month, with sales hitting a new record and prices continuing to skyrocket, the Toronto Real Estate Board said Thursday. TREB said the average resale price of a home in the Greater Toronto Area climbed to $709,825 last month, up more than 16 per cent compared to a year ago.

'Troubling trend' as Toronto real estate sees record sales for July (Aug. 4, 2016)

Canada’s anti-money laundering agency conducted on-site examinations of more than 800 real estate companies over four-and-a-half years and found “significant” or “very significant” deficiencies during 60 per cent of those visits, new data shows. A document obtained by The Canadian Press through an Access to Information request shows that Fintrac conducted 823 examinations of companies in the real estate sector between 2012 and mid June of this year.

Alexandra Posadzki