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This web page by 'Community Legal Education Ontario' has some useful information on rules about air conditioners in Ontario housing law:

Rules about air conditioners – CLEO

About an hour ago, a piece of paper from an individual was place into my mail slot that says the following:

"...Please do not sign anything or remove your appliances at this time. The next step would be for the landlord/management to give you an N5 - A Notice for Interfering with Others, Damage or Overcrowding.but he would still have to apply to the Landlord Tenant Board to have a hearing which would take time...This is an attempt to bully you into immediately taking over your hydro..."

I've started to get messages from tenants in other buildings who also claim to be getting renovicted from a building owned by Michael Klein/Ludmila Karakulov. One of which is '94 beck street in Cambridge':

A tenant just reported to me that they received a notice in their mail slot, about an hour ago, requesting more money for Hydro due to use of an air conditioner in the tenant's apartment.

CTV News coverage of the electrical fire that occurred on Saturday:

Electrical fire at 250 Frederick Street adds to recent problems for residents

Here is a short list of meeting notes that I can recall from memory (I will try to post better meeting minutes later):

• Tenants presented work that they had done to research the proposed parking changes at 250 Frederick St. Strategies to improve the parking situation for the building were discussed.


• A tenant stated that they had spoken to building management about the apartment fire that occurred on Saturday night, and that the response from management was that the cause of the fire was of an electrical nature.


• Specific questions related to N13 eviction process were discussed.


• Various topics were discussed related to the communication methods and organizational hierarchy of the tenant community.

On July 6, 2024, just before midnight a fire started on the 17th floor of 250 Frederick St. The fire started in an apartment that, tenants say, was being occupied by one of the building's management team. I personally observed a substantial amount of smoke spewing from the top of the door of the affected apartment into the hallway. Shortly after the fire alarm went off, the fire department arrived on scene and began connecting a fire hose to the 16th floor fire plumbing connection. From there, they routed the fire hose up the stairwell to the 17th floor and began to extinguish the fire. The fire was substantial enough that one of the fire fighters initially recoiled upon entering the unit. The first fire fighter who was able to go inside the unit required full face mask protection. After the fire was extinguished, I asked one of the fire fighters if there was anyone in the unit, and he said 'no'. I have not heard of any reports of injuries at the time. The member of the building management who was believed to be occupying the unit was seen speaking to first responders about an hour after the incident started. At this time, I do not have any information about what the cause of the fire was, or the extent of the damage.

On June 28, 2024 more residents have been reporting that they received an N13 eviction notice.