5 things to know

Here’s your quick morning update on news in the sign industry:

1. The first prototype of a new map for downtown Toronto’s Path pedestrian network was installed last month in Royal Bank Plaza, following two years of development by the city’s Financial District Business Improvement Association (BIA) and other stakeholders.

2. Digital out-of-home (DOOH) advertising firm Pattison Onestop has added seven buildings in Calgary and Edmonton to its digital office network (DON) of screens in elevators, bringing its inventory in Alberta up to 65 buildings.

3. The Ontario Heritage Trust has unveiled plaques commemorating the Jean-Baptiste Lainé archeological site in Whitchurch-Stouffville, Ont., where a 16th-century village was founded by ancestors of the Huron-Wendat Nation.

4. Security has been a hot topic lately in the world of digital signage. With hackers taking screens captive around the world, even if only to display unauthorized content for a minute, it is important to ensure an ironclad security plan is in place for all digital signage networks.

5. Saskatoon’s city council recently approved four new billboards, which will be built along Circle Drive in the city’s southeast industrial area. A report suggests leasing the four billboards will generate about $40,000 a year for the city’s coffers.