
Feds look to start prequalifying contractors to bid on Supreme Court building overhaul
Building systems and components are “overdue” for rehabilitation following various emergency repairs and maintenance dating back to the 1990s.

Feds look to start prequalifying contractors to bid on Supreme Court building overhaul
Building systems and components are “overdue” for rehabilitation following various emergency repairs and maintenance dating back to the 1990s.

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City looks to relax infill housing restrictions
Changes would reduce the minimum required lot sizes and raise the four-unit cap that currently applies in some Ottawa neighbourhoods.

Feds pledge $168M for Gladstone Avenue affordable housing projects
Funds will go toward the construction of 698 residential units in four separate buildings at 811, 818 and 933 Gladstone Ave.

Housing starts in Ottawa-Gatineau soar 154% in August: CMHC
Builders in Ottawa began work on 1,619 new homes last month, a whopping 167 per cent increase over a year earlier, while new starts in

Senators turn to veteran executive Weir to fill senior role at new community foundation
The longtime Ottawa resident spent more than a decade in communications and marketing posts with the new foundation’s predecessor, the Ottawa Senators Foundation.

Porter delays restarting flights again; plans to resume service in November
Airline said extension of mandatory quarantine order for travellers entering or returning to Canada, continued border closures and the ongoing Atlantic Canada travel bubble, were

Developer plans 29-storey apartment highrise at Holland Cross complex
LaSalle Investment Management says it wants to build a 300,000-square-foot tower with 337 rental units and ground-level commercial space.

Bullish execs tout BluMetric’s ‘resilience’ despite Q3 revenue drop
Cleantech firm posted net earnings of $673,000 for the quarter, up $663,000 from the same period last year.

Ottawa-Gatineau’s unemployment rate ticks up to 9.2% in August
Region added nearly 10,000 new positions in August, but employment-seekers returning to the market en masse drove up jobless rate.
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