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Ooh la la: Paris-YOW flights put Ottawa back on map for European travellers, investors

France’s flagship airline said it will operate five weekly flights between Paris and Ottawa starting on June 27.

Star power: Ex-CTV host Ben Mulroney joins delivery platform Trexity’s advisory board

Mulroney told Techopia he hopes to be a “sounding board” for Ottawa startup’s leadership team as firm continues its cross-Canada expansion push.

Area X.O AV test track revs up robotics R&D with help from $5.4M in federal funding

Ottawa’s outdoor research facility for self-driving cars and other smart transportation technologies will open a state-of-the-art test bed for drones and robotic systems this spring, Invest Ottawa said Tuesday.

CAPREIT sells stake in three Ottawa rental towers for $136M

CEO Mark Kenney said the capital will “likely be an active market” for CAPREIT as it continues to pursue its strategy of buying into new construction projects.

Clash of management styles could be to blame for Shopify CTO’s departure, tech analyst says

RMW Commerce Consulting's Rick Watson told Techopia he thinks Shopify CEO Tobi Lütke might be growing impatient at e-commerce giant's pace of product development.

Ottawa’s rental housing vacancy rate drops in 2022 despite surge in construction: CMHC

The Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. says the city's vacancy rate for purpose-built housing dropped to 2.1 per cent last year, down from 3.4 per cent in 2021, due to “strong demographic and economic fundamental conditions.”

Long-term closure of Wellington Street ‘not viable,’ tourism officials argue

The future of Wellington Street needs to be decided as part of a larger plan to reimagine the downtown and with an eye to the impact on tourism, local stakeholders say.

Hotel business heating up despite dicey winter weather so far in 2023, local industry says

Head of the Ottawa Gatineau Hotel Association said it’s still too early to tell how much of an impact the weather will have on leisure traffic at downtown lodgings in February.

Developers urge City to cut red tape, clear path to more office-to-residential conversions

As municipal leaders brainstorm new ways to revitalize Ottawa’s downtown in a post-pandemic world, real estate insiders say making the office-to-residential conversion process easier by cutting red tape at city hall should be right at the top of their agenda.

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