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With corporate travel to Ottawa yet to recover from the pandemic, local tourism officials are busy bolstering leisure tourism and making Ottawa the place to be this summer.

The Canadian Real Estate Association says it is scaling back its housing market forecast for the remainder of the year amid increased levels of supply and a quiet spring spurred by fewer interest rate cuts expected in 2024.

Last month’s interest rate cut by the Bank of Canada wasn’t enough to send sidelined buyers in Ottawa rushing back to the real estate market, according to Royal LePage’s Q2 2024 Home Price Update and Market Forecast, released Thursday. 

In this instalment of My Ottawa, Karla Briones shares her favourite hidden gems in her “adopted city,” from immigrant-owned businesses and the best spot to catch the sunset to the Ottawa neighbourhoods and festivals that remind her most of Mexico.

If the LCBO strike has you going thirsty, take this opportunity to discover some new-to-you fermented grape juice at one of the fabulous wine bars in the National Capital Region.

Since the pandemic, tech priorities have been changing, opening up new avenues for innovation in the seniors care industry, according to Elizabeth Audette-Bourdeau.

As Jackie Morphy prepares to shutter her Bank Street store All Eco after five years in business, she says the only thing that might have prevented the outcome is a crystal ball.

It isn’t easy to run a restaurant, especially since the pandemic, but Ottawa financial adviser Cameron Ross keeps finding ways to make it work. 

In this instalment of Top of Mind in Tech, Sacha Gera discusses pushing the Canadian government to re-examine its procurement practices, leveraging tech’s newfound “radical collaboration,” and “marketing the crap” out of Ottawa’s opportunities for tech startups.