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Ottawa wardrobe consultant Mary Ciancibello turned a bad first day into a business that helps everyone from CEOs and lawyers, to new moms and divorced dads transform their perspectives on themselves.
Despite a flurry of activity in December, Ottawa-Gatineau’s annual pace of housing starts stayed fairly flat, increasing one per cent compared with November, per the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp.
Local experts see a new report on Ottawa’s downtown as evidence that multiple sectors and levels of government are capable of collaborating to fix the area’s problems. But that doesn’t mean taking the next step is going to be easy.Â
The aggregate price of a home was $754,700 at the end of December, the real estate company said. While that was up from the start of the year, it represented a 1.1 per cent decrease from the third quarter, Royal LePage said.
Following a successful career with prominent property developers such as WSP, Windmill Development Group and most recently Colonnade BridgePort, George struck out on his own last May, launching consulting firm George Partners.
With the local tourism sector on the way to recovery and professional sports like the PWHL in full swing post-pandemic, the puck is about to drop on a busy year for Ottawa sports tourism – and hockey is at the top of the list.
Members of the Greater Ottawa Home Builders' Association (GOHBA) scored quality time Thursday morning with Mayor Mark Sutcliffe, who's sticking to his promise to speak at the association’s first breakfast every January throughout his term in office.