Ottawa

"I was carrying toilets from 1970s bungalows that needed a revamp and I felt better going back than playing an NHL game when I sat on the bench for the majority of the game,” says former NHL defenceman Slater Koekkoek.

Difficult economic conditions have forced the closure of the Stella Luna Gelato Cafe on Wellington Street West, with staff told they were being laid off earlier this month.

Ottawa-Gatineau’s annual pace of housing starts fell 34 per cent last month compared with October, the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. says.

Between 2011 and 2021, Ottawa lost 31 housing units that rented for under $1,000 per month for every new unit added to the market under that price point.

In response to high demand in Ottawa, Porter Airlines is increasing capacity on eight routes from the nation’s capital to key destinations in Canada and the U.S. for the spring and summer. 

Hintonburg’s Orange Art Gallery will vacate its space at 290 City Centre Ave. at the end of December after the building's landlords did not renew its lease, leading other tenants and nearby residents to speculate about plans for redevelopment of the site.

Michelle Groulx, executive director of the Ottawa Coalition of Business Improvement Areas (OCOBIA), will leave her role in early January to become president of MBC Group, a national engineering and appraisal firm.   

Sales of beer, wine, cider and ready-to-drink cocktails will be allowed in convenience stores and all grocery stores in Ontario by 2026, Premier Doug Ford announced Thursday.

Royal LePage is forecasting the aggregate price of an Ottawa home will rise 4.5 per cent year-over-year...

Retail space in a proposed Little Italy development has been significantly reduced, but the developer said he’s hopeful groceries will still be a major piece.