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Tourism has changed drastically since the pandemic, but Ottawa Tourism boss Michael Crockatt said his organization has risen to the challenge, with a new visitor centre opened Wednesday on Elgin Street the latest step toward updating the city’s identity as a destination.Â
While housing starts continued to rise nationally in November, the Ottawa-Gatineau region saw another drop last month, according to the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp.
Federal employees are not the only ones being asked to return to the office, according to one local observer, as increasingly disillusioned executives make plans to switch course from hybrid to full-time in-person.Â