Ottawa

As local officials look for ways to breathe new life into Ottawa’s downtown core, U.S. experts are coming up with their own ways to address the same issues. 

A new report analyzing cellphone data shows more people living in downtown Ottawa and more workers returning to the office.

The president of the Treasury Board stood by the federal government’s decision to have civil servants in the office at least three days a week, but called for exemptions to be made where necessary.

A report on Ottawa’s downtown released today by the Ottawa Board of Trade calls for actions that will result in annual economic benefits of more than $1.3 billion, versus a “do-nothing” annual loss of property taxes and other payments of at least $62 million.

Despite dwindling financial support and budget anxieties, this year’s Canadian Tulip Festival ended on a high note, according to executive director Jo Riding. 

Leo Valiquette was a gifted writer and an absolute stickler for procedure and etiquette when interviewing a source, even for a class assignment ...Twenty-five years later, I find myself sitting here trying to apply the same level of detail to his all-too-real obituary.

Though John Naccarato never got to work on the fifth floor of 99 Bank St. after Norton Rose Fulbright moved in November 2023, his smiling portrait watches over one of the office’s board rooms.

Ottawa will play host to the largest team parasport event in the world when the World Wheelchair Basketball Championships come to town in 2026. 

Air Canada announced Friday it is increasing its service to Ottawa with up to 30 additional weekly flights for the winter season compared to last year.