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BIAs across the city ramp up efforts to get consumers to support local businesses

Local BIAs across the city are encouraging Ottawa residents to buy local in the face of the current economic uncertainty. SabriNa Lemay, executive director of

Op-ed: Proposed HART Hub in Chinatown doesn’t take small business concerns into account

Ottawa, Top Stories

In Ottawa’s Chinatown, the small business community forms a vibrant network of restaurants, shops and services that enrich the city culturally, socially and economically. These

Deal underway for sale of Yangtze in Chinatown; likely to continue as restaurant, local sources say

Real Estate, Non-Residential, Ottawa

The property that has been home to the Yangtze Restaurant for more than 40 years is in the process of being sold and is expected

Chinatown community watches nervously as Yangtze property draws interest from developers

Ottawa, Insider Only Real Estate

As burglaries plague Chinatown businesses, one entrepreneur is making lemons into lemon meringue pie

Ottawa

The founder of 5:2:8 Creative Coffee Collective on Somerset Street West in Chinatown said he’s choosing to turn a recent burglary at his property “into

Chinatown BIA efforts at revitalization thwarted by crime, drug use, racism

Ottawa

Between an increase in drug use, rising crime and continued racism, Ottawa’s Chinatown has not recovered from the pandemic – in fact, according to at

Rideau Rollers brings “rollerskating renaissance” to Chinatown

Ottawa, Retail

With Rideau Rollers, Alysha Gardner is spearheading the revival of a rollerskating culture in the city and bringing variety to the streets of Chinatown.

It’s not only the ByWard Market that needs help with safety and security, business leaders say

Ottawa

While a new city report aimed at revitalizing the ByWard Market is in the works, local business officials argue that other areas of Ottawa are