Toon Dreessen

Ottawa is a G7 capital city. We have incredible opportunities to be a city on par with London, Paris, Tokyo, or Berlin, even if we

Op-ed: More procurement reform would allow Ottawa businesses to help shape our city

Ottawa, Top Stories

In all the recent talk of trade wars, tariffs and buying Canadian, I didn’t expect procurement to feature prominently. I couldn’t be more pleased to

Building The City We Aspire To Be

OBJ360 Sponsored

Ottawa is facing many challenges: we need more housing that achieves better sustainable density to create homes for families and support small businesses for a

From world-class to worrisome: The challenges facing Ottawa transit

OBJ360 Sponsored, Uncategorized

This has been an incredible year for news. There are many contenders for Ottawa newsmaker of the year: Michael Andlauer’s Senators ownership and a new

How the ByWard Market has become ‘a market only in name and history’

Ottawa, Retail

Once filled with specialty food stores and niche grocers, the ByWard Market has shifted away from its roots as a traditional food market, area business

A redering of the proposed redevelopment of Westgate Shopping Centre.

Portion of Westgate Shopping Centre could be torn down as soon as this fall, councillor says

Ottawa, Insider Only

Observers laud downtown task force report’s ‘people-centric’ ideas, but warn next steps won’t be easy

Ottawa

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

Op-ed: Is selling ‘air rights’ to public land such as Lansdowne Park the best we can do?

Ottawa

“The proposal has increased in cost and would add $310 million to our debt obligation. While the design is improved…fundamental questions remain about how the

Op-ed: Your vote helps build our city — literally

City Hall

“We can be the city we want to be. But we can’t get there if we don’t vote,” writes Toon Dreessen.

Ottawa Senators win the bid for LeBreton Flats

Sports and Entertainment

CSDI is proposing to build an NHL hockey arena and events venue surrounded by mixed-use development, located on Albert Street between Preston Street and City