Articles for tag: Bussiness, Canada, Ottawa, Technology

December 4, 2025

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Ottawa Invests $1M in Private Security for ByWard Market: Will It Work?

As the city pushes for National Historic Site status by 2027, the controversial plan sparks debate about safety, tourism, and who’s responsible for Canada’s capital December 4, 2025 Mayor Mark Sutcliffe stood before cameras today flanked by police brass and emergency service chiefs to announce a solution Ottawa businesses have been demanding for years: private security guards patrolling the ByWard Market. The price tag? One million dollars over two years from the city’s new Public Safety Action Plan. The timing? Strategic. Ottawa is racing to secure National Historic Site designation for the Market by its 200th birthday in 2027, and

December 4, 2025

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Ottawa’s $2.14 Billion Problem: How the Federal Government Is Reshaping Downtown

The capital’s office market faces unprecedented uncertainty as the feds plan to shed millions of square feet—and nobody knows which buildings will survive December 4, 2025 Walk through downtown Ottawa on a Wednesday afternoon and you’ll see something unsettling: empty streets, darkened storefronts, and gleaming office towers filled with vacant floors. It’s not just a post-pandemic hangover. This is the new reality of a capital city wrestling with an identity crisis, and the stakes couldn’t be higher. The federal government, Ottawa’s economic anchor and largest employer with 154,000 workers in the National Capital Region, is planning to slash its office