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Bright colours, big promises: Can ‘Uncommon Spaces’ revive Downtown Ottawa?
Aug 18, 2025

Bright colours, big promises: Can ‘Uncommon Spaces’ revive Downtown Ottawa?

Uncommon Space has recently opened in Centretown. The local business improvement association hopes it will help make downtown an arts and culture hot spot.

Kate Chappell
Kate Chappell
Lincoln FieldsLincoln Fields
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How Ottawa’s biggest transit-oriented development projects will reshape much of the city
Jul 16, 2025
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How Ottawa’s biggest transit-oriented development projects will reshape much of the city

As Ottawa continues to expand its light rail line, transit-oriented development is popping up around the city. We explore how it will impact your neighbourhood

Charlie Senack
Charlie Senack
DowntownDowntown
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Former office building converted into transitional housing
Jul 09, 2025

Former office building converted into transitional housing

The city has opened its first office to housing conversion on Queen Street

Charlie Senack
Charlie Senack
HousingHousing
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Can Ottawa count on federal housing platforms?
Apr 25, 2025
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Can Ottawa count on federal housing platforms?

We take a look at the political parties housing platforms and how they could impact Ottawa.

Victor Vigas Alvarez
Victor Vigas Alvarez
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Get ready to pay less for rent if you live in a building built before 2001
Apr 04, 2025

Get ready to pay less for rent if you live in a building built before 2001

Get ready to save a few hundred dollars a year on rent. Plus, Ottawa Police are investigating after five killings in a week

Charlie Senack
Charlie Senack
HousingHousing
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Housing could be built on Kanata golf course after ruling
Jan 22, 2025

Housing could be built on Kanata golf course after ruling

It could mean a big new development in the area

Charlie Senack
Charlie Senack
HousingHousing
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The city is fast-tracking work to build two Sprung structures in Nepean and Kanata
Jan 17, 2025

The city is fast-tracking work to build two Sprung structures in Nepean and Kanata

The cost will be $15 million to build each centre

Charlie Senack
Charlie Senack
HousingHousing
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Will Ottawa get a renoviction bylaw afterall?
Jan 17, 2025

Will Ottawa get a renoviction bylaw afterall?

In a surprising move, the answer appears to be yes

Charlie Senack
Charlie Senack
DowntownDowntown
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Ottawa Mission tasked with handling asylum seekers amid Holiday financial strain
Nov 29, 2024

Ottawa Mission tasked with handling asylum seekers amid Holiday financial strain

The Ottawa Mission is short a few hundred thousand dollars due to the Canada Post strike.

Charlie Senack
Charlie Senack
HousingHousing
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Barrhaven wont get sprung shelters after all. Here is where they are going instead
Nov 08, 2024

Barrhaven wont get sprung shelters after all. Here is where they are going instead

Barrhaven is rejoicing over news they wont be having a sprung structure built in their suburban community. Instead, two locations have been chosen in Nepean and Kanata.

Charlie Senack
Charlie Senack
HousingHousing
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Queensway Hospital looks to build urgent care centre on shortlisted sprung structure site
Oct 30, 2024

Queensway Hospital looks to build urgent care centre on shortlisted sprung structure site

Nepean MPP Lisa MacLeod and Barrhaven councillors are hoping to secure funding for a new urgent care centre for the Queensway Carleton Hospital. It’s a political move to potentially stop a sprung structure from getting built.

Charlie Senack
Charlie Senack
HousingHousing
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Are old convents the answer to Ottawa’s emergency housing crisis?
Oct 25, 2024

Are old convents the answer to Ottawa’s emergency housing crisis?

Old religious institutions are being used to house people. Plus, the Greenboro Community Centre has been renamed after Diane Deans.

Charlie Senack
Charlie Senack
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