Downtown
Lansdowne
+2
Nov 9, 2025
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9 min read
Despite the controversy, shovels are expected to break ground on Lansdowne 2.0 in the next few weeks
Westboro
+8
Oct 23, 2025
13 min read
With so many big-box stores available for rent, what does the future hold for retail in Ottawa's dying malls?
ByWard Market
+3
Oct 7, 2025
5 min read
Nuit Blanche will be held in the ByWard Market next fall. Despite failed attempts over a decade ago, their is optimism this time it could actually work
Federal
Sep 17, 2025
7 min read
There is worry spreading through Downtown Ottawa as concerns are heightened over likely cuts to the federal public service
Aug 18, 2025
Uncommon Space has recently opened in Centretown. The local business improvement association hopes it will help make downtown an arts and culture hot spot.
Jul 14, 2025
Ottawa is set to grow by 400,000 residents over the next few decades. To meet that demand, development is popping up around transit stations
+1
Jul 9, 2025
3 min read
The Mackenzie King work will have construction crews repairing the aging structure for at least two more years after new problems surfaced.
4 min read
The city has opened its first office to housing conversion on Queen Street
Jun 13, 2025
1 min read
The City of Ottawa has ruled out putting bus-only lanes on Bank Street, but some community groups say they are desperately needed
Art
May 21, 2025
From early 2000’s internet art to today’s VR, this Ottawa gem is forging new pathways for art, culture and technology.
Apr 24, 2025
8 min read
Ottawa Centre candidates share their visions for the future of Downtown Ottawa.
Apr 16, 2025
A man has been arrested after Centretown business break-ins.
+6
Jan 15, 2025
The head of the BIA said incidents started to get out of hand when a safe consumption site opened at the Somerset West Community Health Centre in 2018
+4
Jan 3, 2025
26 min read
The Lookout takes a look at the biggest headlines of 2024 and what's in store for 2025
Dec 6, 2024
22 min read
The ByWard Market is slowly bouncing back and is now getting new funding from the province as part of its "New Deal" for Ottawa. Plus, a man war arrested at a heated Sprung structure meeting in Nepean
Nov 29, 2024
21 min read
The Ottawa Mission is short a few hundred thousand dollars due to the Canada Post strike.
