2020 TTMAC Hardsurface Award, Delta Hotel Pool

It’s always a great feeling when hard work gets the recognition it deserves. Euro Tile & Stone’s Delta Hotel Pool restoration project was something that…

November 27, 2020

Designing 15-minute neighbourhoods in a post-COVID Ottawa

Ottawa aspires to be one of the best livable mid-sized cities in North America. A key part of this vision includes vibrant traditional main streets…

June 1, 2020

Toon Featured on The Big Story

The Big Story recently did a piece on the impact that the COVID19 pandemic is having on our cities, homes and offices, and discussed with…

April 21, 2020

Eliminating eyesores

How Ottawa can address its empty and abandoned buildings Apathy is costing our communities Vacant and derelict buildings tear holes in our communities. They harm…

November 29, 2019

Canada’s broken procurement system is a threat to the public interest

We have a problem with procurement. Procurement is the way public institutions such as governments purchase professional services and materials. It starts with a request…

November 23, 2019

“Five Big Moves” of Ottawa’s new Official Plan

City staff should be congratulated for setting an ambitious goal with the “Five Big Moves” of Ottawa’s new Official Plan. These are, indeed, big moves…

October 7, 2019