A major union for Ottawa-Gatineau's largest employer asked members on Wednesday to try not to spend money at downtown businesses. As of Monday, federal public servants have to work in the office ...

A few blocks away on Sparks Street, one man's dream has ended. Jason Komendat, owner of the Retro Rides bicycle shop and co-owner of the Ottawa Bike Cafe, says he is "closing the whole space." ...

Downtown Ottawa also supports some unique shops, like the Goat Milk Soap Store, a bulk goods store, and Fue Déjà Vu which sells handcrafted clothing and accessories.

He bought the shop from a barber who also owned it for 11 years. Cutting hair, a block-and-a-half from Parliament Hill – that used to be a steady job. Now, who knows? ... Merchants in downtown Ottawa ...

How will downtown Ottawa emerge from the worst of the pandemic? Will it again be a’bustle with white collars and pot shops? Will residents move in to fill the void? Or will Ottawa Centre MP ...

Croy has opened Signature Look Boutique, a new retail store located at 240 E. Main St. downtown. The shop specializes in casual-contemporary clothing, accessories and gifts tailored to women and ...

In partnership with Bloomberg Philanthropies and a team lead responsible for pedestrianizing New York City’s Times Square, ...

In the spring of 2020, Jason Komendat was in the midst of moving Retro-Rides, a bike shop and café, to its current location on downtown Ottawa’s Sparks Street pedestrian mall, when the pandemic ...

Downtown Ottawa is experiencing “multiple crises at once,” in the form of housing and homelessness, mental health, drug consumption and an economic downturn, and is in need of “visionary and ...

A “store inventory snapshot” pinned on it showed that the downtown Ottawa store sold 31 million Canadian dollars, $22.5 million at current exchange rates, worth of merchandise in 2019.