James Bagnall
Ottawa Citizen
Ottawa, ON, Canada
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Office divergence: Tech workers starting to return while government studies options
Since the beginning of the pandemic the capital region’s office market has verged on bizarre. Most tenants sent their workers home and continued paying for… → Read More
Ottawa real estate: House resale shifting towards balance, but not there yet
The resale market is not considered balanced until inventories top at least a month's worth of sales. → Read More
A sense of fulfillment at Shopify despite its stock woes
On Thursday, the e-commerce giant published first-quarter financial results that triggered a nearly 15-per-cent slide in share value. → Read More
A new 'normal' glimpsed in Ottawa real estate
For the first time in 2022, year-over-year price gains in Ottawa outpaced those in the Ottawa Valley. → Read More
Analysis: The luck of the budget planners during the pandemic
An unexpected gusher of personal and sales tax revenues found their way into government coffers during the pandemic. → Read More
After the occupation: Six plans to remake the core of Wellington Street across from Parliament Hill
Six teams of architects are vying to develop the remaining nine buildings on Block 2 on the south side of Wellington Street . → Read More
BUDGET 2022: A budget for all things residential
The federal government will advance $800 million annually to the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp., which will help municipalities → Read More
Eugene Melnyk's unfinished business: profits, a new arena and that billion-dollar lawsuit
Everything is up in the air, including the fate of the team, following the death of its owner, though Eugene Melnyk has long made clear his desire to keep control of the Senators in the family. → Read More
Working in a war zone: How Ukraine's software army is coping
"Typically we have five to 10 people on each project. If you lose one or two for a couple of days because they've lost internet or need to look after family, you're still OK." → Read More
Two years on: How the pandemic changed Ottawa's job market
For every sector that reported job gains, there was another that suffered losses. → Read More
Real estate disruptor: How Unreserved is targeting Ottawa with online auctions
Breadcrumb Trail Links * Local News * Local Business * Homes Real estate disruptor: How Unreserved is targeting Ottawa with online auctions "We're building the future of real estate here." Unreserved founder Ryan O'Connor has auctioned off more than 100 condos and residential properties to date. About one-quarter of these took place in February, representing a two-per-cent share of the resale… → Read More
Calian's not-so secret formula: government contracts and buying firms that actually make money
"We look for good, well-run companies that are profitable." → Read More
Great green hope: How former Canopy Growth execs plan to save the world
It’s one of the great frustrations of those waging war against climate change: the slow pace of politicians. → Read More
Riddled with shortages: Key sectors await the fix of higher interest rates, wind-down of COVID
At the end of December, just 64.9 per cent of the capital region’s working-age population of 1.2 million was attached to the labour force. → Read More
Lessons of the pandemic: the story of Assent Compliance, providers of supply chain software
"Andrew Waitman, chief executive of Assent Compliance, is now well ahead of the game as far as finances go and can concentrate on expanding the business." → Read More
Test of patience: Why Canada's COVID-19 tests supplies run out
It’s been one of the most frustrating aspects of the pandemic. → Read More
Region's jobless stats tumble for sixth straight month, concerns remain
At first glance the recent recovery in the capital region's economy has been impressive. → Read More
Ottawa's new normal: annual house price gains topping 16 per cent
Factors pushing up prices include historically low interest rates and inventories and a pandemic-driven hunt for spacious accommodations. → Read More
Analysis: Why Ontario's students are returning to school next week, despite an Omicron surge
The conundrum can be explained by the remarkable turn in how the virus has affected its targets in Ottawa during the course of the pandemic. → Read More
Shopify and Telesat are tackling the same, vast corporation — Amazon
At first glance, the Ottawa champions appear spectacularly outmatched by Amazon, but a closer look reveals a tighter match. → Read More