Timothy Barretto-Burns, coffee master at Canada's first Starbucks Reserve Coffee Bar, uses a siphon brew to make coffee. The priciest drinks cost close to $10 per cup. Heather Botham, Centretown NewsCanada’s first Starbucks reserve coffee bar, offering state-of-the-art coffee at as much as $10 a cup, has opened in the ByWard Market.
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Viewpoint: Could hydro end Liberal reign in Ottawa-Vanier? Maybe
Something is rotten in the state of Ontario — or so the line might read if Shakespeare’s famous play were acted out by the candidates in today’s provincial byelection in Ottawa-Vanier.
Hotels demand Airbnb regulation
Steve Ball, spokesman for local hotels, says Airbnb should be subject to more stringent regulation. Cody MacKay, Centretown News The Ottawa Gatineau Hotel Association is calling on the City of Ottawa to regulate short-term Airbnb renters.
Park site for tribute to trades
Artist's image of planned monument to nation's building trades. Canadian Building Trades UnionIn an effort to commemorate the workers who have helped shape Canada’s construction industry, including the capital’s streetscape, the Canadian Building Trades Union is erecting a downtown Ottawa monument in their honour — just in time for Canada’s 150th birthday.