Monthly Archives: October 2018

By Graham Neysmith [This article by Carleton University journalism student Graham Neysmith originally appeared at https://capitalcurrent.ca/] The man who branded Ottawa’s professional hockey team doesn’t consider himself a hockey fan and has never even laced up a pair of skates. Tony Milchard designed the logo used by the Ottawa Senators when they debuted in the National […]

by Bruce M Firestone, PhD Introduction OJ “Jack” Firestone came to Canada from Vienna (via England) in the 1930s and couldn’t believe his luck—to live in a nation that was largely peaceful, where folks of all races and religions got along (for the most part), where he could get a job, start a business, raise […]

Today, is municipal election day in Ontario. Some of my friends are running for city of Ottawa council. Here’s what I had to say this morning to one of them. Both (my souse) Dawn and I talk about you often and we wish you all the success today. The thing is… we are proud of […]

A cap rate or capitalization rate is found by dividing NOI, net operating income, by the cost of a property or its fair market value. Obviously, we can reverse the process–find property values if we know both NOI and the applicable market-dictated cap rate for that type of property. Let’s try this with some Bloomberg […]

You know what I’ve found? Getting clarity in your life matters (a lot). Here’s how I help people do that (feel free to pass this on): [I highlighted the big depression-fighters in my experience in bold]

Every year since I can remember MTO (ministry of transportation for Ontario) has been doing work somewhere along the Queensway–highways 417 and 174. You’ve heard the joke before: There are only two seasons in Ottawa–winter and construction. It’s one of the prices we’ve paid for not embracing light rail a lot earlier than we did […]

If we build more mixed-use communities, ones that are neo-urbanist, that are both economically and environmentally sustainable, plus they are walkable, animated, livable districts where people can— LIVE-WORK-PLAY-CREATE-MAKE-LEARN-ENTERTAIN-SHOP-EXERCISE-GROW-SOCIALIZE in one neighborhood, this will do more to reduce congestion than anything else I can think of…

At a recent Ottawa mayoral candidates debate, the issue of what to do (if anything) about Airbnb came up. Current mayor Jim Watson pointed to a 4% tax now levied on Airbnb rentals somewhat leveling the field between professionally-run hotels and sharing economy-based ones. Mr Watson also said, “When you move into a neighborhood, you expect […]