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I have a small group of Canucklehead entrepreneurs that I coach. They have a great idea (seriously) to launch a

By Graham Neysmith The man who branded Ottawa’s professional hockey team doesn’t consider himself a hockey fan and has never

by Bruce M Firestone, PhD Introduction OJ “Jack” Firestone came to Canada from Vienna (via England) in the 1930s and

Today, is municipal election day in Ontario. Some of my friends are running for city of Ottawa council. Here’s what

A cap rate or capitalization rate is found by dividing NOI, net operating income, by the cost of a property

You know what I’ve found? Getting clarity in your life matters (a lot). Here’s how I help people do that

Every year since I can remember MTO (ministry of transportation for Ontario) has been doing work somewhere along the Queensway–highways

If we build more mixed-use communities, ones that are neo-urbanist, that are both economically and environmentally sustainable, plus they are

At a recent Ottawa mayoral candidates debate, the issue of what to do (if anything) about Airbnb came up. Current

Here’s an email I sent to a client of mine about the role of amortization in developing and financing a

My wife received a bill from Rogers via snail mail this morning. She groaned when she saw yet another invoice

Engineers say a perfect machine is one with no moving parts. I’d add to that: Complexity is the enemy of

Where buildings in North America meet grade, we tend to throw away its value. How’s that? Every time you open

“You can’t drink all day, unless you start in the morning,” one middle-aged female fan of the Buffalo Bills told

Law of unintended consequences It’s one thing for a city to allow secondary dwelling units (ie, basement apartments, in-home suites

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