Business owners cast doubts on their future in Ottawa's ByWard Market, Rideau Street, poll shows

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More than half of business owners in Ottawa's ByWard Market and on Rideau Street say they are not planning to extend their leases or are uncertain about their future in the popular tourist area.

Tulips cover the OTTAWA sign in Ottawa's ByWard Market as part of the Canadian Tulip Festival. More than half of business owners in Ottawa's ByWard Market and on Rideau Street say they are not planning to extend their leases or are uncertain about their future in the popular tourist area.

The survey shows 40 per cent of businesses on Rideau Street and 21 per cent of businesses in the market indicated their businesses experience theft or shoplifting frequently. Another 33 per cent of businesses on Rideau Street and 35 per cent in the ByWard Market said their businesses were sometimes the victims of shoplifting or theft.

Seventy-seven per cent of businesses on Rideau Street and 61 per cent in the ByWard Market indicated their business performance in 2023 was "satisfactory, good or excellent." A judge has found Colin Tweedie guilty on three counts in connection to the death of 10-year-old Talia Forrest on a Cape Breton road on July 11, 2019.The four teenagers facing charges in connection to the death of 16-year-old Ahmad Al Marrach pleaded not guilty in a Halifax courtroom on Friday.The parents of one of the teens seen in a video that’s been widely circulated in Fredericton and beyond are calling for change.

No injuries were reported after a metal debris on Highway 403 came flying through the windshield of a pickup truck, narrowly missing the two occupants of the vehicle, Ontario Provincial Police say.A Cambridge woman charged with second-degree murder in connection to the fatal 2020 stabbing of her daughter has been found not criminally responsible.

 

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