City News Everywhere reports that the consumer price index rose 5.2 per cent in February, the lowest since January 2022. This has gas prices lower than they were, alas grocery prices are still high. Details here.

US President visits Ottawa today and tomorrow (March 23 and 24). Here is blog post from the CBC which highlights road closures and traffic disruption for the next couple of days.

The Rideau Valley Conservation Authority (RVCA) warns of potential flooding this spring. If you live in a vulnerable area read the precautions outlined in the RVCA’s post.

Royal LePage has put together a blog post addressing various points with regards the Vacant Unit Tax in Ottawa.

You’re not wrong if you’ve thought we’ve had a lot of snow. According to this article on the CTV news website about 125cm more than usual. Yes we will get more but being in March now we are in the home stretch.

On Wednesday a launch party was held for the rebranding of the Ottawa downtown core to SoPa. Yes SoPa, an acronym for south of Parliament. Here’s hoping! Last time there was an attempt to rebrand a neighbourhood it was a bit farther west in Hintonburg. Their attempt was to create an area called the QUAD (Quartiers des Artists, or Art District), alas when discussing that with a client heavily involved in the Ottawa Art Scene he’d never hear this. So here’s hoping SoPa fares better.