Top Stories
Get our email newsletters
Get up-to-date news about the companies, people and issues that impact businesses in Ottawa and beyond.
The Latest
Savour the City: Got 30 minutes or less for lunch? Here’s where to go in a rush
All the hustle of the end of the year means you need lunch spots in Ottawa that can have you in and out in a
Inflation rate rises to 2% in October, reducing odds of another jumbo rate cut
Canada’s inflation rate climbed back up to two per cent in October, shifting expectations slightly in favour of a quarter-percentage point interest rate cut next
How the uOttawa faculty of engineering instills an ‘entrepreneurial mindset’ in students
A decade ago, Terrafixing chief operating officer Vida Gabriel was a chemistry-loving student in high school with little to no interest in business or entrepreneurship.
Ross Video CEO David Ross rethinking plan to take firm public in 2025
Ross Video CEO and majority shareholder David Ross says he is putting plans to take the company public on the back burner and is now
Three women-led Ottawa startups among SheBoot’s latest graduating cohort
Three Ottawa-based startups were among the 2024 cohort of SheBoot graduates after the organization’s grand finale took place at SaaS North last week. SheBoot is
WestJet appeals to biz travellers with increase in service from YOW to Western Canada
As part of its strategy to connect Ontario business travellers to Western Canada, WestJet is increasing its domestic seat capacity out of Ottawa for 2025,
Canada Post strike ‘devastates’ small biz, Shopify’s Finkelstein says
A Canada Post strike that has stopped mail delivery across the country has the small business community scrambling as their busiest selling season gets underway. Since 55,000 workers at the
Ottawa-Gatineau bucks national trend with housing starts dropping sharply in October
While housing starts were up nationally in October, there was a sharp drop in starts last month in Ottawa-Gatineau, according to the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp.
From ice fishing to snowmobiling, regional tourism businesses get creative in face of warmer winters
Winter tourism businesses in Eastern Ontario are bracing for uncertainty as increasingly unpredictable weather patterns disrupt the cold, snowy conditions on which their seasonal operations rely. Shifting climate patterns, along
Techopia Live: Building Ottawa into a global tech hub | Episode 271
Techopia Live was on the road for November’s TechTuesday, organized by Wesley Clover Corp. The monthly event brought together tech and political leaders for an engaging discussion on Kanata North’s
Minto Apartment REIT sells Ottawa apartment complex for $69M
Minto Apartment REIT has reached an agreement to sell an apartment complex in the city’s southeast end for $69 million as part of its plan to shed aging properties in
Vancouver-based chef looks to crack Ottawa market with brunch-focused eatery Yolks
When Vancouver-based chef Steve Ewing got a cold call from Happy Belly Food Group asking if he’d be interested in expanding his brunch-focused restaurant business, Yolks, to Ottawa, he initially
Finding its rhythm: Startup seeks $4M in funding for trailblazing atrial fibrillation treatment
A new Ottawa biotech startup is seeking to raise $4 million to produce groundbreaking treatments aimed at curing one of the most common heart rhythm disturbances. Incorporated in 2022, Rhythm
Video
Upcoming Events
Spotlight
Expert Blogs
What about the First Home Savings Account?
10 essential considerations when selling your business