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Wheelchair basketball championships prompt Glebe businesses to up accessibility

The Glebe BIA is ramping up its accessibility strategy in advance of the IWBF Wheelchair Basketball World Championships at TD Place next month.  From Sept. 9 to 19, 336 athletes across 28 teams will come to Ottawa to compete in the championships. With coaches, medical staff, members of the media...
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New Italian restaurant to open in downtown Ottawa this month

A new Italian restaurant is coming to the Metcalfe Hotel in Ottawa’s downtown later...
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SaaS North rebrands, shifts focus to AI, defence-tech as 10th anniversary approaches

Today, 10 years after David Tyldesley’s conference production firm joined forces with Kanata startup accelerator L-Spark to host the first SaaS North event in the nation’s capital, AI is becoming as mainstream as hosting data remotely in the cloud was back in 2016. 
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More than a logo: The strategy behind Atlético Ottawa’s local sponsorships

If anybody understands what it means to partner with Atlético Ottawa, it’s Ron Palaczka.  The...
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Garden Party on the Rideau

Summer was in full swing Aug. 5 as Ottawa’s business and community leaders gathered along the Rideau River for Garden Party on the Rideau 2026. Hosted at the home of Jayne and Steve Lowell in Manotick, the relaxed garden setting brought guests together for cocktails, food, plenty of familiar faces and leisurely boat cruises along the Rideau River.
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To help showcase the 2026 Forty Under 40 recipients, OBJ and the Ottawa Board of Trade produced several video profiles. In this video, we asked the Forty Under 40 recipients about what they like about living and doing business in Ottawa. Want to read more about the 2026 Forty Under 40? Check out OBJ’s June magazine, which includes features and profiles on all the recipients. Read the digital edition here: https://issuu.com/greatrivermedia/docs/obj_flagship_june_2026?fr=sMTU4NzkxNTQ5MjQ Nominations for 2027 will open in June. Check this website for updates: https://fortyunder40.smapply.io/prog/forty_under_40_online_nomination_process/ #FortyUnder40 #OttawaBusinessJournal #OttawaBoardOfTrade #OttawaBusiness #OttawaLeaders #BusinessCommunity #BehindTheScenes
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Defence-tech to take centre stage at new summit during SaaS North

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AI startup spun out of CHEO research lab lands $1.5M in seed funding

A startup spun out of the CHEO Research Institute has raised more than $1...
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Dispatch from China: The ups and downs of Changsha

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