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Dunrobin Distilleries inks $5.5M deal with Swiss company Seven Seals Innovation
Aug 12, 2022
Agreement is expected to help firms grow their brands by allowing Seven Seals to break into the North American market while creating a path into Europe for Ottawa whisky-maker.

BluMetric lands $1.4M contract to clean up Montreal industrial lands
Aug 12, 2022
Ottawa-based cleantech firm will be overseeing the removal of contaminated soils, concrete and water at a site in Montreal’s east end on behalf of client Linde Canada.
Telus seeks to add credit card surcharge as restrictions set to lift
Aug 12, 2022
Telus Corp. is trying to add a 1.5 per cent processing fee for customers who use a credit card after a class action settlement cleared the way for merchants to add the surcharge starting this fall.
Happy beginning: Printing firm that helped spearhead food bank campaign gets new name and new owners
Aug 12, 2022
Now known as Happy Branding, firm formerly called Capital Printers made headlines two years ago when it partnered with Wu-Tang Clan’s 36 Chambers brand on $300K fundraising drive.

Kinaxis to keep hiring ‘aggressively’ as revenues soar amid ongoing supply-chain disruptions

Aug 10, 2022
Kanata-based firm now projecting revenues of between $355 million and $365 million for the fiscal year ending Dec. 31, up $10 million from its previous forecast in May.
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Ottawa Business Growth Survey: Hybrid work may permanently reshape downtown Ottawa

Aug 10, 2022
The prolonged work-from-home experiment, and questions about where employees will want to work, post-pandemic, is leaving many businesses unsure of their future office needs – as well as what the…

The Ottawa Music Coalition presents City Sounds music festival

Thanks to a generous investment from the City of Ottawa, the Ottawa Music Industry Coalition (OMIC) is proud to host more than 40 free outdoor concerts all summer long as part of the 2nd annual City…
Ottawa's Best Networking Golf Tournament

Aug 23, 2022

Ottawa's Best Networking DOUBLE SHOTGUN Golf Tournament is back!

Some townships are taking connectivity into their own hands, with mixed results
Aug 10, 2022
“We decided to go our own route because we didn’t see progress moving fast enough,” Rideau Lakes Mayor Arie Hoogenboom said.
Linton’s labour of love opens its (discreet) doors in Smiths Falls
Aug 9, 2022
The Post Office Cocktail Bar in Smiths Falls, a "labour of love," opened less than a month ago, tucked into the basement of the old post office, circa 1894.
Sunny days at Arbru, a craft brewery that is completely off-grid
Aug 8, 2022
Proud co-owner Phil Audet says complete reliance on solar power makes ArBru, located just outside Mallorytown, one-of-a-kind in Canada.

OCS capping pot shop orders and changing delivery window after partner's cyberattack
Aug 11, 2022
Ontario's cannabis wholesaler is temporarily capping the number of products retailers can order and expanding its delivery window as it works through a backlog caused by a cyberattack on its…
Pandemic benefits were too generous with businesses, stringent with workers: experts
Aug 8, 2022
Business supports were excessive and show the outsized influence of business groups on public policy, economists say.
Canadian economy avoids contraction in May, economists expect continued slowdown
Jul 29, 2022
The Canadian economy stayed flat in May, with real gross domestic product showing neither growth nor contraction after a 0.3 per cent expansion in April.

Techopia Live: John Proctor of Martello
Microsoft 365 and Teams have become essential to most companies, especially given the reality of remote work. So what happens when these platforms become unstable or don't work?

Breaking a sweat (and lovin' it) at RedBlacks Women's Training Camp
The popular fundraiser for the OSEG (Ottawa Sports and Entertainment Group) Foundation was back at TD Place stadium after getting benched by the pandemic over the last two years.
Eastern Ontario Business Journal Podcast discusses rural high-speed Internet
If you live in some of the more rural or remote regions of our province, the topic of high-speed internet access can be a thorny one. This edition of the Eastern Ontario Business Journal Podcast digs into this issue.
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Demystifying an employee’s "right" to disconnect
The pandemic brought many new realities for employers to navigate, one being Ontario is Bill 27, a new law that is erroneously being called the "right" to disconnect.
Check out the coverage of OBJ's 25th Forty Under 40 Awards
This year marks the 25th edition of the awards, which have become widely recognized as the region’s most sought-after business accolade for people under the age of 40.