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Tax time: How to pay yourself as a business owner
If it’s (finally) time to start paying yourself, you’re going to need a tax strategy. Here are a few things to consider.

Clash of management styles could be to blame for Shopify CTO’s departure, tech analyst says
RMW Commerce Consulting’s Rick Watson told Techopia he thinks Shopify CEO Tobi Lütke might be growing impatient at e-commerce giant’s pace of product development.

Retired Welch LLP partner Garth Steele inspires new ‘Legendary’ song to raise funds for ALS
Kyle Turk has also discovered music’s ability to raise money to fight diseases while giving him a lasting way to honour his friends.

Pot shop owner refuses to be stonewalled by lack of cannabis consumption regulations
Flower Haze, near the corner of Bank Street and Heron Road, was inspired by the coffee shops Sayed visited as a tourist in Holland that

Women-led startups fear falling behind amid tech downturn
Members of Canada’s tech community say they are worried the sector’s recent downturn will weigh even heavier on women founder.

Sparks Street going greener thanks to $182K in federal funding
Ottawa Centre MP Yasir Naqvi announced this week that the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario is providing about $875,000 for four projects in downtown Ottawa through its Canada

Ottawa’s rental housing vacancy rate drops in 2022 despite surge in construction: CMHC
The Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. says the city’s vacancy rate for purpose-built housing dropped to 2.1 per cent last year, down from 3.4 per cent in 2021, due to

At least 130 people made it to The Dance for Her fundraiser for Ovarian Cancer Canada on Wednesday at Métropolitain Brasserie, despite a major winter snowfall that was brewing outside.

Mark your calendars Ottawa, February is Heart Month
This February, you can support one of Canada’s most distinguished heart health centres by making a donation or raising funds on its behalf.

As the BoC takes a pause from hiking rates, all eyes are on the labour market
On Wednesday, the central bank raised its key interest rate for the eighth consecutive time and said it was taking a conditional pause, keeping the door open to further rate
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