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Michael Runia departs Deloitte for new opportunity at Nautical Lands Group
Jan 14, 2021
Business leader to help Ottawa company grow and expand independent adult lifestyle communities to rest of Canada

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2021 lookahead: New outdoor events offer hope for tourism sector
Jan 15, 2021
Ottawa’s tourism sector is heading into 2021 feeling optimistic that a lineup of new attractions and outdoor adventure activities will encourage visitors to return to the capital.
Food processors ramp up Cornwall operations
Jan 14, 2021
Cookie and snack bar maker Leclerc doubles capacity of Eastern Ontario facility
Ottawa firm's 'boothless' hearing tests making noise in pandemic market
Jan 14, 2021
Shoebox has carved out a growing niche with its iPad-based audiometer that acts as a substitute for traditional tests conducted at professional hearing clinics.

Head of Ottawa-based aerospace industry group set to call it a career

Jan 7, 2021
The Aerospace Industries Association of Canada says Jim Quick will be retiring as the organization’s president and CEO effective Jan. 29.
Shopify terminates stores connected to Trump after violence at U.S. Capitol

Jan 7, 2021
Ottawa-based e-commerce company said it terminated stores affiliated with the U.S. president because his actions contravened Shopify's policies.

Mayor's Breakfast with Bruce Heyman

Jan 28, 2021

Join Mayor Jim Watson, OBOT and the OBJ for the Mayor's Breakfast with Amb. Bruce Heyman, former US Ambassador to Canada.

Podcast: Entrepreneurial ‘resilience’ to drive Eastern Ontario’s economic recovery
Dec 29, 2020
How the businesses that made headlines over the past year will shape the region in 2021 and beyond.
Renfrew County to host 2022 Ontario Winter Games
Dec 16, 2020
More than 3,000 athletes, coaches and officials are expected to participate in the event, which features more than 20 sports.
Cannabis producer Hexo unveils new 'centre of excellence' and beverage plant in Belleville
Dec 10, 2020
New video promo says facility has been “engineered to manufacture advanced cannabis products” – including beverages that contain THC, the active ingredient in cannabis that helps produce a high.

Canadian companies paying bonuses – and even increasing them amid COVID-19
Jan 4, 2021
Pandemic is making continuity and high performance more important.
Planned increase in CPP premiums on Jan. 1 to hit some workers more due to pandemic
Dec 30, 2020
'That's going to be hundreds of dollars of new CPP premiums out of paycheques of middle-income Canadians'
Limited quantity of Ontario icewine to likely make 2020 bottles in high demand
Dec 29, 2020
The pandemic has affected wine exports in all international markets.

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How SAAS NORTH made its home in Ottawa
When organizers went looking for a city to launch the annual event in 2016, the support from Ottawa’s tourism and tech communities quickly tipped the scales in favour of Canada’s capital.