Coping with COVID-19: Spartan Bioscience’s 15-year ‘overnight success story’
The backstory behind the Ottawa biotech company making global headlines for its innovative DNA testing product.
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Ottawa business leaders urge feds, province to provide more aid for hard-hit local sectors
A group of Ottawa business organizations is calling for more government aid for tech, tourism and other sectors that have been dramatically affected by measures
Coping with COVID-19: Taking stock of Ottawa’s economy, one month into the crisis
OBJ publisher Michael Curran recently gathered a panel of local business leaders to determine how Ottawa is faring amid the COVID-19 pandemic and ensuing economic
Ottawa home sales down 60% so far in April, OREB says
Home sales in Ottawa plummeted more than 60 per cent in the first two weeks of April compared with a year earlier, while a major
Planning committee green-lights Huntington Properties’ plans for east-end retirement complex
The retirement and seniors’ apartment complex would include three six-storey buildings featuring a total of 316 units.
Coping with COVID-19: Workplace mental health in times of crisis
What signs should employers be looking for when it comes to detecting mental health issues with employees?
Hexo to raise $40M in new financing
Gatineau cannabis producer Hexo says it is planning to raise $40 million in an underwritten public offering that’s expected to close early next week. Hexo
CBRE Ottawa boss wants six-month tax break for beleaguered landlords
A leading Ottawa real estate executive is calling on the city to give all commercial landlords facing financial hardship due to the COVID-19 pandemic a
Ottawa-Gatineau housing starts fall 12% in March: CMHC
Builders in Ottawa continued to start new homes at a brisk pace in March while starts on the Gatineau side of the River fell significantly
Ottawa Jazz Festival cancels 2020 edition; other events eye revamped celebrations
Move follows city’s extension of ban on public gatherings to June 30.
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