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Ottawa biotech firm Avivagen’s revenues slip on mistimed sales cycle

Local biotech firm Avivagen hit a snag in revenues this past quarter even as the firm continues to secure regulatory approvals for its alternative to antibiotic-based livestock feed

Ottawa-Gatineau unemployment rate drops to 4.7 per cent in August

Fuelled by a wave of hiring in the health-care and retail sectors, Ottawa-Gatineau’s unemployment rate dipped slightly in August, Statistics Canada said Friday

Ottawa housing market stays hot through August, home sales up 10%

Ottawa’s residential real estate market showed no signs of cooling off in August, with the number of home sales up nearly 10 per cent from a year earlier

Two former Shopify finance execs join Ottawa’s Spartan Bioscience

In hopes that the seeds of one local success story could help grow another, Spartan Bioscience announced Thursday it has sourced two of its latest appointments from fellow Ottawa firm Shopify

Winnipeg-based REIT to sell Richmond Road office building in $39M deal

A Winnipeg-based real estate investment trust is selling off a prime Ottawa property as part of its bid to divest itself of up to $1 billion in “non-core” assets over the next three years

Who’s winning federal contracts in Ottawa-Gatineau?

Gilmore Reproductions leads the latest round-up of local companies winning work with the federal government

Kanata tech exec Amy MacLeod departs Mitel after eight years

Amy MacLeod, one of Kanata North’s best-known tech executives, is leaving Mitel for a 'new sector' and a 'new direction'

Mayor Watson to lead Ottawa economic mission to Netherlands

Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson will lead a delegation of local business leaders to the Netherlands later this month, hoping to establish deeper economic connections with the Dutch nation beyond a shared affection for tulips

Ottawa’s BluMetric blames pre-election government spending lull for falling revenues

A lag in government spending in the lead-up to this fall’s federal election hampered quarterly results for Ottawa’s BluMetric Environmental, the company reported Friday

Flavortown North: TV foodie Guy Fieri dines at Ottawa’s OCCO Kitchen

Guy Fieri, best-known as the host of the Food Network’s long-running series Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, was spotted on the patio of OCCO Kitchen & Bar on Albert Street Thursday afternoon with a camera crew in tow

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