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Larger labour force offsets March job gains in Ottawa-Gatineau

Ottawa

Ottawa-Gatineau’s unemployment rate held steady at 5.1 per cent in March, with a jump in the size of the region’s labour force being offset by

Who’s winning federal contracts in Ottawa-Gatineau?

Ottawa

Here’s a roundup of local firms winning federal government contracts from March 18-22: IBISKA Telecom 1500-130 Albert St. Informatics professional and consulting services Buyer: Transport

Ottawa home sales stall in March: OREB

Residential

A shortage of new inventory and tougher mortgage stress tests are putting a damper on the city’s resale housing market, the Ottawa Real Estate Board

Developer pitches nine-storey apartment building in Sandy Hill

Residential

An Ottawa developer wants to build a nine-storey apartment building in Sandy Hill that would house 191 residential rental units, according to a site plan

Ottawa’s office vacancy rate drops to 7.5% in first quarter of 2019

Non-Residential

Space-hungry tenants snapped up a net total of more than 200,000 square feet of real estate in Ottawa’s red-hot office market in the first quarter

Losses deepen at Ottawa’s Intouch Insight as revenues tick up in fiscal 2018

Techopia

Intouch Insight (TSX-V:INX) says investments made in its products in 2018 will set the stage for revenue growth in the coming years. The Ottawa-based firm,

Ottawa’s Thermal Energy taps repeat customer for $2.3M heat recovery deal

Techopia

Cleantech firm Thermal Energy International (TSX-V:TMG) continues to score lucrative contracts. The Ottawa-based company, which develops large-scale energy efficiency systems, announced this week it has

Ottawa hemp firm LiveWell closes $16.3M funding deals to boost U.S. operations

Ottawa

An Ottawa-based hemp firm has raised a sizeable chunk of funding to improve its U.S. production prospects. LiveWell Canada announced this week it had closed