
Ottawa’s Leystone Insurance & Financial acquired by global brokerage firm
An Ottawa insurance firm with roots that stretch back more than four decades has been acquired by a U.S.-based global brokerage. Arthur J. Gallagher &

Ottawa’s Leystone Insurance & Financial acquired by global brokerage firm
An Ottawa insurance firm with roots that stretch back more than four decades has been acquired by a U.S.-based global brokerage. Arthur J. Gallagher &

Hot housing: Ottawa home prices on the rise in July
Benchmark home prices in Ottawa rose 7.2 per cent in July compared with a year earlier, the Canadian Real Estate Association said Wednesday. Two-storey single-family

Preferred proponents for stage two LRT to be named by end of year: memo
Come December, City staff are expected to reveal their contractors of choice to extend Ottawa’s light-rail transit lines to the east, west and south, according

Ottawa’s Minto REIT opens the TSX with first quarterly earnings
Ottawa-based Minto Group’s newly created real estate investment trust raised a total of $230 million in its initial public offering, including an over-allotment option, the

Algonquin College launches $640,000 skilled trades scholarship with Weston support
Ottawa’s Algonquin College announced a new scholarship this week aimed at plugging a talent gap in the skilled trades industry. A donation from The W.

Ottawa’s Fleurish Cannabis secures production licence for Kemptville facility
An Ottawa-area pot firm targeting the cannabis industry’s female consumers has secured a production licence from Health Canada. Now certified, Fleurish Cannabis will begin cultivation

People on the Move: Deziel named Sens CMO; Nanos chairs Carleton’s board
Aimee Deziel is joining the Ottawa Senators as the organization’s new chief marketing officer effective Aug. 13. A graduate of Carleton University, Deziel most recently

Ottawa-Gatineau unemployment rate edges up to 4.5%
Bucking a national trend, employers in Ottawa-Gatineau collectively contracted their payrolls for the second straight month in July, pushing the region’s unemployment rate up a

Ottawa-Gatineau housing starts drop sharply in July
Housing starts in Ottawa-Gatineau dropped off in July, mirroring a national downturn following near-record highs in new home construction across the country the previous month,

Lasalle purchases $135M stake in downtown Ottawa Minto Place complex
Ottawa-based Minto Group says it’s sold an additional stake in its namesake downtown office complex. On Wednesday, the firm said LaSalle Investment Management was purchasing
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