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Housing prices in Ottawa up from previous year, says CREA

Residential

Housing prices in Ottawa were slightly up from the previous year in July, according to the Canadian Real Estate Association. The MLS Home Price Index

Launch pad events calendar

Ottawa

Here’s a list of Ottawa-related startup events for the next seven weeks. Scaling Women Entrepreneurship in Canada Thursday, Aug. 18 at 1 p.m. Startup Canada,

Change log: Startup briefs

Techopia

ChangeLog is a summary of the latest news from the Ottawa startup community. Shaw Centre partners with youth charity startup Ottawa’s downtown convention centre has

Revenues, losses rise at Ottawa’s ProntoForms

Techopia

Ottawa-based ProntoForms says it saw a big increase in recurring revenue over the past year, but the company’s losses were up as well. ProntoForms, which

Algonquin College pulls plug on money-losing Saudi Arabian campus

Ottawa

Algonquin College is pulling out of Saudi Arabia. On Thursday, the college said it plans to pull out of the country before the start of

Ottawa housing starts down in July, says CMHC

Residential

Housing starts in Ottawa were down in July compared with the previous month, according to the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation. Housing starts, based on

Pythian, Willis College team up to launch new diploma program

Ottawa

An Ottawa-based tech company has formed a new partnership with a local career college in an effort to train more open source database specialists. IT

Mitel exceeds earnings guidance in solid Q2

Techopia

Despite its failure to acquire California-based Polycom, Mitel Networks reported another strong quarter on Thursday thanks to the continuing growth of its cloud-based business and

Kinaxis credits strong customer growth for Q2 revenue boost

Techopia

A spate of new contracts continues to drive revenue growth at Ottawa supply chain management software provider Kinaxis, the company said this week. Kinaxis (TSE:

Espial reports higher losses and lower revenue

Techopia

Ottawa-based Espial is reporting higher losses and lower revenue during its second quarter of 2016 compared with the same period last year. The digital TV