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Ottawa home prices jump 17% in Q4: Royal LePage

Median price of a single-family detached home in the capital rose 20 per cent year-over-year to $876,600 in the quarter, while condo prices increased 11.5 per cent to $417,700.

Ottawa Business Growth Survey: The talent shortage hits close to home

There is definitely a fight for talent in most sectors of the economy – in many cases a company’s growth potential is directly connected to its ability to recruit and retain staff.

Hard-hit Ottawa small businesses to get federal funding, marketing support

Bank Street, Preston Street, Somerset Chinatown, Sparks Street and Vanier BIAs have been chosen to participate in program aimed at revitalizing mainstreet retailers.

Roxborough Bus Lines’ expansion drive continues with acquisition of Casselman company

Family-owned 417 Bus Line Ltd. has about 220 employees who maintain and operate a fleet of 230 vehicles that includes school buses and motor coaches.

Capital’s office vacancy rate drops to 8.6% in Q4

Downtown vacancy rate of 9.9 per cent last quarter was the third-lowest in North America behind Vancouver and Toronto, real estate firm CBRE says.

C-COM Satellite sees sales uplift

The company said the customers plan to use its cellular products for cellular backhaul, disaster management and oil and gas exploration projects.

Eagle Professional Resources sold to T.O.-based IT staffing firm

Founded in 1996, Eagle now has 100 employees in 10 offices across Canada.

Amid gloomy signs, region’s unemployment rate plunges to 20-year low in December

Continuing a troubling recent trend, the overall number of employed residents in Ottawa-Gatineau fell to 753,300 last month, a slight drop from November.