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Ross Video breaks ground on $15M expansion of Iroquois manufacturing plant

The additional 55,000 square feet of space will include two new production lines to serve the firm’s growing global customer base.

Ottawa-Gatineau’s unemployment rate dips to 7.1% in July

Ottawa

Ottawa-Gatineau employers added more than 6,000 new jobs to their payrolls last month as the economy continued to pull out of a pandemic-fuelled downturn.

Hot summer reads: OBJ’s top 10 stories of 2021 so far

Ottawa

OBJ is taking a one-week break from Aug. 2-6, but fear not, loyal readers – we’ve got you covered.

Builder proposes six-storey apartment complex near Bayview station

Residential

Centennial Developments Corp. says the building on Bayswater Avenue near the intersection of Somerset Street West would feature 40 units.

Newfoundland-based air carrier PAL launches flights to YOW

Tourism

New flights begin almost a year after PAL originally said it planned to start serving Ottawa.

Quebec-based CMP to open assembly plant in Cornwall

Eastern Ontario Business Journal

Company says it plans to hire up to 25 workers at the new facility on Montreal Road.

Former Fury GM among investors in $2.5M plan to revitalize Ottawa soccer club’s facilities

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Maple Leaf Almrausch German Club is building two new pitches and remodelling its clubhouse in Carlsbad Springs.

Prysmian Group to build $7M distribution centre in Prescott

Eastern Ontario Business Journal

The company says the project will create about 15 new jobs in the region.

Nominations for 2021 Best Ottawa Business Awards now open

Ottawa

Annual event spotlights the innovation, leadership and prosperity of dozens of companies in the Ottawa region.

Kingston property management firm eyes third apartment tower at site near Baseline Road

Residential

Homestead Land Holdings recently filed an application with the city to construct a 25-storey building with 235 apartment units near two existing highrises at 1300