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Kevin Brennan, general manager, Cavanagh Concrete Ltd.

Business: Concrete forming and material supply Born: Ottawa Biggest business achievement: Exceeded all financial targets on the MHLH Helicopter Facilities, Lansdowne Live and OLRT tunnel

Bradley Bezan, founder and CEO, Spark Lifecare

Forty Under 40

Business: Healthcare matchmaker Born: Kapuskasing, Ont. Biggest business achievement: The lives we have changed at Spark. We can successfully help a child overcome a cancer

Cynthia Benoit, CEO, CB Linguistic Services Inc.

Forty Under 40

Business: Sign language linguistic services Born: Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, Que. Biggest business achievement: Founding a consulting firm that has grown annual revenues by 750 per cent over

Jonathan Atwill-Morin, president, Atwill-Morin Ontario

Forty Under 40

Business: Historical building restoration Born: Montreal Biggest business achievement: Winning the contract for the north walls on the Centre Block rehabilitation project. Biggest obstacle overcome:

Darryl Arvai, corporate controller, Shopify

Forty Under 40

Business: E-commerce Born: West Lorne, Ont. Biggest business achievement: Helping the company raise billions of dollars in financing, including its 2015 IPO. Biggest obstacle overcome:

Roberto Aburto, partner, Gowling WLG

Forty Under 40

Business: Law firm Born: Toronto Biggest business achievement: Rose to partnership quickly and helped build one of the largest municipal law teams in eastern Ontario.

Scuttled in April, Room Service Concert Series a go for June and July

Tourism

Shows slated to be broadcast in selected local hotels were postponed after the Ontario government imposed tougher restrictions to combat the spread of COVID-19.

Real estate veteran Karam named new head of CBRE’s Ottawa office

Non-Residential

The University of Montreal graduate has spent nearly a decade with the firm in various project management roles.

Province moves up reopening date of retail, outdoor activities to Friday

Ottawa

Ford government pointed to rising vaccination rates and continuing improvements in “key indicators” such as the seven-day average of daily cases of COVID-19 as factors

Builders propose mixed-use highrise for corner of O’Connor and Nepean streets

Residential

Glenview Homes and Taggart Realty Management want to build a 27-storey tower with 295 apartment units and 1,300 square feet of ground-floor retail space.