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Ottawa SMEs to receive free rapid COVID-19 testing kits

Ottawa

Any local business with 150 or fewer employees will be eligible to receive the tests through the Ottawa Board of Trade.

Ottawa-Gatineau’s jobless rate ticks up to 6.7% in April

Ottawa

While the region’s economy added 7,600 jobs, the labour force also jumped by an additional 10,200 as more people resumed their search for work, Statistics

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Ottawa

Ottawa home starts to fall from 2020’s record high: CMHC

Residential

Agency says resale housing market will “remain robust in 2021,” with average prices expected to reach up to $640,000 – nearly $110,000 above the 2020

OC Transpo boss Manconi to retire in September

City Hall

Longtime city employee became a familiar face as he oversaw construction of the $2.1-billion Confederation Line.

Ottawa house prices soar 42% in April, real estate board says

Residential

Residential-class homes in Ottawa sold for an average of nearly $743,000 last month, latest figures show.

Food for thought: Algonquin to launch four-year culinary arts degree program

Ottawa

School says new offering will “combine skills for those who want to wear a lab coat and a chef’s coat, and is well suited for

Toronto’s Marlin Spring acquires three Ottawa retirement homes from Revera

Residential

Deals are part of real estate firm’s bid to expand its portfolio of retirement residences across North America.

Here are Ottawa’s 2021 Forty Under 40 recipients

Forty Under 40

Joint initiative of OBJ and the Ottawa Board of Trade is widely recognized as the region’s most sought-after business award for people under the age

Minto Apartment REIT loans sister firm $50M for Beechwood project

Residential

Minto Properties will construct the nine-storey building with about 230 rental suites at a one-acre site on Beechwood Avenue, and the REIT will have the