
Next stop, Ottawa: Megabus to start serving capital next week
Company says it will start providing service on May 20 from a new stop at the St. Laurent transit station to Toronto, Scarborough and Kingston.

Next stop, Ottawa: Megabus to start serving capital next week
Company says it will start providing service on May 20 from a new stop at the St. Laurent transit station to Toronto, Scarborough and Kingston.

Three firms to roll out 1,200 e-scooters in Ottawa in expanded pilot project
Bird Canada, Lime and Neuron have won bids to deliver the two-wheeled electric vehicles in the second year of the scooter pilot.

Ottawa’s Clearford Water Systems takes out US$4.3M in new loans
The firm said the new loans will help it manage its debt as it transitions to a full-service water solutions company.

Hexo to issue up to $150M in new stock to fund U.S. expansion plans
Ottawa-based pot producer says it also wants to upgrade its plant in Belleville, where it bottles cannabis-infused drinks in a joint venture with brewing giant

Bridgehead posts slight Q1 profit as wholesale, e-commerce sales surge
Coffee chain’s wholesale revenues are up 106 per cent so far in 2021 compared with a year ago, and company says it expects to quadruple

InterRent REIT rides wave of acquisitions to solid Q1 performance
Ottawa-based company said its funds from operations – a key cash-flow metric for REITs – rose nearly 12 per cent compared with the first quarter

Minto Apartment REIT sees vacancies rise in Q1
Company blames drop in suite occupancy rates on economic fallout from the pandemic.
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Ottawa SMEs to receive free rapid COVID-19 testing kits
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
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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