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Province gives $3.8M boost to struggling Shaw Centre

Tourism

Downtown convention facility that attracted more than 63,000 out-of-town visitors in the 2019-20 fiscal year has seen its revenues plummet during the pandemic.

Kanata software firm You.i TV sold to WarnerMedia in US$100M deal: report

Techopia

Since its founding in 2008, the 200-person company has built a high-profile list of customers that includes AT&T, Fox and Toronto’s Corus Entertainment.

Spartan Bioscience re-submits rapid COVID-19 test to Health Canada for approval

Techopia

After facing months of delays, Ottawa biotech firm is hoping its rapid testing device is poised to clear the final hurdle before it can go

Pomerleau to build $42M Parks Canada artifact storage facility in Gatineau

Construction

It’s the second major contract the Quebec firm has won for a project in the National Capital Region over the last two months.

Renfrew County to host 2022 Ontario Winter Games

Eastern Ontario Business Journal

More than 3,000 athletes, coaches and officials are expected to participate in the event, which features more than 20 sports.

Ottawa’s Kinaxis hit with patent infringement lawsuit by U.S. competitor

Techopia

In the suit filed in U.S. District Court, Arizona-based Blue Yonder claims that Kinaxis used solutions invented by the U.S. firm.

Housing starts jump in November, CMHC says

Residential

Ottawa-Gatineau developers started work on 1,496 new builds in November, according to the federal agency, up from the 1,240 starts recorded in November 2019.

Surging beverage sales help boost pot producer Hexo’s Q1 revenues

Ottawa

Ottawa firm posted net revenues of $29.5 million for the three-month period ending Oct. 31, up from $14.5 million in the first quarter of 2020.

Ottawa’s aggregate home price to jump 11.5% in 2021: Royal LePage

Residential

Brokerage says region’s stable economy, an influx of buyers from the GTA and surging demand for roomier properties in the COVID-19 era will keep market