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City committee OKs fee cuts aimed at boosting small businesses

Proposed changes would make it easier and less expensive to have properties rezoned for certain types of businesses.

Ottawa airport unveils revamped passenger screening checkpoints

Airport says changes will speed up passenger flow and allow for more physical distancing while travellers and their carry-on items are being screened.

OSEG slashes 40 per cent of business operations staff: Report

Organization that owns the CFL’s Redblacks and OHL’s 67’s reportedly blames COVID-19 pandemic for cuts.

Ottawa’s office vacancy rate jumps to 8% in Q3

Economic slump prompted more tenants to shed space or take a wait-and-see approach to jumping into the market in the third quarter, real estate firm CBRE says.

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Go behind the headlines of Ottawa's top local business stories of the week.

Kinaxis boss John Sicard named Ottawa’s 2020 CEO of the Year

Veteran executive's company has quietly become one of the Canadian tech sector’s biggest success stories in his fifth year on the job.

Prescott’s HFI Pyrotechnics rockets to new heights

Company supplies products to NATO, is the sole provider for the U.S. Navy and recently signed a deal with the Canadian military.

Developer reduces height of proposed apartment building near Museum of Nature

Colonnade BridgePort shrunk proposed project on Argyle Street from 21 storeys to 10 after consulting with city officials, the ward councillor and community representatives.