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Ottawa-based Telesat targeting IPO in 2021: Report

Techopia

Public offering expected to help fund firm’s multibillion-dollar LEO satellite program.

Ottawa Hunt and Golf Club to host 2022 CP Women’s Open

Tourism

Ottawa tourism officials are hoping the tournament will be a key part of a resurgence for the city’s third-largest industry.

Lowertown Baptist church looks to sell property for redevelopment

Residential

Church says its current house of worship on the corner of King Edward Avenue and Clarence Street is too small for its growing congregation.

Almonte distillery gets $455K to produce hand sanitizer made from milk sugar

Eastern Ontario Business Journal

Dairy Distillery has donated more than 30,000 bottles of the alcohol-based, germ-fighting product to local groups in need.

Tanger Outlets seeks city’s OK to open on stat holidays

City Hall

Popular Kanata shopping mall argues it deserves exemptions due to its proximity to visitor attractions such as the Canadian Tire Centre and Bell Sensplex.

Province opens door to larger conventions and meetings as COVID restrictions ease

Tourism

Professional meeting and event facilities are allowed to host gatherings of up to 50 people in individual rooms or event spaces within a building.

Parks Canada accepting bids for new Gatineau storage facility

Construction

The new storage facility will house some 25 million historical and archaeological artifacts.

Podcast: Kemptville’s next boom, Variation Biotechnologies’ $56M injection, Vanier ‘gateway’

Ottawa, Ottawa Business Journal Podcast

Audio version available on SoundCloud or Spotify.

Newfoundland-based airline set to add Ottawa to flight itinerary

Tourism

PAL Airlines says new five-day-a-week service connecting St. John’s with Moncton, N.B., will be extended to Ottawa once restrictions on travel to Atlantic Canada are