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Bullish execs tout BluMetric’s ‘resilience’ despite Q3 revenue drop

Cleantech firm posted net earnings of $673,000 for the quarter, up $663,000 from the same period last year.

Ottawa-Gatineau’s unemployment rate ticks up to 9.2% in August

Region added nearly 10,000 new positions in August, but employment-seekers returning to the market en masse drove up jobless rate.

Average Ottawa home resale prices approach $600K

A flood of new listings last month did nothing to slow the rapid increase in local home...

Via Rail restores additional Ottawa routes

Crown corporation adds additional roundtrips between Ottawa and Toronto, as well as between Ottawa and Montreal.

Ottawa’s Domus Building Cleaning sold to B.C. company

Local family-owned enterprise employs more than 400 people and has customers throughout the National Capital Region.

Residents prefer Sparks Street tunnel for STO tramway, survey says

Tunnel one of two options for proposed system connecting Ottawa and Gatineau, along with an above-ground route along Wellington Street.

Ottawa landlords urge Ford government to ditch proposed rent freeze

Critics say plan would discourage “desperately needed” new investment in rental housing and leave property owners holding the bag for rising utility costs and taxes.

Highlights from the 2020 Welch LLP Ottawa Business Growth Survey report

Annual research project quantified COVID-19’s negative impact on business confidence levels.

Highrises, park key elements in Colonnade BridgePort’s east-end development proposal

Ottawa developer says it plans to build a mix of residential and commercial space at 25 Pickering Pl., just east of the Via Rail terminal and the Tremblay LRT station.