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Podcast: Casino reopening, Cyrville development opportunities, road-trippers return to Ottawa

Podcast also available on SoundCloud or Spotify.

Ottawa’s Biggest Networking Golf Tournament proceeding, teeing up busy back-to-work season

Ottawa

Event, hosted by Ottawa Business Journal and the Ottawa Board of Trade, scheduled for Tuesday, Aug. 25 at Grey Hawk Golf Club

Veteran marketer takes helm of Canadian Tulip Festival’s board of directors

Tourism

BeaverTails founders Grant and Pam Hooker say they are resigning from the festival’s board to make way for the ‘next generation.’

Insolvent retailer DavidsTea owes Ottawa landlords close to $400K

Retail

Montreal-based merchant closing 82 stores in Canada and all 42 of its locations in the United States as it focuses on its e-commerce business and

Cornwall’s Waterfront Trail path the wheel deal for cyclists

Eastern Ontario Business Journal

Cyclists can now rent bicycles to check out the roughly 12-kilometre stretch of trail that runs through Cornwall along the St. Lawrence River.

Developer seeks to add extra storeys to planned mixed-use tower on Scott Street

Residential

Plan now calls for a 25-storey building with 5,500 square feet of commercial space plus 264 residential units and 160 underground parking spots.

Mixed-use development planned for heart of Westboro

Real Estate

The nine-storey development at Richmond Road and Churchill Avenue would feature commercial space on the ground floor and residential units on the eight floors above.

Podcast: Ottawa’s reopening, COVID-19 waivers and terra20’s expansion

Ottawa, Ottawa Business Journal Podcast

OBJ’s editors go behind the headlines of the top local business stories of the week.

Three local firms named to City of Ottawa’s tech pilot program

Techopia

Under the program launched earlier this spring, the city and other economic partners will provide “real-life testing environments” where companies can deploy prototypes and get