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Local entrepreneur Naleem Badurdeen creates global career passport for skilled newcomers

From a one-bedroom apartment to $12M in revenue, Ottawa native Sara Fortier comes home

When Sara Fortier returns to Ottawa next month to launch her debut book, Design Research Mastery, she’ll...

From big box to high tech: Ottawa siblings turn retail headache into growing tech company

Elizabeth and Allan Malcomson spent years working the floor of their family’s Canadian Tire store in Kanata,...

Inside a data centre: How PureColo is using an old IBM building to serve the needs of the future

A corner office in the old IBM building on Riverside Drive used to be a music room,...

Ex-Nortel designer Kevin Bailey: The man who kept building things you can actually hold

In the winter of 1994, Kevin Bailey was working at a Daimler-Benz research campus outside of Stuttgart,...

Rob Imbeault on breaking the VC funding dry spell in Ottawa

There have been signs of resilience in Ottawa’s tech sector in the first weeks of 2026, including...

Ottawa’s Thermal Energy International lands string of repeat contracts with global clients

Ottawa cleantech company Thermal Energy International has secured two contracts worth a combined $4.7 million in repeat...

Meet some of the city’s hottest solo tech founders: What makes them tick?

Abdirahman Qalinle spent three days staring at a software bug that just wouldn’t quit: his fashion AI...

Why you can’t just walk into defence: Ottawa program tackles industry’s steep learning curve

“Defence is a very hard market to come into from the outside.”  That’s according to Mike Nelson, CEO...

Ottawa’s PureColo acquired by Vancouver’s Carrier Connect Data Solutions in $8.5M deal

Ottawa’s PureColo has been acquired by Carrier Connect Data Solutions in a deal worth $8.5 million. The acquisition...
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