Sarah MacFarlane

Sarah MacFarlane is a reporter for the Ottawa Business Journal. She also works as a web coordinator for Great River Media. Sarah is a graduate of Carleton University's School of Journalism and likes to write about interesting new businesses, inclusion and diversity, human resources, entrepreneurship, and business across Eastern Ontario for EOBJ.

My Ottawa: Graham Richardson on the ‘wheel’ Ottawa and his vision of a Stanley Cup parade

In this instalment of My Ottawa, Richardson lets us in on his favourite music, his go-to cycling paths, his dreams for Ottawa Senator Brady Tkachuk, and the stylists he trusts with his hair …”Or what’s left of it.”

VIA HFR: What is it and what does it mean for you? OBJ talks with the CEO of the new Crown

OBJ sat down with Martin Imbleau, CEO of VIA HFR, to learn more about the project, its timeline and goals, and what it means for business in Ottawa and Eastern Ontario.

First-time patio permit fees in Ottawa among highest in Canada, CFIB report finds

With restaurants still recovering from the pandemic, many rely on the busy summer months and sunny days on the patio to bring them through the slower seasons. But according to a recent report from the Canadian Federation of Independent Business, Ottawa has some of the highest fees in the country for first-time patio permits.

UPDATED: ‘A big win for Ottawa’: Air Canada resumes non-stop flight to London Heathrow from YOW

Air Canada announced today it will be offering non-stop international flights from Ottawa to London Heathrow Airport beginning next spring.

Next week’s Association of Municipalities of Ontario conference to pump $4M into local economy

This year, the conference is expecting a higher number of delegates than in previous years, resulting in a greater projected economic impact for the city, Jérôme Miousse, director of public affairs for Ottawa Tourism, told OBJ.

How the ByWard Market has become ‘a market only in name and history’

Once filled with specialty food stores and niche grocers, the ByWard Market has shifted away from its roots as a traditional food market, area business owners say, and some aren’t sure the trend can be reversed.

‘End of an era’: Saslove’s Meat Market to close after 70 years in the ByWard Market

After a childhood spent helping out at his family’s butcher shop, John Diener took over ownership of Saslove’s Meat Market in the 1980s. On Wednesday, the popular ByWard Market retailer announced on Facebook it would be closing its doors after 70 years in business.

Umicore pauses spending for Kingston EV battery plant pending review of EV market

Citing uncertainty in the EV market, global materials technology and recycling group Umicore is putting the construction of its new plant planned near Kingston on hold.

Porter Airlines continues to expand YOW routes with direct flights to Las Vegas

Porter Airlines is expanding its services from Ottawa with two new winter seasonal routes that will connect Eastern Ontario to Las Vegas.

Storytelling, romance and generational value: Hawkesbury-born La Maison d’Or celebrates two special anniversaries

The story of La Maison d’Or Jewellers is one of family and immigration, poverty and wealth, and lots and lots of diamonds. It’s a story that company president Brent Harden loves to tell and why he says he’s in the business of telling love stories through diamonds, gemstones, platinum and gold.
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