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.

It’s ‘ruff’: One doggie daycare owner explains how his COVID-battered business unravelled

Ottawa

Jaded by a career of working with people, Jonathan Sumner decided to follow his passion for furry friends and opened the Ruff House. Then, COVID

Reopening of Wellington Street ‘welcome news’ to tourism officials one year after ‘Freedom Convoy’

Ottawa

Ottawa’s city council has approved a motion to reopen the street in front of Parliament Hill to traffic a year after it was closed off

Four-day work week might be worth figuring out for some companies, experts agree

Ottawa, Human Resources

What started as an experiment with the four-day work week has become a staple Iversoft’s work culture – but HR experts say it might not

Board of trade encourages residents to take part in consultations on the future of the downtown

Ottawa

The task force dedicated to bringing downtown Ottawa back to life is looking for input from as many Ottawans as possible, organizers say. A new

New brand to promote ‘the agrifood culture that defines us’ in Eastern Ontario

Eastern Ontario Business Journal

SavourEastON is a “public-focused” brand that will promote food that reflects the culture and values of the region, organizers say.

Sweet purpose: Local entrepreneurs work with African beekeepers so that everyone wins

Ottawa, Retail

Two local entrepreneurs want to show the world the difference a private-sector business can make on a global scale, starting with their bottles of African-sourced

Task force seeks public feedback on ways to revitalize Ottawa’s downtown

Ottawa

A task force that has spent months deliberating over how to inject new life into Ottawa’s pandemic-battered central core wants to hear from residents.