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.

Forget toilet paper, lettuce is suddenly the latest hot commodity

Ottawa

With the cost of a simple head of lettuce spiking, restaurants are scrambling to remove or replace the leafy greens in their menus.

Porter Airlines to hire hundreds of workers in Ottawa as part of $65M plan to set up maintenance hub at YOW

Ottawa

As it continues on the road to recovery from the pandemic, the airport is teaming up on a $65-million plan to build two new aircraft

New provincial announcement ‘critical’ for Ottawa to reach housing goals: GOHBA

Residential

Just days after the election of a new mayor and council, Burggraaf says it is important for the city to have a clear number as

$1B in revenue is just around the corner for local startup RVezy

Techopia

Tourism tech startup RVezy believes the elusive $1-billion revenue goal is not far down the road and says it has solid plans in place to

Housing starts may look promising, but there’s much more to be done, experts say

Construction

While the annual pace of housing starts in September rose to its highest level since November 2021, there’s more to the numbers when it comes

Ottawa small businesses don’t share optimistic sentiment seen in national survey

Ottawa

Canada’s small and medium-sized businesses are banking on strong growth in the next three years, but that may not be the case in Ottawa.

Time to slow down: Family jewelry business approaches retirement with four lifetimes of memories

Retail

Now featuring a storefront that hosts a large blue “retirement sale” banner in the Westgate Shopping Centre, Nettleton’s will wrap up 106 years when the

Going beyond Truth and Reconciliation: Where resources are falling short in supporting Indigenous business owners

Ottawa

Truth and reconciliation must include more cohesive and holistic solutions to the challenges faced by Indigenous business owners, says expert.

‘Playing the long game’: Ottawa restaurants adjust business models to grapple with labour shortage, inflation

Ottawa

Restaurants in Canada are raising prices, shrinking menus and reducing hours in a bid to survive inflation and labour shortages, a new report says, and