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.

Ottawa’s Ross Video picks up Emmy for Primestream system

Ottawa

Ottawa-based Ross Video has received the Emmy award for technology and engineering from the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS) for its Primestream

‘It’s fierce out there’: Ottawa employers scramble to find and keep talent

Ottawa

National unemployment numbers out today are just a hint at what is becoming a red-hot job market.

Clean tech company Li-Cycle expands into Kingston, boosts economic growth

Eastern Ontario Business Journal

Li-Cycle’s new Centre of Excellence will be established in the Kingston Business Park. The city has fast-tracked the development planned for the business park to

Life-saving bubble detectors from Chalk River recognized by US Space Tech Hall of Fame

Eastern Ontario Business Journal

The “bubble detector” produced by BTI is designed to detect harmful radiation and protect both astronauts in space and people on Earth from the risks

Ottawa firm partners with Algonquin College in fresh approach to finding talent

Ottawa

Syntax Strategic is investing $50,000 in young talent and a diverse future with a new award for students at Algonquin College.

Webinar series gives Kingston manufacturers a window on the world

Eastern Ontario Business Journal

Kingston manufacturers will be able to access a new monthly trade webinar series designed to help their businesses grow and explore global markets.

U of O grads on a mission to improve student housing

Residential

Founders’ company, TCU Development Corp., currently has about 750 units under development, with 89 projects completed to date.

Another man’s treasure: Nova Scotia cleantech company expands into Eastern Ontario

Eastern Ontario Business Journal

Nova Scotia-based Sustane Technologies, which specializes in turning waste into recycled materials and high-value fuels, is looking to expand operations into McNab-Braeside in Renfrew County.

‘Everyone is in crisis mode’: Calls increase for government to support downtown businesses

Ottawa

With the trucker convoy and protests continuing in Ottawa for a second week, downtown business owners and employees are calling on various levels of government

Building managers buckle down in the core

Ottawa

In light of new police tactics to manage the ongoing trucker convoy, property managers in Ottawa’s downtown core are preparing for another weekend of protests.