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.

Local businesses receive funding from province with Eastern Ontario Development Fund

Three Eastern Ontario organizations will receive funding from the province under the Eastern Ontario Development Fund, part of the Regional Development Program.

Ontario government confirms it will match Tax Reduction Subclass for small businesses

The province confirmed today that it will match the municipal property tax reduction put forward by Ottawa city council.

Chalk River Laboratories looks ahead to an environmentally conscious future

Lab and Atomic Energy of Canada have announced that their primary priority is disposal of the “legacy” nuclear waste at the Chalk River facility.

Ottawa businesses devastated by protest, OCOBIA survey finds

Almost three-quarters of businesses located in and around the downtown core have lost revenue as a direct result of the trucker convoy, a new survey says.

GFL Environmental spearheads renewable gas project, sparks hope for economic growth

Company would invest $60 million to build a renewable natural gas plant that would take the gases from the landfill, convert them into RNG and inject them into the grid.

Sweet deal: snack-food maker Leclerc snaps up former P&G plant in Brockville

Quebec-based manufacturer says it expects to create more than 100 jobs in the eastern Ontario city.

It’s in their genes: Virica Biotech partners with U.K. firm on cancer-fighting treatments

Ottawa firm inks deal to help Oxford Biomedica improve the yield and production efficiency of its next-generation gene therapies.

Ottawa’s tech sector will be ‘key’ to helping forge feds’ future workplace strategy, Treasury Board boss says

During an address at the Mayor's Breakfast on Friday, Mona Fortier said the federal government will be looking for private-sector partners to help it digitize services for a hybrid work world.

Bird e-scooters take flight, successful season for Canada-owned company as Ottawa usage soars

Company says usage of its vehicles in the capital increased by 52 per cent compared with 2020 to a total of 244,467 rides.

Broccolini among big buyers in Cornwall Business Park land grab

Cornwall council last week approved the sale of 158 acres of land at the industrial park, which is located in the east end of the city near Highway 401. 
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