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.

After 5 years offering sensory-friendly hours, Ottawa’s NU Grocery pleased to see it catching on across Canada

About five years ago, Ottawa retailer NU Grocery implemented sensory-sensitive shopping hours, following a request from a customer. Now, co-owner Valerie Leloup says she hopes other grocery stores and businesses will help the initiative catch on.

RBC’s Marjolaine Hudon on the ‘buzz’ she feels in Ottawa and her thoughts on business growth in the city

After six years living and working in Ottawa as RBC’s regional president for Ontario North and East, Marjolaine Hudon is leaving the city to take on the new role of president of Quebec for Canada's largest bank. 

LCBO strike kickstarts sales for local wine retailers, with business ‘through the roof’

As LCBO stores enter a second week of closure due to strike action, local wine suppliers and wineries say it’s “kickstarting” business.

With corporate travel lagging in Ottawa, leisure travel and festivals key to bolstering tourism

With corporate travel to Ottawa yet to recover from the pandemic, local tourism officials are busy bolstering leisure tourism and making Ottawa the place to be this summer.

Sellers are listing but buyers are biding their time, local residential real estate data show

Last month’s interest rate cut by the Bank of Canada wasn’t enough to send sidelined buyers in Ottawa rushing back to the real estate market, according to Royal LePage’s Q2 2024 Home Price Update and Market Forecast, released Thursday. 

My Ottawa: Champion of immigrant entrepreneurs Karla Briones spills on chasing sunsets, memories of Mexico, and her trio of hairless pets

In this instalment of My Ottawa, Karla Briones shares her favourite hidden gems in her “adopted city,” from immigrant-owned businesses and the best spot to catch the sunset to the Ottawa neighbourhoods and festivals that remind her most of Mexico.

How a ‘perfect storm’ of biz challenges and a cancer diagnosis led Jackie Morphy to shutter her All Eco storefront

As Jackie Morphy prepares to shutter her Bank Street store All Eco after five years in business, she says the only thing that might have prevented the outcome is a crystal ball.

Top of Mind in Tech: Why Sacha Gera believes Ottawa is entering a new ‘golden age in tech’

In this instalment of Top of Mind in Tech, Sacha Gera discusses pushing the Canadian government to re-examine its procurement practices, leveraging tech’s newfound “radical collaboration,” and “marketing the crap” out of Ottawa’s opportunities for tech startups.

How one ByWard Market business and its owner Pat Phythian became a ‘soul-saving’ community hub

Forget selling clothes; if you ask Pat Phythian, she’s in the business of “saving souls.” As a longtime resident and business owner in the Byward Market, Pat knows the area’s history and culture better than most. Turns out, she’s a treasure trove of knowledge. 

North Grenville mayor wants federal civil servants to stay in her community, not commute downtown

With the focus on returning federal civil servants and other professionals to Ottawa’s downtown core, the mayor of North Grenville says her community is suffering. 
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