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.

downtown Ottawa, public servants, civil servants

Federal civil servants are coming back to the office three days a week — does it change anything?

Ottawa, Insider Only

Downtown restaurant owners skeptical that more civil servants will return to work in the core

Ottawa

If a rumoured directive requiring federal civil servants to be in the office a minimum of three days a week comes to pass, it could

A rendering of the #LoopBreton project Sens arena for LeBreton Flats

#LoopBreton? A new home for the Sens is just the start of the vision for these students

Ottawa

A new Sens arena might only be the start for LeBreton Flats, if a group of Carleton University students has anything to say about it.

How a little kindness and some funky VR technology are smoothing the way for Juice Dudez

Ottawa

Ottawa entrepreneur Nasr Nasr, owner and founder of Juice Dudez, is breathing new life into his family’s century-old business by introducing virtual reality as a

Dr. Wisdom Tettey will join Carleton University as president and vice-chancellor. Photo provided

Carleton University, College La Cité announce new presidents

Ottawa

Carleton University and College La Cité have announced the appointment of new presidents.

Deal underway for sale of Yangtze in Chinatown; likely to continue as restaurant, local sources say

Real Estate, Non-Residential, Ottawa

The property that has been home to the Yangtze Restaurant for more than 40 years is in the process of being sold and is expected

Tasting event at revamped Sala San Marco venue in Little Italy welcomes new residents, features diverse cuisines

Ottawa

An event planned for later this month in Little Italy will not only serve to welcome the many new residents in the area, but will

My Ottawa: What does Stuntman Stu love about Ottawa? It all starts at the Costco with the gas station

Ottawa

In this instalment of My Ottawa, Stuntman Stu lets readers in on his favourite hairdresser, his preferred retailer — you’ll never guess it — and

Beckta on Elgin St. reopens for lunch as more workers return to offices in the core

Ottawa

As workers slowly return to the downtown core, bringing with them an appetite for social gatherings and fine dining, local restaurateur Stephen Beckta says he’s