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.

My Ottawa: Joe Thottungal dishes on his favourite eats and his own little piece of tropical paradise

Ottawa

In this instalment of My Ottawa, we learn more about one of Ottawa’s most beloved chefs as Joe Thottungal dishes on his go-to day trips

Toxic positivity: Why workplaces suffer when employees always look on the bright side

Human Resources, Ottawa

Toxic positivity, or what some consultants call “playing pretend” in the workplace, isn’t new, but it can be detrimental as employers strive to improve workplace

Don’t worry, come early — Kingston tour operator plays down possibility of 500K visitors during eclipse

Eastern Ontario Business Journal

Is there such a thing as too much tourism? As Kingston prepares for an influx of tourists hoping to be in the path of totality

‘I think I can help’: Local communications professional volunteers to assist beleaguered tulip festival

Ottawa, Tourism

As the Canadian Tulip Festival tries to stay afloat among financial worries, one local professional has volunteered to run communications for the organization and hopes

Owner of local delivery service poised to ‘take the hit’ as carbon tax increase boosts gas prices

Ottawa

Martin Charron, owner of Ottawa-based delivery and courier service Gopher-It Deliveries, is taking calls from his car today as he drives throughout the city, delivering

Businessman, angel, mentor: Brockville’s David Beatty recalls his early days as an investor and gives a glimpse of what’s next

Eastern Ontario Business Journal

Forty years ago, David Beatty and a group of local investors from Brockville had their eye on a vacant manufacturing plant at the edge of

Ottawa startup Big4Transparency acquires AI-based predictive technology to shed more light on accounting salaries

Techopia

Big4Transparency, a local tech startup dedicated to pay transparency for chartered professional accountants is marrying its data with artificial intelligence with the acquisition of a

My Ottawa: David Gourlay talks milkshakes, Peter Gabriel, tulips and Barbie

Ottawa, Giving

As CEO of the Shepherds of Good Hope Foundation, David Gourlay is all about people, relationships and community. Turns out, he’s also a father of

Ottawa Senators Alumni endorses concussion management platform powered by local tech firm

Techopia

A concussion management platform designed by a local tech company has been endorsed by Laurie Boschman, president of the Ottawa Senators Alumni.

Late-night cookie delivery company Insomnia Cookies opens in Kingston, sets sights on Ottawa

Eastern Ontario Business Journal

Insomnia Cookies, a cookie company geared toward delivering warm-from-the-oven treats to sleep-deprived students is slowly expanding into Ontario, and Ottawa could be next on the