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Canadian and international business news relevant to local business leaders here in Ottawa. Includes stories related to inflation, interest rates, employment, major government announcements and more.

Navigating new media landscape, Ottawa’s Alphabet Creative bolsters executive ranks with CEO

Investing in top talent to help Ottawa-based agency stay ahead in a shifting market.

Bank of Canada holds interest rate, views oil slump as temporary soft patch

The Bank of Canada left its trend-setting interest rate unchanged at 1.75 per cent Wednesday as the...

Shoppers Drug Mart lights up medical cannabis e-commerce sales portal

Shoppers Drug Mart's e-commerce platform for medical cannabis launched Tuesday, a month after Health Canada licensed the...

Small business and the tax revolt

The dust has settled: Where do we stand?

Five Canadian business stories to watch this week

Bank conference The RBC Capital Markets Bank CEO Conference kicks off in Toronto on Tuesday. The event will...

Tech CEOs say Liberal innovation agenda does little to help firms scale up: poll

The federal government's big-ticket efforts to support high-growth tech firms are offering little for emerging companies that...

Gender pay gap widest at top of the corporate ladder, new report says

A new report on the country's highest-paid CEOs is adding evidence to the argument that women face...

Federal tax changes come into effect as new year begins

The new year brings with it tax changes at the federal level that will affect just about...

Liberals look to infrastructure bank to finance rural, remote broadband internet

The federal infrastructure minister says he is looking to connect private backers with some of the country's...

Hello, proptech: Real estate industry poised for a tech disruption in 2019

Real estate agent Shawn Zigelstein remembers a time, just a few years ago, when a printer, scanner...
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