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Chateau Laurier expansion plans scaled back

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List of sporting events coming to Ottawa in 2017 grows with addition of Davis Cup

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Design selected for downtown Ottawa Stanley Cup monument

A 3.5-metre-high bowl, made of silvered aluminum bands, is set to be installed at the corner of...

Ottawa city council proposes 2% tax hike in draft budget

The average homeowner in Ottawa will pay $55 more next year in a proposed budget city councillors...

Science & Technology Museum in Ottawa marks one year until re-opening

With less than 12 months to go until an $80-million overhaul is completed, the Canada Science and...

Chaudière Falls to be illuminated as part of Ottawa 2017 festivities

The organizers behind the celebrations of Canada’s 150th anniversary have announced the latest in a series of...

Registration requirements proposed for Ottawa salons, tattoo parlours

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Ottawa hotels lobby for licensing of Airbnb landlords

With the number of Airbnb rentals in Ottawa proliferating, the city’s hoteliers association says it’s increasing pressure...

Star of the City: Wakefield art gallery saves the day for tour group

Earlier this year, a tour group visiting the National Capital Region was planning a day of sightseeing...

Five things you’ll see in Ottawa’s light rail stations

The 13 light rail stations opening in 2018 aren’t your regular O-Train platforms. Far from it: these...
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The narrative surrounding the Canadian tech sector often focuses on boom-and-bust cycles, brain drain, or the historical demise of past giants. But the numbers tell a different story. Driven by evolutionary waves from telecommunications to software-as-a-service, quantum computing, and artificial intelligence, the national technology ecosystem has quietly produced remarkable long-term enterprise value. New research shows that Ottawa tech unicorns have produced at least one billion-dollar firm every single decade, making it the highest per-capita producer of unicorns in the country. Moreso, local tech ventures account for a staggering three-quarters of all-time wealth creation in Canadian tech history, driving $1.4 trillion in wealth over the past 36 years. In this episode of Techopia Live, OBJ publisher Michael Curran celebrates Ottawa Innovation Week by speaking with tech veteran Sasha Gera, chief operating officer of HealWell AI. Gera shares his research and insights from his newly launched ledger, Unicorn North, highlighting how Ottawa stacks up against other major Canadian cities and why it remains the most productive, distraction-free destination for building sustainable, hundred-year companies. Chapters: 00:00 Intro 02:22 Introducing Sasha Gera 14:45 Sponsor Segment 17:57 Innovation Week 25:15 Closing and What’s Ahead at OBJ For more on Ottawa’s tech and innovation scene, visit https://obj.ca/techopia Subscribe to Techopia’s weekly newsletter here: https://obj121.activehosted.com/f/5
Techopia: Is Ottawa the country’s biggest tech wealth generator? | Episode 298

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